Ooctonus hemipterus Haliday, 1833

Aishan, Zhulidezi, Triapitsyn, Serguei V., Zhu, Chao-Dong & Hu, Hong-Ying, 2022, Key to Ooctonus Haliday (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae) in China, with one new species and three new country records, Zootaxa 5155 (4), pp. 581-588 : 584

Ooctonus hemipterus Haliday, 1833

( Figs 5–8 )

Ooctonus hemipterus Haliday 1833: 344 . Taxonomic history and synonyms summarized in Triapitsyn (2010: 15 , 18) and Huber (2012: 37).

Material examined. CHINA. XINJIANG: Urumqi , 25.viii.2001, W. Cui (Cui Weidong), sweeping [3 ♂, ICXU] .

Distribution. China (new record) (Xinjiang). This species is widespread in the Holarctic region, from Ireland east to China, currently known from almost half of the 44 European countries, including the European part of Russia; it was previously recorded from Kyrgyzstan ( Triapitsyn 2010), which is adjacent to Xinjiang, China. Elsewhere, O. hemipterus is recorded from Morocco, Turkey, Canada, and the USA ( Triapitsyn 2010; Huber 2012).

Hosts. Unknown.

Comments. Some females of O. hemipterus are brachypterous, while males are always macropterous. This species may be collected in late autumn or even in December, which lead Huber (2012) to suggest that it might overwinter as adults.

Figures

FIGURES 5–8. Ooctonus hemipterus ♂: 5, antenna; 6, fore wing; 7, mesosoma; 8, genitalia.