Review of Asaphes Walker, 1834 (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea, Asaphesinae) from Xinjiang, China

Authors: Li, Qin DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1214.127982 Published: Jan. 1, 2024 Source: ZooKeys OpenAlex: View in OpenAlex

Collection: Pensoft Publishers

Keywords: Asaphes · Topics: Plant and animal studies, Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy, Hymenoptera taxonomy and phylogeny

Four species of the cosmopolitan genus Asaphes Walker, 1834 (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Asaphesinae, family incerta sedis) are recorded from Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China, bringing the number of known species in China to eight. In addition to Asaphes suspensus (Nees ab Esenbeck), 1834 and A. vulgaris Walker, 1834, A. fuyunis Li & Zhang, sp. nov. is newly described based on females and A. californicus Girault, 1917, previously known only from North and South America, is newly recorded from China. These four species are differentiated using an integrative taxonomic approach that includes COI barcode data and morphometrics, and are illustrated using macrophotography. Additionally, the 13 described world species of Asaphes are tabulated and females of the eight recognized Chinese species are keyed.

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