Mesopolobus amaenus (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 : 67-68

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11865/zs.201604
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scientific name	Mesopolobus amaenus (Walker, 1834)
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Mesopolobus amaenus (Walker, 1834) View in CoL ( Fig. 4 View Figures 1–6 )

Amblymerus amaenus Walker, 1834a: 307 View in CoL . Lectotype ♀, BMNH (Examined, TYPE HYM 5.1847).

Mesopolobus amaenus (Walker) View in CoL : Rosen, 1958: 225; Graham, 1969: 676–677; Bouček, 1974: 247–276.

Synonym: Amblymerus nanus Walker, 1834b: 349 View in CoL ; Eutelus dilectus Walker, 1834: 356–357 View in CoL ; Eutelus immaculatus Walker, 1834b: 357 View in CoL ; Eutelus eximius Walker, 1834: 360 View in CoL ; Eutelus catenatus Walker, 1834b: 362–363 View in CoL ; Eupelmus cecidomyinus Rondani, 1877: 177 ; Eupelmus circinantis Rondani, 1877: 178 ; Eutelus collaris Thomson, 1878: 74 View in CoL .

Material examined. England. 1♀, SR. Arbrook Common. ex. galls of Biorniza pallida Oliv. 20–22 June 1952 , em. 6–9 July 1952, coll. J.F.Perkins; 1♂, SR. Oxshott Heath. 20–22 June 1952 , em. 28–30 July 1952, coll. D.M.S. Perkins. China. 1♀, Inner Mongolia, Hailaer , 3 August 1981, coll. Dingxi Liao ; 1♀, Hebei, Xinglong , 2 110 m, 24 June 1985, coll. Huafu Mi ; 1♀, Ningxia, Yinchuan , 25 July 1984, coll. Dingxi Liao ; 1♀, Xinjiang, Tashikuer , 8 July 1965, coll. Dingxi Liao ; 1♂, Xinjiang, Wulumuqi , 3 June 1965, coll. Dingxi Liao.

Biology. The species was reared from gall wasps ( Askew, 1961). The hosts include Andricus corruptrix ( Shirley, 1998a, 1998b), A. quercuscalicis ( Hails et al., 1990) , A. amenti , A. curvator , A. grossulariae , A. inflator , A. solitarius , Biorhiza pallida , Dryocosmus kuriphilus , Neuroterus saltans , N. quercusbaccaru , Synergus umbraculus , Trigonaspis synaspis ( Herting, 1977) , Cynips quercusfolii ( Thompson, 1958) . There is no host record in our specimens.

Distribution. China (Inner Mongolia, Hebei, Ningxia, Xinjiang); Palearctic and Nearctic Regions ( Noyes, 2014).

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Hymenoptera
Family	Pteromalidae
Genus	Mesopolobus