Zoological Studies

Vol. 42 No. 1, 2003

A Study of the Genus Euplectrus Westwood (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) in China

Chao-Dong Zhu and Da-Wei Huang*

Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080, China

Chao-Dong Zhu and Da-Wei Huang (2003) This paper treats the Chinese species of the genus Euplectrus Westwood. Thirty valid species are recognized from China and a key to species is provided. Four species of Euplectrus were known previously from China: E. bicolor (Swederus), E. euplexiae Rohwer, E. liparidis Ferrière, and E. maculiventris Westwood. Twelve species, including E. ceylonensis (Howard), E. cinctiventris Ferrière, E. flavipes Fonscolombe, E. indicus Ferrière, E. koebeli Crawford, E. laphygmae Ferrière, E. leucostomus Rohwer, E. manilae Ashmead, E. medanensis Crawford, E. nigrescens Ferrière, E. platyhypenae Ashmead, E. noctuidiphagus Yasumatsu, E. parvulus Ferrière, E. petiolatus Ferrière, and E. xanthocephalus Girault, are newly recorded from China. Ten species are also newly recorded from other countries: E. ceylonensis from Malaysia and Viet Nam; E. cinctiventris from Mexico, Papua New Guinea, and Venezuela; E. flavipes from the Dominican Republic, Mexico, Turkey, and Yugoslavia; E. indicus from Mexico and Thailand; E. koebeli from Mexico and Papua New Guinea; E. leucostomus from the Dominican Republic and Mexico; E. manilae from Australia, Japan, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, and Thailand; E. medanensis from Guinea, Japan, and Nigeria; E. nigrescens from Venezuela; E. noctuidiphagus from Nepal; E. xanthocephalus from India, Indonesia, Japan, and Malaysia. Eleven new species of E. acutigaster, E. brevicarinatus, E. brevisetulosus, E. flavigaster, E. fuscicoxalis, E. laeviscutellum, E. longigaster, E. longipetiolatus, E. paribus, E. reticulates, and E. transversus are described and compared to both Chinese species and other possible similar species worldwide.

Key words: Taxonomy, Euplectrus, Review, New species, New records.

*Correspondence: E-mail: huangdw@panda.ioz.ac.cn