An annotated catalog of Evanioidea (Insecta: Hymenoptera) from China Author Li, Yicheng College of Agricultural and Biotechnology, Hunan University of Humanities, Science and Technology, Loudi 417000, China. Author He, Yanbiao College of Agricultural and Biotechnology, Hunan University of Humanities, Science and Technology, Loudi 417000, China. & Loudi Institute of Agricultural Science, Loudi 417000, China. Author Chen, Huayan Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Conservation and Sustainable Utilization, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, China. text Zootaxa 2024 2024-06-11 5468 1 75 111 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5468.1.3 journal article 298600 10.11646/zootaxa.5468.1.3 4c8198d6-b82c-4ff2-96f9-912012d39e7b 1175-5326 11614335 07BEBC41-572F-42E7-9B98-83A88467CF9C 4.5 Genus Zeuxevania Kieffer, 1902 Zeuxevania : Kieffer, 1902: 2 [in key], 4–5 [descr.]; Szépligeti, 1903: 375 [in key]; Enderlein, 1905: 699 [in key], 700–701 [spp. checklist]; Bradley, 1908: 132 [tarsal claw morphology], 133 [wing morphology], 163 [in key], 178 [diag.], 179 [spp. key]; Kieffer, 1911: 151 [in key], 155 [in classification]; Kieffer, 1912: 10 [in key], 54 [redescr., spp. key]; Hedicke, 1939: 30 [in catalog]; Roth, 1985: 161 [“evaniid” developing in egg case carried by “ Blattella armata Princis ”], 163 [fig. 92C head capsule of pharate adult in “ Blattella armata Princis ” ootheca], 175 [“evaniid” developing in egg case carried by “ Blattella dethieri Roth ”], 163 [fig. 102E pharate adult evaniid in “ Blattella dethieri Roth ”] {both of these records are referred to as “evaniids” by Roth, but they are Zeuxevania spp. nr. globiceps }; Pagliano, 1986: 16 [in key], 18 [diag.], 19 [key to Italian spp.]; Huben, 1995: 197 [table 8.1 host = “ Loboptera sp. ”]; Nel et al ., 2002: 267 [compared to Eoevania ]; Deans & Huben, 2003: 861 [in table 1], 863 [in key, diag.], 868 [fig. 12 fore wing], 871 [fig. 24 head], 873 [fig. 31 hind tibia]. Li & Xu, 2017: 129 [descr., species included, distribution and biology]; Sharanowski et al ., 2019 : [ Parevania and Papatuka as junior synonyms of Zeuxevania ,]. Type species: Evania dinarca Schletterer , by monotype; Parevania : Kieffer, 1907: 270 [descr.]; Kieffer, 1912: 10 [in key], 58, [redescr.], 58–59 [spp. key]; Kieffer, 1916: 318 [spp. key]; Ceballos, 1966: 201 [potential host for some spp. = “ Loboptera ”]; Lit, 1988: 367 [ Parevania sp. Host = “ Supella supellectilium ”, specimen at UPLB ]; Nel et al ., 2002: 267 [compared to Eoevania ]; Deans & Huben, 2003: 861 [in table 1], 864 [in key, diag.], 866 [fig. 6 wings], 871 [fig. 21 mesosoma]; Sharanowski et al ., 2019: 16 [ Parevania as junior synonym of Zeuxevania ]. Zeuxevania subg. Parevania : Bradley, 1908: 191 [note on taxonomic history and morphology, lowered to subg.]; Hedicke, 1939: 32 [in catalog]. Type species: Parevania semirufa Kieffer. Papatuka : Deans, 2002: 2–3 [escry. ♀ ], 4 [fig. 