Homoporus Thomson, 1878

Xiao, Hui, Zhang, Yan-Zhou, Huang, Da-Wei & Polaszek, Andrew, 2004, A Revision Of Homoporus (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) Of China, Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 52 (1), pp. 59-65 : 60

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scientific name

Homoporus Thomson, 1878
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Genus Homoporus Thomson, 1878 View in CoL View at ENA

Homoporus Thomson, 1878: 64 View in CoL ; Type-species: Pteromalus fulviventris Walker View in CoL , designation by Ashmead (1904: 324); Szelényi, 1956: 167-180, key to species of Europe; Delucchi, 1957: 400-421, key to species of Europe; Graham, 1969: 444- 458, key to species of Europe; Dzhanokmen, 1999: 181-190, key to species of Kazakhstan.

Phaenacra Förster, 1878: 51 ; Type-species: Phaenacra nubigera Förster , by monotypy. Synonymised with Homoporus View in CoL by Delucchi, 1957: 400.

Parapteromalus Ashmead, 1904: 320 , 384; Type-species: Parapteromalus isosomatis Ashmead , by monotypy. Synonymized with Homoporus View in CoL by Graham, 1969:444.

Merisoporus Masi, 1924: 226 ; Type-species: Pteromalus luniger Nees, 1834 View in CoL , by original designation. Synonymised with Homoporus View in CoL by Delucchi, 1957:400.

Pseudomerisus Erdös & Novicky , in Erdös, 1953: 236; Type-species: Pseudomerisus stipae Erdös & Novicky , by original designation. Synonymised with Homoporus View in CoL by Delucchi, 1957:400.

Type species. – Pteromalus fulviventris Walker , designation by Ashmead (1904: 324).

Diagnosis. – Body metallic dark green; antennal insertions on the centre of face; antenna 12-segmented, apex of clava sharply acuminate or with a narrow spicula, females with the antennal formula 11263 (or 11353 in H. puchripes ). Clypeal margin truncate, slightly produced or with 2 teeth ( H. japonicus ); thoracic dorsum slightly convex; pronotum distinctly narrower than mesoscutum, notauli incomplete; propodeum with plica complete, median carina absent, nucha indistinct; stigma normal, shorter than postmarginal vein; hind tibia with 1 spur. Antennae in males without whorls of setae.

Ecological notes. – Most species are associated with hosts in grass stems or thin twigs of some shrubs, e.g. Rosa spp. They attack the larvae of Diptera and Hymenoptera , and some of their primary parasites (Boucek ˇ, 1988).

Distribution. – The genus occurs worldwide, but has been rarely recorded from the Oriental region. It is reported here from the south and north of China.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Pteromalidae

Loc

Homoporus Thomson, 1878

Xiao, Hui, Zhang, Yan-Zhou, Huang, Da-Wei & Polaszek, Andrew 2004
2004
Loc

Pseudomerisus Erdös & Novicky

Erdos, J 1953: 236
1953
Loc

Merisoporus

Masi, L 1924: 226
1924
Loc

Parapteromalus

Ashmead, W 1904: 320
1904
Loc

Homoporus

Dzhanokmen, K 1999: 181
Graham, M 1969: 444
Delucchi, V 1957: 400
Szelenyi, G 1956: 167
Ashmead, W 1904: 324
Thomson, C 1878: 64
1878
Loc

Phaenacra Förster, 1878: 51

Delucchi, V 1957: 400
Forster, A 1878: 51
1878
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