taxonID	type	description	language	source
03D8806A412AD90CD294FDD2A2BCE98E.taxon	materials_examined	Type material. Holotype. ♀ [on slide], CHINA, Tianjin City, Tianjin Agricultural University, 39 ° 5 ′ 21 ″ N, 117 ° 5 ′ 38 ″ E, 07.09.2022 – 14.09.2022, Guohao Zu, Malaise trapping. Paratypes. 5 ♀, 4 ♁ [2 ♀, 3 ♁ on slides], the same data as holotype (TJAU).	en	Wang, Haiyang, Zhang, Chenghui, Xue, Hao, Xi, Chunxiang, Yang, Zening, Zu, Guohao (2023): Encyrtidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) from China, with the description of two new species. Zootaxa 5361 (2): 237-251, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5361.2.5, URL: https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/download/zootaxa.5361.2.5/52180
03D8806A412AD90CD294FDD2A2BCE98E.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Female. Length, excluding ovipositor 1.33 – 1.60 mm. Predominately dark brown, frontovertex yellow, scutellum and axilla yellow, legs yellowish white, except mid femora light brown and hind femora dark brown. Head of equal length and wide, frontovertex 0.26 – 0.27 × head wide, ocelli forming an acute triangle; scape slightly cylindrical, 5.71 – 5.87 × as long as broad, fore wing hyaline, 2.68 – 2.75 × as long as wide, ovipositor 1.35 – 1.38 × as long as mid tibia, clearly exserted. Male (length, 1.06 – 1.29 mm). Similar to female, but differs as follows: head yellowish brown, pronotum apically yellowish white, mesoscutum dark brown; frontovertex 0.30 – 0.31 × head wide; scape 4.57 – 5.91 × as long as wide; fore wing 2.50 – 2.53 × as long as wide; aedeagus 0.56 – 0.60 × as long as mid tibia.	en	Wang, Haiyang, Zhang, Chenghui, Xue, Hao, Xi, Chunxiang, Yang, Zening, Zu, Guohao (2023): Encyrtidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) from China, with the description of two new species. Zootaxa 5361 (2): 237-251, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5361.2.5, URL: https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/download/zootaxa.5361.2.5/52180
03D8806A412AD90CD294FDD2A2BCE98E.taxon	description	Description. Female Holotype. Length, 1.60 mm (excluding ovipositor). Body dark brown, frontovertex orange, but brown behind posterior ocellus, genae brown; antennal radicle, scape and pedicel pale yellowish brown, clava white with basal 1 / 5 dark; pronotum yellowish brown, mesonotum dark brown, axillae and scutellum yellow, tegula yellowish white, mesopleuron and propodeum dark brown; fore wing hyaline except base with a small pale brown patch, a large infuscate patch in about middle third, and a pale subapical infuscate band, hind wing hyaline; leg yellowish white, except as follows: both margins of mid tibia brown; hind with femora apical 1 / 3 yellowish brown and hind tibia in about proximal half or more dark brown; metasoma dark brown. Head (Fig. 2 A). Frontovertex 0.27 × head wide, ocelli forming an acute triangle, OCL about 1.10 × the diameter of posterior ocellus, OOL about 0.27 × the diameter of posterior ocellus, antennal torulus with its dorsal margin slightly below lower margin of eyes. Antennal scape (Fig. 2 B) about 5.87 × as long as wide, pedicel 2.31 × as long as wide, 5.40 × as long as F 1, funicle with F 1 – F 6 gradually large, clava three segmented, 1.87 × as long as wide and equal to the combined length of F 4 – F 6, slightly obliquely truncate apically. Mandible with three acute teeth. Measurements (μm): HH, 410; HW, 410; FV, 110; OD, 25; POL, 48; OOL, 13; OCL, 53; AOL, 63; EL, 330; MS, 80; length (width): radicle, 50; scape, 223 (38); pedicel, 81 (35); F 1, 15 (25); F 2, 20 (30); F 3, 23 (30); F 4, 24 (38); F 5, 35 (43); F 6, 38 (48); clava, 140 (75). Mesosoma (Fig. 2 C). Mesoscutum with shallow scale-like sculpture, scutellum with fine irregular polygonal sculpture. Scutellum 0.82 × as long as wide. Fore wing (Fig. 2 D) 2.68 × as long as wide, marginal vein 1.52 × as long as postmarginal vein, stigmal vein 1.26 × as long as marginal vein; linea calva closed by one line of setae posteriorly, uninterrupted; hind wing (Fig. 2 E) 5.13 × as long as wide. Mid tibial spur (Fig. 2 G) 0.30 × as long as mid tibia and shorter than basitarsus. Measurements (μm): FWL, 990; FWW, 370; SMV, 450; MV, 50; PMV, 33; SV, 63; HWL, 770; HWW, 150; MT, 460; mid tibial spur, 139; mid basitarsus, 188. Metasoma (Fig. 2 F). Ovipositor 1.38 × as long as mid tibia, strongly exserted, third valvula 0.31 × as long as ovipositor. Measurements (μm): OL, 635. [MT, 460] Male. Body length 1.06 mm, generally similar to female, with body color lighter than that of female, pronotum apically yellowish white. Head in frontal view (Fig. 3 A), with length equal to width, frontovertex 0.31 × head wide; scape (Fig. 3 B) 5.91 × as long as wide; fore wing (Fig. 3 D) 2.50 × as long as wide; hind wing (Fig. 3 E) 5.33 × as long as wide; aedeagus (Fig. 3 C) 0.56 × as long as mid tibia (Fig. 3 F).	