A peer-reviewed open-access journal ZooKeys 576: 1–202 (2016) Revision of Chalcididae from Vietnam 1 doi: 10.3897/zookeys.576.8177 MONOGRAPH http://zookeys.pensoft.net Launched to accelerate biodiversity research Revision of the family Chalcididae (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea) from Vietnam, with the description of 13 new species T. C. Narendran1,†, Cornelis van Achterberg2 1 Deceased, formerly Department of Zoology, University of Calicut, Kerala, 673635, India 2 Department of Terrestrial Zoology, Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Postbus 9517, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands Corresponding author: Cornelis van Achterberg ([email protected]) Academic editor: X-x Chen | Received 18 February 2016 | Accepted 18 February 2016 | Published 4 April 2016 http://zoobank.org/7A2FC762-F23A-4B13-8B0C-0F1F80F46DA8 Citation: Narendran TC, van Achterberg C (2016) Revision of the family Chalcididae (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea) from Vietnam, with the description of 13 new species. ZooKeys 576: 1–202. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.576.8177 Abstract A total of 16 genera and 68 species of Chalcididae of Vietnam are taxonomically treated. Thirteen new species are described; the remaining 55 species are keyed, redescribed or provided with a diagnosis. Among these 37 species and eleven genera are recorded for the first time from Vietnam. The thirteen new species are: Antrocephalus neogalleriae Narendran & van Achterberg, sp. n.; Brachymeria neowiebesina Narendran & van Achterberg, sp. n., B. semirusula Narendran & van Achterberg, sp. n., Dirhinus neoclaviger Nar- endran & van Achterberg, sp. n., Epitranus narendrani van Achterberg, sp. n., E. neonigriceps Narendran & van Achterberg, sp. n., Heydoniella vietnamensis Narendran & van Achterberg, sp. n., Megachalcis vi- etnamicus Narendran & van Achterberg, sp. n., Notaspidium vietnamicum Narendran & van Achterberg, sp. n., Oxycoryphe neotenax Narendran & van Achterberg, sp. n., Sthulapada neopadata Narendran & van Achterberg, sp. n., S. vietnamensis Narendran & van Achterberg, sp. n., and Tanycoryphus masii Naren- dran & van Achterberg, sp. n. The newly recorded genera are:Antrocephalus Kirby, 1883; Haltichella Spinola, 1811; Heydoniella Narendran, 2003; Hockeria Walker, 1834; Kriechbaumerella Dalla Torre, 1894; Notaspidium Dalla Torre, 1897; Oxycoryphe Kriechbaumer, 1894; Psilochalcis Kieffer, 1904; Sthulapada Narendran, 1989; Tanycor- phus Cameron, 1905, and Trigonura Sichel, 1865. † Deceased 31 December 2013; first text version seen by first author, but final review, editing, illustra- tions and description of Epitranus narendrani by second author. Copyright T. C. Narendran, C. van Achterberg. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. 2 T. C. Narendran & Cornelis van Achterberg / ZooKeys 576: 1–202 (2016) The following known species are recorded for the first time from Vietnam: Antrocephalus decipiens (Masi, 1929); A. lugubris (Masi, 1932); A. maculipennis (Cameron, 1905); A. nasutus (Holmgren, 1869); A. sepyra (Walker, 1846); A. validicornis (Holmgren, 1868); Brachymeria alternipes (Walker, 1871); B. aurea (Girault, 1915); B. coxodentata Joseph, Narendran & Joy, 1972; B. euploeae (Westwood, 1837); B. hime Habu, 1960; B. jambolana Gahan, 1942; B. kamijoi Habu, 1960; B. lugubris (Walker, 1871); B. marmonti (Girault, 1924); B. minuta (Linnaeus, 1767); B. scutellocarinata Joseph, Narendran & Joy, 1972; B. shansiensis Habu, 1961; B. taiwana (Matsumura, 1910); Dirhinus anthracia Walker, 1846; D. claviger Bouček & Narendran, 1981; Epitranus albipennis Walker, 1874; E. ater Bouček, 1982; E. gauldi Bouček, 1982; E. oxytelus Bouček, 1982; E. ramnathi (Mani & Dubey, 1973); Haltichella delhensis Roy & Farooqi, 1984; H. nipponensis Habu, 1960; Hockeria bangalorica Narendran, 1989; H. guptai Naren- dran, 1989; Kriechbaumerella ayyari (Gahan, 1919); K. cordigaster Roy & Farooqi, 1984; K. destructor (Waterston, 1922); K. nepalensis Narendran, 1989; Oxycoryphe scutellatus Narendran, 1989; Psilochalcis carinigena (Cameron, 1907), and Trigonura luzonensis Narendran, 1987. Brachymeria calopeplae Joseph, Narendran & Joy, 1972, is treated as a valid species. Keywords Chalcididae, revision, new species, keys, distribution, Vietnam, Oriental, new records Contents Introduction ............................................................................................................. 3 Historical résumé ..................................................................................................... 4 Classification ............................................................................................................ 