Chinese species of the genus Aptesis Förster (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) parasitizing sawflies, with descriptions of three new species and a key to species

By

Li, Tao
Sheng, Mao-Ling
Sun, Shu-Ping

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2013

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

290

Pages

55-73

Subjects

Aptesis , Biology , Cryptinae , Diprion jingyuanensis , Diprionidae , Hymenoptera , Neodiprion huizeensis , parasitoid , Pristiphora erichsonii , Tenthredinidae

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.290.4781

 

Abstract

Six species of the genus Aptesis Förster 1850 belonging to the tribe Hemigastrini of the subfamily Cryptinae (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) are reported from China. Three of them, A. elongata Li & Sheng, sp.n., A. melana Li & Sheng, sp. n. and A. nigricoxa Li & Sheng, sp. n. reared from sawflies in China, are new to science. The biology of A. melana is described. A key to the species of Aptesis known from China is provided.