Mesopolobus prasinus (Walker, 1834)

Xiao, Hui, Sun, Lei, Jiao, Tianyang & Li, Zi, 2016, A revision of Chinese species of Mesopolobus Westwood (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) with descriptions of four new species from China, Zoological Systematics 41 (1), pp. 64-81 : 72-73

Mesopolobus prasinus (Walker, 1834) New record to China ( Fig. 17 )

Platyterma prasinum Walker, 1834a: 305 , Lectotype ♀, BMNH (Examined, B.M. TYPE HYM 5.1826); Graham, 1957: 221.

Mesopolobus prasinus (Walker) : Rosen, 1958: 214.

Asemantus amphibolus Förster (1878: 51) .

Material examined. China. 2♀ 2♂, Jilin, Hailong , 28 July 1978, coll. Dingxi Liao ; 1♀, Jilin, Changbai Mountain , 24 July 1981, coll. Shufang Wang ; 1♀, Liaoning, Shenyang , 27 May 1987, coll. Wenjun Bu ; 1♀, Beijing, Badaling , 14 July 1963, coll. Dingxi Liao ; 1♀, Beijing, December 1989, ex. Yponomeuta sp., coll. Dawei Huang ; 1♀, Hebei, Pingshan , 2 281 m, 22 May 1985, coll. Huafu Mi ; 1♀, Hebei, Xinglong , 2 110 m, 24 April 1985, coll. Huafu Mi ; 1♂, Hebei, Weichang , 7 August 1985, coll. Huafu Mi ; 5♀ 3♂, Hebei, Weichang , 11 August 1985, coll. Huafu Mi ; 2♀ 1♂, Hebei, Weichang , 12 August 1985, coll. Huafu Mi ; 1♀ 2♂, Hebei, Weichang , 1 320 m, 13 August 1985, coll. Huafu Mi ; 2♀, Hebei, Weichang , 13 August 1985, coll. Huafu Mi ; 1♀ 1♂, Hebei, Weichang , 8 September 1985, coll. Huafu Mi ; Shandong, 8 June 1958, coll. Jinlong Mao ; 1♀, Shandong, Yashan , 5 August 1964, coll. Ziqing Wang ; 3♀, Shandong, Yashan , 9 August 1964, coll. Ziqing Wang ; 1♀, Shaanxi, Liuba , 29 July 1973, coll. Dingxi Liao ; 2♂, Shaanxi, 29 June 1976, coll. Dingxi Liao ; 2♀ 1♂, Gansu, Wuwei , 1 450 m, 16 September 1973, coll. Dingxi Liao ; 1♀, Qinghai, Geermu, Guoleimude , 2 880 m, 14 September 2001, coll. Chaodong Zhu ; 1♀, Xinjiang, Tacheng , 21 July 1955, coll. Shijun Ma, Kailing Xia, Yonglin Chen ; 7♀, Xinjiang, Wulumuqi, Nanshan , 23 July 2003, coll. Xiangmei Dou ; 5♀ 2♂, Zhejiang, Mogan Mountain , 500m, 12 June 1964, coll. Dingxi Liao ; 1♀ 2♂, Zhejiang, Mogan Mountain , 540 m, 12 June 1964, coll. Tailu Chen ; 1♀ 6♂, Zhejiang Mogan Mountain , 13 June 1964, coll. Tailu Chen ; 1♀, Zhejiang Xitianmu Mountain , 7 July 1964, coll. Dingxi Liao ; 1♀, Zhejiang Linan, Tianmu Mountain , 350 m, 6 June 1999, coll. Hui Xiao ; 1♀, Zhejiang, Linan, Tianmu Mountain , 350 m, 9 June 1999, coll. Hui Xiao ; 3♀, Hubei, Badong , 1 500 m, 12 August 1989, coll. Dawei Huang ; 3♀ 1♂, Jiangxi, Bamaoling , 7 June 1997, coll. Chaodong Zhu ; 2♀, Hunan, Changsha , ex. Polychrosis cunninghamiacola Liu & Pai , coll. Xinwan Tong ; 1♀, Sichuan, Baoxing, Hepinggou , 2 200 m, 17 June 2001, coll. Yan Chen ; 2♀ 1♂, Sichuan, Degemanigange , 3 965 m, 12 August 2001, coll. Chaodong Zhu ; 2♀ 1♂, Fujian, Guadun , June 1980, coll. Naiquan Lin ; 1♀, Fujian, Erliping , 7 May 1981, coll. Liuna Kong ; 1♀, Fujian, 11 June 1982, coll. Juchang Huang ; 1♀, Tibet, Nanmulin Numa-dazi , 3 850 m, 7 September 2001, coll. Chaodong Zhu.

Biology. This species was reared from Agropyron repens (L.) ( Rosen, 1966). Herting (1976) stated that the species parasitic on Oscinella frit (L.) and Rabdophaga dubia (Kieffer) (Diptera) . Two females of our specimens were reared from Polychrosis cunninghamiacola Liu & Bai , and one female was collected from Yponomeuta sp. ( Lepidoptera ).

Comments. It is firstly recorded from Oriental Region.

Distribution. China (Jilin, Liaoning, Beijing, Hebei, Shandong, Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, Xinjiang, Zhejiang, Hubei, Jiangxi, Hunan, Sichuan, Fujian, Tibet); Palearctic Region ( Noyes, 2014).

Figures

Figures 17–26. Mesopolobus spp. 17. M. prasinus (Walker), body dorsal. 18. M. rhabdophagae (Graham), body and fore wing dorsal. 19–22. M. changbaicus Xiao, sp. nov. female. 19. Thorax dorsal. 20. Body laterial. 21. Head frontal. 22. Fore wing. 23. M. semenis Askew, body dorsal. 24. M. subfumatus (Ratzeburg), body laterial. 25. M. teliformis (Walker), body dorsal. 26. M. tibialis (Westwood), body dorsal.