taxonID	type	description	language	source
03CF5C3E3717FFC7FF9A3792F994FE5C.taxon	diagnosis	DIAGNOSIS Female. Body either flattened and elongate, or convex and shorter, usually dark. Head dark or white to yellow with darker bands; mandible with 2 or 3 teeth and a truncation; maxillary palp 2 - segmented, labial palp 1 - segmented. Antennal segments usually with contrasting white and dark segments, antennal formula 1,1,4,1, with 1 or 2 anelli; F 3 usually shorter than both F 2 and F 4. Pronotum entire and usually long; mid-lobe of mesoscutum with 2 – 6 setae, each side-lobe of mesoscutum with 2 setae, each axilla with 1 seta, mesoscutellum broader than long and shorter than mid-lobe of mesoscutum, with 2 – 4 setae; propodeum distinctly longer than metanotum, at least 0.5 times of mesoscutellum; propodeal spiracles with anterior grooves; mesopostphragma large and long. Forewing either uniformly infuscate behind venation or with infuscated bands of various shapes and bearing darker setae; stigmal vein either with a thin or swollen stigma; postmarginal vein absent; submarginal vein with 1 seta; marginal vein with 3 – 4 setae; usually 1 seta present on stigmal vein and 1 at junction of parastigma and submarginal vein; disc sparsely or densely setose, or setae arranged in groups and / or tufts. Tarsal formula 5 – 5 – 5. Gaster generally longer than head plus thorax; hypopygium usually prominent, extending nearly to level of cereal plates; ovipositor at least slightly exserted (Hayat 1998). Male. Similar to female. Antennal segments, except F 3, elongate with more longitudinal sensilla, and more or less uniformly colored (Hayat 1998).	en	Wang, Zhu Hong, Huang, Jian, Polaszek, Andrew (2016): The species of genus Ablerus Howard (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Azotidae) from China, with description of a new species. Florida Entomologist 99 (3): 395-405, DOI: 10.1653/024.099.0310, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/10.1653/024.099.0310
03CF5C3E3717FFC7FF9A3792F994FE5C.taxon	distribution	DISTRIBUTION Cosmopolitan.	en	Wang, Zhu Hong, Huang, Jian, Polaszek, Andrew (2016): The species of genus Ablerus Howard (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Azotidae) from China, with description of a new species. Florida Entomologist 99 (3): 395-405, DOI: 10.1653/024.099.0310, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/10.1653/024.099.0310
03CF5C3E3717FFC7FF9A3792F994FE5C.taxon	biology_ecology	HOSTS Hyperparasitoids of other hymenopteran primary parasitoid species, including other chalcidoids. Coccoid hosts recorded in the literature are secondary hosts (Hayat 1998). Some species are confirmed as oophagous (Polaszek 1991).	en	Wang, Zhu Hong, Huang, Jian, Polaszek, Andrew (2016): The species of genus Ablerus Howard (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Azotidae) from China, with description of a new species. Florida Entomologist 99 (3): 395-405, DOI: 10.1653/024.099.0310, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/10.1653/024.099.0310
03CF5C3E3716FFC0FF6A3678FD85FBDD.taxon	description	(Figs. 1 – 4)	en	Wang, Zhu Hong, Huang, Jian, Polaszek, Andrew (2016): The species of genus Ablerus Howard (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Azotidae) from China, with description of a new species. Florida Entomologist 99 (3): 395-405, DOI: 10.1653/024.099.0310, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/10.1653/024.099.0310
03CF5C3E3716FFC0FF6A3678FD85FBDD.taxon	materials_examined	Type status unknown. Austria.	en	Wang, Zhu Hong, Huang, Jian, Polaszek, Andrew (2016): The species of genus Ablerus Howard (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Azotidae) from China, with description of a new species. Florida Entomologist 99 (3): 395-405, DOI: 10.1653/024.099.0310, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/10.1653/024.099.0310
03CF5C3E3716FFC0FF6A3678FD85FBDD.taxon	materials_examined	Holotype ♂. France :: aris (USNM).	en	Wang, Zhu Hong, Huang, Jian, Polaszek, Andrew (2016): The species of genus Ablerus Howard (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Azotidae) from China, with description of a new species. Florida Entomologist 99 (3): 395-405, DOI: 10.1653/024.099.0310, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/10.1653/024.099.0310
03CF5C3E3716FFC0FF6A3678FD85FBDD.taxon	materials_examined	Holotype ♀. Poland: Bobrowa.	en	Wang, Zhu Hong, Huang, Jian, Polaszek, Andrew (2016): The species of genus Ablerus Howard (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Azotidae) from China, with description of a new species. Florida Entomologist 99 (3): 395-405, DOI: 10.1653/024.099.0310, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/10.1653/024.099.0310
