Biological resources of Eunotidae, Herbertiidae, Pteromalidae and Eulophidae (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea) from the Altun Mountain National Nature Reserve, China, with description of ten new species

By

Ning, Kang
Hu, Hongying

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2025

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

1233

Pages

31--54

Subjects

Alpine , Biological control , Checklist , Eulophidae , Eunotidae , Herbertiidae , new species , population density , Pteromalidae , species abundance

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1233.140823

 

Abstract

In this study, we explore the biological resources of Eunotidae, Herbertiidae, Pteromalidae and Eulophidae in the Altun Mountain Nature Reserve, Xinjiang, China. Sixty-one species are listed and we described ten new species, including Eunotus caeruleus Kang & Hu, sp. nov. and Eunotus argenteus Kang & Hu, sp. nov. of Eunotidae, Herbertia altunensis Kang & Hu, sp. nov. of Herbertiidae, Thinodytes splendens Kang & Hu, sp. nov., Erdoesina maculata Kang & Hu, sp. nov., Homoporus flavus Kang & Hu, sp. nov. and Stenomalina viridis Kang & Hu, sp. nov. of Pteromalidae and two new species Diaulinopsis altunensis Kang & Hu, sp. nov. and Hyssopus altunensis Kang & Hu, sp. nov. of Eulophidae. Detailed illustrations of all new species are included to support identification and further study.