Mesopolobus aspilus (Walker, 1835)

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 : 69

Mesopolobus aspilus (Walker, 1835) New record to China ( Fig. 6 )

Pteromalus aspilus Walker, 1835a: 485 , Lectotype ♀, BMNH (Examined, B.M. TYPE HYM 5.1863 ).

Mesopolobus aspilus (Walker) : Rosen, 1958: 218; Graham, 1969: 669–670.

Eutelus enlongatus Thomson, 1878: 75 .

Material examined. China. 2♀, Helongjiang, Great Khingan Mountains , 23 July 1970, coll. Dingxi Liao ; 1♂, Helongjiang, Yichun , 9 August 1978, coll. Dingxi Liao ; 1♀, Inner Mongolia, Alihe Dongshan , 3 August 1981, coll. Dingxi Liao ; 1♀, Beijing, Wofo Temple , 11 September 1961, coll. Xuezhong Zhang ; 1♂, Beijing, Tanzhe Temple , 19 May 1984, ex. galls of Quercus acutissima , coll. Dawei Huang ; 5♀, Shanxi, Qinling , 1 580 m, 5 August 1973, coll. Dingxi Liao ; 2♀ 1♂, Shanxi, Qinling , 22 July 1973, coll. Dingxi Liao ; 1♀ 2♂, Shaanxi, Qinling , 21 July 1973, coll. Dingxi Liao ; 1♂, Shaanxi, Qinling , 24 July 1973, coll. Dingxi Liao ; 1♀, Qinghai, Yushu , 4 400 m, 9 July 1979, coll. Tailu Chen ; 2♂, Guangxi, Xingan , 2 400 m, 1 August 1985, coll. Changfang Li ; 1♀, Sichuan, Jintang , 26 July 1961, coll. Dingxi Liao ; 1♀, Sichuan, Xiyang , 1 250 m, 17 July 1989, coll. Longlong Yang ; 1♀, Yunnan, Lijiang , 8 July 1962, coll. Zhaolin Li ; 1♀, Yunnan, Lijiang , 23 May 1973, coll. Dingxi Liao ; 1♂, Yunnan, Lanping , 2 300 m, 2 August 1984, coll. Changfang Li ; 4♀ 3♂, Yunnan, Lanping , 2 300 m, 21 August 1984, coll. Changfang Li.

Biology. The species was reared from galls of Oligotrophus juniperus (Diptera) on branch of Juniperus ( Rosen, 1960), and galls of Taxomyia taxi on terminal shoots of wild Taxus baccata ( Graham, 1969) . Rosen (1959) recorded two females reared from Euura amerinae . One male of our specimens collected gall of Quercus acutissima on May, 1984.

Distribution. China (Heilongjiang, Inner Mongolia, Beijing, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Qinghai, Guangxi, Sichuan, Yunnan); Palearctic and Oriental Regions ( Noyes, 2014). It is the first recorded from Oriental Region (Yunnan, China).

Figures

Figures 1–6. Mesopolobus spp. 1. M. aequus (Walker), body dorsal. 2. M. agropyricola Rosen, body dorsal. 3. M. albitarsus (Walker), body dorsal. 4. M. amaenus (Walker), body laterial. 5. M. anogmoides Graham, body and fore wing. 6. M. aspilus (Walker), body dorsal.