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

Mao-Ling SHENG, Shu-Ping SUN, Ying ZHANG & Yan-Ping LIANG

en European Journal of Taxonomy 2016 (209) - Pages 1-19 (EJT-209)

Published on 04 July 2016

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.


Keywords:

Oedicephalini, Notosemus, new species, Zeiraphera griseana, Lepidoptera.

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