Description of two new species of the genus <i>Pteromalus</i> Swederus (Hymenoptera, Pteromalidae, Pteromalinae) from Xinjiang, China.

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

SUBMITTER: Li Q 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12008725 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature