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 8. Ablerus perspeciosus Girault, 1916 ( Figs. 18–21 ) Ablerus perspeciosus Girault, 1916b: 292 . ♀ . Japan : Nishigahara ( Lectotype ♀ , USNM ). Azotus silvestrii Compere, 1926: 9 . Holotype ♀ . Paratype 1 ♀ . China : Shanghai ( USNM ). Synonymy by Gahan, 1942: 47 . Azotus kashmirensis Narayanan, 1961: 22 . Holotype ♀ . Paratype 1 ♂. India : Kashmir ( IARI ). Synonymy by Hayat, 1998: 123 . Azotus bimaculatus Khan & Shafee, 1976: 172 . Holotype ♀ . India : Aligarh ( ZDAMU ). Synonymy by Hayat, 1998: 123 . MATERIAL China . Fujian : 2 ♀ ♀ , Sanming, 8-VII-1987 , Chang-Ming Liu, by yellow sticky trap ( FAFU ); 1 ♀ , Fuzhou, Jinshan, 1987, Nai-Quan Lin, by yellow pan trap ( FAFU ); 1 ♀ , Shanghang, Qiushan, 21-VII-1988 , Nai-Quan Lin, by sweeping ( FAFU ); 1 ♀ , Fu’an, Xibing, 27-IX-1988 ,Chang-Fu Lin, by sweeping ( FAFU ); 1 ♀ , Jianyang, 29-IX-1991 , Mei-Xing Lin, ex. Cornuaspis gloverii (Parkard) on Citrus . HOSTS Cornuaspis gloverii (Parkard) on Citrus . The following additional hosts have been recorded: Diaspididae :? Chrysomphalus aonidum (L.) on Aucuba japonica , ( Compere 1926 ) ; Pseudaulacaspis pentagona (Tarigoni-Tozzettii) , ( Girault 1916a ; Gahan 1942 ; Tachikawa 1958 ; Ferrière 1965 ; Darling & Johnson 1984 ; Liao et al. 1987 ); Aulacaspis difficilis Cockerell , Pseudaonidia duplex (Cockerell) , Chrysomphalus aonidum L., ( Tachikawa 1958 ; Liao et al. 1987 ); Lepidosaphes ulmi , Quadraspidiotus gigas , ( Ferrière 1965 ) ; Melanaspis obscura (Comstock) , ( Darling & Johnson 1984 ); Quadraspidiotus perniciosus [apparently on apple trees], ( Hayat 1998 ). Aleyrodidae :? Aleurolobus barodensis on Saccharum officinarum , ( Hayat 1998 ) . Aphelinidae :? hyperparasitoid of Aphytis diaspidis (Howard) , (Compere 1926). Figs. 18–21. Ablerus perspeciosus (female). 18. Antenna; 19. forewing; 20. mesosoma; 21. ovipositor. DISTRIBUTION China ( Fujian , Shanghai , Zhejiang , Sichuan , Shanxi , Henan ), USA, Japan , Argentina , Italy , Yugoslavia , France , India .