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Review of the Chinese Leucospidae (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea)
Xin-Hai Ye1, Cornelis van Achterberg2, Qi Yue3
1College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China; Department of Entomology, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510640, China.
Abstract:
The Chinese fauna of the family Leucospidae (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea) is reviewed and illustrated for the first time. Twelve species of Leucospis Fabricius, 1775 are recorded; of which two species are new to science: Leucospis aequidentatasp. n. and Leucospis shaanxiensissp. n. and one species is reported new for China: Leucospis intermedia Illiger, 1807. An identification key to Chinese species is included. A lectotype is designated for Leucospis aurantiaca Shestakov, 1923.
