Trechnites, Thomson, 1876

Zu, Guohao, Li, Chengde, O, Published & V, Final, 2016, Two new species of Trechnites (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) from China and a key to Chinese species, Turkish Journal of Zoology 40 (1), pp. 35-39 : 35

Key to the species of Trechnites from China (females)

1 Mesoscutum with notaular lines complete, more or less extending to its posterior margin……...................……2

− Mesoscutum with notaular lines incomplete, extending not more than halfway length of mesoscutum; all the funicular segments wider than long…....................… ....................… T. manaliensis Hayat, Alam and Agarwal

2 Legs entirely yellow; apex of clava strongly obliquely truncate; stigmal vein in a distinct obtuse angle with distal part of submarginal vein; [ovipositor short, 0.64× as long as mid tibia, gonostylus free, 2× as long as wide and 0.38× as long as second valvifer] ………… T. brevivalvus sp. nov.

− Legs largely dark brown; apex of clava slightly transversely truncated; stigmal vein almost vertical to distal part of submarginal vein….. T. verticalis sp. nov.