Zombrus bicolor ( Enderlein, 1912 )

Cao, Liang-Ming, Achterberg, Cornelis Van, Tang, Yan-Long, Wang, Xiao-Yi & Yang, Zhong- Qi, 2020, Revision of parasitoids of Massicus raddei (Blessig & Solsky) (Coleoptera Cerambycidae) in China, with one new species and genus, Zootaxa 4881 (1), pp. 104-130 : 126

13. Zombrus bicolor ( Enderlein, 1912)

Neotrimorus bicolor Enderlein, 1912: 29 .

Zombrus bicolor Shenefelt & Marsh, 1976: 1367 ; He et al., 2004: 558; Belokobylskij & Maeto 2009: 775. Cao et al., 2015: 472 ; Yu et al., 2018.

Zombrus sjostedti Fahringer, 1929: 83 ; Shenefelt & Marsh, 1976: 1371.

Material examined. 33♀ 30♂♂, NE China, Liaoning Province, Kuandian County, Daxicha Forest , 14.VI.2009, N40°44′58″, E125°11′35″, 446 m altitude, reared from young larvae of M. raddei, Yang Zhong-Qi leg .

Hosts. Parasitoid of Cerambycidae ( Massicus raddei , Allotraeus sphaerioninus Bates , Anoplophora chinensis (Förster) , Batocera horsfieldi (Hope) , Ceresium sinicum White , Chlorophorus annularis (F.), Chlorophorus diadema Motschulsky , Chlorophorus japonicas (Chevrolat) , Dere thoracica White , Desisa subfasciata (Pascoe) , Olenecamptus octopusitulatus (Motschulsky) , Saperda populnea (L.), Semanotus sinoauster (Gressitt) , Trichoferus campestris (Faldermann) , Xylotrechus pyrrhoderus Bates ); and Bostrichidae ( Bostrychopsis parallela (Lesne) , Calophagus pekinensis Lesne ).

Distribution. China (Anhui, Beijing, Fujian, Gansu, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jilin, Liaoning, Inner Mongolia, Ningxia, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanxi, Sichuan, Taiwan, Xinjiang, Yunnan, Zhejiang), Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Korea, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Russia.

Remarks. Body length ♀ / ♂ 7.7–13.3/ 7.1–10.5 mm. For figures see Cao et al. (2015). Zombrus bicolor is a solitary ectoparasitoid with large field populations, the female to male ratio is 1:1.