A revision of Chinese species of Mesopolobus Westwood (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) with descriptions of four new species from China
Author
Xiao, Hui
Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China; E-mail: xiaoh @ ioz. ac. cn
Author
Sun, Lei
Plant Protection College, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai’an, Shandong, 271018, China
Author
Jiao, Tianyang
Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China; E-mail: xiaoh @ ioz. ac. cn & College of Life Sciences, Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
Author
Li, Zi
Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China; E-mail: xiaoh @ ioz. ac. cn & College of Life Sciences, Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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Zoological Systematics
2016
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http://zoobank.org/9aaf42bb-d96d-4b3f-be8e-8fcd05d4ea7d
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10.11865/zs.201604
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Mesopolobus
Westwood, 1833
Mesopolobus
Westwood, 1833: 443
.
Type
species:
M. fasciiventris
Westwood.
Mesopolobus
Westwood
:
Rosen, 1958: 203–240
;
Graham, 1969: 638–681
;
Liao
et al
., 1987: 71
;
Bouček, 1988: 432–433
;
Baur
et al
., 2007: 387–397
;
Pujade, 1994: 63–73
;
Yang, 1996: 185–188
.
Synonymy:
Platymesopus
Westwood, 1833: 444
;
Platyterma
Walker, 1834a: 303
;
Amblymerus
Walker, 1834a: 303
;
Eutelus
Walker, 1834b: 351
;
Xenocrepis
Förster, 1856: 64
;
Selitrichus
Rondani, 1877: 196
;
Asemantus
Förster, 1878: 51
;
Syntomocera
Förster, 1878: 52
;
Disema
Förster, 1878: 54
;
Zacalochlora
Crawford, 1913: 251
;
Urielloides
Girault, 1913: 106
;
Paranogmus
Girault & Dodd, in
Girault, 1915: 318
Anogmoidea
Girault, 1924: 174
;
Baeoponerus
Masi, 1924: 222
;
Euamblymerus
Hincks, 1944: 37
;
Ahlbergiella
Rosen, 1955: 88
;
Isoptrynea
Szelényi, 1982: 381
;
Sturovia
Bouček, 1961: 86
.
Diagnosis. Body green with luster; antenna 13-segmented, antennal formula 11353 or 11263; antennal insertion clearly below centre of face; right mandible 4-toothed and left mandible 3-toothed. Head occiput not margined; pronotum reticulate and posterior edge with conspicuous shiny strip, pronotal collar with abrupt edge but not carinate; notauli incomplete; scutellum without frenal line; propodeum usually with median carina complete, and plica developed or at least in posterior third, spiracles elongate; mesepisternum with upper triangular areas smooth; fore wing with speculum extending to marginal vein; costal cell on upper surface bare; gaster sessile.
Biology. Most species of the genus parasitize pupae of sawflies (Symphyta),
Hymenoptera
,
Lepidoptera
and
Diptera
. For example,
M. mayetiolae
(Gahan)
lays eggs in pupa of
Mayetiola destructor
(
Gahan, 1933
)
, and
M. subfumatus
(Ratzeburg)
attacks pupae of sawflies (
Kamijo, 1982
). Some species develop as parasitoids in egg of host, such as
M. superansi
Yang & Gu
was recorded from eggs of
Dendrolimus superans
(Butler) (Yang & Gu, 1995)
,
M. verditer
(Noton)
from eggs of
Diprion simile
(
Drooz
et al.
, 1985
)
. Some species develop as ectoparasitoid, such as
M. typographi
(Ruschka)
ectoparasitizing on
Tomicobia seitneri
(Ruschka) (
Graham, 1969
)
. Others develop as facultative hyperparasitism, such as
M. subfumatus
(Ratzeburg)
,
M. fagi
Askew & Lamp
, etc (
Noyes, 2014
).
Distribution. Widespread in the world.
3.1 Key to the Chinese species of
Mesopolobus
Westwood, 1833
1. Marginal vein short, only 1.1–1.2 times as long as stigmal vein; lower face with striate or densely emgraved striate; gaster at most 2 times as long as broad ......................................................................................................................................................
M. albitarsus
Marginal vein as least 1.4 times as long as stigmal vein; lower face reticulation.................................................................................2
2. Antennae inserted above lower ocular line; antennal toruli to clypeal margin slightly shorter than it to middle ocellus; pronotum with collar slightly margined.................................................................................................................................................
M. aequus
Antennae inserted below or at lower ocular line; antennal toruli to clypeal margin distinctly shorter than it to middle ocellus; pronotum with collar margined ............................................................................................................................................................3
3. Fore wing with basal cell hairy on 1/3–1/2 part ............................................................................................................
