Three new species of the Encarsia inaron (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae) species group from China with a key to Chinese species Author Geng, Hui Author Li, Cheng-De text Zootaxa 2017 4306 2 208 222 journal article 32395 10.11646/zootaxa.4306.2.2 7bf48e48-e22f-442f-bbd0-b38feeab0d79 1175-5326 843736 1A2DA417-B722-4077-90C3-B0A2069FED35 Encarsia inaron ( Walker, 1839 ) Figs 24–30 Aphelinus Inaron Walker, 1839 : 10 . Lectotype ♀, designated by Graham, 1976 : 142 ; UK-England, (Haliday) [no other data] (NMID, not examined). Aphelinus Idaeus Walker, 1839 : 12 . Lectotype ♂, designated by Graham, 1976 : 142 ; UK (BMNH, not examined). Synonymy by Graham, 1976 : 142 . Myina idaeus ( Walker): Walker, 1848 : 136 . New combination for Aphelinus idaeus Walker. Encarsia partenopea Masi, 1909 : 32 . Lectotype ♀, Italy, designated by Viggiani, 1987 : 159 . Synonymy by Polaszek et al ., 1992 : 383 ; Viggiani & Gerling, 1994 : 149 . Coccophagus inaron (Walker) : Mercet, 1912 : 247 . New combination for Aphelinus inaron Walker. Encarsia indifferentis Mercet, 1929 : 220 . Lectotype ♀, designated by Polaszek et al ., 1999 : 148 . Egypt (MNCN, not examined). Synonymy by Polaszek et al ., 1999 : 148 . Trychaporus aleyrodis Mercet, 1930 : 196 . Synonymy by Polaszek et al ., 1992 : 383 . Encarsia aleyrodis (Mercet) : Ferrière, 1965 : 134 . New combination for Trichaporus aleyrodis Mercet. Encarsia aleurodis (Mercet) : Herting, 1972 : 104 . Misspelling of species group name Encarsia aleyrodis (Mercet) . Trichaporus parthenopeus (Masi) : Herting, 1972 : 104 . Misspelling of species group name Trichaporus partenopeus (Masi) . Encarsia brassicae Shafee & Bela, 1984 : 29 . Holotype ♀, Hungary (ZDAMU, not examined). Synonymy by Hayat, 1998 : 200 . Encarsia borealis Huldén, 1986 : 18 . Holotype ♀, Finland (DAFZ, not examined). Huang, 1994 : 204 . Synonymy by Huang & Polaszek, 1998 : 1891 . Encarsia inaron ( Walker, 1839 ) : Graham, 1976 : 142 ; Polaszek et al ., 1992 : 383 ; Hayat, 1998 : 199 ; Abd-Rabou, 1998 : 12 ; Huang & Polaszek, 1998 : 1891 ; Polaszek et al ., 1999 : 148 ; Manzari et al ., 2002 : 174 ; Hernández-Suárez, 2003 : 71 ; Myartseva & Evans, 2008 : 115 ; Hayat, 2012 : 245 . Material examined. CHINA : 1♀ [on slide], Liaoning Province , Fushun City , Yuanshuailin , 18.VI.2012 , Hui Geng, Xiang-Xiang Jin, Jiang Liu, sweeping ; 1♀ [on slide], Liaoning Province , Fushun City , Yingpan Town , Shimenling Village , 20.VI.2012 , Hui Geng, Xiang-Xiang Jin, Jiang Liu, sweeping ; 1♂ [on slide], Jilin Province , Antu County , Erdaobaihe Town , 6.VII.2012 , Jiang Liu, Si-Zhu Liu, sweeping ; 1♀ [on slide], Jilin Province , Changbaishan Mountains , 7.VII.2012 , Si-Zhu Liu, Jiang Liu, sweeping ; 4♀ [on slides], Heilongjiang Province , Harbin City , Jianlagou , 29.VII.2013 , Xiang-Xiang Jin, Si-Zhu Liu, Yang Peng, sweeping ; 1♀ [on slide], Liaoning Province , Huludao City , Jianchang County , Qingshan Village , 2.VIII.2013 , Guo-Hao Zu, Chao Zhang, Ye Chen, sweeping ; 1♀ [on slide], Heilongjiang Province , Yichun City , Wuying , 5–7.VII.2013 , Hui Geng, Guo-Hao Zu, Si- Zhu Liu, Yang Peng, YPT ; 2♀ , 1♂ [on slides], Heilongjiang Province , Harbin City , Laoyeling , 7–16.VIII.2013 , Cheng-De Li, MT ; 1♂ [on slide], Heilongjiang Province , Harbin City , Laoyeling , 16–29.VIII.2013 , Cheng-De Li, MT ; 3♀ [on slides], Shandong