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Corresponding author: Cheng-De Li ( lichengde0608@sina.com ) Academic editor: Andreas Köhler
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Li M-R, Li C-D (2023) A new species of Entedon Dalman (Hymenoptera, Eulophidae) and three newly recorded species from China. ZooKeys 1172: 1-14. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1172.104676
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In this paper, a new species of Entedon Dalman, E. flavifemur sp. nov. is described from Tibet and three species, E. albifemur Kamijo, E. crassiscapus Erdös, and E. nomizonis Kamijo are reported from China for the first time. A detailed description and illustrations of the new species are provided, as well as diagnoses and illustrations of the three newly recorded species.
Chalcidoidea, Entedoninae, natural enemy, new species records, parasitoid wasp, taxonomy
Species of genus Entedon Dalman, 1820 (Hymenoptera, Eulophidae, Entedoninae) are considered to primarily parasitize the larvae of weevils, bark beetles (Coleoptera, Curculionidae), and bean weevils (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Bruchinae) which bore into tree trunks, wood, and seeds (
The genus Entedon contains 187 species worldwide, of which 185 species were recorded in the Universal Chalcidoidea Database (
In this paper we record four additional species: E. flavifemur is described as new to science; and E. albifemur Kamijo, 1988, E. crassiscapus Erdös, 1944 and E. nomizonis Kamijo, 1988 are reported from China for the first time. The detailed description and illustrations of the new species, diagnoses and illustrations of three new recorded species are provided.
Specimens were collected by sweep nets, yellow-pan traps, and Malaise traps from northeast and southwest China, and were fixed on triangular cards or dissected and mounted in Canada Balsam on slides following methods described by
Terminology follows the
C1–2 clavomeres 1–2;
F1–3 funiculars 1–3;
HE height of eye;
MS malar space;
MV marginal vein;
OOL minimum distance between a posterior ocellus and corresponding eye margin;
PMV postmarginal vein;
POL minimum distance between posterior ocelli;
SMV submarginal vein;
STV stigmal vein;
WM width of mouth opening.
Type material is deposited in the insect collections at Northeast Forestry University (NEFU), Harbin, China. Abbreviations for other depositories:
Holotype : ♀ [NEFU; on card], China, Tibet, Lhasa City, Linzhou County, 30–31.V.2015, leg. Ye Chen and Chao Zhang, by yellow-pan trapping. Paratypes: 4♀: 1♀ [NEFU; on slide], China, Tibet, Medog County, Damu Village, 15–18.V.2017, leg. Zhaxi, by Malaise trapping; 2♀ [NEFU; on cards], China, Tibet, Medog County, Damu Village, 25.V.–1.VI.2017, leg. Zhaxi, by Malaise trapping; 1♀ [NEFU; on card], CHINA, Tibet, Medog County, Damu Village, 15–22.VI.2017, leg. Zhaxi, by Malaise trapping.
Female. Scape and all femora and tibiae yellow to pale yellow (Figs
Female. Body length 2.2–2.4 mm, mainly metallic green. Vertex and face metallic green, the latter with golden-red reflections, and interantennal area with golden-violet reflections (Fig.
Head
(Fig.
Mesosoma
(Fig.
Metasoma
(Fig.
Male. Unknown.
Unknown.
The specific name refers to the yellow femora (flavus is Latin for yellow).
China (Tibet).
Entedon flavifemur sp. nov. is close to E. magnificus (Girault & Dodd, 1913) (
Entedon albifemur
Kamijo, 1988: 334, ♀♂, holotype ♀, Japan,
5♀: 3♀ [NEFU; 2 on cards, 1 on slide], China, Liaoning Province, Fushun City, Dahuofang Forestry Station, 18.VI.2012, leg. Xiang-Xiang Jin, Hui Geng and Jiang Liu, by sweep netting; 2♀ [NEFU; 1 on card, 1 on slide], China, Liaoning Province, Huludao City, Jianchang County, Bailangshan National Nature Reserve, 26.VII.2013, leg. Guo-Hao Zu, Ye Chen and Chao Zhang, by sweep netting.
Female. Antenna mainly dark brown, with bluish green or purple reflections, only base of scape white. All femora and tibiae white, protibia with one longitudinal brown to dark brown stripe dorsally, coxae metallic bluish green (Figs
Male. Not collected from China. According to
Unknown.
China (Liaoning Province) (new record), Japan (
The two specimens we collected from Bailangshan National Nature Reserve have the F1 twice as long as wide, shorter than those of the type specimens, and barely longer than the F2; other characteristics are the same as in the type.
