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 azimi Hayat, 1986 Fig. 1 Trichaporus indicus Azim & Shafee, 1980 : 335 . Holotype ♀, India, Tamil Nadu, Ootacamund, (ZDAMU, not examined). Preoccupied by Prospaltella indica Shafee, 1973 : 255 . Encarsia azimi Hayat, 1986 : 160 . Replacement name for Trichaporus indicus Azim & Shafee. Encarsia adrianae Lopez-Avila, 1987 : 425 . Holotype ♀, Pakistan (BMNH, not examined). Polaszek et al. , 1992 : 381 . Booth & Polaszek, 1996 : 72 . Synonymy by Hayat, 1998 : 202 . Encarsia azimi Hayat: Hayat, 1989 : 62 ; Chou et al ., 1996 : 196 ; Huang & Polaszek, 1998 : 1845 ; Hayat, 1998 : 202 ; Schmidt et al ., 2001 : 371 ; Hernández-Suárez et al ., 2003 : 62 ; Schmidt & Polaszek, 2007 : 2132 ; Hayat, 2012 : 245 . Material examined. CHINA : 1♀ [on slide], Liaoning Province , Fushun City , Dahuofang Forestry centre, 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], Yunnan Province , Puer City , Manxieba Village , 22.VII.2012 , Xiang-Xiang Jin, Hui Geng, Chao Zhang, sweeping ; 1♀ [on slide], Yunnan Province , Puer City , Lancang County , 19–20.IV.2013 , Xiang-Xiang Jin, Guo-Hao Zu, Chao Zhang, YPT ; 1♀ [on slide], Yunnan Province , Ruili City, Nanjingli Village, 26–27.IV.2013 , Xiang-Xiang Jin , Guo- Hao Zu, Chao Zhang, YPT? 1♀ [on slide], Yunnan Province , Puer City, Manxieba Village, 17–18.IV.2013 , Xiang- Xiang Jin, Guo-Hao Zu, Chao Zhang, YPT ; 1♀ [on slide], Yunnan Province , Puer City , Daheishan , 11–12.II.2014 , Guo-Hao Zu, Zhong-Ping Xiong, YPT ; 1♀ [on slide], Shandong Province , Qingdao City , Laoshan Mountains , Beijiushui , 1–3.VIII.2014 , Guo-Hao Zu, Ye Chen, sweeping ; 1♀ [on slide], Hubei Province , Suizhou City , Santan , 12–14.VIII.2015 , Hui Geng, Yan Gao, Zhi-Guang Wu, YPT ; 3♀ [on slides], Henan Province , Xinyang City , 7– 10.VIII. 2015 , Hui Geng, Yan Gao, Zhi-Guang Wu, YPT ; 2♀ [on slides], Xizang , Chayu County , Xiachayu Town , 15.V.2015 , Chao Zhang, Ye Chen, sweeping ; 1♀ [on slide], Jilin Province , Wangqing County , Daxingou Town , Longshui Village , 24.VIII.2015 , Hui Geng, Yan Gao, Zhi-Guang Wu, sweeping. ( NEFU ). FIGURE 1. Encarsia azimi , ♀: 1, part of mesoscutum with inner sculpture enlarged. Scale bars = 50 µm. Hosts. Hemiptera : Aleyrodidae ; Thysanoptera : Thripidae (for detailed host species list see Noyes 2016 ). Distribution. China ( Fujian , Henan , Hubei , Jilin , Liaoning , Shandong , Yunnan , Xizang [ new records ], Taiwan ) . Palaearctic: Iran , Italy , Japan , Spain . Oriental : India , Pakistan , Thailand . Australasian: Australia . Nearctic: USA . Afrotropical: Canary Islands . Comments. Relative length of F1 is variable, from slightly to distinctly shorter than the pedicel, but always distinctly shorter than F2; F2 is at least 2× as long as wide, occasionally less, and slightly shorter than or equal in length to F3; and T1 lacks or has up to 2 setae.