Aprostocetus percaudatus

Aprostocetus percaudatus (Silvestri, 1920) Figs 35–37 Tetrastichus percaudatus Silvestri, 1920: 241. Terebratella indica Shafee & Rizvi, 1985: 377. [Synonymized by Hayat and Shahi 2004: 307.] Aprostocetus (Ootetrastichus) percaudatus: Graham 1987: 112. Material examined. 3 females: [1 female on card], China • Shandong Province, Qingdao City, Mashan Mountain, 16. VII. 2014, Guo-Hao Zu, Si-Zhu Liu, Zhi-Guang Wu, Hui Geng, by sweeping; [2 females on cards], China • Yunnan Province, Shuangjiang County, 21. IV. 2013, Guo-Hao Zu, Xiang-Xiang Jin, Chao Zhang, by sweeping. All deposited in YCTU. Diagnosis. Female. Body (Fig. 35) long, length 1.7–2.0 mm (projecting part of ovipositor sheaths not included), projecting part of ovipositor sheaths ≤ 3.0 mm in length. Body black with bright green to blue-green metallic tints. Hosts. Unknown from China. Non-Chinese records include Oecanthus pellucens (Scopoli, 1763) (Orthoptera: Gryllidae) (Graham 1987). Distribution. China (Shandong, Yunnan [new records]), Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Slovakia, France, Italy, Spain (Boyadzhiev 1997), Germany (Vidal 2001), Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro (Bouček 1977), Romania (Hansson 2016), Ukraine, Moldova (Bouček 1966), India (Narendran 2007). Comments. This species can be distinguished by its extremely long ovipositor sheaths. The longest projecting part of the ovipositor sheaths of one specimen was 3.0 mm.