Mesopolobus semenis Askew, 1997

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 : 74

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11865/zs.201604
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4617560
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scientific name	Mesopolobus semenis Askew, 1997
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Mesopolobus semenis Askew, 1997 View in CoL New record to China ( Fig. 23 View Figures 17–26 )

Mesopolobus semenis Askew, 1997: 969 View in CoL , 971–972.

Material examined. China. 3♀, Inner Mongolia, Manzhouli , 6 August 1961 , ex. Bruchophagus onois , coll. Dingxi Liao; 7♂, Inner Mongolia, Baotou , 22 September 1985 , ex. Pontania bridgmannii Cameron , coll. Zhongren Liu; 2♂, Ningxia, Yinchuan , 20 June 1980 .

Biology. The species was recorded ectophagous parasitoid of Blascoa ephedrae Askew in embryos of Ephedra nebrodensis Tineo , and also has a record as a hyperparasitoid of Mesopolobus arcanus (Askew & Blasco-Zumeta, 1997) . Our specimens was reared from Bruchophagus onois (Mayr) ( Hymenoptera : Eurytomidae ) and Pontania bridgmannii Cameron ( Hymenoptera : Tenthredinidae ).

Distribution. China (Inner Mongolia, Ningxia); Palearctic Region ( Noyes, 2014).