Cheiloneurus claviger Thomson, 1876

Figs 26-31, 39-45, 46-51

Cheiloneurus claviger Thomson 1876: 160. Lectotype ♀, LUZN, Sweden, not examined.

Cheiloneurus japonicus Ashmead 1904: 156. Holotype ♀, USNM, Japan. Synonymized with C. claviger by Japoshvili et al. (2016: 367).

Chiloneurus graeffei Ruschka 1923: 9-10. Holotype ♀, Austria. Synonymized with C. claviger by Claridge (1958: 156-161).

Cheiloneurus claviger Shi 1994: 27-28; Xu and Huang 2003: 104-106, examined plates.

Material examined.

China - Liaoning • 1♀; Huludao, Jianchang, Bailong Mountain National Nature Reserve; 40°49'28"N, 119°50'14"E; 716 m elev.; 13 Jul. 2012; Guo-Hao Zu, Ye Chen, Chao Zhang leg.; by yellow pan trapping; TJAU-LN-CHE-001 - Hainan • 1♀; Lingshui Li Autonomous County Diaoluo Mountain; 18°39'35"N, 109°54'57"E; 1499 m elev.; 06 May 2016; Guo-Hao Zu leg.; by yellow pan trapping; TJAU-HN-CHE-001 - Beijing • 4♀; Huairou; 40°18'59"N, 116°37'55"E; 58 m elev.; 20-30 May 2012; Guo-Hao Zu leg.; by Malaise trapping; TJAU-BJ-CHE-001 to 004 - Shandong • 1♀; Qingdao, Cha Mountain National Nature Reserve; 26°52'18"N, 119°51'1"E; 560 m elev.; 13 Jul. 2012; Guo-Hao Zu leg.; by sweep netting; TJAU-SD-CHE-001 - Henan • 3♀; Gongyi, Luzhuang; 34°37'1"N, 112°52'18"E; 213 m elev.; 07 Mar. 2016; Guo-Hao Zu, Nai-Zhi Li, Jian-Wei Zu leg.; by yellow pan trapping; TJAU-HN-CHE-004 - Tianjin • 3♀; Zhangjiawo, Tianjin Academic Agriculture Sciences; 39°6'14"N, 117°3'32"E; 13 m elev.; 29 Oct.-02 Nov. 2021; Guo-Hao Zu, Peng-Hua Bai leg.; by Malaise trapping; TJAU-TJ-CHE-002 to 004 .

Diagnosis.

Female. Length, excluding ovipositor, 1.75-2.42 mm; Head (Fig. 46) brown, antenna dark brown (Fig. 47), except for F3-F5 almost completely white; mandible with three acute teeth; fore wing (Fig. 49) with apical two-thirds dark brown, the basal one-third and the hind wing hyaline; F1-F3 longer than width, F4 subquadrate, F5-F6 2.50 × as wide as long.

Description.

See Xu and Huang (2004).

Host.

Aphelinidae: Coccophagus aterrimus; Encyrtidae: Blastothrix hungarica, Blastothrix longipennis, Blastothrix scenographica, Blastothrix turanica, Metaphycus insidiosus, Microterys sp., Microterys cuprinus, Microterys intermedius, Microterys praedator, Microterys sylvius; Coccidae: Acanthopulvinaria orientalis, Ceroplastes ceriferus, Ceroplastes japonicus, Chloropulvinaria aurantia, Coccus hesperidum, Didesmococcus unifasciatus, Ericerus pela, Eulecanium ciliatum, Eulecanium corni, Eulecanium giganteum, Eulecanium kunoense, Eulecanium kuwanai, Eulecanium quercifex, Eulecanium rugulosum, Eulecanium tiliae, Filippia folicularis, Filippia viburni, Parthenolecanium corni, Parthenolecanium persicae, Parthenolecanium quercifex, Parthenolecanium rufulum, Physokermes fasciatus, Physokermes hemicryphus, Pulvinaria sp., Pulvinaria aurantia, Pulvinaria betulae, Pulvinaria idesiae, Pulvinaria populi, Pulvinaria vitis, Rhizopulvinaria sp., Rhodococcus spiraeae, Rhodococcus turanicus, Saissetia oleae, Sphaerolecanium prunastri, Stotzia maxima, Takahashia japonica; Eriococcidae: Eriococcus brachypodii, Greenisca brachypodii, Neoacanthococcus tamaricicola; Kermesidae: Kermes miyasakii, Kermes vermilio; Pseudococcidae: Maconellicoccus hirsutus, Nesticoccus sinensis, Nipaecoccus filamentosus, Phenacoccus aceris, Phenacoccus mespili, Planococcus citri (Noyes 2019).

Distribution.

China (Liaoning, Hebei, Henan, Shaanxi, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Hunan, Sichuan, Guangxi), Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Egypt, France, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Tadzhikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, England, Uzbekistan.