Aptesis melana Li & Sheng

Female (Fig. 10). Body length 6.0 to 9.0 mm. Fore wing length 5.0 to 7.0 mm. Head. Face (Fig. 11) about 2.7 times as wide as long, with dense fine punctures; centrally convex, punctures smaller than on remainder of face; upper margin concave. Clypeus approximately 1.7 times as wide as long; basally with dense fine punctures; apically with weak wrinkles; apical margin flat. Mandible with dense punctures, teeth approximately equal in length. Malar space with fine leathery texture, approximately 1.4 times as long as basal width of mandible. Gena (Fig. 12) with evenly dense punctures. Vertex (Fig. 13) with texture as gena. Outside of ocellar triangle with sparse punctures. Postocellar line approximately 1.4 times as long as ocular-ocellar line. Frons with evenly dense punctures, basally smooth. Antenna with 25 flagellomeres, ratio of length from first to fifth flagellomeres: 12.0:11.0:10.0:9.0:7.0. Occipital carina complete. Mesosoma. Pronotum anteriorly with weak wrinkles; medially with short transverse wrinkles; with dense punctures dorso-posteriorly. Mesoscutum (Fig. 14) flat, with dense punctures. Notaulus present anteriorly. Scutellum with punctures sparser than on mesoscutum. Postscutellum transverse, smooth. Mesopleuron (Fig. 15) with texture as mesoscutum, with irregular wrinkles. Epicnemial carina strong, reaching subalar ridge. Sternaulus distinct, reaching hind margin of mesopleuron, apically ventral to ventral-posterior corner of mesopleuron. Scrobe with strong groove. Metapleuron with texture as mesopleuron. Juxtacoxal carina incomplete. Submetapleural carina complete. Legs robust. Ratio of length of hind tarsomeres 1:2:3:4:5 is 13.0:5.0:4.0:2.0:4.0. Fore wing (Fig. 18) with vein 1cu-a opposite 1/M. Vein 3rs-m anteriorly convergent with 2rs-m. Areolet receiving vein 2m-cu approximately at its middle. Vein 2-Cu approximately 1.5 times as long as 2cu-a. Hind wing vein 1-cu about 4.0 times as long as cu-a. Propodeum (Fig. 16) weakly convex. Anterior transverse carina absent. Areas basalis and superomedia combined, with irregular wrinkles. Areas externa and dentipara combined; basal portion with sparse punctures and weak wrinkles; apically with irregular short wrinkles. Posterior transverse carina strong. Area petiolaris sloping, with irregular wrinkles; medially weakly concave. Propodeal apophysis distinct. Propodeal spiracle approximately circular, located at anterior 0.2 of propodeum. Metasoma (Fig. 17). First tergum about 1.3 times as long as apical width, apically with weak wrinkles. Median dorsal carinae distinct, basally parallel. Dorsolateral and ventrolateral carinae complete. Spiracle circular, small, located at apical 0.3 of first tergum. Second tergum approximately 0.5 times as long as apical width, smooth. Third to eighth terga with texture as second tergum. Ovipositor sheath about 0.8 times as long as hind tibia. Ovipositor strong, straight, apically sharp. Apical portion of lower valve with 2 ridges. Color (Fig. 10). Black, except the following. Sixth to ninth (base of tenth) flagellomeres, wing base, yellowish white. Apical portion of clypeus, mandible (basally and teeth, blackish brown), fore leg (part of coxa black; first trochanter, femur laterally, blackish brown), mid leg (coxa, femur, blackish brown), hind leg (coxa, femur, tibia apically, first tarsomere, blackish brown), reddish brown. Maxillary and labial palpi, pterostigma, veins, blackish brown. Wing membrane brownish hyaline. Male. Body length 7.0 to 8.0 mm. Fore wing length 5.0 to 7.0 mm. Body black. Face, clypeus, mandible (teeth black), maxillary and labial palpi, wing base, yellowish white. Fore leg (most of coxa, trochanters, second to forth tarsomeres, yellowish white; fifth tarsomere brown), mid leg (part of coxa, trochanters, second to fourth tarsomeres, yellowish white; most of femur blackish brown; most of first and fifth tarsomeres, brown), hind leg (coxa, trochanters, femur, most of tibia, blackish brown; first and fifth tarsomeres basally brown; Apex of first and second to fourth tarsomeres, yellowish white), reddish brown.