Chinese species of Pediobius Walker (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) Author Cao, Huan-Xi Author Salle, John La Author Zhu, Chao-Dong text Zootaxa 2017 4240 1 1 71 journal article 36321 10.5281/zenodo.375759 724a3c39-a2cc-44ec-a04c-bca7f2b79ebc 1175-5326 375759 9A463357-EEE2-4A70-BCB2-573052DB48CC 24. Pediobius abraxasis Yang & Cao, 2015 Pediobius abraxasis Yang & Cao, in Yang et al . 2015 : 117 –118; ♀. Holotype ♀, CAFB, examined. Diagnosis. Coxae concolorous with body; femora mainly brown; tibiae and tarsomeres pale brownish yellow. Antenna brown. Scutellum longitudinally reticulate anteriorly, in posterior half coarsely reticulate as in MLM. FIGURE 21. Pediobius saulius (Walker, 1839) . a: female, body in dorsal view; b: female, body in lateral view; c: male, body in dorsal view; d: male, body in lateral view; e: female, antenna; f: male, antenna; g: female, fore wing; h: female, hind leg. Scale bar: a–d, 0.5 mm; e–f, 0.1 mm; g, 0.4 mm; h, 0.2 mm. Material examined. Type specimens of P. abraxasis ( CAFB ): Holotype ♀ , Guizhou , Huaxi , VIII. 1994 , coll. Cai Gong , ex. Abraxas flavisinuata Warren . Paratypes 2♀ , same data as the holotype . Biology. As a primary parasitoid, the type specimens of P. abraxasis was reared from the pupae of Abraxas flavisinuata Warren ( Lepidoptera : Geometridae ) attacking Pinus massoniana Lamb (Pinaceae) ( Yang et al . 2015 ). Distribution in China . Guizhou . Remarks. Pediobius abraxasis is very similar to P . orientalis . In the present key, P . orientalis can run to P . abraxasis . Further studies on the type specimens of P . orientalis and freshly reared specimens of P . abraxasis from Abraxas flavisinuata Warren and also some fresh specimens of P . orientalis are required to discuss the validity of P. abraxasis and their relationships. Yang et al. (2015) stated that P. abraxasis was similar to P . sinensis that recognized as a synonym of P . facialis in this paper. It seems vague and incorrect for some comments on the differences between P. abraxasis and P . sinensis by Yang et al. (2015) , because the characters used to separate them seem to be fitted to both of them, such as scutellum without a smooth band, round posterior margin of dorsellum and metatibial spur shorter than basal tarsomere. Actually, P . abraxasis strikingly differs from P . facialis by pale tibiae and brownish antennae. See also remarks under P. cassidae .