Three new species of Quadrastichus Girault (Hymenoptera, Eulophidae) from China with a key to Chinese species

Wen-Jian Li; Cheng-De Li

doi:10.3897/zookeys.1187.111723

Three new species of Quadrastichus Girault (Hymenoptera, Eulophidae) from China with a key to Chinese species

Zookeys. 2023 Dec 20:1187:169-188. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1187.111723. eCollection 2023.

Authors

Wen-Jian Li¹, Cheng-De Li²

Affiliations

¹ Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory of Coastal Wetland Bioresources and Environmental Protection, School of Wetland, Yancheng Teachers University, Yancheng, 224007, China Yancheng Teachers University Yancheng China.
² School of Forestry, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, 150040, China Northeast Forestry University Harbin China.

Abstract

Six species of Quadrastichus Girault (Eulophidae: Tetrastichinae) from China are reviewed, including three new species: Q.longisetasp. nov., Q.flavomaculatussp. nov., Q.longiscapussp. nov. and one new country record, Q.vacuna (Walker, 1839). New distributional data for Q.anysis (Walker, 1839) and Q.sajoi (Szelényi, 1941), and a key to the Chinese species of Quadrastichus based on females, are included.

Keywords: Chalcidoidea; Hymenoptera; identification key; parasitoids; taxonomy.

Wen-Jian Li, Cheng-De Li.