A Taxonomic Study On The Subfamily Pimplinae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) From China

The subfamily Pimplinae is a moderately large group of Ichneumonidae including approximately 1.500 described species of about 75 genera.The majority of Pimplinae are ectoparasitoids of immature Lepidoptera and Coleoptera.Many species of the subfamily are very important in natural control of agricultural and forest pests.The species of subfamily Pimplinae from China are revised in the present work.This dissertation comprises two parts,general part and taxonomic part.The general part is mainly about taxonomic history, morphology,biology and biogeography of Pimplinae while the taxonomic part contains three chapters corresponding to three tribes of the subfamily Pimplinae from China.In the taxonomic part,about 246 species of 50 genera in three tribes from China are recognized and described with illustrations based on more than 5000 specimens,of which one genus,fifty seven species and two subspecies are new to science,and four genera and forty nine species are recorded from China for the first time.Host ranges of most species are listed.Taxonomic status and nomenclature of some species are revised. Information of general characters,distribution and hosts are provided for each tribe and genus.Keys to tribes, genera and species are also provided.In addition,eighty two species previously known from China are listed but no specimens were available for this study.Types are all deposited in the Parasitic Hymenoptera Collection of Zhejiang University.The new and newly reorded taxa are listed as follows:New genus:Collapsifemura gen.nov.(type species:Collapsifemura yei sp.nov.)New species:Acropimpla laevitubercula sp.nov.;Acropimpla taishunensis sp.nov.;Scambus parviocellus sp.nov.;Scambus qingzangensis sp.nov.;Afrephialtes gansuensis sp.nov.;Townesia crassata sp. nov.;Dolichomitus aequivenus sp.nov.;Dolichomitus tianmushanensis sp.nov.;Clistopyga foveata sp.nov.; Clistopyga lini sp.nov.;Clistopyga rubra sp.nov.;Schizopyga shaaxiensis sp.nov.;Schizopyga validicarinata sp.nov.;Schizopyga yunnanensis sp.nov.;Zabrachypus quadratus sp.nov.;Brachyzapus aequatus sp.nov.; Brachyzapus alternatus sp.nov.;Brachyzapus angustus sp.nov.;Brachyzapus convergens sp.nov.; Bracgyzapus fanjingshanensis sp.nov.;Brachyzapus guizhouensis sp.nov.;Brachyzapus levigatus sp.nov.; Brachyzapus longicarinatus sp.nov.;Brachyzapus qinlingensis sp.nov.;Brachyzapus robustus sp.nov.; Brachyzapus rugulosus sp.nov.;Brachyzapus shennongjiaensis sp.nov.;Brachyzapus striatus sp.nov.; Brachyzapus yui sp.nov.;Chablisea concava sp.nov.;Chablisea varicolor sp.nov.;Acrodactyla bicolor sp. nov.;Acrodactyla brachygena sp.nov.;Acrodactyla brevivena sp.nov.:Acrodactyla infracta sp.nov.; Acrodactyla maae sp.nov.;Acrodactyla parva sp.nov.;Collapsifemura yei sp.nov.;Sinarachna rufithorax sp. nov.;Sinarachna sichuanensis sp.nov.;Zatypota acuminata sp.nov.;Zatypota carina sp.nov.;Zatypota convexa sp.nov.;Zatypota fuscimaculata sp.nov.;Zatypota longifemura sp.nov.;Zatypota nigriscape sp. nov.;Zatypota pictitibia sp.nov.;Zatypota rufiscutellaris sp.nov.;Zatypota rutilana sp.nov.;Oxyrrhexis rugosus sp.nov.;Oxyrrhexis shaanxiensis sp.nov;Polysphincta rufinotum sp.nov.;Polysphincta yunnanensis sp.nov.;Theronia debilicostula sp.nov.;Theronia emarginata sp.nov.;Epitheronia fronticonvexa sp.nov.; and Xanthopimpla xui sp.nov.New subspecies:Perithous digitalis ningxiaensis ssp.nov.;and Xanthopimpla attenuata lii ssp.nov.Genera new to China:Alophosternum Cushman.1933;Megaetaira Guald & Dubios.2006;Augerella Gupta,1962;and Epitheronia Gupta,1962.Species new to China:Delomerista mandibularis(Gravenhorst,1829);Alophosternum nigricoxis Zwakhals.1987;Acropimpla aspera Gupta & Tikar 1976;Acropimpla didyma(Gravenhorst.1829); Acropimpla punctata Baltazar,1961;Endromopoda annulitarsis(Ashmead.1906);Endromopoda phragmitidis(Perkins,1957);Scambus flavicrus Gupta & Tikar.1968;Scambus foliae(Cushman.1938); Scambus inanis(Schrank,1802);Scambus indicus Gupta & Tikar,1968;Scambus lineipes(Morley,1913); Scambus nigricans(Thomson,1877):Scambus striatus Gupta & Tikar.1968;Exeristes kamrupa(Gupta & Tikar,1976);Flavopimpla nigromaculata mangae Betrem,,1932;Ephialtes spatulatus(Townes.1960): Liotryphon laspeyresiae(Uchida,1932);Liotryphon punctulatus(Ratzeburg.1848);Liotryphon strobilellae (Linnaeus,1758);Dolichomitus crassipes(Thomson.1877);Dolichomitus imperator(Kriechbaumer,1854); Dolichomitus kriechbaumeri(Schulz.1906);Tromatobia lineatoria(Villers.1789);Tromatobia maculata Momoi,1970;Tromatobia ornata(Gravenhorst,1829):Tromatobia variabilis(Holmgren,1856);Clistopyga rufator Holmgren.1856;Schizopyga flavifrontalis(Uchida & Momoi,1959);Schizopyga pictifrons(Thomson. 1877);Brachyzapus tenuiabdominalis(Uchida,1941);Acrodactyla degener Haliday,1938;Megaetaira madida(Haliday,1838);Reclinervellus nielseni(Roman.1923);Reclinervellus tuberculatus(Uchida,1932); Zatypota anomala(Holmgren.1860):Zatypota picticollis(Thomson.1888);Augerella orientalis himalayensis (Gupta.1962);Theronia laevigata nigra Uchida.1928;Xanthopimpla calva calcis Townes & Chiu.1970; Xanthopimpla fastigiata fastigiata Krieger,1915;Xanthopimpla curvimaculata curvimaculata(Cameron. 1899);Pimpla apollyon Morley.1913;Pimpla brunnea negros(Gupta & Saxena,1987);Pimpla femorella Kasparyan,1974;Pimpla burmensis(Gupta & Saxena,1987);and Pimpla apricaria Costa,1885.