Nesolynx Ashmead, 1905

Li, Wen-Jian & Li, Cheng-De, 2022, A new species and three newly recorded species of Tetrastichinae (Hymenoptera, Eulophidae) from China, ZooKeys 1131, pp. 197-215 : 197

Nesolynx Ashmead, 1905

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The genus Nesolynx was erected by Ashmead (1905) with Nesolynx flavipes Ashmead, 1905 as the type species. Bouček (1988) proposed Aceratoneurella Girault, 1917, Ceratotrastichus Girault & Dodd, 1913, and Omphalomomyia Girault, 1913 as synonyms of Nesolynx . It is a characteristic genus with 17 species recorded worldwide ( Noyes 2019), but only one species, Nesolynx thymus (Girault, 1916), is found in China. It is distributed in tropical and subtropical countries, in the warmer parts of the temperate zones of Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia, and the Pacific islands ( Bouček 1988). It can be distinguished from Tetrastichinae particularly by the mid-lobe of mesoscutum bearing dense setae and without a median line ( Bouček 1988). The species are parasitoids of various groups of Diptera and Lepidoptera ( Bouček 1988).