Corresponding author: Zai-fu Xu (
Academic editor: B. Santos
A new species of the genus
Reshchikov A, Xu Z-f, Pang H (2017) First record of the genus
The genus
Species of
The European species of
Specimens were collected using sweep nets in the forests of Heishiding Provincial Nature Reserve, located in Fengkai County, Zhaoqing City, West Guangdong Province, bordering Guangxi, China (
The holotype is deposited in the Hymenopteran Collection of South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou
1 | Notauli distinctly impressed extending at least over the anterior 0.5 of the mesoscutum. Claws not pectinate |
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– | Notauli absent or weakly impressed, not extending the anterior 0.5 of the mesoscutum. Claws pectinate |
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2 | Fore wing areolet absent |
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– | Fore wing areolet present |
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3 | Body finely striated and weakly punctate. Fore femur and tibia uniformly red |
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– | Body distinctly and densely punctate, mesopleuron weakly striated. Fore femur and tibia not uniformly red |
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4 | Epicnemial carina reaching anterior edge of mesopleuron. Metasomal tergites without yellow bands on posterior margins. Fore femur and tibia red, dark apically |
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– | Epicnemial carina not reaching anterior edge of mesopleuron. Metasomal tergites with yellow bands on posterior margins. Fore femur black, yellowish apically; fore tibia yellow |
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5 | Metasomal tergites black, or with narrow posterior margins light colored (Fig. |
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– | Middle metasomal tergites red, sometimes with dark maculae |
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6 | Claw distinctly pectinate, teeth of hind claw more than 0.5 times as high as claw (Fig. |
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– | Hind claw with teeth less than 0.5 times as high as claw. Longitudinal propodeal carina present |
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7 | Longitudinal propodeal carina mostly absent, only the area apicalis defined |
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– | Longitudinal propodeal carina complete (Fig. |
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8 | Head with parallel sides or expanded behind eyes dorsally. T1 with distinct dorsal longitudinal carinae reaching almost to posterior margin |
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– | Head narrowed behind eyes dorsally. T1 with weak dorsal longitudinal carinae reaching only 0.7 of length |
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9 | Mesopleuron polished ventrally, finely and densely punctate. Propodeum with costula defined. T2 and T3 finely sculptured, polished. Metasomal tergites with narrow yellow posterior margins. Clypeus in female entirely or apically pale. Scape yellow ventrally |
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– | Mesopleuron matt ventrally, shagreened or granulated |
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10 | T2 and T3 with broad reddish-yellow bands on posterior margins. Pronotum, mesonotum, and mesopleuron in male with large yellow maculae. Female with clypeus and scape entirely black |
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– | T2 and T3 black (T3 slightly reddish-brown basally). Male with pronotum, mesonotum, and mesopleuron black. Clypeus in female with yellow maculae on sides |
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11 | Ovipositor sheath 2 times as long as first tarsomere of hind leg |
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– | Ovipositor sheath equal to or shorter than first tarsomere of hind leg |
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12 | Temples and lower part of mesopleuron coriaceous and granulated with fine, dense punctures. T1 very densely punctate and striated, with elongate dorsal carinae reaching to its middle |
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– | Temples and lower part of mesopleuron striated, punctures not defined. T1 finely shagreened, with short dorsal carinae not reaching middle |
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13 | Ovipositor sheath curved upwards, as long as first tarsomere of hind leg, curved upwards. Antenna with 24–26 flagellomeres; the basal flagellomeres stout, and apical flagellomeres transverse. T1 black; T2–T4 red |
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– | Ovipositor sheath straight, shorter, 0.6–0.8 times as long as first tarsomere of hind leg. Antenna with 23–31 flagellomeres; the basal flagellomeres elongate, the apical flagellomeres cubic. T1 black with posterior margin red |
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14 | Antenna with 28–31 flagellomeres. Female with third flagellomere 2.3–2.8 times as long as broad; male with third flagellomere 2.2–2.4 times as long as broad. Mesopleuron finely striated, finely and sparsely punctate. Body black. Palpi, mandibles, posterior edge of pronotum, and tegulae yellow. Legs (except coxae and hind tarsi), posterior margins of T1, and T2–T3 red. Male with clypeus, face, scape and pedicel ventrally, subtegular carina, fore and middle coxae and trochanters yellow |
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– | Antenna with 23–28 flagellomeres. Female with third flagellomere 1.9–2.4 times as long as broad; male with third falgellomere 1.9–2.2 times as long as broad. Mesopleuron distinctly coriaceous |
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15 | Mesonotum and T1–T3 finely striated |
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– | Mesonotum and T1–T3 not striated |
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16 | Mesonotum distinctly matt, finely and densely punctate |
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– | Mesonotum distinctly polished, sparsely and indistinctly punctate |
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This species can be distinguished from all other species of
The name of the new species refers to the Oriental Region.
The authors are deeply grateful to Dr. Qiang Yang (Sun Yat-sen University, China) and Qi Yue (South China Agricultural University) for their kind help with the image of the type specimen and Dr. Tony Hunter (National Museums Liverpool, UK), Pascal Rousse (Iziko South African Museum, Cape Town, South Africa), Ilari Sääksjärvi (University of Turku, Finland) and Bernardo Santos (American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA) for review of the manuscript. This research was supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (No. 2013CB127600) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 31171899 & No. 31572052).