Megischus chaoi van Achterberg & Yang, 2004

Hong, Chun-dan, van Achterberg, Cornelis & Xu, Zai-fu, 2011, A revision of the Chinese Stephanidae (Hymenoptera, Stephanoidea), ZooKeys 110, pp. 1-108 : 29

Megischus chaoi van Achterberg & Yang, 2004 Figs 233-239

Megischus ruficeps Saussure: Chao 1964: 378-379, 387-388, Figs II (1-2), IV (13); Belokobylskij 1995: 22.

Megischus chaoi van Achterberg: van Achterberg and Yang 2004: 109, 111-112; Hong et al. 2010: 61.

Diagnosis.

Temple medially roundly narrowed behind eye in dorsal view; neck postero-dorsally at about same level as middle pronotum, without distinct pronotal fold and without a cavity (Figs 234, 235); vein 1-M of fore wing about 5 times as long as vein 1-SR and 1.2 times vein m-cu; vein cu-a of fore wing strongly reclivous (Fig. 239); widened part of hind tibia of female nearly straight or weakly concave ventrally (Fig. 238); hind basitarsus about 4 times as long as wide (Fig. 236); ivory part of ovipositor sheath about twice as long as dark apical part.

Type material.

Holotype, ♀ (CPPF): "[CHINA], Fukien [=Fujian], Foochow [=Fuzhou], 10.vi.1954, H. F. Chao coll."; " Megischus ruficeps Hsiu-Fu Chao det." ( van Achterberg and Yang 2004).

Description.

See van Achterberg and Yang (2004).

Distribution.

China (Fujian).

Notes.

This species is named in honour of the late Prof. Dr Hsiu-Fu Chao (Fuzhou) for his important contributions to our knowledge of the entomofauna of China ( van Achterberg and Yang 2004).