Description of female of Alareka keralaensis Rajmohana & Narendran (Hymenoptera: Diapriidae) from China

Abstract

The genus Alareka with the species Alareka keralaensis described by Rajamohana and Narendran, known only by male and now female, is described from China, as a new record for China. Voucher material is deposited in the Hymenopteran Collection, South China Agricultural University (SCAU).

Keywords:

• Hymenoptera, Diapriinae, Alareka, China, new record, female

Acknowledgements

We are grateful to Dr Lubomir Masner (Canadian National Collection of Insects) and Dr Rajmohana (University of Calicut, India) for their kind help during this study. This project was supported by National Nature Science Foundation of China, the Ministry of Science and Technology of P. R. China (MOST Grant No. 2006FY110500).