Kaszab Zoltán (szerk.): A Magyar Természettudományi Múzeum évkönyve 74. (Budapest 1982)
Papp, J.: Survey of the European species of Apanteles Först. (Hymenoptera, Braconidae: Microgasterinae), VI. The laspeyresiella-, merula-, falcatus- and validus-group
13 (12) Body 2.5 mm long. First tergite strongly narrowing posteriorly, its basal width 3-4 times greater than its apical width. Medio-longitudinal keel of propodeum less strong, rather weak. Mesonotum and scutellum without pubescence. Ovipositor sheath in lateral view 1.3 times as long as hind tibia. Otherwise agreeing with the previous species. —USSR (Azerbaidzhan, Tadzhikhistan) A. masallensis ABDINBEKOVA, 1969* 14 (9) Head in frontal view about one-fourth broader between eyes than high in the middle, i.e. head relatively transverse and cheek arched in its outline (Fig. 30). 15 (16) Head in frontal view only somewhat, i.e. less than one-fourth broader than high (Fig. 2, in KOTENKO 1981, p. 27). Mesonotum weakly punctate, shiny. First tergite strongly narrowing apically, smooth to polished. Further details see at couplet 10 (11) A. meratus KOTENKO, 1981 16 (15) Head in frontal view distinctly transverse (Fig. 30, compare with Fig. 29). 17 (20) Nervellus of hind wing directed inward, i.e. not perpendicular to n. med. or to n. anal. (Fig. 33). Done-quarter wider than high (see arrows on Figs. 34 and 37); metacarp more or less shorter than stigma (Figs. 34 and 37). Ovipositor sheath as long as hind tibia, never longer. 18 (19) Metacarp only somewhat longer than half length of stigma (20:35-40), rl only somewhat longer than cuqul (Fig. 34). Mesonotum shiny with fine and small punctation to micropunctation. First tergite 1.6-1.7 times as long as wide at base, more narrowing apically, i.e. more than twice wider at base than at apex; second tergite thrice wider behind than long medially (Fig. 35). Propodeum polished. Apical end of ovipositor sheath truncate (Fig. 36). Hind tibia yellow, its distal half to third infuscate to blackish. Ç : 2.5-3 mm. — USSR (Turkmenia, Tadzhikistan). (= subtilis ALEXEEV, 1971, syn. n.) A. turanicus TELENGA, 1955 (! !) 19 (18) Metacarp only somewhat shorter than length of stigma (33:36), rl one-third longer than cuqul (Fig. 37). Mesonotum subshiny with dense punctation. First tergite 1.5 times as long as wide at base, less narrowing apically, i.e. less than twice wider at base than at apex; second tergite four times wider than long medially (Fig. 38). Upper or horizontal part of propodeum finely punctated. Hind tibia blackish except its yellow base. Çj : 2.8 mm. — Cape Verde Islands A. salensis HEDQVIST, 1965 (!!) 20 (17) Nervellus of hind wing almost perpendicular to n. med. or to n. anal., i.e. not directed inward (Figs. 39 and 42). D only slightly wider than high (Fig. 43, see arrows). Ovipositor sheath hardly (A. aeolus) or distinctly longer (A. isus and A. myeloenta) than hind tibia. Metacarp longer than stigma (Figs. 43 and 47). Medio-longitudinal keel of propodeum strong. 21 (22) Mesonotum dull, with fine, dense and more or less confluent punctation. Head in dorsal view behind eyes constricted (Fig. 40). Nervellus of hind wing below curved (Fig. 39|), margin of vannai lobe conspicuously concave (Fig. 39t). Ovipositor sheath twice as long as hind tibia, dl one-third to twice as long as dl. Penultimate joint of antenna one-third longer than broad. First tergite distinctly narrowing posteriorly, its apical corner slightly produced, medio-laterally punctated, apically aciculorugulose, otherwise shiny to polished; second tergite relatively less wide (Fig. 41). Ocelli large, distance between fore and a hind ocelli shorter than greatest diameter of hind ocellus; imaginary posterior tangent to fore ocellus just transecting hind pair of ocelli. Tegula and fore -fmiddle tarsal joints 1-3(-4) pale yellow. Ç çf : 3.5-4 mm. — Cyprus, Turkey A. myeloenta WILKINSON, 1937 (!!) *I know this species only on the basis of its description (ABDINBEKOVA 1975) and through the keys given by TOBIAS ( 1976) and KOTENKO ( 1981 ).
