The genus Eurymeros Bhat (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Alysiinae) newly recorded from China

Jia-Chen Zhu; Shu-Qian Fang; Qing-Yan Zhao; Jun-Li Yao; Yan-Qiong Peng; Van Achterberg Cees; Xue-Xin Chen

doi:10.3897/BDJ.11.e100784

The genus Eurymeros Bhat (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Alysiinae) newly recorded from China

Biodivers Data J. 2023 Aug 8:11:e100784. doi: 10.3897/BDJ.11.e100784. eCollection 2023.

Authors

Jia-Chen Zhu¹, Shu-Qian Fang², Qing-Yan Zhao², Jun-Li Yao², Yan-Qiong Peng³, Van Achterberg Cees¹, Xue-Xin Chen¹

Affiliations

¹ State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology and Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs Key Lab of Molecular Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insect Pests, Institute of Insect Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China, Hangzhou, China State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology and Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs Key Lab of Molecular Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insect Pests, Institute of Insect Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China Hangzhou China.
² Beneficial Insects Institute, Fujian Agriculture & Forestry University, Fuzhou, China Beneficial Insects Institute, Fujian Agriculture & Forestry University Fuzhou China.
³ Key Laboratory of Tropical Forest Ecology, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, China, Kunming, China Key Laboratory of Tropical Forest Ecology, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, China Kunming China.

Abstract

Background: Alysiinae Leach is a species-rich subfamily in Braconidae, of which several species play an important role in biological control. The monotypic genus Eurymerostumespiraculum Bhat, 1980 was discovered in Tibet and Yunnan provinces for the first time, representing the first record of the genus Eurymeros Bhat, 1980 (Braconidae, Alysiinae) in China.

New information: The rare genus Eurymeros Bhat, 1980 (Braconidae, Alysiinae) and its only known species, E.tumespiraculum Bhat, 1980, are newly recorded from China. The morphological variation of the Chinese specimens is described and illustrated.

Keywords: Alysiinae; Alysiini; Braconidae; China; Hymenoptera; Oriental Region; new record.

Jia-Chen Zhu, Shu-Qian Fang, Qing-Yan Zhao, Jun-Li Yao, Yan-Qiong Peng, Van Achterberg Cees, Xue-Xin Chen.