A study on Chinese Telenomus (Aholcus) (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae).

The present paper deals with 7 species of the subgenus Aholcus. Among them 3species: Telenomus (Aholcus) closterae, Tclenomus (Aholcus) theophilae and Teleno-mns (Aholcus) rondotiae are described as new to science, and 4 species: Telenomus(Aholcus) euproctidis Wilcox, Telenomus (Aholcus) adenys Nixon, Telenomus (Ahol-cus) stigis Nixon and Telenomus (Aholcus) monticola Kieffer (? new deseription) arerecorded for the first time from China. All type specimens are deposited in the Insti-tote of Zoology, Academia Sinica.1.Telenomus (Aholcus) theophilae, sp. nov. (figs. 11. 12. 28.) Similar to T. (A.) molorchus Nixon, but the length of 6th antennal joint of ? muchshorter than 7th, genitalia of ? as in fig. 28.2. Telenomus (Aholcus) rondotiae sp. nov. (figs. 13. 14. 29.)Similar to T.(A.) theophilae, but smaller, 2nd abdominal tergite of ? longer thanwide, genitalia of ? as in fig. 29.3. Telenomus (Aholcus) closterae, sp. nov. (figs. 9. 10. 27.)Similar to T.(A.) monodactylus Liu, but 1ength of 2nd antennal joint of ? longerthan 3rd, genitalia of ? as in fig. 27.4. Telenomus (Aholcus) monticola Kieffer (figs. 1. 2. 26.)? new description. Genitalia of ? as in fig. 26.