Mesopolobus tortricidis Kamijo, 1982

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 : 75

Mesopolobus tortricidis Kamijo, 1982 New record to China ( Fig. 27 )

Mesopolobus tortricidis Kamijo, 1982: 69 , 71–73.

Material examined. China. 4♂, Liaoning, Jinzhou , June 1973, coll. Bin Liu ; 2♀, Inner Mongolia, Fengzhen , 7 July 1980, coll. Dingxi Liao ; 5♀ 6♂, Beijing, Nankou , 11 June 1977, ex. pupae of Tortricidae , coll. Dingxi Liao ; 2♀ 2♂, Hebei, Zhangbei, Muchangkeyansuo , coll. Junrong Dai ; 1♂, Shanxi, Shuoxian , June 1983, coll. Yuzhi Niu ; 2♂, Shanxi, Taigu, Beiliangshan ; 1♂, Qinghai, Huzhu , 7 June 1997, coll. Chaodong Zhu.

Biology. This species is a gregarious pupal parasite of tortricids ( Lepidoptera ) on coniferous trees, such as Archippus pulchra Butler , A. similes Butler , Choristoneura diversana Hübner and Lozotaenia coniferana (Issiki) on trees of Abies , Picea and Pinus ( Kamijo, 1982) . There are new host records from China. Leuoma candida Staudinger (Lymantriidae) , Choristoneura longicellana Walsingham (Tortricidae) , Pandemis heparana Deni & Schiffermuller (Tortricidae) and Grapholitha inopinata Heinrich (Tortricidae) .

Distribution. China (Liaoning, Inner Mongolia, Beijing, Hebei, Shanxi, Qinghai); Palearctic Region( Noyes, 2014).

Figures

Figures 27–35. Mesopolobus spp. 27. M. tortricidis Kamijo, male, head and thorax laterial. 28. M. typographi (Ruschka), body dorsal. 29–32. M. equivenae Sun & Xiao sp. nov. female. 29. Body dorsal. 30. Body laterial. 31. Head frontal. 32. Fore wing. 33–35. M. beilingicus Sun & Xiao sp. nov.. 33. Body dorsal. 34. Body laterial. 35. Head frontal.