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Issue: Vol. 5741 No. 2: 6 Jan. 2026
Type: Article
Published: 2026-01-06
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5741.2.10
Page range: 396-400
Abstract views: 80
PDF downloaded: 6

New data on Elasmus (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) reared from Polistes nests in China

Shaanxi Key Laboratory for Animal Conservation; Key Laboratory of Resource Biology and Biotechnology in Western China; Ministry of Education; College of Life Sciences; Northwest University; Xi’an; Shaanxi 710069; China
Shaanxi Key Laboratory for Animal Conservation; Key Laboratory of Resource Biology and Biotechnology in Western China; Ministry of Education; College of Life Sciences; Northwest University; Xi’an; Shaanxi 710069; China
Shaanxi Key Laboratory for Animal Conservation; Key Laboratory of Resource Biology and Biotechnology in Western China; Ministry of Education; College of Life Sciences; Northwest University; Xi’an; Shaanxi 710069; China
State Key Laboratory of Plant Diversity and Specialty Crops & Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Botany; South China Botanical Garden; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Guangzhou 510650; China; South China National Botanical Garden; Guangzhou 510650; China
Shaanxi Key Laboratory for Animal Conservation; Key Laboratory of Resource Biology and Biotechnology in Western China; Ministry of Education; College of Life Sciences; Northwest University; Xi’an; Shaanxi 710069; China
Shaanxi Key Laboratory for Animal Conservation; Key Laboratory of Resource Biology and Biotechnology in Western China; Ministry of Education; College of Life Sciences; Northwest University; Xi’an; Shaanxi 710069; China
Hymenoptera Shaanxi Province Elasmus japonicus Ashmead 1904 COI new record

Abstract

A species of the genus Elasmus (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae), E. japonicus Ashmead, 1904, is reported for the first time from Shaanxi in northwestern China, where it was reared from the nests of Polistes rothneyi Cameron, 1900 and P. snelleni de Saussure, 1862. These specimens were compared with material from South Korean utilizing morphological and molecular data. The diagnostic features of this species are illustrated with color images.

 

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How to Cite

Zhang, Y., Li, J., Huang, X., Chen, H., Hua, Y. & Tan, J. (2026) New data on Elasmus (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) reared from Polistes nests in China. Zootaxa, 5741 (2), 396–400. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5741.2.10