A new genus and three newly recorded species of Encyrtidae (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea) from China

By

Ning, Kang
Hu, Hongying
Guo, Shu Han
Luo, Shun Gang

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2024

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

1193

Pages

49--61

Subjects

Alpine steppes , Apteronotus indigus , encyrtids , new genus , taxonomy , wingless

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1193.116791

 

Abstract

A new genus and species of Encyrtidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea), Apteronotus Kang, Hu & Luo, gen. nov. (type species A. indigus Kang, Hu & Luo, sp. nov.), associated with insects inhabiting Oxytropis spp., and three newly recorded species for China, Copidosoma clavatum, Ericydnus aeneus and Tetracnemus kozlovi, are described from the Altun Mountain Nature Reserve, Xinjiang. Detailed illustrations of all species were included to support the identification and further study.