Three new species of the genus Notosemus Förster, 1869 (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Ichneumoninae) from China, with a key to the world species

  • Mao-Ling Sheng General Station of Forest Pest Management, State Forestry Administration, 58 Huanghe North Street, Shenyang 110034
  • Shu-Ping Sun General Station of Forest Pest Management, State Forestry Administration, 58 Huanghe North Street, Shenyang 110034
  • Ying Zhang General Station of Forest Pest Management, State Forestry Administration, 58 Huanghe North Street, Shenyang 110034
  • Yan-Ping Liang Pingxiang forestry Pest Management and quarantine Bureau, Pingxiang, Jiangxi 337000
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2016.209
Keywords: Oedicephalini, Notosemus, new species, Zeiraphera griseana, Lepidoptera

Abstract

Eight species of the genus Notosemus Förster, 1869 (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) are reported, three of which are new to science: N. albimaculatus Sheng & Sun, sp. nov. and N. planus Sheng & Sun, sp. nov., both collected from Xizang Autonomous Region, SW China, and N. wugongicus Sheng & Sun, sp. nov., collected from Jiangxi Province, S China. One new record for China, N. bohemani (Wesmael, 1855), was reared from Zeiraphera griseana (Hübner, 1789) (Lepidoptera, Tortricidae), a leaf pest of Larix principis-rupprechtii Mayr. (Pinaceae) in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, NW China. A key to the species of the genus Notosemus is provided.

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Published
2016-07-04
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Sheng, M.-L., Sun, S.-P., Zhang, Y., & Liang, Y.-P. (2016). Three new species of the genus Notosemus Förster, 1869 (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Ichneumoninae) from China, with a key to the world species. European Journal of Taxonomy, (209). https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2016.209
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No. 209 (2016): Three new species of the genus Notosemus Förster, 1869 (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Ichneumoninae) from China, with a key to the world species
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