Notes on Macroteleia Westwood (Hymenoptera, Scelionidae) from China, with description of a new species

By

Hong, Chun-dan
Popovici, Ovidiu
Chen, Huayan.

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2020

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

939

Pages

29--43

Subjects

egg parasitoid , new distribution record , Platygastroidea , redescription , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.939.51272

 

Abstract

The wasp genusMacroteleiaWestwood from China has been previously revised, but some species are only known from males. Here the females of two known species are described:M. carinigenaChen, Johnson, Masner & Xu andM. gracilisChen, Johnson, Masner & Xu. In addition, one species is redescribed:M. variegataKozlov & Kononova; and one species is described as new:Macroteleia xuiHong & Chen,sp. nov.Macroteleia ischtvaniKononova,syn. nov.is proposed as new synonym ofM. variegataKozlov & Kononova.