title: Four new species of Tanycarpa (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Alysiinae) from the Palaearctic Region and new records of species from China.
abstract: Four new species of Tanycarpa (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Alysiinae), T. gymnonotum Yao sp. n., T. similis Yao sp. n., T. areolata Yao sp. n., and T. lineata Yao sp. n., are described from the Palaearctic Region of China, and T. chors Belokobylskij is newly recorded from China. Significant range extensions are given for T. bicolor (Nees von Esenbeck), T. gracilicornis (Nees von Esenbeck), and T. mitis Stelfox. A key to the Palaearctic species of Tanycarpa is provided.
authors.affiliation: Beneficial Insects Institute, Fujian Agriculture & Forestry University, Fuzhou, Fujian 350002, China.; Email: yao.junli.china@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Junli
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yao
authors.affiliation: Systematic Entomology Laboratory, Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, c/o National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, P.O. Box 37012, MRC-168, Washington, DC 20013-7012 U.S.A.; Email: Robert.Kula@ars.usda.gov.
authors.forename: Robert R
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Kula
authors.affiliation: Department of Entomology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843 U.S.A.; Email: rawbaw2@tamu.edu.
authors.forename: Robert A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Wharton
authors.forename: Jiahua
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D063147:Animal Distribution; D000825:Animal Structures / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000254:growth & development; D000818:Animals; D049628:Body Size; D002681:China; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D009929:Organ Size; D014863:Wasps / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification* / Q000254:growth & development