title: A key to the East Palaearctic and Oriental species of the genus Rhysipolis Foerster, and the first host records of Rhysipolis longicaudatus Belokobylskij (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Rhysipolinae).
abstract: BACKGROUND
  A key to the East Palaearctic and northern Oriental species of Rhysipolis Foerster, 1862 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Rhysipolinae) is presented. Rhysipolis longicaudatus Belokobylskij, 1994 (stat. nov.) is redescribed, the first host records are given and it is reported new for China.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Rhysipolis longicaudatus was reared from Taleporia sp. (Lepidoptera: Psychidae) in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region and from Bazaria turensis Ragonot (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) in Qinghai Province.
authors.affiliation: General Station of Forest Pest Management, State Forestry Administration, Shenyang 110034, China.
authors.forename: Ying
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Forest Pest Control and Quarantine Station of Etuoke, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China.
authors.forename: Zi-Cheng
authors.initials: ZC
authors.lastname: Xiong
authors.affiliation: Department of Life Sciences, Northwest University, 229 North Taibai Road, Xi'an, China; Department of Terrestrial Zoology, Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, Netherlands.
authors.forename: Kees
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: van Achterberg
authors.affiliation: General Station of Forest Pest Management, State Forestry Administration, Shenyang 110034, China.
authors.forename: Tao
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Li
keywords: Psychidae; Pyralidae; Rhysipolinae; Rhysipolis longicaudatus; new hosts; parasitoid