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

The wasp genus Macroteleia Westwood from China has been previously revised, but some species are only known from males. Here the females of two known species are described: M. carinigena Chen, Johnson, Masner & Xu and M. gracilis Chen, Johnson, Masner & Xu. In...

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Main Authors: Chun-Dan Hong, Ovidiu Alin Popovici, Hua-Yan Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2020-06-01
Series:ZooKeys
Online Access:https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/51272/download/pdf/
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Summary:The wasp genus Macroteleia Westwood from China has been previously revised, but some species are only known from males. Here the females of two known species are described: M. carinigena Chen, Johnson, Masner & Xu and M. gracilis Chen, Johnson, Masner & Xu. In addition, one species is redescribed: M. variegata Kozlov & Kononova; and one species is described as new: Macroteleia xui Hong & Chen, sp. nov. Macroteleia ischtvani Kononova, syn. nov. is proposed as new synonym of M. variegata Kozlov & Kononova.
ISSN:1313-2970