First record of the monotypic genus Acanopsilus Kieffer, 1908 (Hymenoptera: Diaprioidea: Diapriidae) from the Eastern Palaearctic region

Chang-Jun Kim; Jong-Wook Lee

doi:10.3897/BDJ.4.e9572

First record of the monotypic genus Acanopsilus Kieffer, 1908 (Hymenoptera: Diaprioidea: Diapriidae) from the Eastern Palaearctic region

Biodivers Data J. 2016 Sep 13:(4):e9572. doi: 10.3897/BDJ.4.e9572. eCollection 2016.

Authors

Chang-Jun Kim¹, Jong-Wook Lee²

Affiliations

¹ Korea National Arboretum, Pocheon, Korea, South.
² Yeungnam University, Gyeongsan, Korea, South.

Abstract

Background: The monotypic genus Acanopsilus (Hymenoptera: Diapriidae), is hitherto known only from Europe, where it is widely distributed.

New information: The genus is here recorded for the first time from South Korea and China, which constitutes the first formal record of the species from the entire Eastern Palaearctic region. A detailed redescription and photographs of Acanopsilus heterocerus (Haliday, 1857) are provided. Also, Acanopsilus brevinervis Kieffer, 1909 is proposed as junior synonym of Anommatium ashmeadi Mayr, 1856 (syn. nov.).

Keywords: Acanopsilus; Belytinae; Eastern Palaearctic; new records; new synonymy.