Illustrated keys to Scoliidae (Insecta, Hymenoptera, Scolioidea) from China

By

Liu, Zhen
Achterberg, C. van
He, Junhua
Chen, Xuexin.
Chen, Huayan.

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2021

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

1025

Pages

139--175

Subjects

China , illustrated keys , Scoliidae

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1025.61385

 

Abstract

The Scoliidae occur predominantly in tropical and subtropical regions and are ectoparasitoids of Scarabaeoidea larvae (especially of Melolonthinae) which are immobilised, parasitised by the female wasp in their terrestrial larval gallery and buried deeper in a special cell by the female wasp. Herein, we provided, for the first time, illustrated keys to 11 genera and 52 species of Scoliidae from China, based on specimens in the Naturalis Biodiversity Center (RMNH, Leiden) and additional specimens from the Chinese Academy of Insect Science (Beijing), Zhejiang University (ZJUH, Hangzhou) and Sun Yat-sen University (SYSU, Guangzhou) and it is a first attempt to make keys available for all the Scoliidae species in China.