The species of genus Ablerus Howard (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Azotidae) from China, with description of a new species Author Wang, Zhu Hong Key Laboratory of Integrated Pest Management for Fujian-Taiwan Crops, Ministry of Agriculture, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China; E-mail: wzhuhong @ 126. com (Z. H. W.), jhuang 1234 @ 126. com (J. H.) & Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Insect Ecology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China wzhuhong@126.com Author Huang, Jian Key Laboratory of Integrated Pest Management for Fujian-Taiwan Crops, Ministry of Agriculture, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China; E-mail: wzhuhong @ 126. com (Z. H. W.), jhuang 1234 @ 126. com (J. H.) & Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Insect Ecology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China jhuang1234@126.com Author Polaszek, Andrew Department of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW 7 5 BD, UK, E-mail: a. polaszek @ nhm. ac. uk (A. P.) a.polaszek@nhm.ac.uk text Florida Entomologist 2016 2016-09-30 99 3 395 405 http://www.bioone.org/doi/10.1653/024.099.0310 journal article 298253 10.1653/024.099.0310 6c95d2c2-1293-4009-9448-9c852335a66a 1938-5102 11494126 4. Ablerus connectens Silvestri, 1927 Ablerus connectens Silvestri, 1927: 53 . Holotype ♀ . Sri Lanka : Colombo ( DEZP ). MATERIAL No specimens examined, and recorded from China by Viggiani & Ren (1993). HOSTS The following hosts have been recorded: Aleyrodidae : Aleurocanthus woglumi (Ashby) , ( Silvestri 1927 ); Aleurocanthus spiniferus (Quaintance) , ( Viggiani & Ren 1993 ). DISTRIBUTION China ( Guangdong , Guangxi ), Sri Lanka . REMARKS Ablerus connectens was originally described by Silvestri (1927) from Sri Lanka ,based on the female only, and was recorded from China by Viggiani & Ren (1993) , reared from Aleurocanthus spiniferus (Quaintance) in Guangdong and Guangxi . Viggiani & Ren (1993) also first recorded the male of A. connectens and pointed out it is very similar to the female according to the collected specimens, and depicted the male antenna and genitalia.