Tenthredo (Casipteryx) specimens fom China

<strong><em>Tenthredo</em> (<em>Casipteryx</em>)</strong> specimens from China<br>(In the collection of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg). The status of <em>Casipteryx</em> is still in discussion. References:<br>Taeger, A. 1991: Zwei neue paläarktische Blattwespengattungen aus der Unterfamilie Tenthredininae (Insecta, Hymenoptera, Symphyta: Tenthredinidae). Entomologische Abhandlungen. Staatliches Museum für Tierkunde in Dresden, 54 (3): 71–95.<br>Nie, H. &amp; Wei, M. 1997: Taxonomic Study of the Genus <em>Casipteryx</em> Taeger (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinomorpha). Entomotaxonomia. La Revuo de Sistematika Entomologio, 19, Suppl.: 91–94.<br>Wei, M.-C. 2006: On the genus <em>Casipteryx</em> Taeger (Hymenoptera, Tenthredinidae) with description of a new species from China. (In English, abstract in Chinese). Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica, Beijing 31(3): 617–620. Photos were taken at the SDEI with a Leica DFC 495 digital camera and M205 C microscope.<br>Composite images with an extended depth of field were created from stacks of images using the software CombineZ5.3, and finally arranged and partly enhanced with Ulead PhotoImpact X3.