Mesopolobus aequus (Walker, 1834)

Xiao, Hui, Sun, Lei, Jiao, Tianyang & Li, Zi, 2016, A revision of Chinese species of Mesopolobus Westwood (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) with descriptions of four new species from China, Zoological Systematics 41 (1), pp. 64-81 : 66-67

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11865/zs.201604

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13769304

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F55173-FF9A-105B-FF3C-F98DFD3B3186

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Carolina

scientific name

Mesopolobus aequus (Walker, 1834)
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Mesopolobus aequus (Walker, 1834) View in CoL New record to China ( Fig. 1 View Figures 1–6 )

Eutelus aequus Walker, 1834b: 364 View in CoL . Lectotype ♀, BMNH (Examined, B.M. TYPE HYM 5.1829).

Mesopolobus aequus (Walker) View in CoL : Rosen, 1958: 230–231; Graham, 1969: 655.

Synonymy: Pteromalus contractus Walker, 1835b: 188 View in CoL ; Pteromalus purpureus Walker, 1835a: 493 View in CoL ; Pteromalus leogoras Walker, 1839: View in CoL 269; Pteromalus odites Walker, 1845: 261 View in CoL ; Pteromalus temesa Walker, 1848: 124 View in CoL ; Metastenus purus Walker, 1872: 118 View in CoL ; Eutelus decipiens Thomson, 1878: 77 View in CoL ; Mormoniella oviphaga Ahlberg, 1925: 82 View in CoL .

Material examined. England. 1♀, Berkshire Selwood Park Em, 9 October 53, W. Fjepson, ex Oat crop, det. Bouček 1988. China . 1♀, Jilin, Changbai Mountain , 1 800–2 000 m, 6 August 1978, coll. Dingxi Liao ; 1♀, Liaoning, Shenyang , 18 June 1986, coll. Dawei Huang ; 1♀, Inner Mongolia, Oroqen Zizhiqi Alihe , 12 August 1981, coll. Dingxi Liao ; 3♀, Beijing, June 1976, coll. Dingxi Liao ; 1♀, Hebei, Xiaowutai Mountain , 16 August 1964, coll. Tailu Chen ; 1♀, Hebei, Pingshan , 16 May 1985, coll. Huafu Mi ; 1♀, Hebei, Weichang , 8 April 1985, coll. Huafu Mi ; 1♀, Hebei, Xinglong , 1 600–1 800 m, 27 July 1985, coll. Huafu Mi ; 1♀, Shaanxi, 29 June 1976, coll. Dingxi Liao ; 4♀, Ningxia, Yinchuan , 29 May 1982, coll. Dingxi Liao ; 1♀, Ningxia, Yinchuan Yongning cornfield, 23 June 1982, coll. Yizhong Xu ; 3♀ 4♂, Qinghai, Delingha Bange , 2 900 m, 16 September 2001, coll. Chaodong Zhu ; 1♀, Xinjiang, Xinyuan Narat Prairie , 24 June 1997, coll. Deying Ma ; 1♀ 11♂, Xinjiang, Hutubi Dafeng , 11 July 2001, coll. Hongying Hu ; 1♀, Xinjiang, Kashi , 17 June 1965, coll. Dingxi Liao ; 1♀, Xinjiang, Kashi , 25 June 1965, coll. Dingxi Liao ; 1♀, Xinjiang, Bachu , 1 350 m, 18 September 1958, coll. Changguang Li ; 6♀, Xinjiang, Shihezi , 11 July 1997, coll. MA Deying ; 1♂, Sichuan, Ganzi, Kangding , 2 480–2 800 m, 9 August 2001, coll. Chaodong Zhu ; 1♂, Tibet, Qushui , 11 August 1981, coll. Baohai Wang ; 1♀, Tibet, Lhasa , 3 650 m, 27 August 2001, coll. Chaodong Zhu.

Biology. The species was recorded as a predator on the eggs and larvae of other insects ( Rosen, 1955, 1956), and reared from plants such as Achillea millefolium L. (Compositae) View in CoL and Medicago sativa L. (Fabaceae) View in CoL ( Rosen, 1960).

Distribution. China (Jilin, Liaoning, Inner Mongolia, Beijing, Hebei, Shaanxi, Ningxia, Qinghai, Xinjiang, Sichuan, Tibet); Nearctic and Palearctic Regions ( Noyes, 2014).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Pteromalidae

Genus

Mesopolobus

Loc

Mesopolobus aequus (Walker, 1834)

Xiao, Hui, Sun, Lei, Jiao, Tianyang & Li, Zi 2016
2016
Loc

Eutelus aequus

Walker 1834: 364
1834
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