The genus Aerophilus Szépligeti, 1902 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Agathidinae) in China

The genus Aerophilus Szépligeti, 1902 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Agathidinae) is distributed throughout the globe, attacking caterpillars from multiple families within the Lepidoptera. Two species of Aerophilus were recorded from China prior to this study.Four Chinese species of Aerophilus Szépligeti...

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Main Authors: Qiong Wu, Pu Tang, Yu Fang, Cornelis van Achterberg, Xue-xin Chen
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Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2025-06-01
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Pu Tang
Yu Fang
Cornelis van Achterberg
Xue-xin Chen
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Yu Fang
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Xue-xin Chen
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description The genus Aerophilus Szépligeti, 1902 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Agathidinae) is distributed throughout the globe, attacking caterpillars from multiple families within the Lepidoptera. Two species of Aerophilus were recorded from China prior to this study.Four Chinese species of Aerophilus Szépligeti, 1902 are recognised. Two new species, A. brevicaudis sp. nov. and A. convexus sp. nov., are described and illustrated. A species, A. rufipes (Nees, 1812), is recorded from China for the first time. A new synonym is proposed, A. ebulus (Nixon, 1950) with A. romani (Shestakov, 1940). A key to Chinese species of the genus Aerophilus is provided.
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spelling doaj-art-d3b050f8dce7401ca6ddb07bfc39392b2025-08-20T03:20:04ZengPensoft PublishersBiodiversity Data Journal1314-28282025-06-011311810.3897/BDJ.13.e157012157012The genus Aerophilus Szépligeti, 1902 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Agathidinae) in ChinaQiong Wu0Pu Tang1Yu Fang2Cornelis van Achterberg3Xue-xin Chen4National Demonstration Center for Experimental Agrobiology Education, Zhejiang UniversityState Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, Institute of Insect Sciences, Zhejiang UniversityInstitute of Insect Sciences, Zhejiang UniversityZhejiang Provincial Key Lab of Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insects, Institute of Insect Sciences, Zhejiang UniversityZhejiang Provincial Key Lab of Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insects, Institute of Insect Sciences, Zhejiang UniversityThe genus Aerophilus Szépligeti, 1902 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Agathidinae) is distributed throughout the globe, attacking caterpillars from multiple families within the Lepidoptera. Two species of Aerophilus were recorded from China prior to this study.Four Chinese species of Aerophilus Szépligeti, 1902 are recognised. Two new species, A. brevicaudis sp. nov. and A. convexus sp. nov., are described and illustrated. A species, A. rufipes (Nees, 1812), is recorded from China for the first time. A new synonym is proposed, A. ebulus (Nixon, 1950) with A. romani (Shestakov, 1940). A key to Chinese species of the genus Aerophilus is provided.https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/157012/download/pdf/<i>Lytopylus</i>new recordnew synonymidentif
spellingShingle Qiong Wu
Pu Tang
Yu Fang
Cornelis van Achterberg
Xue-xin Chen
The genus Aerophilus Szépligeti, 1902 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Agathidinae) in China
Biodiversity Data Journal
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new record
new synonym
identif
title The genus Aerophilus Szépligeti, 1902 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Agathidinae) in China
title_full The genus Aerophilus Szépligeti, 1902 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Agathidinae) in China
title_fullStr The genus Aerophilus Szépligeti, 1902 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Agathidinae) in China
title_full_unstemmed The genus Aerophilus Szépligeti, 1902 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Agathidinae) in China
title_short The genus Aerophilus Szépligeti, 1902 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Agathidinae) in China
title_sort genus aerophilus szepligeti 1902 hymenoptera braconidae agathidinae in china
topic <i>Lytopylus</i>
new record
new synonym
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url https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/157012/download/pdf/
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