Chinese species of Pediobius Walker (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) Author Cao, Huan-Xi Author Salle, John La Author Zhu, Chao-Dong text Zootaxa 2017 4240 1 1 71 journal article 36321 10.5281/zenodo.375759 724a3c39-a2cc-44ec-a04c-bca7f2b79ebc 1175-5326 375759 9A463357-EEE2-4A70-BCB2-573052DB48CC 31. Pediobius inexpectatus Kerrich, 1973 ( Fig. 28 ) Pediobius inexpectatus Kerrich, 1973 : 157 –158; ♀♂. Holotype ♀, ANIC, not examined. Pediobius planiceps Sheng & Kamijo, 1992 : 454 –456; ♀♂. Lectotype ♀, IZCAS, examined; designated here. Syn. n. Diagnosis. Three funicular segments freely separated from each other with narrow petioles ( Figs 28 d–e). Vertex, mesoscutum and scutellum deeply and strongly reticulate. Occiput strongly excavated, and sharply margined between eyes ( Figs 28 a–b). Notauli and notaular depressions distinct, especially in male. Scutellum with a shining posterior margin projecting backward over a large part of dorsellum such that dorsellum very short ( Fig. 28 a). Female gaster strongly broad-ovate with Gt1 almost reaching mid-length of gaster ( Fig. 28 a). Male has body brassy with reddish reflections ( Fig. 28 b). Material examined. China , Guangdong : 12♀ , Guangzhou , Conghua , 26.VI.1978 , coll. Jun-Hua He , ex . Lethe confusa Aurivillius ; Guangxi : 1♀ , Daxin , 29.III.1998 , coll. Chao-Dong Zhu ; Guizhou : 2♀ , Qiannan , Luaodian , XI.1981 , coll. Xue-Wei Song ; 3♀ , Qiannan , Qiannan Institute of Agriculture , 27.VIII.1979 , coll. Zhen- Sheng Zhou , ex . Mycalesis gotama Moore ; Hong Kong : 3♀ , Hong Kong , 10.IX.1979 , coll. Tai-po-Kau ; Jiangxi : 4♀ 6♂ , Nanchang , Meiling , 25.VIII.1984 , coll. Jin-Kun Sheng ; Jilin : 1♀ , Changbai Mountains , 24.VII.1990 ; Sichuan : 1♀ , Ya-An, 24.VIII.1975 , coll. Ding-Xi Liao , ex . the pupa of Casinaria colacae Sonan, 1939 ; Taiwan : 2♀ , Jilong , 29.X.1999 , coll. Xu Y .- F., ex . the pupa of Discophora sondaica Boisduval ; Yunnan : 2♀ 1♂ , Ruili , 19.X.1980 ; 3♀ , Yuxi , Xinping , Manbang , IX.1977 . Type specimens of P . planiceps : Holotype ♀ , CHINA , Jiangxi , Chongyi , 28.IX.1982 , coll. Shi-Wang Liu ( IZCAS ), ex . Melanitis leda (Linnaeus) ; paratypes 10♀ 6♂ , same data as the holotype . Determined specimens compared ( ANIC ): 3♀ 1♂ , Hong Kong , 10.IV.1979 , coll. Tai- Po Kau , det. Bouček. Biology. In China , one female of P. inexpectatus from Sichuan was recorded from the pupa of Casinaria colacae Sonan ( Lepidoptera : Hesperiidae ). Besides, two females from Taiwan were reared from the pupa of Discophora sondaica ( Lepidoptera : Amathusiidae ). However, one host record listed in the Universal Chalcidoidea Database ( Noyes 2016 ), Pamara guttata (Bremer & Grey) ( Lepidoptera : Hesperiidae ) seems not reliable by checking the original record in Sheng & Li (1992) . Actually, it was recorded as an undetermined species of the family Hesperiidae rather than Pamara guttata . In addition, the type specimens of P . planiceps were reared from Melanitis leda (Linnaeus) ( Lepidoptera : Satyridae ) by Sheng & Kamijo (1992) . FIGURE 28. Pediobius inexpectatus Kerrich, 1973 . a: female, body in dorsal view; b: male, body in dorsal view; c: female, fore wing; d: female, antenna; e: male, antenna; f: female, hind leg. Scale bar: a–b, 0.5 mm; c, 0.4 mm; d–e, 0.1 mm; f, 0.2 mm. Distribution in China . Fujian , Guangdong , Guangxi , Guizhou , Hong Kong , Jiangxi , Jilin , Sichuan , Taiwan . Remarks. Pediobius inexpectatus is characterized by the scutellum having a shining hind margin projecting backward over a large part of dorsellum. By comparing the type specimens of P . planiceps with the original description and also the specimens of P . inexpectatus determined by Bouček, we listed P . planiceps as a synonym of P . inexpectatus . Actually, the characters used in the key of Sheng (1994) (couplets 6 and 7) are not reliable to separate P . planiceps from P . inexpectatus , as most of these characters are fitted to both of them. Besides, the description that "occiput without carina" to P . inexpectatus is incorrect in the key of Sheng (1994). Sheng & Kamijo (1992) stated that P . planiceps was similar to P . brachycerus and P . pyrgo , but the comparisons among these three species seem to be inaccurate. Actually, they have many differences (see couplets 16 & 25 of the key). Pediobius inexpectatus resembles species of the epigonus- group by reticulate mesosoma, which is also noted by Kerrich (1973) , while it also distinctly differs from species of this group in many characters (given in the key). Sheng & Kamijo (1992) designated a female as the holotype of P . planiceps . However, we found two females were mounted on the same card labeled with " Holotype ". Here, we designated the one distal to the spine as the lectotype .