A study of Chinese Elachertus Spinola (Hymenoptera : Eulophidae)

This paper treats Chinese species of Elachertus Spinola. Twenty-three valid species are recognized, and a key to species groups and another to species are provided. Nine species are newly recorded from China: E. auripes (Gira ult), E. charondas (Walker), E. fenestratus Nees, E. inunctus Nees, E. isad as Walker, E. lateralis (Spinola), E. pulcher (Erdos), E. sobrinus (Girault and Dodd), and E. simithorax (Girault). Fourteen new species are described and compared with closely related species: E, flavimaculatus, E. longiramu lus, E. ater, E. petiolifuniculus, E. divergens, E. flavifuniculus, E. scut ellaris, E. obliquus, E. oligiramus, E. parallelus, E. sulcatus, E. pilifer , E. ramosus, and E. varicapitulum. Among Chinese species, ten can be place d in 2 of Boucek's (1988) species groups, while another 13 are classified i nto 5 newly proposed groups. New hosts and distributional records are provi ded. http://www.sinica.edu.tw/zool/zoolstud/40.4/317.pdf.