Six new species of Zaischnopsis Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Eupelmidae) from China based on morphological and molecular data Author Tang, Hao 598BA68F-A0F3-4178-A1CF-E5C1092D5EC3 Biological Control Research Institute, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University; China Fruit Fly Research and Control Center of FAO / IAEA; Key Laboratory of Biopesticide and Chemical Biology, Ministry of Education; State Key Laboratory of Ecological Pest Control for Fujian and Taiwan Crops, Fuzhou, 350002, China. Nai_idea@163.com Author Jiang, Jingtao B6BBA076-E759-4D14-BDA9-1C5253D8E09A Biological Control Research Institute, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University; China Fruit Fly Research and Control Center of FAO / IAEA; Key Laboratory of Biopesticide and Chemical Biology, Ministry of Education; State Key Laboratory of Ecological Pest Control for Fujian and Taiwan Crops, Fuzhou, 350002, China. qingjiaowo_hlj@163.com Author Deng, Jun 90A3F65D-8A1B-4B81-96AA-B1884E19E2EA Biological Control Research Institute, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University; China Fruit Fly Research and Control Center of FAO / IAEA; Key Laboratory of Biopesticide and Chemical Biology, Ministry of Education; State Key Laboratory of Ecological Pest Control for Fujian and Taiwan Crops, Fuzhou, 350002, China. tiancai1282008@126.com Author Peng, Lingfei 6E704DED-7FBD-4844-A335-64B77B2D18CD Biological Control Research Institute, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University; China Fruit Fly Research and Control Center of FAO / IAEA; Key Laboratory of Biopesticide and Chemical Biology, Ministry of Education; State Key Laboratory of Ecological Pest Control for Fujian and Taiwan Crops, Fuzhou, 350002, China. lingfeipeng@fafu.edu.cn text European Journal of Taxonomy 2022 2022-11-16 847 1 27 journal article 189451 10.5852/ejt.2022.847.1977 5c050266-9ddd-4610-98a3-26a5443bb722 2118-9773 7330870 08996735-0A62-42F6-9F93-B2ABC54322CD Genus Zaischnopsis Ashmead, 1904 Generic diagnosis Females are characterized by the following characters ( Gibson 1995 , 2005 ): body usually dark with various metallic lusters, but sometimes yellow to brown; head with ventral margin of torulus lower than lower orbit, scrobal depression deep or not but dorsally delimiting linear or only very narrow region along upper inner orbit; antenna with scape sometimes slender though often variably compressed; clypeus flat; mandible tridentate; pronotum usually subtriangular and divided medially; mesoscutum usually flat with anterior and lateral parts slightly raised, posterior part slightly concave; mesopectus with setae, acropleuron usually bare; fore wing usually hyaline at base, infuscate beyond base of parastigma, and sometimes with one or more lighter colored band or spots behind marginal vein; mesotibia with oblique apical groove and with dark apical pegs in a patch; gaster elongate, base of gaster usually without white region unlike species of Anastatus ; syntergum apically reflexed into fingernail like flange. Key to females of Zaischnopsis from China 1. Fore wing infuscate beyond level of parastigma, gradually lightened distally but without hyaline cross-band or spot ( Fig. 2E ) ....................................................... Z. fuscolivida Tang & Peng sp. nov. – Fore wing infuscate beyond level of parastigma and with hyaline cross-band or spot(s) behind marginal vein ( Figs 1E , 3F , 4E , 5E , 6E ) ........................................................................................... 2 2. Fore wing with single hyaline cross-band behind marginal vein ( Fig. 4E ) ...................................... 3 – Fore wing with one or two hyaline spots behind marginal vein ( Figs 1E , 3F , 5E , 6E ) .................... 6 3. Hyaline cross-band of fore wing very narrow, about ¹/5 to ¹/6 width of basal infuscate region ( Peng et al . 2018 : fig. 19) ............................................................................ Z. fumosa Peng & Xiang, 2018 – Hyaline cross-band of fore wing wide, usually about ½ to ⅓ width of basal infuscate part ( Fig. 4E ) ........................................................................................................................................................... 4 4. Head and mesosoma coppery-green ( Fig. 2C ); antenna with scape normal, not expanded ( Fig. 2G ) ............................................................................................................. Z. pacis Jiang & Peng sp. nov. – Head and mesosoma dark brown with slight purple luster; antenna with scape foliaceously dilated ( Peng et al . 2018 : fig. 33) ................................................................................................................. 5 5. Metatibia with dorsal margin dark brown to black, though possibly superficially appearing white because of dense white setae ( Peng et al . 2018 : fig. 37); propodeum with plical region medially very short ( Peng et al . 2018 : fig. 39) ................................................................ Z . tubatius (Walker, 1852) – Metatibia with basal half of dorsal margin white ( Peng et al . 2018 : fig. 8; cf. Fig. 5A ); propodeum with plical region comparatively longer ( Peng et al . 2018 : fig. 2) ..................................................... ...................................................................................................... Z . candetibia Peng & Xiang, 2018 6. Fore wing with two hyaline triangular spots behind marginal vein, one anterior and one posterior ( Fig. 1A ); plical region comparatively long, distance between inner margins of spiracles only about 3.4 × as wide as median length of plical region ( Figs 1I , 10A ) .......... Z. covid Jiang & Peng sp. nov. – Fore wing with one hyaline spot behind marginal vein anteriorly; plical region comparatively short, distance between inner margin of spiracles 7.3‒10× as wide as median length of plical region ..... 7 7. Fore wing with hyaline spot behind marginal vein triangular ( Fig. 5E ); antenna with eighth funicular ring-like, width about 2 × length ( Fig. 5F ); scrobal depression bell-shaped, with abrupt margins ( Figs 5C , 7E ) ....................................................................... Z . campaniformis Tang & Peng sp. nov. – Fore wing with hyaline spot behind marginal vein round ( Fig. 6E ) or irregular in shape ( Fig. 3F ); antenna with eighth funicular no more than 1.6× as wide as long ( Figs 3G , 6G ); scrobal depression varied ( Fig. 3D ) ................................................................................................................................ 8 8. Fore wing spot behind marginal vein inconspicuous and irregular ( Fig. 3F ); scrobal depression comparatively broad, with rounded rather than abrupt margins ( Figs 3C , 7C ), dorsal margin of scrobal depression closed to anterior ocellus by distance about 0.2 × diameter of anterior ocellus ( Figs 3D , 6D ) ........................................................................................... Z . lii Jiang & Peng sp. nov. – Fore wing spot behind marginal vein hyaline and round; scrobal depression with abrupt margins, dorsal margin of scrobal depression separated from anterior ocellus by distance equal to or more than diameter of anterior ocellus ( Fig. 6D ) ...................................................................................... 9 9. Scutellum coppery, mesoscutum with dense white setae ( Peng et al . 2018 : fig. 22) ......................... ...................................................................................................... Z . nivalinota Peng & Xiang, 2018 – Scutellum greenish, mesoscutum with sparse brown setae ( Fig. 6B ) ................................................. .......................................................................................................... Z. zhongi Jiang & Peng sp. nov.