A Taxonomic Study Of Chinese Species Of Encyrtidae (Hymenoptera:Chalcidoidea)

Taxonomic studies on C hinese species of the family Encyrtidae were conducted through the e xamination of about 3000 s pecimens (including nearly 200 slides) from t he Insect Collections of Northeast Forestry University (NEFU), and the specimens collected by myself through sweeping, yellow pan trapping and rearing.The paper contains three parts. Part Ⅰ. is introduction, includes the taxonomic history and current situation of studies about Encyrtidae, characteristics, the material and methods of this study. Part Ⅱ. is systematics, in this part, thirty nine species of the Encyrtidae were identified, including sixteen new species:Acerophagus ovaliclavus Zu & Li, sp. n ov.; Anagyrus brevivalvus Zu & Li, sp. nov.; Anagyrus tengchongensis Zu & Li, sp. n ov.; Anagyrus brevifuniculus Zu & Li, sp. n ov.; Anagyrus maculistigmus Zu & Li, sp. n ov.; Anagyrus pseudobicolor Zu & Li, sp. nov.; Cerapteroceroides yulongensis Zu & Li, sp.n ov.; Leptomastidea angulipennis Zu & Li, sp. n ov.; Microterys frontatus Zu & Li, sp. n ov.; Microterys lulangensis Zu & Li, sp. n ov.; Microterys yunnanensis Zu & Li, sp. n ov.; Paraphaenodiscus tricolor Zu & Li, sp. nov.; Rhopus antennalis Zu & Li, sp. nov.; Rhopus qingdaoensis Zu & Li, sp. nov.; Trechnites brevivalvus Zu & Li, sp. nov.; Trechnites verticalis Zu & Li, sp. n ov.. Four new record species from China:Acerophagus solidus Hayat,1981; Anagyrus matritensis (Mercet,1921); Cerapteroceroides manaliensis Hayat & Khan,2015; Rhopus nigroclavatus (Ashmead,1902). New distributional data were also provided for several species from China. Almost all species were described detailedly, photos of adult and keys to Chinese species of genus Acerophagus, Leptomastidea, Rhopus and Trechnites of female were provided. Part Ⅲ is conclusions and discussions.The present study is systematic revision of some commen genus of Encyrtidae from China. Where t heir bi ology i s known, m ost s pecies of this family are coc cid-inhabiting pa rasites. Therefore, the present study has significant importance on the guidance of identification and control on agricultural and forestry pests, and also benefit to the biodiversity inventory.All the type specimens were deposited in Northeast Forestry University (NEFU), Harbin, China.