Pediobius foveolatus (Crawford, 1912)

Cao, Huan-Xi, Salle, John La & Zhu, Chao-Dong, 2017, Chinese species of Pediobius Walker (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae), Zootaxa 4240 (1), pp. 1-71 : 53-55

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Pediobius foveolatus (Crawford, 1912)
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28. Pediobius foveolatus (Crawford, 1912) View in CoL

( Fig. 25 View FIGURE 25 )

Pleurotropis foveolatus Crawford, 1912a: 7 View in CoL ; ♀♂. Holotype ♀, USNM, not examined.

Mestocharis lividus Girault, 1913:142 View in CoL –143; ♀♂. Syntypes, QMB, not examined. Synonymized by Bouček, 1988: 703.

Mestocharomyia lividus ( Girault, 1913) View in CoL , Girault, 1915: 188.

Pleurotropis mediopunctata Waterston, 1915: 358 View in CoL –360; ♀. Lectotype ♀, BMNH, not examined; designated by Kerrich, 1973: 124.

Pleurotropis epilachnae Rohwer, 1921: 126 View in CoL ; ♀. Holotype ♀, USNM, not examined. Synonymized by Kerrich, 1973: 163.

Pleurotropis simiolus Takahashi, 1932: 56 View in CoL ; ♀. Synonymized by Paik, 1991: 61 –62.

Pediobius epilachnae ( Rohwer, 1921) View in CoL , Peck, 1963: 227.

Pediobius foveolatus mediopunctatus ( Waterston, 1915) View in CoL , Kerrich, 1973: 124, 163. New status for Pleurotropis mediopunctata Waterston, 1915 .

Pediobius foveolatus (Crawford, 1912) View in CoL , Kerrich, 1973: 163.

Diagnosis. Head strongly transverse in dorsal view, 2.5–3× width of its median length ( Figs 25 View FIGURE 25 a, 25c). Pronotum with lateral corners prominent, obtuse-angular. Space between notaular depressions distinctly narrow ( Figs 25 View FIGURE 25 a, 25c). Scutellum longitudinally reticulate anteriorly, and more finely along the middle line, merging to coarser regular reticulation in about posterior third.

Material examined. China, Beijing: 1♀, Huairou , 14.VIII.1990, coll. Da-Wei Huang ; 1♀, Changping, Qinglongqiao , 26.IX.1998, coll. Chao-Dong Zhu ; Fujian: 1♀, Fuzhou, Jinshan , 17.VII.1991, coll. Nai-Quan Lin ; 1♀, Sanming, Taijiang , 28.IX.1982, coll. Yu-Qing Tang, ex. Henosepilachna vigintioctopunctata (Fabricius) ; 1♀, Longyan, Shanghang, Gutian , 18.IX.1996, coll. Hui Xiao ; 1♀, Nanping, Wuyishan, Yiliping , 20.VI.1982, coll. Ju- Chang Huang ; 1♀, Nanping, Jianyang, Huangkeng , Changjian , 12.IV.1960, coll. Gong Zuo ; Guangdong: 9♀, Guangzhou, 1988, coll. Wei-Guang Liang ; 1♀, Hainan, Yingjian , 06.V.1960, coll. Xue-Guang Zhang ; Guangxi: 1♀, Napo, Pingmeng? Beidou , 10.IV.1998, coll. Chao-Dong Zhu ; 1♀, Daxin, Xialei , 31.III.1998, coll. Chao-Dong Zhu ; 2♀, Longzhou, Wude, the Nonggang National Nature Reserve , 31.III.1998, coll. Chao-Dong Zhu ; 1♀, Fanggang, Shangsi, Nanping Yao , Changlong , 01.VI.2000, coll. Yan-Zhou Zhang ; Hainan: 1♀ 2♂, Changjiang, Bawangling , 08.IV.1984, coll. Chang-Fang Li ; 1♂, Sanya, Lingshui, XinAn Forest , 18.IV.1984, coll. Chang-Fang Li ; 1♀, Sanya, Lingshui, Diaoluo Mountains , 19.IV.1984, coll. Chang-Fang Li ; 10♀ 10♂, Qiongzhong , 28.III.2002, coll. Yan-Zhou Zhang ; 1♂, Wuzhishan, Commune of Wuzhi Mountain , 24.IV.1984, coll. Chang-Fang Li ; 2♀, Wuzhishan, Wuzhi Mountain , 26.IV.1984, coll. Chang-Fang Li ; Hubei: 2♀, Badong , 11.VIII.1989, coll. Da-Wei Huang ; 1♀, Hefeng , 01.VIII.1989, coll. Da-Wei Huang ; 1♀, Xuan-En, 06. VIII.1 989, coll. Da-Wei Huang; Jiangxi: 5♀, Yichun, Shanggao, Aoyang , 29.IX.1980, coll. Bao-Hua Liu, ex. Henosepilachna vigintioctopunctata ; 16♀ 4♂, Nanchang , Jiangxi Agricultural University, VII.1993, coll. Feng-Xia Zhao, ex. the larvae of Henosepilachna vigintioctopunctata ; 1♀, Nanchang , Jiangxi Agricultural University, 25.VII.1993, coll. Feng-Xia Zhao, ex. Henosepilachna vigintioctopunctata ; 2♀, Nanchang , Jiangxi Agricultural University, 27.IX.1989, coll.