4 Phylogeny ................................................................................................................ 4 Distribution ............................................................................................................. 5 Biology ..................................................................................................................... 5 Materials and methods ............................................................................................. 5 Depositories ....................................................................................................... 6 Terms and measurements ................................................................................... 9 Taxonomy ................................................................................................................ 9 Key to genera of Chalcididae from Vietnam ....................................................... 9 Antrocephalus Kirby, 1883 ................................................................................ 12 Key to Vietnamese species of Antrocephalus Kirby ...................................... 13 Brachymeria Westwood, 1829 .......................................................................... 28 Key to Vietnamese species of Brachymeria Westwood ................................ 29 Dirhinus Dalman, 1818 ................................................................................... 88 Key to Vietnamese species of Dirhinus Dalman.......................................... 88 Epitranus Walker, 1834 .................................................................................. 102 Key to Vietnamese species of Epitranus Walker ........................................ 102 Haltichella Spinola, 1811 ............................................................................... 129 Key to Vietnamese species of Haltichella Spinola ..................................... 132 Heydoniella Narendran, 2003 ......................................................................... 139 Revision of Chalcididae from Vietnam 3 Hockeria Walker, 1834 ................................................................................... 143 Key to Vietnamese species of Hockeria Walker ......................................... 144 Kriechbaumerella Dalla Torre, 1897 ................................................................ 149 Key to species of the genus Kriechbaumerella Dalla Torre ......................... 149 Megachalcis Cameron, 1903 ........................................................................... 159 Key to Vietnamese species of Megachalcis Cameron ................................. 159 Notaspidium Dalla Torre, 1897 ....................................................................... 163 Key to Oriental species of Notaspidium Dalla Torre ................................. 163 Oxycoryphe Kriechbaumer, 1894..................................................................... 167 Key to Vietnamese species of Oxycoryphe Kriechbaumer ........................... 168 Psilochalcis Kieffer, 1905 ................................................................................. 175 Smicromorpha Girault, 1913 ........................................................................... 178 Sthulapada Narendran, 1989 .......................................................................... 181 Key to species of Sthulapada Narendran ................................................... 181 Tanycoryphus Cameron, 1905 ......................................................................... 188 Trigonura Sichel, 1865 ................................................................................... 191 References ............................................................................................................ 194 Introduction The family Chalcididae Latreille, 1817 (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) is one of the most interesting and difficult hymenopteran families to study taxonomically. They show mor- phological resemblances among genera and species – a phenomenon widely found in other Chalcidoidea families as well - and it is not easy to separate them at species level and often at generic level. Though many species of Chalcididae look very much alike, they differ widely in habits. Members of this family comprise medium to large chalcids which vary from 1.5 to 15 mm in length. Members of this family comprise some of the largest specimens of the chalcidoid families. Chalcidids can be recognized by the swol- len hind femur, the indistinct prepectus, the sharp occipital carina bordering the gena posteriorly, the strong punctation of the mesosoma, the side of the scapula separating the pronotum from the tegula, the shallow femoral depression (“facies femoralis” of Bouček (1952))