Cheiloneurus chinensis Shi, Wang, Si & Wang, 1994

Wang, Haiyang, Cui, Wenyu, Xi, Chunxiang, Cao, Xinyu, Li, Weiqiong & Zu, Guohao, 2024, A taxonomic study of Cheiloneurus Westwood (Hymenoptera, Encyrtidae) from China, ZooKeys 1198, pp. 143-172 : 143

Cheiloneurus chinensis Shi, Wang, Si & Wang, 1994

Figs 23-25 , 32-38

Cheiloneurus chinensis Shi et al. 1994: 26. Holotype ♀, HAUZ, China, examined plates.

Material examined.

China - Henan • 3♀; Gongyi, Luzhuang ; 34°37'1"N, 112°52'18"E; 213 m elev.; 15 Jun. 2016; Guo-Hao Zu, Nai-Zhi Li, Jian-Wei Zu leg.; by yellow pan trapping; TJAU-HN-CHE-001 to 003 .

Diagnosis.

Female. Length, excluding ovipositor, 2.4 mm; Antennal (Fig. 33 ) scape slightly expanded in middle, yellowish brown, ventral margin brown and with an apical one-third white; pedicel brown; F1-F2 brown, F3-F5 white and lower margin brown, F6 dark; clava dark; apical half of msoscutum darker than basal half (Fig. 34 ); legs (Fig. 38 ) yellowish brown, except for fore coxa, basal half of fore femora, basal two-thirds of mid femora, hind coxa and basal of tibia yellowish white.

Description.

See Shi et al. (1994).

Host.

Coccidae : Ericerus pela , Eulecanium sp.; Kermesidae : Kermes quercus ( Xu and Huang 2004).

Distribution.

China (Beijing, Liaoning, Henan, Hunan, Hainan, Shandong, Tianjin).

Figures

Figures 23 - 31. 23 - 25 Cheiloneurus chinensis ♀ 23 dorsal habitus 24 lateral habitus 25 ventral habitus 26 - 31 Cheiloneurus claviger ♀ 26 dorsal habitus (Oriental) 27 lateral habitus (Oriental) 28 ventral habitus (Oriental) 29 dorsal habitus (Palaearctic) 30 lateral habitus (Palaearctic) 31 ventral habitus (Palaearctic).

Figures 32 - 38. Cheiloneurus chinensis ♀ 32 head 33 antenna 34 mesosoma 35 fore wing 36 hind wing 37 metasoma 38 legs. Scale bars: 100 μm.