Mesopolobus nobilis (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 : 72

Mesopolobus nobilis (Walker 1834) New record to China ( Fig. 16 )

Platyterma nobile Walker, 1834a: 304 , Lectotype ♀, BMNH (Examined, B.M. TYPE HYM 5.1824 ).

Mesopolobus nobilis (Walker) : Rosen, 1958: 212; Graham, 1969: 655–657.

Platyterma decorum Walker, 1834b: 342 .

Material examined. China. 1♀, Heilongjiang, Yichun , 350 m, 19 August 1978, coll. Dingxi Liao ; 1♀, Heilongjiang, Yichun , 350 m, 21 August 1978, coll. Dingxi Liao ; 1♀, Jilin, Tonghua , 26 July 1978, coll. Dingxi Liao ; 1♀, Inner Mongolia, Manzhouli , 6 August 1961, coll. Dingxi Liao ; 1♀, Inner Mongolia, Hailaer , 1 August 1981, coll. Dingxi Liao ; 1♀, Inner Mongolia, Hailaer , 2 July 1981, coll. Dingxi Liao ; 6♀ 2♂, Inner Mongolia, Hailaer , 3 August 1981, coll. Dingxi Liao ; 2♀ 2♂, Beijing, 11 July 1986, coll. Dingxi Liao ; 1♀ 1♂, Beijing, Yanqing , 450m, 1 July 1990, coll. Dawei Huang ; 1♀, Beijing, Yanqing , 450m, 2 July 1990, coll. Dawei Huang ; 1m, Beijing, Fangshan , 14 July 1983, coll. Dawei Huang ; 1♀, 1m, Beijing, Qinglongqiao , 20 July 1983, coll. Dawei Huang ; 1♀, Hebei, Xiaowutai , 1 200 m, 6 August 1964, coll. Dingxi Liao ; 1♀, Hebei, Xiaowutai , 16 August 1964, coll. Tailu Chen ; 1♂, Ningxia, Longde , 13 April 1980, coll. Dingxi Liao ; 1♀, Gansu Zhangye , 22 July 1976, coll. Dingxi Liao ; 1♂, Qinghai, Xining , 3 June 1997, coll. Chaodong Zhu ; 18♀ 6♂, Xinjiang, Tacheng , 22 July 1955, coll. Shijun Ma, Kailing Xia, Yonglin Chen ; 4♀ 3♂, Xinjiang, Tacheng , 24 July 1955, coll. Shijun Ma, Kailing Xia, Yonglin Chen ; 4♀, Xinjiang, Qinghe, Yaerkate , 1 August 1956, coll. Weiyi Yang ; 1♀, Xinjiang, Qinghe , 2 August 1956, coll. Weiyi Yang ; 2♀, Xinjiang, August 1956, coll. Weiyi Yang ; 1♂, Xinjiang, Yining River valley , 540–630 m, 6 August 1957, coll. Guang Wang ; 1♂, Xinjiang, Hejing , 1 580 m, 9 August 1958, coll. Changguang Li ; 1♀, Xinjiang, Chuoqiang, Alagan , 850 m, 7 May 1960, coll. Shuyong Wang ; 1♀, Xinjiang, Shate , 1 860 m, 11 August 1957, coll. Chunpei Hong ; 1♀ 1♂, Zhejiang, Tianmu Mountain , 1 100 m, 6 June 1964, coll. Dingxi Liao ; 2♀ 10♂, Hunan, Nanyue Mountain , 2 June 1980, coll. Xinwang Tong ; 1♀, Fujian, Chongan, Longdu Pikeng , 380–580 m, 24 May 1960, coll. Chenglin Ma ; 1♀, Fujian, Chongan, Xingcun Sangang , 740–910 m, 25 May 1960, coll. Chenglin Ma ; 2♀, Fujian, Chongan, Xingcun Longdu , 580–640 m, 5 June 1960, coll. Yong Zuo ; 1♀, Fujian, Chongan, Xingcun Guadun , 900 m, 30 June 1960, coll. Yong Zuo ; 1♀, Fujian, Shaowu , 6 September 1945, coll. Xiufu Zhao ; 1♂, Fujian, Shaowu , 12 October 1948, coll. Xiufu Zhao ; 1♀, Sichuan, Chengdu , 18 July 1963, coll. Pengrong Chen ; 2♀, Sichuan Chengdu , 29 November 1963, coll. Dingxi Liao ; 2♂, Yunnan, Jingdong, Wuliang Mountain , 2 302 m, 3 May 1985, coll. Changfang Li.

Biology. M. nobilis was recorded lives in the seeds of grasses ( Gramineae : Avena, Bromus). ( Rosen, 1962; Burks, 1979)

Distribution. China (Heilongjiang, Jilin, Inner Mongolia, Beijing, Hebei, Ningxia, Gansu, Qinghai, Xinjiang, Zhejiang, Hunan, Fujian, Sichuan, Yunnan);Palearctic, Nearctic and Oriental Regions ( Noyes, 2014).

Figures

Figures 7–16. Mesopolobus spp. 7–11. M. tongi Xiao, sp. nov. female. 7. Head frontal. 8. Body dorsal. 9. Body laterial. 10. Thorax laterial. 11. Fore wing. 12. M. mesoeminulus Sun & Xiao, body laterial. 13. M. mesolatus Sun & Xiao, body dorsal. 14. M. minutus Dzhanokmen, body dorsal. 15. M. keralensis Sureshan & Narendran, body dorsal. 16. M. nobilis (Walker), body dorsal.