Parasitoids reared from galls of Stefaniola sp. (Diptera, Cecidomyiidae) on Haloxylon spp. in China, with redescription of Mesopolobus quadrimaculatus Dzhanokmen (Chalcidoidea, Pteromalidae)

Authors

QIN LI
KLARISSA ALEKSEYEVNA DZHANOKMEN
SERGUEI VLADIMIROVICH TRIAPITSYN
HONGYING HU

DOI

10.3906/zoo-1709-13

Abstract

Mesopolobus quadrimaculatus Dzhanokmen (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) is recorded for the first time from China and outside of Kazakhstan. It was reared from galls of Stefaniola sp. (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) on black saxaul, Haloxylon ammodendron (C.A.Mey.) Bunge ex Fenzl and white saxaul, H. persicum (Bunge ex Boiss. & Buhse) (Chenopodiaceae) in Beishawo Desert in Fukang, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China. Provided are its illustrated redescription and diagnosis, which was not included in the original escription, as well as data on the distribution and biology of this interesting, little known species. Mesopolobus deserti Dzhanokmen, which is also newly recorded from China, was swept on both H. ammodendron and H. persicum at the same site as M. quadrimaculatus. Besides M. quadrimaculatus, seven other parasitoids were also reared from stem-galls of Stefaniola sp. on both Haloxylon ammodendron and H. persicum. However, the relationships between these seven parasitoids and the gall inducer need further study.

Keywords

Pteromalidae, Mesopolobus deserti, new record, Cecidomyiidae, Haloxylon ammodendron, Haloxylon persicum, Xinjiang

First Page

263

Last Page

268

Recommended Citation

LI, QIN; DZHANOKMEN, KLARISSA ALEKSEYEVNA; TRIAPITSYN, SERGUEI VLADIMIROVICH; and HU, HONGYING (2018) "Parasitoids reared from galls of Stefaniola sp. (Diptera, Cecidomyiidae) on Haloxylon spp. in China, with redescription of Mesopolobus quadrimaculatus Dzhanokmen (Chalcidoidea, Pteromalidae)," Turkish Journal of Zoology: Vol. 42: No. 3, Article 1. https://doi.org/10.3906/zoo-1709-13
Available at: https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/zoology/vol42/iss3/1