ZooKeys (Apr 2013)

Chinese species of the genus Aptesis Förster (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) parasitizing sawflies, with descriptions of three new species and a key to species

  • Tao Li,
  • Mao-Ling Sheng,
  • Shu-Ping Sun

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.290.4781
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 290, no. 0
pp. 55 – 73

Abstract

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Six species of the genus Aptesis Förster 1850 belonging to the tribe Hemigastrini of the subfamily Cryptinae (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) are reported from China. Three of them, A. elongata Li & Sheng, sp.n., A. melana Li & Sheng, sp. n. and A. nigricoxa Li & Sheng, sp. n. reared from sawflies in China, are new to science. The biology of A. melana is described. A key to the species of Aptesis known from China is provided.