ZengJieHeJun-huaChenXue-xinThe genus Diolcogaster Ashmead, 1900 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Microgastrinae) from ChinaZookeys16920112011129498710.3897/zookeys.129.1201 Diolcogaster alvearia http://species-id.net/wiki/Diolcogaster_alvearia (Fabricius, 1798)Ichneumon alevarius Fabricius 1798: 232. Holotype female, pinned with labels as follows: “Galliae.” (Kiel)-Zimson 1964 Type Material Fabricius: 369.Cryptus alvearius Fabricius 1804, 2: 90.Microgaster alvearius(-ia): Spinola 1808: 149; Curtis 1830, 6: 321; Haliday 1834: 240; Nees von Esenbeck 1834: 174; Ratzeburg 1852: 50; Ruthe 1860, 4: 153; Fitch 1883, 16: 167; Marshall 1885: 240; Marshall 1890: 516; Lyle 1918: 107; Fahringer 1935, 27A(12)(1934): 6; Fahringer 1937, 4(4–6): 331; Telenga 1955, 5(4): 184; Papp 1959, 51:399; Papp 1960, 12: 119.Protomicroplitis alevarius:Nixon 1965: 250.Diolcogaster alvearia: Mason 1981: 114; Chen and Song 2004: 175.Host.

Alcis repandata; Croesus septentrionalis; Hypomecis [Clematis]; Menophra abruptaria; Opisthograptis luteolata; Ourapteryx sambucaria; Peribatodes rhomboidaria (Yu & van Achterberg, 2004).

Distribution.

China (Gansu, Fujian); Austria, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Moldova, Netherlands, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, Yugoslavia.

Remarks.

No specimens were available for this study. However, the description of this species by Chen and Song (2004) based on the specimens collected from Fujian is obviously different from that by Telenga (1955). Telenga described this species with mesoscutum coriaceous-rugose, dull; areolet 4-sided; and T1 parallel-sided while Chen & Song stated that this species has the mesoscutum with fine punctures anteriorly but almost smooth posteriorly; areolet 3-sided; and T1 broadening posteriorly. Therefore, the specimens identified by Chen & Song (2004) need further examination.

MarshallTA (1885) Monograph of British Braconidae. Part I.Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1885: 1-280.FahringerJ (1935) Schwedisch-chinesische wissenschaftliche Expedition nach den nordwestlichen Provinzen Chinas, 26. Hymenoptera. 4. Braconidae Kirby. Arkiv foer Zoologi27A(12)(1934): 1–15.TelengaNA (1955) Braconidae, subfamily Microgasterinae, subfamily Agathinae. Fauna USSR, Hymenoptera5(4). 311pp. [Translated from Russian by Israel Program for Scientific Translation, Jerusalem, 1964]NixonGEJ (1965) A reclassification of the tribe Microgasterini (Hymenoptera: Braconidae).Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Entomology series Supplement 2: 1-284.MasonWRM (1981) The polyphyletic nature of Apanteles Förster (Hymenoptera: Braconidae): A phylogeny and reclassification of Microgastrinae.Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada. No. 115, 147pp.ChenJiahuaSongDongbao (2004) [Systematic studies on Microgastrinae of China (Hymenoptera: Braconidae).] (in Chinese with English summary). Fujian Scientific Publisher. Fuzhow, China, 354 pp.