Description of two new species of the genus Pteromalus Swederus (Hymenoptera, Pteromalidae, Pteromalinae) from Xinjiang, China

By

Li, Qin
Liu, Yalin
Yan, Guohua
Zhang, Tongyou
Hui, Xiao
Hu, Hongying

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2025

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

1234

Pages

221--237

Subjects

key , morphological characters , new taxa , Orchestes steppensis

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1234.145429

 

Abstract

Two new species of Pteromalus Swederus (Hymenoptera, Pteromalidae, Pteromalinae), Pteromalus steppensis Li & Hu, sp. nov. and Pteromalus xiaomoheensis Yan & Li, sp. nov., are described and illustrated for the first time. Pteromalus steppensis Li & Hu, sp. nov. was reared as a primary, solitary ectoparasitoid of the larval and pupal stages of Orchestes steppensis Korotyaev, 2016 (Coleoptera, Curculionidae). Figures of its development and its host damage are also provided.