Abstract
The Chinese fauna of the family Gasteruptiidae is revised, keyed and fully illustrated
for the first time. Only one genus of this family,
Gasteruption
Latreille, 1796, is recorded from China. In total 28 valid species of the genus
Gasteruption
are recognized. Six species are new to science (
Gasteruption angulatum
sp. n.,
Gasteruption assectoides
sp. n.,
Gasteruption coloratum
sp. n.,
Gasteruption latitibia
sp. n.,
Gasteruption sinepunctatum
sp. n. and
Gasteruption strigosum
sp. n.) and eight species are reported new for China (
Gasteruption bimaculatum
Pasteels, 1958,
Gasteruption birmanense
Pasteels, 1958,
Gasteruption dimidiatum
Semenov, 1892,
Gasteruption formilis
Alekseev, 1995,
Gasteruption subhamatum
Pasteels, 1958,
Gasteruption tonkinense
Pasteels, 1958,
Gasteruption tournieri
Schletterer, 1885,
Gasteruption transversiceps
Pasteels, 1958). Three new synonyms are proposed:
Gasteruption curiosum
Pasteels, 1958, of
Gasteruption amoyense
Pasteels, 1958;
Gasteruption sinense
var. minus Kieffer, 1924, with
Gasteruption japonicum
Cameron, 1888,and
Gasteruption sinense
Kieffer, 1924, of
Gasteruption sinarum
Kieffer, 1911. Lectotypes are designated for
Gasteruption corniculigerum
Enderlein, 1913,
Gasteruption sinense
Kieffer, 1924, and
Gasteruption transversiceps
Pasteels, 1958.
Gasteruption bihamatum
Kieffer, 1911, previously reported from South China, is a South American species.