Review of the Chinese Leucospidae (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea)

Zookeys. 2017 Feb 2:(651):107-157. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.651.11235. eCollection 2017.

Abstract

The Chinese fauna of the family Leucospidae (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea) is reviewed and illustrated for the first time. Twelve species of Leucospis Fabricius, 1775 are recorded; of which two species are new to science: Leucospis aequidentatasp. n. and Leucospis shaanxiensissp. n. and one species is reported new for China: Leucospis intermedia Illiger, 1807. An identification key to Chinese species is included. A lectotype is designated for Leucospis aurantiaca Shestakov, 1923.

Keywords: China; Leucospidae; Leucospis; Oriental region; Palaearctic region; new record; new species.