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A TAXONOMIC STUDY ON ASAPHES (HYMENOPTERA: PTEROMALIDAE) FROM CHINA, WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF FOUR NEW SPECIES *
Author(s) -
Hui XIAO,
Dawei HUANG
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
insect science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.991
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1744-7917
pISSN - 1672-9609
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-7917.2000.tb00407.x
Subject(s) - biology , pteromalidae , china , hymenoptera , key (lock) , zoology , chinese academy of sciences , genus , taxonomy (biology) , type (biology) , botany , ecology , archaeology , geography , parasitoid
This paper deals with six species of the pteromalid genus Asaphes from China, including four new species: Asaphes umbilicalis sp. nov., Asaphes globularis sp. nov., Asaphes siciformis sp. nov., and Asaphes oculi sp. nov. A key to the species based on the females is provided. The type specimens are deposited in the Zoological Museum, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China.