title: The genus Philoctetes Abeille de Perrin, 1879 from China, with description of two new species (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae).
abstract: The Chinese species of the genus Philoctetes Abeille de Perrin, 1879 are revised and keyed for the first time. Six species are recorded, of which two are new for science: Philoctetes longiflagellis Rosa, Wei & Xu, sp. nov. (Inner Mongolia and Shanxi) and P. simulator Rosa, Notton & Xu, sp. nov. (Tianjin). The new synonym, Philoctetes cupratus (Mócsary, 1914), syn. nov. of Philoctetes mongolicus (du Buysson, 1901), is proposed. Philoctetes mongolicus (du Buysson, 1901) is newly recorded from Pakistan.
authors.affiliation: Via Belvedere 8/d, I-20881 Bernareggio (MB), Italy. E-mail: rosa@chrysis.net; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Paolo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rosa
authors.affiliation: Department of Entomology, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510640, China.; Email: xuzaifu@scau.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Na-Sen
authors.initials: NS
authors.lastname: Wei
authors.affiliation: Department of Entomology, The Natural History Museum, London, UK.; Email: d.notton@nhm.ac.uk.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Notton
authors.affiliation: Department of Entomology, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510640, China; Email: xuzaifu@scau.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Zai-Fu
authors.initials: ZF
authors.lastname: Xu
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