03CF5C3E3716FFC0FF6A3678FD85FBDD.taxon	materials_examined	MATERIAL China. Xinjiang: 1 ♀, Yining, 23 - VII- 2010, Hong-Ying Hu, by sweeping (FAFU); 1 ♀, Hutubi, 23 - VII- 2005, Hong-Ying Hu, by sweeping (FAFU); 1 ♀, Zeketai, 2 - VIII- 2006, Hong-Ying Hu, by sweeping (FAFU).	en	Wang, Zhu Hong, Huang, Jian, Polaszek, Andrew (2016): The species of genus Ablerus Howard (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Azotidae) from China, with description of a new species. Florida Entomologist 99 (3): 395-405, DOI: 10.1653/024.099.0310, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/10.1653/024.099.0310
03CF5C3E3716FFC0FF6A3678FD85FBDD.taxon	biology_ecology	HOSTS The following hosts are recorded: Diaspididae: Diaspidiotus gigas (Thiem & Gerneck), (Li et al. 2011); Chionaspis stantophris, Ch. pinifoliae (Fitch), Diaspidiotus caucasicus (Borchsenius), D. hungaricus Kosztarab, D. ostreaeformis (Curtis), D. perniciosus (Comstock), D. prunorum (Laing), D. pyri (Lichtenstein), D. uvae (Comstock), Epidiaspis leperii (Signoret), Lepidosaphes conchiformis Gmelin, L. ulmi (L.), Leucaspis loewi Colvée, L. pini (Hartig), L. pusilla Löw, L. signoreti Targioni-Tozzetti, Nuculaspis abietis (Schrank), Pseudaulacaspis pentagona (Targioni-Tozzetti), Quadraspidiotus zonatus (Frauenfeld). Aphelinidae: Encarsia leucaspidis (Mercet), (Walker 1847; Nikol’skaja & Yasnosh 1966; Annecke & Insley 1970; Hayat 1979; Darling & Johnson 1984; Hayat 1994; Yasnosh 1995; Noyes 2015)	en	Wang, Zhu Hong, Huang, Jian, Polaszek, Andrew (2016): The species of genus Ablerus Howard (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Azotidae) from China, with description of a new species. Florida Entomologist 99 (3): 395-405, DOI: 10.1653/024.099.0310, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/10.1653/024.099.0310
03CF5C3E3716FFC0FF6A3678FD85FBDD.taxon	distribution	DISTRIBUTION China (Xijiang); Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Turkey, Russia, Austria, Czechoslovakia, France, Germany, Italy, Hungary, Poland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, America, Argentina, Egypt, Australia.	en	Wang, Zhu Hong, Huang, Jian, Polaszek, Andrew (2016): The species of genus Ablerus Howard (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Azotidae) from China, with description of a new species. Florida Entomologist 99 (3): 395-405, DOI: 10.1653/024.099.0310, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/10.1653/024.099.0310
03CF5C3E3716FFC0FF6A3678FD85FBDD.taxon	discussion	REMARKS Ablerus atomon was first recorded from China by Li et al. (2011), reared from Diaspidiotus gigas (Thiem & Gerneck) in Xinjiang. However, A. atomon was considered as a hyperparasitoid of scale insects (Nikol’skaja & Yasnosh 1966), and the above scale insect hosts are probably the secondary hosts for A. atomon.	en	Wang, Zhu Hong, Huang, Jian, Polaszek, Andrew (2016): The species of genus Ablerus Howard (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Azotidae) from China, with description of a new species. Florida Entomologist 99 (3): 395-405, DOI: 10.1653/024.099.0310, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/10.1653/024.099.0310
03CF5C3E3711FFC0FF9A30CBFAA0FEAE.taxon	materials_examined	Holotype ♀. Paratypes 9 ♀♀. China: Fujian (FAFU).	en	Wang, Zhu Hong, Huang, Jian, Polaszek, Andrew (2016): The species of genus Ablerus Howard (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Azotidae) from China, with description of a new species. Florida Entomologist 99 (3): 395-405, DOI: 10.1653/024.099.0310, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/10.1653/024.099.0310
03CF5C3E3711FFC0FF9A30CBFAA0FEAE.taxon	materials_examined	MATERIAL China. Fujian: Holotype ♀, Fuzhou, Forest Park, 12 - XI- 1989, Jian-Qing Huang, by yellow pan trap (FAFU); Paratypes, 9 ♀♀, same data as holotype, except 23 - V, 13 - VI, 2 - XII- 1989 (FAFU); 1 ♀, Fuzhou, Forest Park, 8 - VII- 1989, Zhi-Shan Wu, by sweeping (FAFU).	en	Wang, Zhu Hong, Huang, Jian, Polaszek, Andrew (2016): The species of genus Ablerus Howard (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Azotidae) from China, with description of a new species. Florida Entomologist 99 (3): 395-405, DOI: 10.1653/024.099.0310, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/10.1653/024.099.0310
03CF5C3E3711FFC0FF9A30CBFAA0FEAE.taxon	description	MALE Unknown.	en	Wang, Zhu Hong, Huang, Jian, Polaszek, Andrew (2016): The species of genus Ablerus Howard (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Azotidae) from China, with description of a new species. Florida Entomologist 99 (3): 395-405, DOI: 10.1653/024.099.0310, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/10.1653/024.099.0310
03CF5C3E3711FFC0FF9A30CBFAA0FEAE.taxon	biology_ecology	HOST Unknown.	en	Wang, Zhu Hong, Huang, Jian, Polaszek, Andrew (2016): The species of genus Ablerus Howard (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Azotidae) from China, with description of a new species. Florida Entomologist 99 (3): 395-405, DOI: 10.1653/024.099.0310, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/10.1653/024.099.0310
03CF5C3E3711FFC0FF9A30CBFAA0FEAE.taxon	distribution	DISTRIBUTION China (Fujian).	en	Wang, Zhu Hong, Huang, Jian, Polaszek, Andrew (2016): The species of genus Ablerus Howard (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Azotidae) from China, with description of a new species. Florida Entomologist 99 (3): 395-405, DOI: 10.1653/024.099.0310, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/10.1653/024.099.0310
03CF5C3E3711FFC0FF9A30CBFAA0FEAE.taxon	discussion	REMARKS Ablerus calvus resembles Ablerus macchiae (Annecke & Insley, 1970) but is distinguished from the latter by the following: antenna with F 1 relatively short, clava about as long as or slightly longer than F 1 – F 3 combined; forewings with speculum extending from stigmal vein distally to apex of wings; legs mostly dark brown.	en	Wang, Zhu Hong, Huang, Jian, Polaszek, Andrew (2016): The species of genus Ablerus Howard (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Azotidae) from China, with description of a new species. Florida Entomologist 99 (3): 395-405, DOI: 10.1653/024.099.0310, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/10.1653/024.099.0310
03CF5C3E3711FFC0FCD2351AFB3AFB17.taxon	description	(Figs. 5 – 8)	en	Wang, Zhu Hong, Huang, Jian, Polaszek, Andrew (2016): The species of genus Ablerus Howard (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Azotidae) from China, with description of a new species. Florida Entomologist 99 (3): 395-405, DOI: 10.1653/024.099.0310, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/10.1653/024.099.0310
03CF5C3E3711FFC0FCD2351AFB3AFB17.taxon	materials_examined	Holotype ♀. Japan: Tokyo (USNM).	en	Wang, Zhu Hong, Huang, Jian, Polaszek, Andrew (2016): The species of genus Ablerus Howard (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Azotidae) from China, with description of a new species. Florida Entomologist 99 (3): 395-405, DOI: 10.1653/024.099.0310, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/10.1653/024.099.0310
03CF5C3E3711FFC0FCD2351AFB3AFB17.taxon	materials_examined	Holotype ♀. Paratype 1 ♂. India: Aligarh (ZDAMU). Synonymy by Hayat, 1998: 130.	en	Wang, Zhu Hong, Huang, Jian, Polaszek, Andrew (2016): The species of genus Ablerus Howard (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Azotidae) from China, with description of a new species. Florida Entomologist 99 (3): 395-405, DOI: 10.1653/024.099.0310, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/10.1653/024.099.0310
03CF5C3E3711FFC0FCD2351AFB3AFB17.taxon	materials_examined	Holotype ♀. Paratypes 29 ♀♀, 18 ♂♂. Uganda: Lugazi (PPRI). Paratypes in BMNH and USNM.	en	Wang, Zhu Hong, Huang, Jian, Polaszek, Andrew (2016): The species of genus Ablerus Howard (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Azotidae) from China, with description of a new species. Florida Entomologist 99 (3): 395-405, DOI: 10.1653/024.099.0310, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/10.1653/024.099.0310
03CF5C3E3711FFC0FCD2351AFB3AFB17.taxon	materials_examined	MATERIAL China. Fujian: 1 ♀, Shaxian, 1982, Nai-Quan Lin, by sweeping (FAFU); 2 ♀♀, Fuzhou, Jinshan, 22 - VIII- 1985, Nai-Quan Lin, by sweeping (FAFU); 1 ♂, Longyan, 14 - VII- 1986, Gao-Sheng Liu, by sweeping (FAFU); 1 ♂, Zhangping, 17 - VII- 1986, Gao-Sheng Liu, by sweeping (FAFU); 1 ♀, 1 ♂, Fuzhou, Jinshan, 1987, Nai-Quan Lin, by yellow pan trap; 1 ♀, Fuzhou, Forest Park, 25 - VII- 1989, Zhi-Shan Wu, by sweeping (FAFU).	en	Wang, Zhu Hong, Huang, Jian, Polaszek, Andrew (2016): The species of genus Ablerus Howard (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Azotidae) from China, with description of a new species. Florida Entomologist 99 (3): 395-405, DOI: 10.1653/024.099.0310, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/10.1653/024.099.0310
03CF5C3E3711FFC0FCD2351AFB3AFB17.taxon	biology_ecology	HOSTS The following hosts have been recorded: Diaspididae: Chionaspis difficilis, (Howard 1914; Mercet 1922); Aulacaspis pentagona, (Mercet 1922); Aonidiella orientalis on Eugenia jambolana, Duplachionaspis sp. on Dichantium annulatum,? Melanaspis glomeratus on sugar cane, (Hayat 1998).	en	Wang, Zhu Hong, Huang, Jian, Polaszek, Andrew (2016): The species of genus Ablerus Howard (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Azotidae) from China, with description of a new species. Florida Entomologist 99 (3): 395-405, DOI: 10.1653/024.099.0310, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/10.1653/024.099.0310
03CF5C3E3711FFC0FCD2351AFB3AFB17.taxon	distribution	DISTRIBUTION China (Fujian), Uganda, Japan, India.	en	Wang, Zhu Hong, Huang, Jian, Polaszek, Andrew (2016): The species of genus Ablerus Howard (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Azotidae) from China, with description of a new species. Florida Entomologist 99 (3): 395-405, DOI: 10.1653/024.099.0310, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/10.1653/024.099.0310
03CF5C3E3711FFC1FCD23081FE34F9E3.taxon	materials_examined	Holotype ♀. Sri Lanka: Colombo (DEZP). MATERIAL No specimens examined, and recorded from China by Viggiani & Ren (1993).	en	Wang, Zhu Hong, Huang, Jian, Polaszek, Andrew (2016): The species of genus Ablerus Howard (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Azotidae) from China, with description of a new species. Florida Entomologist 99 (3): 395-405, DOI: 10.1653/024.099.0310, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/10.1653/024.099.0310
03CF5C3E3711FFC1FCD23081FE34F9E3.taxon	biology_ecology	HOSTS The following hosts have been recorded: Aleyrodidae: Aleurocanthus woglumi (Ashby), (Silvestri 1927); Aleurocanthus spiniferus (Quaintance), (Viggiani & Ren 1993).	en	Wang, Zhu Hong, Huang, Jian, Polaszek, Andrew (2016): The species of genus Ablerus Howard (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Azotidae) from China, with description of a new species. Florida Entomologist 99 (3): 395-405, DOI: 10.1653/024.099.0310, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/10.1653/024.099.0310
03CF5C3E3711FFC1FCD23081FE34F9E3.taxon	distribution	DISTRIBUTION China (Guangdong, Guangxi), Sri Lanka.	en	Wang, Zhu Hong, Huang, Jian, Polaszek, Andrew (2016): The species of genus Ablerus Howard (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Azotidae) from China, with description of a new species. Florida Entomologist 99 (3): 395-405, DOI: 10.1653/024.099.0310, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/10.1653/024.099.0310
03CF5C3E3711FFC1FCD23081FE34F9E3.taxon	discussion	REMARKS Ablerus connectens was originally described by Silvestri (1927) from Sri Lanka, based on the female only, and was recorded from China by Viggiani & Ren (1993), reared from Aleurocanthus spiniferus (Quaintance) in Guangdong and Guangxi. Viggiani & Ren (1993) also first recorded the male of A. connectens and pointed out it is very similar to the female according to the collected specimens, and depicted the male antenna and genitalia.	en	Wang, Zhu Hong, Huang, Jian, Polaszek, Andrew (2016): The species of genus Ablerus Howard (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Azotidae) from China, with description of a new species. Florida Entomologist 99 (3): 395-405, DOI: 10.1653/024.099.0310, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/10.1653/024.099.0310
03CF5C3E3710FFCCFF6A32D5FD08FB61.taxon	description	(Figs. 9 – 17) DESCRIPTION Holotype female. Body length: 0.75 mm (excluding exserted part of ovipositor). Color. Head with frontovertex silvery white, eyes red and ocelli red brown; occiput mostly, except for 2 small oval areas above, dark brown; a narrow dark brown band across face above toruli and extending on malar space below eyes, and merging with the dark brown occiput; areas above this band along eyes nearly white, face and malar space below this band brown; mouth space brown yellow, mandible apically dark brown. Mesosoma and metasoma dark brown to dark, apex of ovipositor white. Antenna with most of radicle, ventral margin and apicad of scape, basad of pedicel, F 1, F 3 and most of clava dark brown to dark; rest of scape and pedicel, F 2 and F 4 white; apex of clava brown yellow. Forewing hyaline and about apical fourth of wings slightly infuscate, with an infuscated crossband below apical third of marginal vein and stigmal vein, and a cluster of dark bristles below the apex of marginal vein. Legs white to brown yellow, except basal half of hind coxae dark brown, femora apically and tibiae basally pale brown to dark brown, the 5 th tarsi pale brown. Head. Eyes bare. Mandible with 3 teeth and a truncation. Antenna with scape 4.5 times as long as wide; pedicel 1.7 times as long as wide, slightly shorter than F 1; F 2 and F 4 equal in length, 3 times and 2.1 times as long as wide, respectively; F 3 shortest, 1.25 times as long as wide, 0.48 times as long as F 2 and F 4 respectively; F 1 – F 4 each with 2 – 4 multiporous plate sensilla; clava 4.18 times as long as wide, with 6 or 7 multiporous plate sensilla in 2 rows. Mesosoma. Vertex reticulate. Notum of mesosoma with distinct reticulate cells and irregular sculpture in these cells; mid-lobe of mesoscutum with transverse reticulate cells anteriorly and longitudinal or oblique reticulated cells posteriorly, with 1 pair of setae; each side-lobe of mesoscutum with 2 setae; each axilla with 1 seta, distance between axillae about 2.67 times as long as axilla; scutellum transverse, 0.69 times as long as mid-lobe of mesoscutum, with oblique or longitudinal reticulations medially and oblique stripes laterally, bearing 2 pairs of setae, placoid sensilla distantly placed, slightly closer to hind pair than to fore pair of setae; metanotum narrow, with sculptures; propodeum long, 0.88 times as long as scutellum and 4.2 times as long as metanotum, with oblique or longitudinal reticulations medially and oblique stripes laterally; mesopostphragma, measured from apex of scutellum, 3.04 times as long as scutellum. Forewing narrow, 3.13 times as long as maximum width of wing disc; marginal fringe 0.46 times as long as maximum width of disc; disc with dense setae except basal cell and asetose area below a cluster of dark bristles on the infuscated crossband extending to around stigmal vein, ciliation on disc inside the infuscated crossband unusual, consisting of dense, fine setae with a rather large base; 1 seta on submarginal vein and 1 seta premarginal vein, 1 seta below the end of submarginal vein, 3 setae on anterior margin of marginal vein; stigmal vein with a slender neck and expanded apex, postmarginal vein absent. Metasoma. The apex of metasoma projecting; ovipositor long, basally located at the base of T 1, projecting beyond the apex of metasoma, 2.61 times as long as mid-tibia, 3 rd valvula 0.94 times as long as mid-tibia. MALE Unkown. TYPE MATERIAL Holotype ♀, China, Fujian, Fuzhou, Jinshan, 26 - IX- 2013, Zhu-Hong Wang, ex. unidentified diaspidid scale (Hemiptera: Diaspididae) on bamboo (FAFU). Paratypes 2 ♀♀, same data as holotype (FAFU).	en	Wang, Zhu Hong, Huang, Jian, Polaszek, Andrew (2016): The species of genus Ablerus Howard (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Azotidae) from China, with description of a new species. Florida Entomologist 99 (3): 395-405, DOI: 10.1653/024.099.0310, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/10.1653/024.099.0310
03CF5C3E3710FFCCFF6A32D5FD08FB61.taxon	biology_ecology	HOST Unidentified Diaspididae scale on bamboo.	en	Wang, Zhu Hong, Huang, Jian, Polaszek, Andrew (2016): The species of genus Ablerus Howard (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Azotidae) from China, with description of a new species. Florida Entomologist 99 (3): 395-405, DOI: 10.1653/024.099.0310, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/10.1653/024.099.0310
03CF5C3E3710FFCCFF6A32D5FD08FB61.taxon	distribution	DISTRIBUTION China (Fujian).	en	Wang, Zhu Hong, Huang, Jian, Polaszek, Andrew (2016): The species of genus Ablerus Howard (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Azotidae) from China, with description of a new species. Florida Entomologist 99 (3): 395-405, DOI: 10.1653/024.099.0310, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/10.1653/024.099.0310
03CF5C3E3710FFCCFF6A32D5FD08FB61.taxon	discussion	REMARKS Ablerus fasciarius sp. nov. resembles Ablerus similis (De Santis, 1948) with regard to the forewing having an infuscated crossband, but is distinguished from the latter by the following characters: an infuscated crossband below apical third of marginal vein and stigmal vein (in A. similis: below marginal vein), and a cluster of dark bristles below the apex of marginal vein (in A. similis: without a cluster of dark bristles); the asetose area below a cluster of dark bristles on the infuscated crossband, ciliation on disc inside the infuscated crossband unusual, consisting of dense, fine setae with a rather large base (in A. similis: the setae arranged on most of the infuscated crossband, the disc inside the infuscated crossband asetose). Ablerus fasciarius sp. nov. also resembles Ablerus macchiae (Annecke & Insley, 1970) and Ablerus separaspidis (Annecke & Insley, 1970) with regard to the forewing having an infuscated crossband below marginal vein, but is distinguished from them by the different form of the infuscated crossband and ciliation on disc of forewing.	en	Wang, Zhu Hong, Huang, Jian, Polaszek, Andrew (2016): The species of genus Ablerus Howard (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Azotidae) from China, with description of a new species. Florida Entomologist 99 (3): 395-405, DOI: 10.1653/024.099.0310, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/10.1653/024.099.0310
03CF5C3E3710FFCCFF6A32D5FD08FB61.taxon	etymology	ETYMOLOGY The species name is derived from the Latin word fasciarius = banded, referring to the forewing with an infuscated crossband.	en	Wang, Zhu Hong, Huang, Jian, Polaszek, Andrew (2016): The species of genus Ablerus Howard (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Azotidae) from China, with description of a new species. Florida Entomologist 99 (3): 395-405, DOI: 10.1653/024.099.0310, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/10.1653/024.099.0310
03CF5C3E371DFFCCFF9A314DFC58FEAE.taxon	materials_examined	Holotype ♀. Paratypes 2 ♀♀, 2 ♂♂, China: Fujian (FAFU).	en	Wang, Zhu Hong, Huang, Jian, Polaszek, Andrew (2016): The species of genus Ablerus Howard (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Azotidae) from China, with description of a new species. Florida Entomologist 99 (3): 395-405, DOI: 10.1653/024.099.0310, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/10.1653/024.099.0310
03CF5C3E371DFFCCFF9A314DFC58FEAE.taxon	materials_examined	MATERIAL China. Fujian: Holotype ♀, Fuzhou, Forest Park, 17 - VI- 1989, Zhi-Shan Wu, by sweeping (FAFU); Paratypes 2 ♀♀, 2 ♂♂, Sanming, 8 - VII- 1987, Chang-Ming Liu, by yellow sticky trap (FAFU).	en	Wang, Zhu Hong, Huang, Jian, Polaszek, Andrew (2016): The species of genus Ablerus Howard (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Azotidae) from China, with description of a new species. Florida Entomologist 99 (3): 395-405, DOI: 10.1653/024.099.0310, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/10.1653/024.099.0310
03CF5C3E371DFFCCFF9A314DFC58FEAE.taxon	biology_ecology	HOST Unknown.	en	Wang, Zhu Hong, Huang, Jian, Polaszek, Andrew (2016): The species of genus Ablerus Howard (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Azotidae) from China, with description of a new species. Florida Entomologist 99 (3): 395-405, DOI: 10.1653/024.099.0310, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/10.1653/024.099.0310
03CF5C3E371DFFCCFF9A314DFC58FEAE.taxon	distribution	DISTRIBUTION China (Fujian).	en	Wang, Zhu Hong, Huang, Jian, Polaszek, Andrew (2016): The species of genus Ablerus Howard (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Azotidae) from China, with description of a new species. Florida Entomologist 99 (3): 395-405, DOI: 10.1653/024.099.0310, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/10.1653/024.099.0310
03CF5C3E371DFFCCFF9A314DFC58FEAE.taxon	discussion	REMARKS Ablerus floccosus resembles Ablerus chionaspidis (Howard, 1914), but is distinguished from the latter by the following characters: antenna with scape and pedicel mostly whitish; forewings without pale area below the marginal vein, but with numerous, dense, black and coarse setae, and a group of denser and coarser setae below the distal portion of marginal vein.	en	Wang, Zhu Hong, Huang, Jian, Polaszek, Andrew (2016): The species of genus Ablerus Howard (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Azotidae) from China, with description of a new species. Florida Entomologist 99 (3): 395-405, DOI: 10.1653/024.099.0310, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/10.1653/024.099.0310
03CF5C3E371DFFCCFCD23516FADFFC3A.taxon	materials_examined	Type status unknown, ♀, ♂. Indocina [Vietnam]: Van Phu (Tonkino). MATERIAL Bangladesh. 1 ♀, Chittagong I- 1991, ex Saisettia sp. (NHM). No Chinese specimens examined. Recorded from Guangdong [Canton], China by Silvestri (1927: 51).	en	Wang, Zhu Hong, Huang, Jian, Polaszek, Andrew (2016): The species of genus Ablerus Howard (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Azotidae) from China, with description of a new species. Florida Entomologist 99 (3): 395-405, DOI: 10.1653/024.099.0310, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/10.1653/024.099.0310
03CF5C3E371DFFCCFCD23516FADFFC3A.taxon	biology_ecology	HOST The following host has been recorded: Aleyrodidae: Aleurocanthus spiniferus (Quaintance), (Silvestri 1927). Saisettia sp. (Coccidae) recorded here for the first time.	en	Wang, Zhu Hong, Huang, Jian, Polaszek, Andrew (2016): The species of genus Ablerus Howard (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Azotidae) from China, with description of a new species. Florida Entomologist 99 (3): 395-405, DOI: 10.1653/024.099.0310, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/10.1653/024.099.0310
03CF5C3E371DFFCCFCD23516FADFFC3A.taxon	distribution	DISTRIBUTION China (Guangdong), Bangladesh, Vietnam (Van Phu).	en	Wang, Zhu Hong, Huang, Jian, Polaszek, Andrew (2016): The species of genus Ablerus Howard (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Azotidae) from China, with description of a new species. Florida Entomologist 99 (3): 395-405, DOI: 10.1653/024.099.0310, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/10.1653/024.099.0310
03CF5C3E371DFFCDFCD2379AFDF1F924.taxon	description	(Figs. 18 – 21)	en	Wang, Zhu Hong, Huang, Jian, Polaszek, Andrew (2016): The species of genus Ablerus Howard (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Azotidae) from China, with description of a new species. Florida Entomologist 99 (3): 395-405, DOI: 10.1653/024.099.0310, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/10.1653/024.099.0310
03CF5C3E371DFFCDFCD2379AFDF1F924.taxon	materials_examined	♀. Japan: Nishigahara (Lectotype ♀, USNM).	en	Wang, Zhu Hong, Huang, Jian, Polaszek, Andrew (2016): The species of genus Ablerus Howard (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Azotidae) from China, with description of a new species. Florida Entomologist 99 (3): 395-405, DOI: 10.1653/024.099.0310, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/10.1653/024.099.0310
03CF5C3E371DFFCDFCD2379AFDF1F924.taxon	materials_examined	Holotype ♀. Paratype 1 ♀. China: Shanghai (USNM).	en	Wang, Zhu Hong, Huang, Jian, Polaszek, Andrew (2016): The species of genus Ablerus Howard (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Azotidae) from China, with description of a new species. Florida Entomologist 99 (3): 395-405, DOI: 10.1653/024.099.0310, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/10.1653/024.099.0310
03CF5C3E371DFFCDFCD2379AFDF1F924.taxon	materials_examined	Holotype ♀. Paratype 1 ♂. India: Kashmir (IARI).	en	Wang, Zhu Hong, Huang, Jian, Polaszek, Andrew (2016): The species of genus Ablerus Howard (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Azotidae) from China, with description of a new species. Florida Entomologist 99 (3): 395-405, DOI: 10.1653/024.099.0310, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/10.1653/024.099.0310
03CF5C3E371DFFCDFCD2379AFDF1F924.taxon	materials_examined	Holotype ♀. India: Aligarh (ZDAMU).	en	Wang, Zhu Hong, Huang, Jian, Polaszek, Andrew (2016): The species of genus Ablerus Howard (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Azotidae) from China, with description of a new species. Florida Entomologist 99 (3): 395-405, DOI: 10.1653/024.099.0310, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/10.1653/024.099.0310
03CF5C3E371DFFCDFCD2379AFDF1F924.taxon	materials_examined	MATERIAL China. Fujian: 2 ♀ ♀, Sanming, 8 - VII- 1987, Chang-Ming Liu, by yellow sticky trap (FAFU); 1 ♀, Fuzhou, Jinshan, 1987, Nai-Quan Lin, by yellow pan trap (FAFU); 1 ♀, Shanghang, Qiushan, 21 - VII- 1988, Nai-Quan Lin, by sweeping (FAFU); 1 ♀, Fu’an, Xibing, 27 - IX- 1988, Chang-Fu Lin, by sweeping (FAFU); 1 ♀, Jianyang, 29 - IX- 1991, Mei-Xing Lin, ex. Cornuaspis gloverii (Parkard) on Citrus.	en	Wang, Zhu Hong, Huang, Jian, Polaszek, Andrew (2016): The species of genus Ablerus Howard (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Azotidae) from China, with description of a new species. Florida Entomologist 99 (3): 395-405, DOI: 10.1653/024.099.0310, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/10.1653/024.099.0310
03CF5C3E371DFFCDFCD2379AFDF1F924.taxon	biology_ecology	HOSTS Cornuaspis gloverii (Parkard) on Citrus. The following additional hosts have been recorded: Diaspididae:? Chrysomphalus aonidum (L.) on Aucuba japonica, (Compere 1926); Pseudaulacaspis pentagona (Tarigoni-Tozzettii), (Girault 1916 a; Gahan 1942; Tachikawa 1958; Ferrière 1965; Darling & Johnson 1984; Liao et al. 1987); Aulacaspis difficilis Cockerell, Pseudaonidia duplex (Cockerell), Chrysomphalus aonidum L., (Tachikawa 1958; Liao et al. 1987); Lepidosaphes ulmi, Quadraspidiotus gigas, (Ferrière 1965); Melanaspis obscura (Comstock), (Darling & Johnson 1984); Quadraspidiotus perniciosus [apparently on apple trees], (Hayat 1998). Aleyrodidae:? Aleurolobus barodensis on Saccharum officinarum, (Hayat 1998). Aphelinidae:? hyperparasitoid of Aphytis diaspidis (Howard), (Compere 1926).	en	Wang, Zhu Hong, Huang, Jian, Polaszek, Andrew (2016): The species of genus Ablerus Howard (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Azotidae) from China, with description of a new species. Florida Entomologist 99 (3): 395-405, DOI: 10.1653/024.099.0310, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/10.1653/024.099.0310
03CF5C3E371DFFCDFCD2379AFDF1F924.taxon	distribution	DISTRIBUTION China (Fujian, Shanghai, Zhejiang, Sichuan, Shanxi, Henan), USA, Japan, Argentina, Italy, Yugoslavia, France, India.	en	Wang, Zhu Hong, Huang, Jian, Polaszek, Andrew (2016): The species of genus Ablerus Howard (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Azotidae) from China, with description of a new species. Florida Entomologist 99 (3): 395-405, DOI: 10.1653/024.099.0310, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/10.1653/024.099.0310
03CF5C3E371CFFCEFF6A3280FD72FEAE.taxon	materials_examined	Holotype ♀. China: Fujian (FAFU).	en	Wang, Zhu Hong, Huang, Jian, Polaszek, Andrew (2016): The species of genus Ablerus Howard (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Azotidae) from China, with description of a new species. Florida Entomologist 99 (3): 395-405, DOI: 10.1653/024.099.0310, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/10.1653/024.099.0310
03CF5C3E371CFFCEFF6A3280FD72FEAE.taxon	materials_examined	MATERIAL China. Fujian: Holotype ♀, Chong’an, Sangang, 20 - XI- 1989, Jia-She Wang, by yellow pan trap (FAFU).	en	Wang, Zhu Hong, Huang, Jian, Polaszek, Andrew (2016): The species of genus Ablerus Howard (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Azotidae) from China, with description of a new species. Florida Entomologist 99 (3): 395-405, DOI: 10.1653/024.099.0310, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/10.1653/024.099.0310
03CF5C3E371CFFCEFF6A3280FD72FEAE.taxon	description	MALE Unknown.	en	Wang, Zhu Hong, Huang, Jian, Polaszek, Andrew (2016): The species of genus Ablerus Howard (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Azotidae) from China, with description of a new species. Florida Entomologist 99 (3): 395-405, DOI: 10.1653/024.099.0310, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/10.1653/024.099.0310
03CF5C3E371CFFCEFF6A3280FD72FEAE.taxon	biology_ecology	HOST Unknown.	en	Wang, Zhu Hong, Huang, Jian, Polaszek, Andrew (2016): The species of genus Ablerus Howard (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Azotidae) from China, with description of a new species. Florida Entomologist 99 (3): 395-405, DOI: 10.1653/024.099.0310, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/10.1653/024.099.0310
03CF5C3E371CFFCEFF6A3280FD72FEAE.taxon	distribution	DISTRIBUTION China (Fujian).	en	Wang, Zhu Hong, Huang, Jian, Polaszek, Andrew (2016): The species of genus Ablerus Howard (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Azotidae) from China, with description of a new species. Florida Entomologist 99 (3): 395-405, DOI: 10.1653/024.099.0310, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/10.1653/024.099.0310
03CF5C3E371CFFCEFF6A3280FD72FEAE.taxon	discussion	REMARKS Ablerus pexus is similar to Ablerus plesius (Annecke & Insley, 1970), from which it is separated by the following characters: antenna with F 1 basally white and apically dark brown, longer than the pedicel and about as long as F 2; forewings subapically with different form of transverse stripe, and basally with relatively numerous, black and coarse setae.	en	Wang, Zhu Hong, Huang, Jian, Polaszek, Andrew (2016): The species of genus Ablerus Howard (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Azotidae) from China, with description of a new species. Florida Entomologist 99 (3): 395-405, DOI: 10.1653/024.099.0310, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/10.1653/024.099.0310
03CF5C3E371FFFCEFF9A351AFD7FFC6B.taxon	materials_examined	Holotype ♀. China: Guangdong (GEIG); Paratype 1 ♀ in IEUN. MATERIAL No specimens examined, and originally described from Guangdong and Guangxi, China, by Viggiani & Ren (1993).	en	Wang, Zhu Hong, Huang, Jian, Polaszek, Andrew (2016): The species of genus Ablerus Howard (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Azotidae) from China, with description of a new species. Florida Entomologist 99 (3): 395-405, DOI: 10.1653/024.099.0310, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/10.1653/024.099.0310
03CF5C3E371FFFCEFF9A351AFD7FFC6B.taxon	biology_ecology	HOST Unknown.	en	Wang, Zhu Hong, Huang, Jian, Polaszek, Andrew (2016): The species of genus Ablerus Howard (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Azotidae) from China, with description of a new species. Florida Entomologist 99 (3): 395-405, DOI: 10.1653/024.099.0310, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/10.1653/024.099.0310
03CF5C3E371FFFCEFF9A351AFD7FFC6B.taxon	distribution	DISTRIBUTION China (Guangdong, Guangxi).	en	Wang, Zhu Hong, Huang, Jian, Polaszek, Andrew (2016): The species of genus Ablerus Howard (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Azotidae) from China, with description of a new species. Florida Entomologist 99 (3): 395-405, DOI: 10.1653/024.099.0310, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/10.1653/024.099.0310
03CF5C3E371FFFCEFF9A351AFD7FFC6B.taxon	discussion	REMARKS Ablerus promacchiae resembles Ablerus macchiae (Annecke & Insley, 1970) but is distinguished from the latter by the following characters: antenna with F 1 not longer than F 2, mid-lobe of mesoscutum with only 2 setae, narrower forewings and longer fringe (Viggiani & Ren 1993).	en	Wang, Zhu Hong, Huang, Jian, Polaszek, Andrew (2016): The species of genus Ablerus Howard (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Azotidae) from China, with description of a new species. Florida Entomologist 99 (3): 395-405, DOI: 10.1653/024.099.0310, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/10.1653/024.099.0310
03CF5C3E371FFFCEFF9A305DFEEFF9BE.taxon	materials_examined	Holotype ♀. Paratypes 1 ♀, 2 ♂♂. Mauritius: Tamarin (PPRI).	en	Wang, Zhu Hong, Huang, Jian, Polaszek, Andrew (2016): The species of genus Ablerus Howard (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Azotidae) from China, with description of a new species. Florida Entomologist 99 (3): 395-405, DOI: 10.1653/024.099.0310, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/10.1653/024.099.0310
03CF5C3E371FFFCEFF9A305DFEEFF9BE.taxon	materials_examined	MATERIAL China. Fujian: 1 ♀, Shaxian, 1980, Nai-Quan Lin, by sweeping.	en	Wang, Zhu Hong, Huang, Jian, Polaszek, Andrew (2016): The species of genus Ablerus Howard (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Azotidae) from China, with description of a new species. Florida Entomologist 99 (3): 395-405, DOI: 10.1653/024.099.0310, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/10.1653/024.099.0310
03CF5C3E371FFFCEFF9A305DFEEFF9BE.taxon	biology_ecology	HOST The following host has been recorded: Diaspididae: Aulacaspis tegalensis, (Annecke & Insley 1970).	en	Wang, Zhu Hong, Huang, Jian, Polaszek, Andrew (2016): The species of genus Ablerus Howard (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Azotidae) from China, with description of a new species. Florida Entomologist 99 (3): 395-405, DOI: 10.1653/024.099.0310, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/10.1653/024.099.0310
03CF5C3E371FFFCEFF9A305DFEEFF9BE.taxon	distribution	DISTRIBUTION China (Fujian), Mauritius.	en	Wang, Zhu Hong, Huang, Jian, Polaszek, Andrew (2016): The species of genus Ablerus Howard (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Azotidae) from China, with description of a new species. Florida Entomologist 99 (3): 395-405, DOI: 10.1653/024.099.0310, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/10.1653/024.099.0310
