Ctenopelma tomentosum ( Desvignes, 1856 )

Sun, Shu-Ping, Sheng, Mao-Ling & Gao, Chun, 2019, The species of Ctenopelma Holmgren (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) from China, European Journal of Taxonomy 545, pp. 1-31 : 28

Ctenopelma tomentosum ( Desvignes, 1856)

Fig. 60

Campoplex tomentosus Desvignes, 1856: 100 .

Material examined

CHINA – Liaoning Prov. • 2 ♀♀; Kuandian, Baishilazi National Natural Reserve ; alt. 400 m, 1–3 Jun. 2001; Mao-Ling Sheng leg. • 1 ♀; Kuandian ; 16 Jul. 2007; Mao-Ling Sheng leg. • 1 ♀; Kuandian ; 16 Jun. 2017; Tao Li leg. • 1 ♀; Qianshan ; 15 Jun. 2004; Mao-Ling Sheng leg. • 1 ♀; Xinbin ; 8 Jul. 2005; Mao-Ling Sheng leg. • 1 ♀; Xinbin ; 23 Jul. 2006; interception trap • 2 ♀♀; Xinbin ; 8 Jul.–26 Aug. 2009; interception trap • 1 ♀; Benxi ; 15 Jul. 2015; reared from larva ‘silk chamber’ of Neurotoma sibirica Gussakovskij, 1935 by Mao-Ling Sheng • 5 ♀♀; Benxi ; 13 Jun. 2017; reared from larva ‘silk chamber’ of N. sibirica by Mao-Ling Sheng and Tao Li • 1 ♀; Benxi ; 20 Jun. 2018; reared from larva’s ‘silk chamber’ of N. sibirica by Tao Li • 1 ♀; Haicheng ; 11 Jul. 2015; Tao Li leg. – Heilongjiang Prov. • 1 ♀; Chaihe ; 21 Jun. 2004; Mao-Ling Sheng leg. – Jilin Prov. • 1 ♀; Changbaishan National Natural Reserve ; alt. 1870 m; 23 Jul. 2008; Mao-Ling Sheng leg.

Host

Neurotoma sibirica Gussakovskij, 1935 .

Host foodplant

Sorbaria sorbifolia (L.) A.Braun.

Differential diagnosis

In light of the revision by Kasparyan (2004), three species from China, C. melanothoracicum Sheng, 2009 , C. rufiscentis Sheng, 2009 , and C. tomentosum Desvignes, 1856 , belong to the C. tomentosum subgroup, and can be distinguished by the characters given in Table 1.

Figures

Fig. 60. Habitat of Ctenopelma tomentosum (Desvignes, 1856): the shrub, Sorbaria sorbifolia (L.) A.Braun, in Benxi, Laoning Province, China.