Mesopolobus rhabdophagae ( Graham, 1957 )

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 : 73

Mesopolobus rhabdophagae ( Graham, 1957) New record to China ( Fig. 18 )

Platymesopus rhabdophagae Graham, 1957: 227–228 .

Mesopolobus rhabdophagae (Graham) : Rosen, 1958: 217; Graham, 1969: 667.

Material examined. China. 2♀, Liaoning, Shenyang, Beiling , 21 July 1990, coll. Naiquan Lin ; 1♀, Liaoning, Shenyang , 28 May 1987, coll. Wenjun Bu ; 5♀, Liaoning, Shenyang , 9 July 1992, coll. Naiquan Lin ; 5♀, Hebei, Xiaowutai , 2 800 m, 16 August 1964, coll. Yinheng Han ; 1♂, Hebei, Xiaowutai , 16 August 1964, coll. Tailu Chen ; 1♂, Hebei, Pingshan , 15 May 1985, coll. Huafu Mi ; 2♀, Hebei, Pingshan , 1 600–1 800 m, 21 May 1985, coll. Huafu Mi ; 1♀, Hebei, Pingshan , 2 281 m, 22 May 1985, coll. Huafu Mi ; 10♀, Hebei, Laiyuan , 1 400–1 600 m, 13 June 1985, coll. Huafu Mi ; 17♀ 7♂, Hebei, Xinglong, Wuling Mountain , 1 800–2 110 m, 21–27 June 1985, coll. Huafu Mi ; 17♀ 2♂, Hebei, Chengde, Weichang , 10–12 August 1985, coll. Huafu Mi ; 1♂, Gansu, Minxian, Linghongcun , 2 700 m, 8 July 1998, coll. Shuyong Wang ; 1♀, Gansu, Wenxian, Bikou , 900–1 450 m, 25 July 1998, coll. Jian Yao ; 1♀, Qinghai, Geermu, Guoleimude , 2 880 m, 14 September 2001,coll. Chaodong Zhu ; 2♀ 1♂, Zhejiang, Tianmu Mountain , 8 June 1964, coll. Dingxi Liao ; 4♀ 3♂, Fujian, Daoshui , 25 June 1980, coll. Xiufu Zhao ; 1♀, Fujian, Jianyang , 26 May 1973, coll. Tailu Chen ; 1♂, Fujian, Huanggang Mountain , 22 June 1980, coll. Xiufu Zhao ; 2♀ 10♂, Yunnan, Lijiang, Ludian , 3 200 m, 15 August 1984, coll. Changfang Li.

Biology. The species was recorded reared from Rhabdophage salicis (Schrank) ( Graham, 1957) .

Distribution. China (Liaoning, Hebei, Gansu, Qinghai, Yunnan, Fujian); 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.