1 lateral habitus], 5 [fig. 2A, head; fig. 2B, dorsal habitus]; Deans & Huben, 2003: 861 [in table 1], 862 [in key, diag.]; Sharanowski et al ., 2019: 17 [ Papatuka as junior synonym of Zeuxevania ]. Type species: Papatuka alamunyiga Deans, 2002 . Number of valid species from China : 5. (1) Zeuxevania achlys Chen, Liu & Li, 2023 Zeuxevania achlys : Chen et al ., 2023: 67 [in key], 68–70 [descr., holotype , ♀ , HUHST , figs. 1–2] . Distribution: China ( Yunnan ) ( Chen et al . 2023 ). Biology. Host unknown. (2) Zeuxevania brevipetiolata Chen, Liu & Li, 2023 Zeuxevania brevipetiolata : Chen et al ., 2023: 67 [in key], 70–72 [descr., ♀ , HUHST , figs. 3] . Distribution: China ( Yunnan ) ( Chen et al . 2023 ). Biology. Host unknown. (3) Zeuxevania kriegeriana ( Enderlein, 1905 ) Evania kriegeriana : Enderlein, 1905: 703 [descr. ♀ , ZMHU , “West-Borneo. Silnas Sambas 22–26.July 1903 . Gesammelt von W. Micholitz”]; Enderlein, 1906: 227 [in checklist], 240–241 [diag.]; Bradley, 1908: 166 [in key]; Kieffer, 1912: 70 [in key]. Evania kriegeriana var. trochanterica : Enderlein, 1906: 227 [in checklist], 241 [descr. ♂ , “ Sumatra . Soekaranda. Januar 1894 . Dr. H. Dohrn”], [ 2♂ , syntypes at ZMIZ ]; Kieffer, 1912: 124 [diag.]. Evania kriegeriana kriegeriana : Kieffer, 1912: 123–124 [descr. ♂ ]. Parevania nitida : Kieffer, 1916: 317 [in key], 317–318 [descr. ♀ ♂ , “ Palawan , Puerto Princesa ”], [ types lost, specimens at NMNH]; Baltazar, 1966: 156 [in catalog of Philippine spp. as syn. of Parevania kriegeriana ]. Zeuxevania subg. Parevania nitida : Hedicke, 1939: 32 [in catalog] Evania subg. Evania kriegeriana : Hedicke, 1939: 14 [in catalog]. Evania subg. Evania kriegeriana var. trochanterica : Hedicke, 1939: 14 [in catalog]. Parevania kriegeriana : Baltazar, 1966: 156 [in catalog of Philippine spp., transferred from Evania ]; He et al ., 2004: 82–83 [descr., plate VIII-47]; Deans, 2005: 73–74 [in catalog]. Zeuxevania kriegeriana : Sharanowski et al . 2019: 16 [genus transfer]; Chen et al ., 2023: 67 [in key]. Distribution: China ( Zhejiang , Fujian , Guangdong , Guangxi , Guizhou ), Philippines , Kalimantan Island, Indonesia ( Enderlein 1905 ; Baltazar 1966 ; He et al . 2004 ; Deans 2005 ). Biology. Host unknown. (4) Zeuxevania laeviceps ( Enderlein, 1913 ) Evania laeviceps : Enderlein, 1913: 321–322 [descr. SDEI , ♀ , “ Kankau. Juli 1912 . Gessamelt von H. Sauter ”]. Evania subg. Evania laeviceps : Hedicke, 1939: 14 [in catalog]. Parevania laeviceps : Deans, 2005: 74 [in catalog, comb. n.]. Zeuxevania laeviceps : Sharanowski et al ., 2019: 17 [genus transfer]; Chen et al ., 2023: 67 [in key]. Distribution: China ( Taiwan) ( Enderlein 1913 ; Deans 2005 ). Biology. Host unknown. (5) Zeuxevania orientalis Li & Xu, 2017 Zeuxevania orientalis : Li & Xu, 2017: 130–133 [in key, holotype , ♂ , SCAU , descr., figs. 1–10]; Chen et al ., 2023: 68 [in key]. Distribution: China ( Yunnan ) ( Li & Xu 2017 ). Biology. Host unknown.