The genus Bassus Fabricius, 1804 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Agathidinae) in China, with description of three new species

ABSTRACT

Five species of Bassus Fabricius, are recognized to occur in China, of which three are new: Bassus guangxiensis sp. nov., Bassus levisulcus sp. nov. and Bassus robustus sp. nov. The new species are described and fully illustrated. Bassus albozonatus van Achterberg & Long, is recorded from China for the first time. A key to the Chinese species of the genus Bassus is provided.www.zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:17297254-9E84-4D0F-AE8C-1F7264393137

KEYWORDS:

• Bassus
• Agathidinae
• new species
• new record
• China

Acknowledgements

We thank Prof. M. Sharkey (University of Kentucky, USA), Dr D. Yu (Canadian National Collection, Ottawa, Canada) and Dr S. Stoelb (University of Kentucky, USA) for their assistance during our study of the Chinese Agathidinae.

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Funding

This work was supported by the State Key Program of National Natural Science Foundation of China [31230068]; National Natural Science Foundation of China [31401996]; the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities; the National Key R&D Program of China [SQ2017ZY060059]; the National Science Foundation for Post-doctoral Scientists of China [2014M560486]; the National Science Special Foundation for Postdoctoral Scientists of China [2015T80622]; the Natural Science Fund for Innovative Research Groups [31321063].