Pediobius susinellae Yang & Cao, 2015

Cao, Huan-Xi, Salle, John La & Zhu, Chao-Dong, 2017, Chinese species of Pediobius Walker (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae), Zootaxa 4240 (1), pp. 1-71 : 46

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scientific name	Pediobius susinellae Yang & Cao, 2015
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22. Pediobius susinellae Yang & Cao, 2015

Pediobius susinellae Yang & Cao, in Yang et al. 2015: 122 –123; ♀. Holotype ♀, CAFB, examined.

Diagnosis. Scutellum with a very narrow smooth median band, and striate beside this smooth median band. Dorsellum short, and with apex protruding medially. Callus with 6 setae.

Material examined. Holotype ♀, CHINA, Shaanxi, Yangling , 10.VIII.1997, coll. Meng-Lou Li & Xin-Rong Guo ( CAFB), ex. Leucoptera susinella Herrich-Schäffer . Paratype 1♀, same data as the holotype .

Biology. Pediobius susinellae is an endoparasitoid. All type specimens were reared from the pupae of Leucoptera susinella Herrich-Schäffer ( Lepidoptera : Lyonetiidae ).

Distribution in China. Shaanxi.

Remarks. Based on observations of the type specimens of P. susinellae , it is very similar to P. pyrgo , as aslo noted by Yang et al. (2015). Both species run to the same couplet in the present key. It is treated as a separate species before we get additional evidence. However, it requires additional freshly reared materials from Leucoptera susinella to test the validation of P. susinellae and its relationships with P. pyrgo and other members in the pyrgo - group.