Review of Dibrachys Förster from China (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea, Pteromalidae)

Zookeys. 2017 Feb 14:(656):123-149. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.656.11373. eCollection 2017.

Abstract

Twelve species of Dibrachys Förster are studied from China, of which four new species, Dibrachys golmudica Jiao & Xiao, sp. n., Dibrachys kunmingica Jiao & Xiao, sp. n., Dibrachys liaoi Jiao & Xiao, sp. n. and Dibrachys qinghaiensis Jiao & Xiao, sp. n., and four newly recorded species, Dibrachys braconidis (Ferrière & Faure), Dibrachys confusus (Girault), Dibrachys hians Bouček and Dibrachys maculipennis Szelényi, are reported. A key to Chinese Dibrachys and illustrations of external features of the species are provided.

Keywords: China Mainland; Dibrachys; Pteromalidae; key; new record; new species; taxonomy.