Four new species of Tanycarpa (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Alysiinae) from the Palaearctic Region and new records of species from China

Junli Yao; Robert R Kula; Robert A Wharton; Jiahua Chen

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3957.2.2

Four new species of Tanycarpa (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Alysiinae) from the Palaearctic Region and new records of species from China

Zootaxa. 2015 May 14;3957(2):169-87. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3957.2.2.

Authors

Junli Yao¹, Robert R Kula², Robert A Wharton³, Jiahua Chen

Affiliations

¹ Beneficial Insects Institute, Fujian Agriculture & Forestry University, Fuzhou, Fujian 350002, China.; Email: yao.junli.china@gmail.com.
² Systematic Entomology Laboratory, Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, c/o National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, P.O. Box 37012, MRC-168, Washington, DC 20013-7012 U.S.A.; Email: Robert.Kula@ars.usda.gov.
³ Department of Entomology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843 U.S.A.; Email: rawbaw2@tamu.edu.

PMID: 26249064
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3957.2.2

Abstract

Four new species of Tanycarpa (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Alysiinae), T. gymnonotum Yao sp. n., T. similis Yao sp. n., T. areolata Yao sp. n., and T. lineata Yao sp. n., are described from the Palaearctic Region of China, and T. chors Belokobylskij is newly recorded from China. Significant range extensions are given for T. bicolor (Nees von Esenbeck), T. gracilicornis (Nees von Esenbeck), and T. mitis Stelfox. A key to the Palaearctic species of Tanycarpa is provided.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animal Distribution
Animal Structures / anatomy & histology
Animal Structures / growth & development
Animals
Body Size
China
Female
Male
Organ Size
Wasps / anatomy & histology
Wasps / classification*
Wasps / growth & development