Taxonomy of Sierola Cameron (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae) from China with three new species Author Wang, Chung-Hong State Key Lab of Rice Biology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China Author He, Jun-Hua State Key Lab of Rice Biology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China Author Chen, Xue-Xin https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9109-8853 0000 - 0002 - 9109 - 8853 State Key Lab of Rice Biology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China xxchen@zju.edu.cn text Journal of Hymenoptera Research 2021 2021-08-24 84 405 415 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.84.68189 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.84.68189 1314-2607-84-405 454070AD3D12429E80232DB12F67DDE0 6038F0A083FD5ECFB0A1DA7F80A9FEB0 5349493 Sierola Cameron, 1881 Sierola Cameron 1881 : 556. Type species: Sierola testaceipes Cameron, 1881. Lelejola Gorbatovsky, 1998: 680. Type species: Sierola ashmeadi Gorbatovsky, 1995. Synonymized by Terayama, 2006: 235. Diagnosis. Antenna with 11 flagellomeres; notauli absent; pre-and pterostigma large; forewing with five closed cells. Biology. The Sierola species are parasitoids of lepidopterous larvae, e.g., Batrachedridae , Cosmopterigidae , Gelechiidae , Gracillariidae , Pyraustidae , Tineidae , Tortricidae ( Azevedo et al. 2018 ) and Elachistidae (current data). Distribution. 253 species as well as subspecies, including the new species described in this paper, are known to world, mainly distributed in circum-Pacific belt (Table 1 ). Table 1. Distribution of genus Sierola . (The two extinct species from Baltic and Rovno ambers are excluded)
Distribution Number of species
Hawaiian Islands 214+1
Marquesas Islands 11+2
New Zealand 5
Australia 4
India 3
Japan 2
China 4
Far East Russia 1
Fiji 1
Thailand 1
America 1
Australia & New Zealand 1