A new species of Hyperimerus Girault from China, with a key to species of the genus (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea, Pteromalidae)
Author
Yang, Lan
Author
Huang, Da-wei
Author
Xiao, Hui
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ZooKeys
2019
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.817.29886
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.817.29886
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Hyperimerus pusillus (Walker, 1833)
Cyrtogaster pusilla
Walker, 1833: 383. Holotype female (BMNH No. 3300), examined.
Hyperimerus pusillus
(Walker):
Graham 1969
: 83;
Boucek
1993
: 1306;
Huang and Xiao 2005
: 281-282;
Schender et al. 2014
: 414-417.
Mespilon exiguum
Graham, 1957: 406. Synonymized by
Graham 1969
: 83.
Diagnosis.
Female. Body (Fig. 7, 8) length approximately 1.5 mm, dark green. Head width 1.32
x
height in frontal view. Eyes height 0.58
x
head height; eyes separated by 1.07
x
their height. Gena with malar sulci distinct, malar space 0.55
x
eyes height. Antenna (Fig. 9) with scape reaching anterior ocellus; pedicel and flagellum combined 1.2
x
head width; pedicel broader than Fu1, clava shorter than length of Fu5 - Fu7 combined. Scutellum with frenum ca. 1/3 length of scutellum. Propodeum with areolate sculptures irregular and sparse, most of sculptures 2
x
as big as propodeal spiracles (Fig. 10). Marginal fringe of outer margin of fore wing shorter than length of uncus; marginal vein shorter than postmarginal vein (0.59
x
), postmarginal vein approximately 1.85
x
as long as stigmal vein. Petiole 0.4
x
as long as broad. Gaster 1.91
x
as long as broad; narrower than thorax, shorter than the length of head and mesosoma combined. Ovipositor sheaths slightly produced in dorsal view; gaster in lateral view, ovipositor sheaths 0.26
x
length of gaster, 0.44
x
length of hind tibia.
Figures 7-10.
Hyperimerus pusillus
(Walker, 1833) 7 Body in dorsal view 8 Body in lateral view 9 Head and antenna in lateral view 10 Propodeum in dorsal view.
Material examined.
China, 1♀2♂, Sichuan: Kangding, 15.VI.2017, leg. Yanzhou Zhang (Hyp-2018-07, original number ZYZ-2017-28; Hyp-2018-09, original number ZYZ-2017-29); 1♀, Sichuan: Kangding, 2.VIII. 2017, leg. Yanzhou Zhang (Hyp-2018-04, original number ZYZ-2017-21); 1♀, Sichuan: Kangding, 29.VI.2017, leg. Yanzhou Zhang (Hyp-2018-11, original number ZYZ-2017-42); 1♂, Tibet: Zhamo, 2700m, VII. 19.1978, leg. Fasheng Li.
Hosts.
Parasitoids of
Psylla pyricola
(
Ghahari et al., 2010
),
Phenacoccus aceris
,
Psylla ulmi
(Dzhanokmen, 1978).
Distribution.
China (Sichuan, Tibet), Holarctic, Oriental, and Neotropical regions.