en	Wang, Haiyang, Zhang, Chenghui, Xue, Hao, Xi, Chunxiang, Yang, Zening, Zu, Guohao (2023): Encyrtidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) from China, with the description of two new species. Zootaxa 5361 (2): 237-251, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5361.2.5, URL: https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/download/zootaxa.5361.2.5/52180
03D8806A412AD90CD294FDD2A2BCE98E.taxon	biology_ecology	Host. Unknown.	en	Wang, Haiyang, Zhang, Chenghui, Xue, Hao, Xi, Chunxiang, Yang, Zening, Zu, Guohao (2023): Encyrtidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) from China, with the description of two new species. Zootaxa 5361 (2): 237-251, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5361.2.5, URL: https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/download/zootaxa.5361.2.5/52180
03D8806A412AD90CD294FDD2A2BCE98E.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The species name refers to the dark brown head.	en	Wang, Haiyang, Zhang, Chenghui, Xue, Hao, Xi, Chunxiang, Yang, Zening, Zu, Guohao (2023): Encyrtidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) from China, with the description of two new species. Zootaxa 5361 (2): 237-251, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5361.2.5, URL: https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/download/zootaxa.5361.2.5/52180
03D8806A412AD90CD294FDD2A2BCE98E.taxon	discussion	Comments. Aphycus nigriceps sp. nov. is most similar to A. sulamanidzei Japoshvili, 2016 and A. secundus (Mercet, 1925), which all have 2 dark transverse bands on their fore wing, and the exserted part of ovipositor less than 1 / 4 × as long as metasoma, but A. nigriceps can be distinguished from A. sulamanidzei and A. secundus by the characters given in Table 1.	en	Wang, Haiyang, Zhang, Chenghui, Xue, Hao, Xi, Chunxiang, Yang, Zening, Zu, Guohao (2023): Encyrtidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) from China, with the description of two new species. Zootaxa 5361 (2): 237-251, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5361.2.5, URL: https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/download/zootaxa.5361.2.5/52180
03D8806A412ED90BD294FDFEA679EDB0.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined: Tianjin Agricultural University, Zhangjiawo town, Tianjin City, China; coordinates: 39 ° 5 ′ 21 ″ N, 117 ° 5 ′ 38 ″ E, 10 females; Malaise trapping, 14.07.2021 – 31.07.2021, leg. Guohao Zu and Zening Yang.	en	Wang, Haiyang, Zhang, Chenghui, Xue, Hao, Xi, Chunxiang, Yang, Zening, Zu, Guohao (2023): Encyrtidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) from China, with the description of two new species. Zootaxa 5361 (2): 237-251, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5361.2.5, URL: https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/download/zootaxa.5361.2.5/52180
03D8806A412CD909D294FF2FA0E0EE68.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined: Du liu Town, Tianjin City, China; coordinates: 39 ° 1 ′ 19 ″ N, 116 ° 54 ′ 42 ″ E, 2 females, Malaise trapping, 30.05.2020 – 14.06.2020, leg. Guohao Zu and Zening Yang.	en	Wang, Haiyang, Zhang, Chenghui, Xue, Hao, Xi, Chunxiang, Yang, Zening, Zu, Guohao (2023): Encyrtidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) from China, with the description of two new species. Zootaxa 5361 (2): 237-251, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5361.2.5, URL: https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/download/zootaxa.5361.2.5/52180
03D8806A412CD909D294FED7A788EE80.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined: Tianjin Agricultural University, Zhangjiawo town, Tianjin City, China; coordinates: 39 ° 5 ′ 21 ″ N, 117 ° 5 ′ 38 ″ E, 2 females, Malaise trapping, 07.09.2022 – 14.09.2022, leg. Guohao Zu and Zening Yang.	en	Wang, Haiyang, Zhang, Chenghui, Xue, Hao, Xi, Chunxiang, Yang, Zening, Zu, Guohao (2023): Encyrtidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) from China, with the description of two new species. Zootaxa 5361 (2): 237-251, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5361.2.5, URL: https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/download/zootaxa.5361.2.5/52180
03D8806A412CD909D294FDFFA21BED87.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined: Tianjin Academic Agriculture Sciences, Zhangjiawo town, Tianjin City, China; coordinates: 39 ° 6 ′ 14 ″ N, 117 ° 3 ′ 32 ″ E, 2 females, Malaise trapping, 15.09.2022 – 29.09.2022, leg. Haiyang Wang, Chenghui Zhang and Chunxiang Xi.	en	Wang, Haiyang, Zhang, Chenghui, Xue, Hao, Xi, Chunxiang, Yang, Zening, Zu, Guohao (2023): Encyrtidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) from China, with the description of two new species. Zootaxa 5361 (2): 237-251, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5361.2.5, URL: https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/download/zootaxa.5361.2.5/52180
03D8806A412CD909D294FCFBA7C3ECBC.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined: Baxian Mountain National Nature Reserve, Jixian County, Tianjin City, China coordinates: 40 ° 11 ′ 58 ″ N, 117 ° 33 ′ 52 ″ E, 1 female, sweep netting, 10.08.2022, leg. Kelong Jiao and Rui Ma.	en	Wang, Haiyang, Zhang, Chenghui, Xue, Hao, Xi, Chunxiang, Yang, Zening, Zu, Guohao (2023): Encyrtidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) from China, with the description of two new species. Zootaxa 5361 (2): 237-251, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5361.2.5, URL: https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/download/zootaxa.5361.2.5/52180
03D8806A412CD904D294FBA3A012E8F1.taxon	materials_examined	Type material. Holotype. ♀ [on slide], CHINA, Tianjin City, Tianjin Academic Agriculture Sciences, 39 ° 6 ′ 14 ″ N, 117 ° 3 ′ 32 ″ E, 29.06.2021 – 13.7.2021, Guohao Zu, Malaise trapping. Paratypes. 4 ♀, 1 ♁ [3 ♀, 1 ♁ on slides], the same data as holotype (TJAU).	en	Wang, Haiyang, Zhang, Chenghui, Xue, Hao, Xi, Chunxiang, Yang, Zening, Zu, Guohao (2023): Encyrtidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) from China, with the description of two new species. Zootaxa 5361 (2): 237-251, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5361.2.5, URL: https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/download/zootaxa.5361.2.5/52180
03D8806A412CD904D294FBA3A012E8F1.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Female. Length, excluding ovipositor 1.60 – 1.90 mm. Predominately dark brown. Head, mesoscutum, scutellum, and axilla with bright green metallic reflections, tegulae brown, yellow at the base; legs pale yellow, except all coxa and apical 1 / 5 of hind femora black; frontovertex 0.38 – 0.43 × head wide, with distinct reticulate sculpture, ocelli forming a right – angled triangle; scape slightly broadened, 3.48 – 3.69 × as long as broad, F 1 shorter than pedicel, clava strongly obliquely truncate apically; fore wing hyaline, 2.47 – 2.63 × as long as wide, ovipositor 1.52 – 1.68 × as long as mid tibia, slightly exserted. Male (length, 1.2 mm). Very similar to female, but pedicel dark brown; frontovertex 0.51 × head wide; scape 2.25 × as long as wide; fore wing 2.21 × as long as wide; aedeagus 1.31 × as long as mid tibia.	en	Wang, Haiyang, Zhang, Chenghui, Xue, Hao, Xi, Chunxiang, Yang, Zening, Zu, Guohao (2023): Encyrtidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) from China, with the description of two new species. Zootaxa 5361 (2): 237-251, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5361.2.5, URL: https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/download/zootaxa.5361.2.5/52180
03D8806A412CD904D294FBA3A012E8F1.taxon	description	Description. Female Holotype. Length, 1.84 mm (excluding ovipositor). Head with metallic luster, frontovertex with yellow – green metallic reflection, genae with blue – purple metallic luster; scape and pedicel of antennae dark brown, but the apical 1 / 10 yellowish brown, funicle dark brown, gradually becoming paler from F 1 to F 6, clava yellowish brown; mesosoma with green metallic luster and short white setae; wings hyaline; tegulae brown, yellow at base; legs yellowish white, but all coxae black with a blue – green metallic luster, and hind femora (except apical 1 / 5) black; metasoma with a copper green metallic luster. Head (Fig. 7 A) in frontal view, 1.45 × as wide as long, frontovertex 0.40 × head wide, with distinct reticulate sculpture, ocelli forming