Review of Asaphes Walker, 1834 (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea, Asaphesinae) from Xinjiang, China

By

Li, Qin
Zhang, Tongyou
Gibson, Gary A. P. 1950-
Shan, Shilei
Hui, Xiao

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2024

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

1214

Pages

35--57

Subjects

Asaphes , COI , integrative taxonomy , morphometrics , Xinjiang

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1214.127982

 

Abstract

Four species of the cosmopolitan genus Asaphes Walker, 1834 (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Asaphesinae, family incerta sedis) are recorded from Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China, bringing the number of known species in China to eight. In addition to Asaphes suspensus (Nees ab Esenbeck), 1834 and A. vulgaris Walker, 1834, A. fuyunis Li & Zhang, sp. nov. is newly described based on females and A. californicus Girault, 1917, previously known only from North and South America, is newly recorded from China. These four species are differentiated using an integrative taxonomic approach that includes COI barcode data and morphometrics, and are illustrated using macrophotography. Additionally, the 13 described world species of Asaphes are tabulated and females of the eight recognized Chinese species are keyed.