ZooKeys 455: An Anotated Checklist of the Chrysidid Wasps (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae) from China

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Language: English

The Chrysididae, commonly known as cuckoo wasps or goldwasps, are a cosmo­politan family and have the greatest diversity in the Palaearctic Region. The present paper presents an annotated checklist of the Chinese Chrysididae. The list includes 188 species and subspe­cies in twenty-three genera of five subfamilies. Four species are proposed as new combinations: Hedychridium cupreum asianum (Linsenmaier, 1997), Philoctetes deauratus (Mocsáry, 1914), Ph. mordvilkoi (Semenov-Tian-Shanskij, 1932), and Pseudomalus hypocritus (du Buysson, 1893). Two species are revali­dated: Chrysis consobrina Mocsáry, 1889, and Philoctetes mongolicus (du Buysson, 1901). Historical data with comments on the current taxonomic position, and the pictures of sixty-five types are also given. This checklist is a part of a series studying the chrysidid fauna of the Palaearctic Regions in the World.

Contents

Introduction   3
Material and methods   3
Results   5

I. Taxa from China   5
      Subfamily Cleptinae   5
         1. Genus Cleptes Latreille, 1802   5
      Subfamily Amiseginae   10
         2. Genus Magdalium Kimsey, 1986   10
         3. Genus Nipponosega Kurzenko & Lelej, 1994   10
      Subfamily Loboscelidiinae   11
         4. Genus Loboscelidia Westwood, 1874   11
         5. Genus Rhadinoscelidia Kimsey, 1988   13
      Subfamily Chrysidinae   13
   Tribe Elampini   13
         6. Genus Elampus Spinola, 1806   13
         7. Genus Hedychridium Abeille de Perrin, 1878   17
         8. Genus Hedychrum Latreille, 1802   20
         9. Genus Holophris Mocsáry, 1890   26
         10. Genus Holopyga Dahlbom, 1845   26
         11. Genus Omalus Panzer, 1806   28
         12. Genus Philoctetes Abeille de Perrin, 1878   31
         13. Genus Pseudomalus Ashmead, 1902   34
   Tribe Chrysidini   38
         14. Genus Chrysidea Bischoff, 1913   38
         15. Genus Chrysis Linnaeus, 1761   38
         16. Genus Chrysura Dahlbom, 1845   67
         17. Genus Euchroeus Latreille, 1809   68
         18. Genus Praestochrysis Linsenmaier, 1959   70
         19. Genus Primeuchroeus Linsenmaier, 1968   71
         20. Genus Pseudospinolia Linsenmaier, 1951   73
         21. Genus Stilbum Spinola, 1806   74
         22. Genus Trichrysis Lichtenstein, 1876   75
      Subfamily Parnopinae   79
         23. Genus Parnopes Latreille, 1797   79

Plates   80

II. Taxa to be excluded from China   115
III. Doubtful taxa mentioned in China   116

Conclusion   117
Acknowledgements   117
References   118

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