Descriptions of Three New Species of the Genus Acerataspis Uchida, 1934 (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Metopiinae), with an Illustrated Identification Key to Extant Species-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Descriptions of Three New Species of the Genus Acerataspis Uchida, 1934 (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Metopiinae), with an Illustrated Identification Key to Extant Species

Published:2023-04-17 Issue:4 Volume:14 Page:389
ISSN:2075-4450
Container-title:Insects
language:en
Short-container-title:Insects

Author:

Liu Jing-Xian¹,Reshchikov Alexey²,Chen Hua-Yan³^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Department of Entomology, College of Plant Protection, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China

2. Institute of Eastern Himalaya Biodiversity Research, Dali University, Dali 671003, China

3. Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Conservation and Sustainable Utilization, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, China

Abstract

The Asian genus Acerataspis Uchida, 1934 is reviewed based on both morphology and DNA barcodes. Ten species are recognized in total, of which three species from Yunnan Province of China are described as new: Acerataspis maliae sp. nov., A. seperata sp. nov. and A. similis sp. nov. The male of A. fukienensis Chao, 1957 is described and illustrated for the first time. The genus is recorded from Thailand and Southeast Asia for the first time. An illustrated key to all known extant species is provided. With the supplement of DNA barcodes, a few diagnostic morphological characters are found useful in species identification.

Funder

Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province

Yunnan Intelligence Union Program

Publisher

MDPI AG

Subject

Insect Science

Link

https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4450/14/4/389/pdf

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