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New data on Elasmus (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) reared from Polistes nests in China
Yao Zhang1, Jia Li2, Xiaojuan Huang3
1Shaanxi Key Laboratory for Animal Conservation; Key Laboratory of Resource Biology and Biotechnology in Western China; Ministry of Education; College of Life Sciences; Northwest University; Xi'an; Shaanxi 710069; China. zyao321@163.com.
Abstract:
A species of the genus Elasmus (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae), E. japonicus Ashmead, 1904, is reported for the first time from Shaanxi in northwestern China, where it was reared from the nests of Polistes rothneyi Cameron, 1900 and P. snelleni de Saussure, 1862. These specimens were compared with material from South Korean utilizing morphological and molecular data. The diagnostic features of this species are illustrated with color images.

