Review of Asaphes Walker, 1834 (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea, Asaphesinae) from Xinjiang, China

Qin Li; Tong-You Zhang; Gary A P Gibson; Shi-Lei Shan; Hui Xiao

doi:10.3897/zookeys.1214.127982

Review of Asaphes Walker, 1834 (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea, Asaphesinae) from Xinjiang, China

Zookeys. 2024 Oct 1:1214:35-57. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1214.127982. eCollection 2024.

Authors

Qin Li^{1

2}, Tong-You Zhang^{1

2}, Gary A P Gibson³, Shi-Lei Shan^{1

2}, Hui Xiao⁴

Affiliations

¹ College of Life Science and Technology, Xinjiang University, 666 Shengli Road, Tianshan District, Urumqi, Xinjiang, 830046, China Xinjiang University Urumqi China.
² Xinjiang Key Laboratory of Biological Resources and Genetic Engineering, 666 Shengli Road, Tianshan District, Urumqi, Xinjiang, 830046, China Xinjiang Key Laboratory of Biological Resources and Genetic Engineering Urumqi China.
³ Honorary Research Associate, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids and Nematodes, K. W. Neatby Bldg., 960 Carling Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A0C6, Canada Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids and Nematodes Ottawa Canada.
⁴ Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing China.

Abstract

Four species of the cosmopolitan genus Asaphes Walker, 1834 (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Asaphesinae, family incerta sedis) are recorded from Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China, bringing the number of known species in China to eight. In addition to Asaphessuspensus (Nees ab Esenbeck), 1834 and A.vulgaris Walker, 1834, A.fuyunis Li & Zhang, sp. nov. is newly described based on females and A.californicus Girault, 1917, previously known only from North and South America, is newly recorded from China. These four species are differentiated using an integrative taxonomic approach that includes COI barcode data and morphometrics, and are illustrated using macrophotography. Additionally, the 13 described world species of Asaphes are tabulated and females of the eight recognized Chinese species are keyed.

Keywords: Asaphes; COI; Xinjiang; integrative taxonomy; morphometrics.

Qin Li, Tong-You Zhang, Gary A. P. Gibson, Shi-Lei Shan, Hui Xiao.

Grants and funding

Natural Science Foundation of Xinjiang Autonomous Region (2019D01C025, 2023D01C14), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31900349) and The Youth Talent Promotion Project of Autonomous Region Association for Science and Technology of China (RCTJ60)