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 18. Pediobius bruchicida ( Rondani, 1872 ) ( Fig. 17 ) Spartiophilus bruchicida Rondani, 1872 : 208 . Lectotype , not examined; designated by Bouček, 1974 : 246 . Pleurotropis waterstonii Masi, 1929 : 231 ; ♀♂. Holotype ♀, GMI, not examined. Synonymized by Bouček, 1974 : 246 , 279. Amestocharis mundubberae Girault, 1935 : 3 ; ♀. Syntypes ♀, QMB, not examined. Synonymized by Bouček, 1988 : 702 . Pediobius routensis Erdös, 1964 : 100 . Holotype ♀, HNHM, not examined. Synonymized with Pediobius waterstonii (Masi) by Bouček, 1970 : 95 . Synonymized by Bouček, 1974 : 246 , 279. Pediobius obtusiceps Bouček, 1965a : 47 ; ♀♂. Holotype ♀, PNM, not examined. Synonymized with Pediobius routensis Erdös by Bouček & Askew, 1968 . Synonymized by Bouček, 1974 : 246 , 279. Pediobius waterstonii ( Masi, 1929 ) , Bouček & Askew, 1968 : 100 . Pediobius pieridis Kerrich, 1973 : 180 ; ♀. Holotype ♀, ANIC, not examined. Synonymized by Bouček, 1988 : 702 . Pediobius bruchicida ( Rondani, 1872 ) , Bouček, 1974 : 246 , 279. Diagnosis. The angle between vertex and occiput distinctly obtuse ( Fig. 17 c). Occiput blunted, only with carina reduced to a short carina behind each lateral ocellus ( Fig. 17 b). Collar of pronotum without anterior carina. Sculpture of mesoscutum and scutellum as described in P . pyrgo . Propodeum with a fine median carina ( Fig. 17 a). Material examined. CHINA , Yunnan : 7♀ , Kunming , XI. 1988 , coll. Hong-Ming Yang. Determined specimens compared ( ANIC ) : 1♀ , AUSTRALIA , Queensland , near Gympie , Cootharaba Lake , 13.XI.1976 , coll. Bouček , det. Z. Bouček ; 1♀ , AUSTRALIA , SE. Queensland , Surfers Paradise , 21.XI.1976 , coll. Bouček , det. Z. Bouček ; 2♀ , ITALIA , Palermo , coll. G. Loverde , det. Z. Bouček . Biology. Pediobius bruchicida has been recorded as both a primary and a secondary parasitoid from a broad range of hosts, including insects from Coleoptera , Diptera , Hymenoptera and Lepidoptera ( Noyes 2016 ) . Distribution in China . Yunnan . Remarks. Newly recorded from China . There is a variation on the relative width of smooth median band of scutellum for P. bruchicida , which of specimens in IZCAS is slightly narrower than that of specimens loaned from ANIC. Within the pyrgo -group, P. bruchicida is a distinctive species having the angle between vertex and occiput distinctly obtuse and the occipital carina reduced to a short carina behind each posterior ocellus ( Figs 17 b–c), and also pronotal collar lacking anterior carina. Pediobius bruchicida is closely allied to P . pyrgo , as discussed by Bouček (1965a) , who recognized both species as twin species. With the combination of above characters and propodeum with a fine median carina, P . bruchicida can be separated from P . pyrgo and also other species within this species group.