Province , Qingdao City , Laoshan Mountains , Beijiushui , 8–10.VII.2014 , Hui Geng, Guo-Hao Zu, Zhi-Guang Wu, Hai-Feng Bai, YPT ; 5♂ [on slides], Shandong Province , Qingdao City , Xiaozhushan , 19.V.2014 , Xiang-Xiang Jin, Si-Zhu Liu, Guo-Hao Zu, sweeping ; 1♂ [on slide], Inner Mongolia , Genhe City , Hanma National Nature Reserve , 23.VI.2014 , Ye Chen , sweeping ; 1♂ [on slide], Shandong Province , Qingdao City , Laoshan Mountains , Dahedong , 24.VII.2014 , Chao-Zhang, Ye Chen, Si-Zhu Liu, sweeping ; 2♀ [on slides], Shandong Province , Qingdao City , Laoshan Mountains , Beijiushui , 10.VII.2014 , Hui Geng, Guo-Hao Zu, Zhi- Guang Wu, Hai-Feng Bai, sweeping ; 2♀ [on slides], Shandong Province , Qingdao City , Laoshan Mountains , Beijiushui , 1–3.VIII.2014 , Guo-Hao Zu, Ye Chen, YPT ; 1♂ [on slide], Shaanxi Province , Guanghuojie Town , 3.VIII. 2015 , Chao Zhang, Ye Chen, sweeping ; 1♀ [on slide], Shaanxi Province , Xunyangba Town , 6.VIII.2015 , Chao Zhang, Ye Chen, sweeping ; 1♂ [on slide], Shaanxi Province , Jiange Town , 17.VIII 2015 , Chao Zhang, Ye Chen, sweeping ; 1♀ [on slide], Liaoning Province , Anshan City , Qianshan Mountains , Taihegong , 18.VIII.2015 , Hui Geng, Zhi-Guang Wu, Yan Gao, sweeping ; 2♀ , 5♂ [on slides], Sichuan Province , Qingchuan County , 20.VIII.2015 , Chao Zhang, Ye Chen, sweeping ; 1♀ [on slide], Jilin Province , Wangqing County , 24.VIII. 2 0 15, Hui Geng, Yan Gao, Zhi-Guang Wu, sweeping ; 1♀ [on slide], Liaoning Province , Anshan City , Qianshan Mountains , Taihegong , 16.IX.2015 , Hui Geng, Ye Chen, Xin-Yu Zhang , sweeping ; 2♀ [on slides], Liaoning Province , Anshan City , Qianshan Mountains , Xianrentai , 20.IX.2015 , Hui Geng, Ye Chen, Xin-Yu Zhang , sweeping ; 1♀ [on slide], Liaoning Province , Anshan City , Qianshan Mountains , Xianrentai , 18–21.IX.2015 , Hui Geng, Ye Chen, Xin-Yu Zhang , YPT ; 1♀ [on slide], Heilongjiang Province , Yichun City , Liangshui , 26.VII.2015 , Si-Zhu Liu , Xin-Yu Zhang , sweeping. ( NEFU ). FIGURE 24–30. Encarsia inaron , ♀: 24–26, variation of body colour; 27–28, variation of mesosoma colour; 30, sculpture on petiole; ♂: 29, mesosoma. Scale bars = 50 µm. Hosts. Hemiptera : Aleyrodidae , Coccidae , Diaspididae ; Lepidoptera : Noctuidae , Pyralidae , Tortricidae , Yponomeutidae (for detailed host species see Noyes, 2016 ). Distribution. Nearly cosmopolitan ( Noyes 2016 ). China ( Heilongjiang , Inner Mongolia , Jilin , Liaoning , Shaanxi , Shandong , Sichuan [ new records ], Guangdong , Taiwan , Yunnan ). Comments. This is a widespread species, with great variation in colour of the female metasoma, from largely pale ( Fig. 24 ) (only petiole, base and sides of T1 brown), to partly brown ( Fig. 25 ) (petiole, base of T1, sides of TI– T6 and T5 brown) to T6 largely brown ( Fig. 26 ) (T1 posteriorly to T3 anteriorly and apex of T7 yellow). Specimens with the metasoma largely brown usually have dark brown patches on a brown mid lobe and scutellum ( Fig. 27 ), occasionally both females and males with two distinct dark patches on a yellow scutellum ( Figs. 28, 29 ). Antenna yellow with radicle brown, scape yellow to brown, and apical flagellomere infuscate. Petiole smooth or faintly sculptured ( Fig. 30 ). Legs of male yellow with fore and hind coxae brown, mid coxae yellow to brown, hind femora yellow to brown. Genitalia 0.83–0.96× as long as hind tibia.