The genus Ishikawa, 1965 is newly recorded from China (Guangdong, Hainan, and Yunnan) and the Oriental Region. Two new species, Loktionov, Lelej & Xu, (Guangdong, Hainan, Yunnan) and Loktionov, Lelej & Xu, (Guangdong, Yunnan), are described and illustrated. The updated key to the species based on Shimizu et al.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFGenetic comparisons of parasitoids and their hosts are expected to reflect ecological and evolutionary processes that influence the interactions between species. The parasitoid wasp, and its host diamondback moth (DBM), provide opportunities to test whether the specialist natural enemy migrates seasonally with its host or occurs as resident population. We genotyped 17 microsatellite loci and two mitochondrial genes for 158 female adults of collected from 12 geographical populations, as well as nine microsatellite loci for 127 DBM larvae from six separate sites.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFFour Chinese species-groups, the , , , and species-groups, are discussed. Rosa & Xu, is described in the species-group; and three species, Bischoff, 1910, Linsenmaier, 1968 and Tsuneki, 1961, are reported for the first time from China in other species-groups. A new synonymy is proposed for Mocsáry, 1893 = Tsuneki, 1970, A short historical review of the species-group is provided.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe genus Eopompilus Gussakovskij, 1932 is reviewed. A new species, Eopompilus pseudominor Loktionov, Lelej Xu, sp. nov.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe genus Zethus Fabricius, 1804, is newly recorded from China. The male of Zethus malayanus Gusenleitner, 2010 is described and figured for the first time. Zethus nanlingensis Nguyen & Xu, sp.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe subfamily Rhopalomutillinae of the family Mutillidae, represented by the genus Pherotilla Brothers, 2015, is newly recorded from China. Pherotilla brothersi Zhou, Lelej & Xu, sp. nov.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEight species of Zeugomutilla Chen, 1957 are reviewed. Zeugomutilla angkorensis Williams, sp. nov.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTwo species of Allophrys Förster are described from the Oriental region, A. cantonensis Reshchikov& Yue, sp. nov.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA critical and annotated catalogue of the Palaearctic types of chrysidid species, subspecies and varieties deposited in the Magyar Természettudományi Múzeum is given. The lectotype of Hedychrum luculentum Förster, 1853 and the neotype of Chrysis amasina Mocsáry, 1889 are designated. Six new synonyms are proposed: Chrysis varicornis Spinola, 1838 = Chrysis cyanocoelia Mocsáry, 1889, syn.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEight species in the Priocnemis hyalinata species-group are reviewed. The species-group is recorded from Oriental Region for the first time, and one new species, Priocnemis (Priocnemis) yunnanensis Loktionov, Lelej & Xu, sp. nov.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe Chinese fauna of the family Leucospidae (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea) is reviewed and illustrated for the first time. Twelve species of Fabricius, 1775 are recorded; of which two species are new to science: and and one species is reported new for China: Illiger, 1807. An identification key to Chinese species is included.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA new species, Polochridium spinosum Yue, Li & Xu, sp. nov. (China: Hunan, Shaanxi, Henan), is described and illustrated.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA new species of the genus Davis, 1897 (Ctenopelmatinae: Pionini), Reshchikov & Xu, , collected in Heishiding Nature Reserve in Guangdong Province, China, is described. This is new record of the genus from China and for the Oriental region also. The species can be distinguished from all other species of the genus by its black metasoma, the presence of an areolet on the fore wing, distinctly pectinate claws with teeth of the hind claw as high as the claw itself, and a complete longitudinal propodeal carina.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEleven species of Lelej, 1996 are reviewed and keyed, and the diagnosis of the genus is given. The genus is newly recorded from China and Lelej, (China: Guangdong, Hainan) and Lelej & Xu, (China: Yunnan, Hainan) are described and illustrated. New combination is proposed for (Kohl, 1882), (from the genus Lelej, 1996).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe genus Isegama Krombein is recorded from China for the first time and one new species, Isegama sinica Li & Xu, sp. nov. (China: Guangxi, Hainan, Yunnan) is described and illustrated.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe Chinese Chrysis of the inaequalis species-group are revised and C. extraordinaria sp. nov.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA new species of Kieffer, 1912, , is described and illustrated, collected from a Chinese prickly ash ( Maxim.) orchard in Yunnan province of China. This is the third described species of the genus in the World.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA new species of the stephanid genus Foenatopus Smith, Foenatopus weii sp. n., is described and illustrated from Yunnan Province, China.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA new species of the genus Pseudomegischus van Achterberg, Pseudomegischus yunnanensis sp. n., is described and illustrated from Yunnan Province, China.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe genus Indothrix Krombein, 1957 is newly recorded from China. Indothrix brevicornis Li & Xu, sp. nov.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe Chinese Aulacidae are revised, keyed and illustrated for the first time. In total twenty-five species are recorded from China, included within two genera Aulacus Jurine, 1807 and Pristaulacus Kieffer, 1900, with five and twenty species respectively. Among the treated species, six are newly described for science: Aulacus magnus sp.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe genus Kryptosega Kimsey 1986 was described in the subfamily Amiseginae with two new species, K. anomala Kimsey and K. kaindeana Kimsey from New Guinea (Kimsey 1986).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIstiochrysis Rosa & Xu, gen. nov. (type species Istiochrysis ziliolii Rosa, Feng & Xu, sp.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTwo Oriental genera of the tribe Elampini (Chrysidinae) are here discussed. The genus Holophris Mocsáry, 1890 is redescribed, and the genus Leptopareia Rosa & Xu, gen. nov.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA new species of the genus Monelata Förster, 1856, Monelata truncata sp. n., is described and illustrated from Yunnan Province, China.
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