M. anogmoides
Fore
wing with basal cell bare or several hairs ....................................................................................................................................4
4. Antennae with 2 anelli and 6 funicular segments .................................................................................................................................5 Antennae with 3 anelli and 5 funicular segments .................................................................................................................................7
5. Postmarginal vein almost as long as marginal vein; basal cell hairy on 1/4–1/3 part....................
M. equivenae
Sun & Xiao
,
sp. nov.
Postmarginal vein shorter than marginal vein; basal cell bare.............................................................................................................. 6
6. Clypeal margin emarginate in the middle; malar area with white hairs in male................................................................
M. tortricidis
Clypeal
margin not emarginate; malar area without white hairs ...........................................................................................
M. tibialis
7. Body small, nomally shorter than
1.5 mm
, at most
1.5 mm
..................................................................................................................8 Body relatively big, at least bigger than
1.5 mm
.................................................................................................................................. 9
8. Postmarginal vein at most as long as stigmal vein ...........................................................................................................
M. keralensis
Postmarginal
vein distinctly longer than stigmal vein; male with a brown spot under stigmal vein ...................................
M. minutus
9. Propodeum without medial carina...................................................................................................................................................... 10 Propodeum with distinctly medial carina ........................................................................................................................................... 11
10. Gaster oval, 1.6 times as long as broad .............................................................................................................................
M. superansi
Gaster
long, 2.95 times as long as broad ..............................................................................................
M. changbaicus
Xiao
,
sp. nov.
11. Clypeal margin emarginate and with two teeth .................................................................................................................................. 12 Clypeal margin truncate or sligtly emarginate, without tooth ............................................................................................................14
12. Pronotum with collar elongate, about 1/5–1/4 of mesoscutum in middle...........................................................................
M. amaenus
Pronotum
with collar short, about 1/7–1/6 of mesoscutum in middle................................................................................................ 13
13. Scape reaching media occullus, as long as eye height.........................................................................................................
M. semenis
Scape not reaching media occellus, shorter than eye height......................................................................................
M. mesoeminulus
14. Propodeum with very roughly reticulation, media carina complete and plica distinct at half part; fore wing with a pale brown spot under stigmal vein.........................................................................................................................................................
M. subfumatus
Propodeum smooth on media part; others different ........................................................................................................................... 15
15. Fu
1
ring like, as long as the third anellus............................................................................................................................................16 Fu
1
distinct longer than the third anellus............................................................................................................................................ 17
16. Clava 1.75 times as long as broad; scape as long as eye height ........................................................................
M. tongi
Xiao
,
sp. nov.
Clava 1.6 times as long as broad; scape 0.89 times as long as eye height .........................................................................
M. teliformis
17. Gaster oval, 1.54 times as long as broad ..........................................................................................................................
M. mesolatus
Gaster
long oval, at least 2 times as long as broad .............................................................................................................................18
18. Gaster 3 times as long as broad, and 1.2 times as long as head and thorax combined ..............................................
M. rhabdophagae
Gaster
at most 2.7 times as long as broad, and as long as or shorter than head and thorax combined ............................................... 19
19. Pronotum with collar not margined.................................................................................................................................................... 20 Pronotum with collar margined ..........................................................................................................................................................21
20. Marginal vein 2.2 times as long as stigmal vein; gaster 2.3 times as long as broad; POL 2.16 times OOL ........................................... ...................................................................................................................................................
M. beilingicus
Sun & Xiao
,
sp. nov.
Marginal vein 1.9 times as long as stigmal vein; gaster 2.5 times as long as broad; POL 2.83 times OOL ...................
M. mongolicus
21. Scape slightly longer than eye height; marginal vein 1.68 times as long as stigmal vein......................................................
M. aspilus
Scape distinctly shorter than eye height; marginal vein 1.8–2 times as long as stigmal vein .............................................................22
22. Propodeum with media carina only distinct at the basal part, plica complete ..............................................................
M. agropyricola
Propodeum with media carina and plica complete ............................................................................................................................. 23
23. Head width 2.17 times length in dorsal view; antennal insertion below lower ocular line..............................................
M. typographi
Head width at most 2 times length in dorsal view; antennal insertion place on or slight higher lower ocular line ............................24
24. Gaster 2.6 times as long as broad; clava slightly clavate, 1.75 times as long as broad..........................................................
M. nobilis
Gaster
2.37 times as long as broad; clava clavate distintly, 1.55 times as long as broad....................................................
M. prasinus