Guo-Hong Wang; 1♂, Nanchang , Jiangxi Agricultural University, 29.IX.1989, coll. Guo-Hong Wang ; 2♀ 1♂, Nanchang , Jiangxi Agricultural University, 22.X.1989, coll. Guo-Hong Wang ; 2♀ 1♂, Nanchang , Jiangxi Agricultural University, 12.X.1989, coll. Guo-Hong Wang ; 2♀ 4♂, Nanchang , Jiangxi Agricultural University, 10.X.1989, coll. Guo-Hong Wang ; 2♀, Nanchang , Jiangxi Agricultural University, 11.X.1989, coll. Guo-Hong Wang ; 1♀, Nanchang, Meiling , 25.VI.1980, coll. Jin-Kun Sheng, ex. Henosepilachna vigintioctopunctata ; Jiangsu: 1♀, Zhenjiang, Dantu, Shiqiao , 18.VIII.1999, coll. Chao-Dong Zhu ; Shanxi: 3♀ 3♂, Taiyuan , 1985, coll. Yun-Ning Zhou, ex. the pupae of Henosepilachna vigintioctopunctata ; 2♀, the Plant Protection Station of the Southeast subprovincial administrative region of Shanxi Province, 20.I.1978, ex. the pupae of Henosepilachna vigintioctopunctata ; 2♀2♂, Changzhi, Qinxian, ex. the pupae of Henosepilachna vigintioctopunctata ; 9♀9♂, Changzhi, Qinxian, 1978, coll. Ding-Xi Liao; 1♀ 1♂, Lvliang, Lishi , 1985, coll. Hui-Quan Cheng, ex. the pupae of Henosepilachna vigintioctopunctata ; 5♀, Changzhi, Qinxian; Sichuan: 2♀, Yibin, Gongxian , 25.VIII.1980, coll. Jun-Hui Chen ; 2♂, Wanyuan , 28.VII.1980 ; 1♀, Xichang , 12.VII.1961, coll. Ding-Xi Liao ; Tibet: 1♀, Linzhi , Bomi, Tongmai , 13.VII.1997, coll. Chao-Dong Zhu ; Yunnan: 1♀ , Yunnan, 10.V. 1955, coll. Bushiky ; 1♀, Puer, Jingdong , 27.IV.1955, coll. Bobofu . Determined specimens compared (ANIC): 3♀, det. John La Salle; 2♀, LIBERIA, Monrovia , IX.1999, coll. I. Akintayo, ex. Epilachna sp. in rice field, det. John La Salle ; 4♀, INDONESIA, 4.I.1988, coll. W. Sumatra Solok, det. Bouček .

Biology. Pediobius foveolatus was more often recorded as a primary parasitoid, and occasionally recorded as a secondary parasitoid ( Noyes 2016). In China, P. foveolatus has been recorded only from Henosepilachna vigintioctopunctata (Fabricius) ( Coleoptera : Coccinellidae ) so far.

Distribution in China. Widely distributed in CHINA: Beijing, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Jiangsu, Hainan, Hong Kong, Hubei, Guangdong, Guangxi, Jiangxi, Jiangsu, Shanxi, Sichuan, Tibet, Yunnan.

Remarks. Pediobius foveolatus has been widely found in China. There is some variation in body colour and mesosoma sculpture among different populations. Most specimens have body metallic blue green, and some specimens have body dull with little metallic reflections. For Chinese specimens examined here, sometimes, MLM with reticulation coarse in anterior median part, slightly and transversely elongate in remaining part before notaular depressions, and longitudinally elongate between notaular depressions.

To some extent, P. foveolatus is similar to P. bifoveolatus (Ashmead) and P. koebelei Kamijo. These three species share similar sculpture of scutellum. However, the space between notaular depressions is quite narrow and vertex has sutures running from posterior ocelli to eyes and occipital carina in P. bifoveolatus and P. koebelei . In this regard, the latter two species appear to be closely allied to species with those sutures on vertex, like P. anomalus and P. soror (see also remarks under P. anomalus ).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Eulophidae

Genus

Pediobius

Loc

Pediobius foveolatus (Crawford, 1912)

Cao, Huan-Xi, Salle, John La & Zhu, Chao-Dong 2017
2017
Loc

Pediobius foveolatus mediopunctatus (

Kerrich 1973: 124
1973
Loc

Pediobius foveolatus

Kerrich 1973: 163
1973
Loc

Pediobius epilachnae (

Peck 1963: 227
1963
Loc

Pleurotropis simiolus

Paik 1991: 61
Takahashi 1932: 56
1932
Loc

Pleurotropis epilachnae

Kerrich 1973: 163
Rohwer 1921: 126
1921
Loc

Mestocharomyia lividus (

Girault 1915: 188
1915
Loc

Pleurotropis mediopunctata

Kerrich 1973: 124
Waterston 1915: 358
1915
Loc

Mestocharis lividus

Boucek 1988: 703
Girault 1913: 142
1913
Loc

Pleurotropis foveolatus

Crawford 1912: 7
1912
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