Two new species of Encyrtidae (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea) from the eastern Pamir Plateau, with four new records from China.

ABSTRACT: Based on surveys of the superfamily Chalcidoidea (Hymenoptera) in the eastern part of Pamir Plateau from 2021 to 2023, 1770 specimens of Encyrtidae belonging to 21 species in 15 genera are identified and catalogued. Two new species, Acerophagusalbuscorpus Xi & Hu, sp. nov. and Pseudectromastemmatosteres Zhang & Hu, sp. nov., are described and illustrated. Four species, Ericydnusnovosibiricus Sugonjaev & Gavrilyuk, 2012, Copidosomacharon Guerrieri & Noyes, 2005, Aphycusslavai Myartseva, 1981, and Trichomasthusmarsus (Walker, 1837), are newly recorded from China, and their diagnoses and illustrations are provided.

SUBMITTER: Xi O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11876979 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature