Zhijilingia Xu, Liu et He, 2022

Xu, J. - Y., Liu, Y. - J. & He, Z. - Q., 2022, A new monotypic genus of the subfamily Tetrastichinae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Eulophidae) from China, Far Eastern Entomologist 454, pp. 7-15 : 9

Genus Zhijilingia Xu, Liu et He , gen. n.

http://zoobank.org/NomenclaturalActs/ 856364AA-E379-4136-B350-24AC8CBE64D7

Type species: Zhijilingia tettigonia sp. n., here designated.

DESCRIPTION. Antenna with 3 anelli and 4 funicular segments, only one clava segment,

all funicular segments slender and longer than broad, and funicular segments almost the same length, scape and pedicel without rasp-like reticulation, malar sulcus present and slightly curved, mesoscutum without a median line, petiole present, propodeum with a distinct median carina, the whole rim of propodeal spiracle exposed, cercal setae unequal in length, with one being distinctly longer than the others and sinuate, postmarginal vein absent, submarginal vein with 2–3 dorsal setae.

DIAGNOSIS. This new genus can be distinguished from other genera by the characters given above, in particular the slender antenna and antenna with 4 funicular segments and 1

clava. Except this antennal feature, this new genus is similar to Aprostocetus (Ootetrastichus)

Perkins, 1833, but it differs from latter in propodeal spiracle with its entire rim exposed. This new genus is also similar to Minotetrastichus Kostjukov, 1977, but it differs in one of the cercal setae distinctly longer than the others, and generally slightly curved or sinuate.

ETYMOLOGY. This genus name Zhijilingia is a Chinese headwear with long ornament,

which refers to its long antennae.

concatenated fragments. The tree was constructed by Maximum likelihood (ML) with

TIM3+I+G4+F model and rooted by Ceranisus menes (Entedoninae) . Topology supports of all major nodes are indicated amidst the branches by SH-aLRT value and the bootstrap value.