Neotrionymus monstatus Воrchsenius, 1948

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Neotrionymus monstatus Воrchsenius, 1948

Neotrionymus monstatus Borchsenius, 1948: 582 ; 1949: 162; Ter-Grigorian, 1973: 76; Danzig, 1980: 189 (lectotype designation); 1998: 156; Таng & Li, 1988: 26; Таng, 1992: 144.

Neotrionymus ibericus Hadzibejli, 1960: 302 ; Danzig, 1980: 189 (synonymy).

Neotrionymus maritimus Borchsenius & Коzarzhevskaya, 1966: 40 ; Danzig, 1980: 189 (synonymy).

Material examined. 4♀, China, Henan, Anyang, Linzhou , under the leaf sheath of Phragmites australis , 26 July 2014, San'an Wu & Yingda Wu leg. ; 4♀, China, Shanxi, Changzhi, Huguan , under the leaf sheath of Phragmites australis , 30 July 2014, San'an Wu & Yingda Wu leg. ; 3♀, China, Shanxi, Yuncheng, Yongji , under the leaf sheath of Phragmites australis , 3 August 2014, San'an Wu leg. ; 1♀, China, Beijing, Miyun, Wuzuolou Forest Park, under the leaf sheath of Phragmites australis , 27 July 2015, Xubo Wang leg. ; 2♀, China, Hebei, Xingtai, Tianti Mountain ; under the leaf sheath of a species of Poaceae, Qingang Dong & Jiangtao Zhang leg .

Distribution. China (Beijing, Hebei, Henan, Inner Mongolia, Shanxi, Xinjiang (Tang, 1992)).

Host plants. Poaceae : Phalaris arundinacea , Phragmites sp., Phragmites australis , Saccharum ravennae .

Biology. Living under the leaf sheath of its host.