A taxonomic study of Chinese species of the alberti group of Metaphycus (Hymenoptera, Encyrtidae) | Zendy

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A taxonomic study of Chinese species of the alberti group of Metaphycus (Hymenoptera, Encyrtidae)

Author(s) -

YanZhou Zhang,

Ying Wang,

Chengde Li

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

zookeys

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.672

H-Index - 43

eISSN - 1313-2989

pISSN - 1313-2970

DOI - 10.3897/zookeys.285.4142

Subject(s) - china , encyrtidae , chinese academy of sciences , key (lock) , hymenoptera , biology , zoology , beijing , taxonomy (biology) , species group , genus , botany , ecology , geography , archaeology , parasitoid

Ten alberti-group species of the genus Metaphycus Mercet from China are reviewed. Six species Metaphycus dorsalis sp. n., Metaphycus chinensis sp. n., Metaphycus wui sp. n., Metaphycus stylatus sp. n., Metaphycus fusiscapus sp. n. and Metaphycus fusiformis sp. n. are described as new to science. Four known species from China are redescribed. A key to the females of the Chinese species is given and photomicrographs are provided to illustrate morphological characters of these species. All specimens unless otherwise specified are deposited in the National Zoological Museum of China Institute of Zoology Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing.

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