A taxonomic study of Cheiloneurus Westwood (Hymenoptera, Encyrtidae) from China Author Wang, Haiyang https://orcid.org/0009-0007-5665-2111 College of Horticulture and Landscape, Tianjin Agricultural University, Tianjin, 300392, China Author Cui, Wenyu https://orcid.org/0009-0003-2930-9028 College of Horticulture and Landscape, Tianjin Agricultural University, Tianjin, 300392, China Author Xi, Chunxiang College of Horticulture and Landscape, Tianjin Agricultural University, Tianjin, 300392, China Author Cao, Xinyu College of Horticulture and Landscape, Tianjin Agricultural University, Tianjin, 300392, China Author Li, Weiqiong College of Horticulture and Landscape, Tianjin Agricultural University, Tianjin, 300392, China Author Zu, Guohao https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9892-2171 College of Horticulture and Landscape, Tianjin Agricultural University, Tianjin, 300392, China text ZooKeys 2024 2024-04-24 1198 143 172 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1198.118944 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1198.118944 1313-2970-1198-143 165FDADCB6D64C89BE962698FA88806E EE9F2DD69215598DBC4A5EFEA3AEB465 Cheiloneurus claviger Thomson, 1876 Figs 26-31 , 39-45 , 46-51 Cheiloneurus claviger Thomson 1876 : 160. Lectotype ♀, LUZN, Sweden, not examined. Cheiloneurus japonicus Ashmead 1904 : 156. Holotype ♀, USNM, Japan. Synonymized with C. claviger by Japoshvili et al. (2016 : 367). Chiloneurus graeffei Ruschka 1923 : 9-10. Holotype ♀, Austria. Synonymized with C. claviger by Claridge (1958 : 156-161). Cheiloneurus claviger Shi 1994: 27-28; Xu and Huang 2003: 104-106, examined plates. Material examined. China - Liaoning • 1♀ ; Huludao , Jianchang , Bailong Mountain National Nature Reserve ; 40°49'28"N , 119°50'14"E ; 716 m elev.; 13 Jul. 2012 ; Guo-Hao Zu, Ye Chen, Chao Zhang leg.; by yellow pan trapping; TJAU-LN-CHE-001 - Hainan • 1♀ ; Lingshui Li Autonomous County Diaoluo Mountain ; 18°39'35"N , 109°54'57"E ; 1499 m elev.; 06 May 2016 ; Guo-Hao Zu leg.; by yellow pan trapping; TJAU-HN-CHE-001 - Beijing • 4♀ ; Huairou; 40°18'59"N , 116°37'55"E ; 58 m elev.; 20-30 May 2012 ; Guo-Hao Zu leg.; by Malaise trapping; TJAU-BJ-CHE-001 to 004 - Shandong • 1♀ ; Qingdao, Cha Mountain National Nature Reserve ; 26°52'18"N , 119°51'1"E ; 560 m elev.; 13 Jul. 2012 ; Guo-Hao Zu leg.; by sweep netting; TJAU-SD-CHE-001 - Henan • 3♀ ; Gongyi , Luzhuang ; 34°37'1"N , 112°52'18"E ; 213 m elev.; 07 Mar. 2016 ; Guo-Hao Zu , Nai-Zhi Li , Jian-Wei Zu leg.; by yellow pan trapping; TJAU-HN-CHE-004 - Tianjin • 3♀ ; Zhangjiawo , Tianjin Academic Agriculture Sciences ; 39°6'14"N , 117°3'32"E ; 13 m elev.; 29 Oct.-02 Nov. 2021 ; Guo-Hao Zu , Peng-Hua Bai leg.; by Malaise trapping; TJAU-TJ-CHE-002 to 004 . Diagnosis. Female . Length, excluding ovipositor, 1.75-2.42 mm; Head (Fig. 46 ) brown, antenna dark brown (Fig. 47 ), except for F3-F5 almost completely white; mandible with three acute teeth; fore wing (Fig. 49 ) with apical two-thirds dark brown, the basal one-third and the hind wing hyaline; F1-F3 longer than width, F4 subquadrate, F5-F6 2.50 x as wide as long. Figures 39-45. Cheiloneurus claviger (Palaearctic) ♀ 39 head 40 antenna 41 mesosoma 42 fore wing 43 hind wing 44 metasoma 45 legs. Scale bars: 100 μm . Figures 46-51. Cheiloneurus claviger (Oriental) ♀ 46 head 47 antenna 48 mesosoma and metasoma 49 fore wing 50 hind wing 51 legs. Scale bars: 100 μm . Description. See Xu and Huang (2004) . Host. Aphelinidae : Coccophagus aterrimus ; Encyrtidae : Blastothrix hungarica , Blastothrix longipennis , Blastothrix scenographica , Blastothrix turanica , Metaphycus insidiosus , Microterys sp., Microterys cuprinus , Microterys intermedius , Microterys praedator , Microterys sylvius ; Coccidae : Acanthopulvinaria orientalis , Ceroplastes ceriferus , Ceroplastes japonicus , Chloropulvinaria aurantia , Coccus hesperidum , Didesmococcus unifasciatus , Ericerus pela , Eulecanium ciliatum , Eulecanium corni , Eulecanium giganteum , Eulecanium kunoense , Eulecanium kuwanai , Eulecanium quercifex , Eulecanium rugulosum , Eulecanium tiliae , Filippia folicularis , Filippia viburni , Parthenolecanium corni , Parthenolecanium persicae , Parthenolecanium quercifex , Parthenolecanium rufulum , Physokermes fasciatus , Physokermes hemicryphus , Pulvinaria sp., Pulvinaria aurantia , Pulvinaria betulae , Pulvinaria idesiae , Pulvinaria populi , Pulvinaria vitis , Rhizopulvinaria sp., Rhodococcus spiraeae , Rhodococcus turanicus , Saissetia oleae , Sphaerolecanium prunastri , Stotzia maxima , Takahashia japonica ; Eriococcidae : Eriococcus brachypodii , Greenisca brachypodii , Neoacanthococcus tamaricicola ; Kermesidae : Kermes miyasakii , Kermes vermilio ; Pseudococcidae : Maconellicoccus hirsutus , Nesticoccus sinensis , Nipaecoccus filamentosus , Phenacoccus aceris , Phenacoccus mespili , Planococcus citri ( Noyes 2019 ). Distribution. China (Liaoning, Hebei, Henan, Shaanxi, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Hunan, Sichuan, Guangxi), Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Egypt, France, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Tadzhikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, England, Uzbekistan.