Three new species of Stenomesius Westwood (Hymenoptera, Eulophidae) from China, with a key to Chinese species
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Fan, Jun-Jie
School of Forestry, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, 150040, China
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Li, Cheng-De
School of Forestry, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, 150040, China
lichengde0608@sina.com
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ZooKeys
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1062.67487
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1062.67487
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Stenomesius Westwood, 1833
Stenomesius
Westwood, 1833: 343. Type species:
Stenomesius pulchellus
Westwood, by subsequent designation of Westwood 1839: 73.
Euryscotolinx
Girault, 1913: 266. Type species:
Euryscotolinx guttativertex
Girault, by original designation and monotypy. [Synonymised with
Stenomesius
Westwood by
Boucek
1977
: 401].
Stenelachistus
Masi, 1917: 201. Type species:
Stenelachistus impressus
Masi, by subsequent designation of
Gahan and Fagan 1923
: 136. [Synonymised with
Stenomesius
Westwood by
Boucek
, 1977: 401].
Nioro
Risbec, 1951: 25. Type species:
Nioro elegantula
Risbec, by monotypy. [Synonymised with
Stenomesius
Westwood by
Boucek
1977
: 401].
Diagnosis.
The genus can be easily distinguished from other eulophine genera by the following combination of characters: female funicle 4-segmented and club 2-3-segmented; mandible developed; pronotum without transverse carina; scutellum with sublateral grooves; propodeum medially with a strong X- or H-shaped carinae; hind tibial spurs normal; petiole shorter than hind coxa, gaster usually elongate.
The genus
Stenomesius
is close to the genus
Stenopetius
Boucek
and
Euplectromorpha
Girault in having similar type of propodeum with H- or X-shaped carinae, but it differs from
Stenopetius
Boucek
in having: 1) female funicle 4-segmented (5-segmented in
Stenopetius
Boucek
); 2) pronotum without transverse carina (with distinct transverse carina in
Stenopetius
Boucek
); 3) petiole shorter than hind coxa (longer than hind coxa in
Stenopetius
Boucek
). It differs from
Euplectromorpha
in having hind tibia normal, at least with one spur distinctly longer than first hind tarsal segment in
Euplectromorpha
.