Entomological Research 48 (2018) 405–415 RESEARCH PAPER Review of the Macrophya regia group (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) from China with the descriptions of two new species Ze-Jian LI1,3 , Meng-Meng LIU2 , Mei-Cai WEI2 and Chao-Dong ZHU1 1 Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China 2 Lab of Insect Systematics and Evolutionary Biology, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha, China 3 Postdoctoral Work Station, Lishui Academy of Forestry, Lishui, China Correspondence Abstract Chaodong Zhu, Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, The Macrophya regia group is reviewed and five species are recognized from China, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, among them two new species, M. acutiserrula Li, Liu & Wei sp. nov. and M. China. frontalis Li, Liu & Zhu sp. nov., and three known species, M. regia Forsius 1930, Email:
[email protected] M. maculoclypeatina Wei et al. 2003, and M. xiaoi Wei et al. 2003. A key to the Chinese species of the Macrophya regia group are provided. Received 26 December 2017; accepted26April2018. Key words: key, sawflies, Symphyta, taxonomy, Tenthredinoidea. doi: 10.1111/1748-5967.12309 Introduction malaisei-group; planata-group; regia-group; sanguinolenta- group; sheni-group; sibirica-group; vittata-group and Macrophya Dahlbom, 1835 (Hymenoptera, Tenthredinidae, zhaoae-group. Tenthredininae, Macrophini) is the third largest genus in In the regia group of Macrophya, three species were Tenthredininae and the fourth largest of Tenthredinidae. reported from China to date, i.e., M. regia Forsius 1930, M. The genus is chiefly distributed in the north of the Oriental, maculoclypeatina Wei et al.