an angle of 90 °, occipital margin rounded, OCL about 0.24 × the diameter of posterior ocellus, OOL about 0.11 × the diameter of posterior ocellus; antennal torulus with its dorsal margin well above lower margin of eyes. Antennal scape (Fig. 7 B) slightly broadened, about 3.35 × as long as broad, pedicel 1.78 × as long as wide, 1.79 × as long as F 1, funicle with F 1 – F 5 longer than wide, F 6 subquadrate, clava three – segmented, 2.73 × as long as wide and strongly obliquely truncate apically, longer than F 4 – F 6 combined, funicle with linear sensillae on all funicular segments. Mandible with two acute teeth and a broad truncation. Measurements (μm): HH, 380; HW, 480; FV, 193; OD, 35; POL, 115; OOL, 13; OCL, 28; AOL, 70; EL, 280; MS, 108; length (and width): radicle, 45; scape, 193 (57.5); pedicel, 63 (35); F 1, 35 (28); F 2, 40 (30); F 3, 43 (30); F 4, 38 (30); F 5, 40 (35); F 6, 44 (43); clava, 150 (55). Mesosoma (Fig. 7 C). Mesoscutum and scutellum with fine reticulate sculpture, mesoscutum 0.74 × as long as wide and 1.29 × as long as scutellum. Fore wing (Fig. 7 D) 2.50 × as long as wide, marginal vein slightly longer than wide, and 0.77 × as long as postmarginal vein, linea calva not interrupted and closed by one line of setae posteriorly, hind wing (Fig. 7 E) 3.41 × as long as wide. Mid tibial spur (Fig. 7 F) 0.21 × as long as mid tibia and shorter than basitarsus. Measurements (μm): FWL, 1125; FWW, 450; submarginal vein, 400; MV, 25; PMV, 33; SV, 75; HWL, 750; HWW, 220; MT, 400; mid tibial spur, 85; mid basitarsus, 125. Metasoma (Fig. 7 C) 1.30 × as long as mesosoma, ovipositor 1.58 × as long as mid tibia, slightly exserted, third valvula 1.41 × as long as mid tibial spur. Measurements (μm): OL, 630. [MT, 400] Male. Length 1.20 mm. Very similar to female in appearance except for relatively less dense setae in basal cell of fore wing and structure of antennae and genitalia. Head (Fig. 8 A) in frontal view, 1.44 × as wide as long frontovertex 0.51 × head wide; antennal (Fig. 8 B) scape broadened, about 2.25 × as long as wide; all funicle segments slightly longer than wide; fore wing (Fig. 8 D) about 2.21 × as long as wide; hind wing (Fig. 8 E) 3.17 × as long as wide; mid tibial spur (Fig. 8 F) 0.28 × as long as mid tibia and shorter than corresponding basitarsus. Metasoma (Fig. 8 C) shorter than mesosoma; aedeagus about 1.31 × as long as mid tibia.	en	Wang, Haiyang, Zhang, Chenghui, Xue, Hao, Xi, Chunxiang, Yang, Zening, Zu, Guohao (2023): Encyrtidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) from China, with the description of two new species. Zootaxa 5361 (2): 237-251, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5361.2.5, URL: https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/download/zootaxa.5361.2.5/52180
03D8806A412CD904D294FBA3A012E8F1.taxon	biology_ecology	Host. Cacopsylla chinensis Yang & Li (1981) (Hemiptera: Psyllidae).	en	Wang, Haiyang, Zhang, Chenghui, Xue, Hao, Xi, Chunxiang, Yang, Zening, Zu, Guohao (2023): Encyrtidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) from China, with the description of two new species. Zootaxa 5361 (2): 237-251, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5361.2.5, URL: https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/download/zootaxa.5361.2.5/52180
03D8806A412CD904D294FBA3A012E8F1.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The species epithet refers to the name of its host.	en	Wang, Haiyang, Zhang, Chenghui, Xue, Hao, Xi, Chunxiang, Yang, Zening, Zu, Guohao (2023): Encyrtidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) from China, with the description of two new species. Zootaxa 5361 (2): 237-251, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5361.2.5, URL: https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/download/zootaxa.5361.2.5/52180
03D8806A412CD904D294FBA3A012E8F1.taxon	discussion	Comments. Psyllaephagus chinensis sp. nov. is most similar to P. brevicalcaratus Li, 2010 and P. eugenii (Trjapitzin, 2015), but differs by the characters given in Table 2.	en	Wang, Haiyang, Zhang, Chenghui, Xue, Hao, Xi, Chunxiang, Yang, Zening, Zu, Guohao (2023): Encyrtidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) from China, with the description of two new species. Zootaxa 5361 (2): 237-251, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5361.2.5, URL: https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/download/zootaxa.5361.2.5/52180
