A taxonomic study of Muscidifurax Girault & Sanders from China (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea, Pteromalidae)

By

Hui, Xiao
Zhou, Shiyu
Tong, Yanfeng

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2018

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

776

Pages

91-103

Subjects

China Mainland , key , Muscidifurax , new species , Pteromalidae , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.776.25030

 

Abstract

Five species ofMuscidifuraxGirault & Sanders (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) are studied from mainland China, of which three new species,M.similadanacusXiao & Zhou,sp. n.,M.sinesensillaXiao & Zhou,sp. n.,M.neoraptorellusXiao & Zhou,sp. n., and one newly recorded species,M.adanacusDoganlar, are reported. All species have been reared from pupae ofMuscadomesticaLinnaeus. A key to ChineseMuscidifuraxand illustrations of external features of the species are provided.