Mesopolobus agropyricola Rosen, 1960

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 : 67

Mesopolobus agropyricola Rosen, 1960 New record to China ( Fig. 2 )

Mesopolobus agropyricola Rosen, 1960: 22–25 ; Graham, 1969: 664.

Material examined. China. 1♀, Heilongjiang, Great Khingan Mountains , 23 July 1970, coll. Dingxi Liao ; 1♀ 1♂, Beijing, Baihua Mountain , 1 150 m, 13 August 1982, coll. Dingxi Liao ; 69♀ 18♂, Hebei, Weichang , 6–13 August 1985, coll. Huafu Mi ; 3♀, Hebei, Xinglong , 2 110 m, 24 June 1985, coll. Huafu Mi ; 8♂, Shanxi, Fengxian , 5 July 1976, coll. Dingxi Liao ; 2♀, Shanxi, Qinling , 1 800 m, 5–8 August 1973, coll. Dingxi Liao ; 2♀ 1♂, Shanxi, Ningshan Huoditang , 2 350 m, 29 July 1998, coll. Jun Chen ; 2♀ 5♂, Ningxia, Liupanshan , 31 July 1964, coll. Dingxi Liao ; 1♂, Gansu, Zhouqu , 2 350 m, 5 July 1998, coll. Xuezhong Zhang ; 1♀, Xinjiang, Qinghe Ertai , 940 m, 1 July 1960, coll. Shuyong Wang ; 3♂, Xinjiang, Tashikuer , 8 July 1965, coll. Dingxi Liao ; 1♀, Sichuan, Ganzi Danduo , 10 August 1997, coll. Chaodong Zhu ; 17♀ 11♂, Sichuan, Ganzi Kangding , 9 August 2001, coll. Chaodong Zhu ; 5♀ 3♂, Yunnan, Yongsheng Liude , 9 July 1984, coll. Changfang Li ; 1♂, Yunnan, Lijiang, Baishui , 2 850 m, 17 July 1984, coll. Changfang Li ; 1♀ 2♂, Yunnan, Diqin, Tuguan , 2 800 m, 7 August 1984, coll. Changfang Li ; 1♀, Yunnan, Diqin, Chongjianghe , 8 August 1984, coll. Changfang Li ; 1♀, Yunnan, Lijiang, Ludian , 2 300 m, 10 August 1984, coll. Changfang Li ; 1♂, Yunnan, Lijiang, Ludian , 3 200 m, 19 August 1984, coll. Changfang Li ; 9♂, Tibet, Rikaze , willow flower, 18 May 1961, coll. Linyao Wang ; 1♀, Tibet, Linzhi , 9 July 1997, coll. Chaodong Zhu.

Biology. The species was reared from stems of Elymus repens (L.) ( Poaceae ) in Sweden ( Rosen, 1960). There is no host record in our specimens.

Distribution. China (Heilongjiang, Beijing, Hebei, Shanxi, Ningxia, Gansu, Xinjiang, Sichuan, Yunnan, Tibet); Palearctic and Oriental Regions ( Noyes, 2014). It is the first reported from Oriental Region (Yunnan, China).

Figures

Figures 1–6. Mesopolobus spp. 1. M. aequus (Walker), body dorsal. 2. M. agropyricola Rosen, body dorsal. 3. M. albitarsus (Walker), body dorsal. 4. M. amaenus (Walker), body laterial. 5. M. anogmoides Graham, body and fore wing. 6. M. aspilus (Walker), body dorsal.