New Charipinae (Hymenoptera: Cynipoidea: Figitidae) records from China

Charipinae material collected from different provinces of China has been studied. Twenty-one previously described species have been identified: Alloxysta arcuata, A. brevis, A. carinata, A. castanea, A. consobrina, A. fracticornis, A. leunisii, A. macrophadna, A. mullensis, A. obscurata, A. paretasmartinezi, A. pilipennis, A. pilosa, A. postica, A. sawoniewiczi, A. victrix, A. xanthopa, Dilyta subclavata, Phaenoglyphis chinensis, P. heterocera and P. villosa. All species, except for P. chinensis and P. villosa, are here recorded for the first time from China. Diagnosis, material studied and distribution are given for each species. Plates with the diagnostic morphological features of each species are also included. (C) 2016 Korean Society of Applied Entomology, Taiwan Entomological Society and Malaysian Plant Protection Society. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.