Metaphycus liaoi sp. nov., is reported from China. Photomicrographs are provided to illustrate morphological characters of the species. Metaphycus liaoi sp. nov. is similar to M. stagnarum. In females of Metaphycus liaoi, the maximum width of antennal scape is located in basal half; ovipositor clearly longer than mid tibia. In males of M. liaoi, F1 is clearly shorter than pedicel; antennal scape clearly flattened and expanded, about 3 x as long as broad. The specimens including the holotype are deposited in Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing （IZCAS）.
In order to understand morphological adaptation of aphids to related host plants, morphological variations of ...
Yan Fang,Ge-Xia Qiao~* and Guang-Xue Zhang Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution,Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences,Beijing 100101,China
A new Oriental dictyopharid genus and species, Dictyotenguna choui gen. n., sp. n., is described and illustrated from China. A brief review of the family Dictyopharidae from the Oriental and eastern Palaearctic Regions is provided.
记述采自中国云南瑞丽的果实蝇属(双翅目,实蝇科) 2新种,拟黑颜果实蝇Bactrocera(Zeugodacus)proprediaphora Wang,Xiao et Chen,sp.nov.和瑞丽果实蝇Bactrocera(Bactrocera)ruiliensis Wang,Xiao et Chen,sp.nov.。2新种的正模及其中的4个副模标本保存于中国科学院动物研究所,其余的副模标本保存于瑞丽出入境检验检疫局。
研究了中国烟管蚜属Vesiculaphis del Guercio,该属隶属于蚜科Aphididae蚜亚科Aphidinae长管蚜族Macrosiphini,中国已知两种:番木瓜烟管蚜Vesiculaphis caricis(Fullaway)和中国新纪录种,马醉木烟管蚜V.pieridis Basu。文中提供了中国物种分种检索表,对新纪录种提供了不同生物型的形态记述、特征图和照片,包括1个兼有无翅孤雌蚜和有翅孤雌蚜性状的特殊个体的描记。研究标本保存在中国科学院动物研究所动物标本馆和英国自然历史博物馆.
