Notes on the genus Ismarus Haliday (Hymenoptera, Diapriidae) from China.

ABSTRACT: The Chinese species of the genus Ismarus Haliday, 1835, are revised for the first time. Three new species from the Oriental region of China and belonging to Ismarus halidayi-group are described and illustrated: Ismarus longussp. n., Ismarus nigritrochantersp. n. and Ismarus parvicellussp. n. Two species are newly reported for the Chinese fauna: Ismarus dorsiger (Haliday, 1831) and Ismarus halidayi Foerster, 1850. A key to the Chinese species of the genus is provided. The type specimens are deposited in the Hymenopteran Collection of South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou (SCAU).

SUBMITTER: Liu JX 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3119315 | biostudies-literature | 2011

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature