Aprostocetus minimus ( Ratzeburg, 1848 )

Li, Wen-Jian, Liu, Rui, Chen, Zhi-Peng, Zu, Guo-Hao & Li, Cheng-De, 2025, Taxonomic notes on the genus Aprostocetus Westwood (Hymenoptera, Eulophidae) from China, with the description of a new species, ZooKeys 1253, pp. 277-304 : 277-304

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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17209485
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scientific name	Aprostocetus minimus ( Ratzeburg, 1848 )
status

Treatment

Aprostocetus minimus ( Ratzeburg, 1848) View in CoL

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Geniocerus minimus Ratzeburg, 1848: 175. View in CoL

Tetrastichus minimus View in CoL : Dalla 1898: 598.

Material examined.

2 females: [2 females on cards], China, Heilongjiang Province, Hegang City, Wuzhishan Park , 22. VII. 2020, Ming-Rui Li, by sweeping, deposited in YCTU .

Diagnosis.

Female. Body small (Figs 28 View Figures 28, 29 , 29 View Figures 28, 29 ), length 1.3 mm. Thorax with superficial reticulation, median line of mid lobe of mesoscutum distinct; mid lobe of mesoscutum with three to four adnotaular setae on each side; propodeum medially shorter than dorsellum. Forewing with four dorsal setae on SMV, speculum small, MV 3.5 × STV. Body black, head and thorax with bluish metallic tint.

Hosts.

Unknown from China. Non-Chinese records include Rabdophaga nervorum (Kieffer, 1895) , R. salicis (Schrank, 1803) , and R. rosaria (Loew, 1850) ( Diptera : Cecidomyiidae ) ( Domenichini 1966).

Distribution.

China ( Heilongjiang [new record], Gansu), Germany, Netherlands ( Graham 1987), Sweden ( Hedqvist 2003), Russia ( Yegorenkova et al. 2007).

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Hymenoptera
Family	Eulophidae
Genus	Aprostocetus