Parastephanellus Enderlein, 1906

Hong, Chun-dan, van Achterberg, Cornelis & Xu, Zai-fu, 2011, A revision of the Chinese Stephanidae (Hymenoptera, Stephanoidea), ZooKeys 110, pp. 1-108 : 32

Genus Parastephanellus Enderlein, 1906 Figs 252350

Parastephanus Enderlein 1905: 474 (not Haeckel 1881). Type species (by original designation): Stephanus pygmaeus Enderlein, 1901.

Parastephanellus Enderlein 1906: 301. Type species (by original designation): Stephanus pygmaeus Enderlein 1901.

Diagnosis.

Temple with pale yellowish streak along eye (Figs 257, 270, 304, 330); neck short and comparatively robust, without pronotal fold or distinct transverse carinae (Figs 253, 266, 279, 288, 300, 313, 326, 339); metapleuron robust; vein 2-CU1 of fore wing completely developed; veins 2-SR and 2-SR+M of fore wing present, sometimes only pigmented; vein 1-SR of fore wing straight (Figs 252, 265, 278, 287, 299, 312, 325, 338); outer side of hind tibia with distinct oblique striae or carinae ventrally, rarely without striae or ventral carina (Figs 263, 276, 282, 310, 323, 336, 349); ovipositor sheath without ivory subapical band (Figs 264, 276, 311, 324, 337, 350).

Distribution.

Australian, Palaearctic and Oriental.

Notes.

Before this study, 56 species in the genus Parastephanellus were known worldwide, of which 2 species were known from China. In this paper, 3 species of this genus are new to science, one species is synonymized ( Parastephanellus austrochinensis Belokobylskij, 1995 for Parastephanellus brevistigma Enderlein, 1913) and one species, Parastephanellus matsumotoi , is a new record to China; altogether 5 species are known from China. A key to species of Parastephanellus from China and adjacent regions follows:

Key to species of the genus Parastephanellus from China and adjacent regions