Abstract
Six species of Anastatus Motschulsky, 1859 (Hymenoptera: Eupelmidae) were described from China in Chinese by J.K. Sheng and coauthors in 1997 and 1998: A. dexingensis, A. flavipes, A. fulloi, A. huangi, A. meilingensis and A. shichengensis. This represents almost half the species of Anastatus recorded from China, but no keys were given to differentiate the species and the original descriptions included only simple line drawings to illustrate the species. Because recognition of these species is critical prior to clarifying the Anastatus fauna of China and of the eastern Palaearctic and Oriental regions, we have redescribed the six species in detail in English based on original type material, illustrating the species through macrophotography of type material and providing a key to differentiate females of the species.
Highlights
IntroductionAnastatus Motschulsky, 1859 (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Eupelmidae) is an economically important genus whose members are mostly egg parasitoids and who are natural enemies of many pest insects in European Journal of Taxonomy 292: 1–24 (2017)China and elsewhere (Huang et al 1974; Liao et al 1987; Leksawasdi & Kumchu 1991; Peng & Lin 2012). Noyes (2016) recorded 13 species of Anastatus from China among a world fauna of about 150 valid described species, including A. orientalis Yang & Choi, 2015, which is an endo-parasitoid in eggs of the spotted lanternfly, Lycorma delicatula (White, 1845) (Yang et al 2015)
Six of the Chinese species of Anastatus were described by Sheng & Wang or Sheng & Yu: A. dexingensis, A. flavipes, A. fulloi and A. shichengensis by Sheng & Wang in Sheng et al (1997); A. huangi and A. meilingensis by Sheng & Yu (1998)
The present study summarizes the type material, redescribes and, using macrophotography, illustrates the species based on original type material, paving the way for more comprehensive studies of Anastatus of China
Summary
Anastatus Motschulsky, 1859 (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Eupelmidae) is an economically important genus whose members are mostly egg parasitoids and who are natural enemies of many pest insects in European Journal of Taxonomy 292: 1–24 (2017)China and elsewhere (Huang et al 1974; Liao et al 1987; Leksawasdi & Kumchu 1991; Peng & Lin 2012). Noyes (2016) recorded 13 species of Anastatus from China among a world fauna of about 150 valid described species, including A. orientalis Yang & Choi, 2015, which is an endo-parasitoid in eggs of the spotted lanternfly, Lycorma delicatula (White, 1845) (Yang et al 2015). Noyes (2016) recorded 13 species of Anastatus from China among a world fauna of about 150 valid described species, including A. orientalis Yang & Choi, 2015, which is an endo-parasitoid in eggs of the spotted lanternfly, Lycorma delicatula (White, 1845) (Yang et al 2015). The species were described in Chinese with English summaries, and simple line drawings and differential features were provided to distinguish females from those of other described species, they were not keyed. Since their original description, the species have not been examined or included in any other studies (Noyes 2016), but their recognition is critical prior to clarifying the Anastatus fauna of China and of the eastern Palaearctic and Oriental regions
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