Discovery of the genus Förster in the Oriental Region (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Cryptinae).

The genus Förster, 1869 is newly recorded from the Oriental Region based on a new species, Sheng & Li, , collected from Jiangxi Province, in the oriental part of China. This species resembles (Uchida, 1930) from Japan in the coloration of flagellum and the structure and colouration of metasomal tergites, but it can be distinguished by the density and length of clypeal setae, the large propodeal spiracle, and the sculpture of area superomedia. Illustrations of and are provided. A key to the Asian species of this genus is also given.