Nesolynx thymus (Girault, 1916), new record from China

Li, Wen-Jian & Li, Cheng-De, 2022, A new species and three newly recorded species of Tetrastichinae (Hymenoptera, Eulophidae) from China, ZooKeys 1131, pp. 197-215 : 197

Nesolynx thymus (Girault, 1916), new record from China

Figs 5-7 , 8-10

Omphalomomyia thymus Girault, 1916: 485.

Omphalomomyia thymus javae Girault, 1917: 7 (subspecies). [Synonymized by Bouček 1977: 404].

Buonapartea aeniceps Girault, 1924: 5. Syntypes. [Synonymized by Bouček 1988: 697].

Syntomosphyrum obscuriceps Ferrière, 1940: 138. [Synonymized by Bouček 1977: 404].

Omphalomonyia [sic] Omphalomonyia thymus : Thompson 1955: 292.

Nesolynx thymus : Bouček 1977: 404.

Material examined.

7 females: [1 female on slide], Henan Province , Xinyang City, Mount Yan , Temple Xianyin, 6-7.VIII.2015, Hui Geng, Zhi-Guang Wu, Yan Gao, by yellow pan trapping; [1 female on slide], Hainan Province , Changjiang County, Mount Bawanglin , 15-17.V.2019, Wen-Jian Li , Jun Wu , by yellow pan trapping; [1 female on slide], Hainan Province , Haikou City , Hainan University , 27-29.VI.2019, Yu-Ting Jiang , by yellow pan trapping; [2 females on cards], Yunnan Province , Yuanjiang County , 26-28.XI.2020, Jun Wu , Jun-Jie Fan ; Ming-Rui Li , Gang Fu , by yellow pan trapping; [2 females on cards], Yunnan Province , Shuangjiang County , 21.IV.2013, Xiang-Xiang Jin , Guo-Hao Zu , Chao Zhang, by sweeping. (All deposited in NEFU) .

Diagnosis.

Female. Body mainly yellow (Figs 5 , 6 ); upper face, vertex, gena, and occiput dark green with metallic reflections, lower face yellow (Fig. 7 ); gaster yellow with black sides. Mesosoma with dense setae on mid-lobe of mesoscutum, especially a pair of long black setae posteriorly similar to setae on scutellum; propodeum with median carina distinct, cup-shaped. Gaster 1.6-1.8 × as long as broad.

Male. Unknown.

Hosts.

Not known from China. Non-Chinese records include Musca domestica Linnaeus, 1758, Exorista bombycis (Louis, 1880), Bombyx mori Linnaeus, 1758 ( Bansude et al. 2010), Argyrophylax leefmansi Baranov, 1933, Bessa remota (Aldrich, 1925), Chaetogena bezziana Baranov, 1934, Nephantis serinopa Meyrick, 1905, Artona catoxantha Hampson, 1892 ( Herting 1978), Exorista sorbillans (Wiedemann, 1830) ( Kumar et al. 1991), Ptychomyia remota Aldrich, 1925, Cadurcia leefmansi Baranov, 1933 ( Lever 1964), Zaratha sp. ( Bouček 1988), Sturmiopsis inferens Townsend, 1916, Chilo auricilius Dudgeon, 1905 ( Varma 1989), Cnaphalocrocis medinalis ( Guenée, 1854) ( Talgeri and Dalaya 1971), Maruca testulalis (Geyer, 1832), Tachinidae unspecified sp. ( Narendran 2007), Apanteles artonae (Rehwer, 1926) ( Herting 1977).

Distribution.

China (Henan, Yunnan, Hainan); Bangladesh ( Rahman 1989), Myanmar ( Husain and Khan 1986), Indonesia ( Bouček 1988), Malaysia ( Lever 1964), India, and Sri Lanka ( Narendran 2007).

Comments.

The species can be easily identified by the unique color of head.

Figures

Figures 5 - 7. Nesolynx thymus (Girault), female 5 habitus, dorsal view 6 habitus, lateral view. Scale bars: 500 μm 7 head, frontal view. Scale bar: 200 μm.

Figures 8 - 10. Nesolynx thymus (Girault), female 8 legs, lateral view, from left to right: fore, mid, and hind legs 9 antenna, lateral view 10 fore and hind wings, dorsal view. Scale bars: 100 μm.