Description of a new species of Pseudomegischus van Achterberg from China (Hymenoptera, Stephanidae)

Hua-Yan Chen; Chun-Dan Hong; Cornelis van Achterberg; Zai-Fu Xu

doi:10.3897/zookeys.601.9499

Description of a new species of Pseudomegischus van Achterberg from China (Hymenoptera, Stephanidae)

Zookeys. 2016 Jun 29:(601):119-25. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.601.9499. eCollection 2016.

Authors

Hua-Yan Chen¹, Chun-Dan Hong², Cornelis van Achterberg³, Zai-Fu Xu⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Entomology, The Ohio State University, 1315 Kinnear Road, Columbus, Ohio 43212, U.S.A.; Department of Entomology, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510640, P. R. China.
² Nansha Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau, Guangzhou, 511457, P. R. China.
³ Key Laboratory of Resource Biology and Biotechnology in Western China (Northwest University), Ministry of Education; School of Life Sciences, Northwest University, 229 North Taibai Road, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710069, China.
⁴ Department of Entomology, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510640, P. R. China.

Abstract

A new species of the genus Pseudomegischus van Achterberg, Pseudomegischus yunnanensis sp. n., is described and illustrated from Yunnan Province, China. This is the second species of the genus reported from China. A modified section of the identification key to species of Pseudomegischus is added to include the new species.

Keywords: China; Oriental Region; Pseudomegischus; Stephanidae; new species.