Entedon (Trochentedon) crassiscapus
Erdös, 1944: 61, ♀, holotype ♀, Romania,
Entedon (Dolichentedon) flavicrus
Erdös, 1944: 38, ♀, lectotype ♀, Hungary,
17♀ 3♂: 4♀, 1♂ [NEFU; 1♀ on card, 3♀, 1♂ on slides], China, Liaoning Province, Anshan City, Mountain Qian Shan, 25.VI.2015, leg. Hui Geng, Si-Zhu Liu, Zhi-Guang Wu and Yan Gao, by sweep netting; 1♀ [NEFU; on card], China, Liaoning Province, Anshan City, Mountain Qian Shan, 23.VI.2015, leg. Hui Geng, Si-Zhu Liu, Zhi-Guang Wu and Yan Gao, by sweep netting; 1♀, 1♂ [NEFU; on cards], China, Liaoning Province, Anshan City, Mountain Qian Shan, 22.VI.2015, leg. Hui Geng, Si-Zhu Liu, Zhi-Guang Wu and Yan Gao, by sweep netting; 1♀, 1♂ [NEFU; on cards], China, Liaoning Province, Anshan City, Mountain Qian Shan, 16.IX.2015, leg. Hui Geng, Ye Chen and Xin-Yu Zhang, by sweep netting; 3♀ [NEFU; on cards], China, Liaoning Province, Fushun City, Dahuofang Forestry Station, 18.VI.2012, leg. Xiang-Xiang Jin, Hui Geng and Jiang Liu, by sweep netting; 2♀ [NEFU; on cards], China, Liaoning Province, Fushun City, Dahuofang Forestry Station, 19.VI.2012, leg. Xiang-Xiang Jin, Hui Geng and Jiang Liu, by sweep netting; 1♀ [NEFU; on card], China, Liaoning Province, Fushun City, Qingyuan County, Shimengou, 10.VI.2012, leg. Xiang-Xiang Jin, Hui Geng and Jiang Liu, by sweep netting; 2♀ [NEFU; on cards], China, Liaoning Province, Huludao City, Jianchang County, Bailangshan National Nature Reserve, 4.VII.2012, leg. Si-Zhu Liu and Jiang Liu, by sweep netting; 1♀ [NEFU; on card], China, Heilongjiang Province, Shangzhi City, Maoershan, leg. Ye Chen and Chao Zhang, by sweep netting; 1♀ [NEFU; on card], CHINA, Inner Mongolia, Yakeshi City, Fenghuang Villa, leg. Yue Qin and Yuan-Yuan Jin, by yellow-pan trapping.
Female. Antennal scape dark brown to black, with bluish green reflections. All femora dark brown to black with metallic bluish green reflections in proximal 1/2 to 2/3 of its length, the remainder is white; all trochanters and tibiae white, only protibiae with a dark brown longitudinal stripe (Figs
Male. Clearly differentiated from female as follows: scape swollen in median part, 2.7× as long as wide (Fig.
Unknown from China. According to
China (Heilongjiang, Liaoning, and Inner Mongolia) (new record), Hungary (
Entedon nomizonis
Kamijo, 1988: 331, ♀♂, holotype ♀, Japan,
1♀ [NEFU; on slide], China, Liaoning Province, Huludao City, Jianchang County, Bailangshan National Nature Reserve, 4.VII.2012, leg. Si-Zhu Liu and Jiang Liu, by sweep netting.
Female. Scape dark metallic blue. All coxae and femora metallic bluish green, only apex of all femora pale yellow or white; trochanters brown to black; tibiae mainly pale yellow to white, protibiae dorsally and ventrally dark brown, mesotibiae and metatibiae with single dark brown band basally. Head strongly reticulate, only clypeus smooth; frontal sulcus absent; gena almost straight; clypeus convex, with anterior margin produced and distinctly curved (Fig.
Male. Not collected from China. According to
Unknown from China. According to
China (Liaoning Province) (new record) and Japan (
We are grateful to Dr Xiang-Xiang Jin, Guo-Hao Zu, Ye Chen, Hui Geng, Si-Zhu Liu, Mr Zhaxi, Chao Zhang, Jiang Liu, Zhi-Guang Wu, Miss Yan Gao, Xin-Yu Zhang, Yuan-Yuan Jin and Yue Qin for specimen collection. We are also grateful to Prof. Christer Hansson, Dr Alex Gumovsky and an anonymous reviewer for providing valuable comments and suggestions to improve the manuscript.
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
No ethical statement was reported.
No funding was reported.
Funding acquisition: CDL. Writing - original draft: MRL. Writing - review and editing: CDL.
Ming-Rui Li https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9143-1548
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