Homoporus luniger (Nees, 1834)

Xiao, Hui, Zhang, Yan-Zhou, Huang, Da-Wei & Polaszek, Andrew, 2004, A Revision Of Homoporus (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) Of China, Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 52 (1), pp. 59-65 : 62

Homoporus luniger (Nees, 1834)

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Pteromalus luniger Nees, 1834: 119 ; Lectotype female, designated by Graham in 1968, England, NHM No. 1744 [Examined].

Pteromalus tricolor Walker, 1835: 190 . Synonymised by Graham (1969: 450).

Pteromalus zonaras Walker, 1839: 227 . Synonymised by Graham (1969: 450).

Homoporus luniger (Nees) - Thomson, 1878: 67; Graham, 1969: 450.

Material examined. – Lectotype - female, NHM, England, notes: stood under this name in old NHM coll. C. Waterhouse, Pteromalus tricolor Walker , det. Graham in 1968

Others – 1 female, NHM, WALES: Cenarth, 22 Jul.1977, coll. J.S. Noyes & Z. Boucek ˇ, 1977-308, Det. Boucekˇ 1980; 2 males, NHM, stood under this name in old NHM coll. C. Waterhouse, Pteromalus zonaras (Walker) (= tricolor ); 1 male, NHM, WALES: Pembs, Cenarth, 22 Jun.1977 coll. Noyes & Boucek ˇ, Det. Boucek ˇ, 1980; 1 female, IZCAS: CHINA: Hubei, Huanggangshan, 19 Sep.1982, coll. Liao Ding-Xi; 1 female, IZCAS: CHINA: Guangxi, Xingan, 1100M, 8 Jul.1985, coll. Li Chang-Fang; 1 female, IZCAS: CHINA: Fujian, Chongan, 900m, 5 Jul.1960, coll. Zu Yong.

Host(s). – Females mainly parasitise Tetramesa spp.( Tetramesa calamagrostidis (Hed.)( Graham, 1969) , T. eremita (Port.) , T. maderae (Walker) , T. rossica (Rimsky-Korsakov) ( Thompson, 1958) , T. agrostidis (Howard) and T. brevicornis (Walker) ( Hymenoptera : Eurytomidae ) ( Dzhanokmen, 1978). Mayetiola sp ( Diptera : Cecidomyiidae ) may be a host of the species ( Delucchi, 1957).

Distribution. – CHINA (Hubei, Guangxi, Fujian); widely distributed in the Palaearctic.

Figures

Figs. 1-13. 1, Homoporus apharetus (Walker), female: antenna. 2, Homoporus arestor (Walker), male: antenna. 3, Homoporus fulviventris (Walker), female: antenna. 4-5, Homoporus japonicus Ashmead. female: 4, face in front view; 5, antenna. 6-7, Homoporus luniger (Nees), female: 6, face in front view; 7, antenna. 8, Homoporus pulchripes Erdös, female: antenna. 9-11, Homoporus sinensis, new species 9- 10 female: 9, face in front view; 10, antenna; 11 male, gaster. 12-13, Homoporus subniger (Walker), female: 12, antenna; 13, gaster.