Notopygus emarginatus Holmgren, 1857

Sun, Shu-Ping & Sheng, Mao-Ling, 2014, Chinese species of genus Notopygus Holmgren (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Ctenopelmatinae) with description of a new species, ZooKeys 387, pp. 1-10 : 5-7

Notopygus emarginatus Holmgren, 1857 Figures 11-17

Notopygus emarginatus Holmgren, 1857. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar, 1(1)(1855): 115.

Notopygus insignis Kriechbaumer, 1891: Chen et al. 2007: Forest Pest and Disease, 26(6): 8.

Specimens examined.

8 females, CHINA: Haicheng, Liaoning Province, 5 to 30 June 2004, leg. Tian-Lin Chen. 1 female, CHINA: Benxi County, Liaoning Province, 15 June 2006, leg. Mao-Ling Sheng. 1 female, CHINA: Baishilazi Natural Reserve, Kuandian County, Liaoning Province, 7 July 2011, Intercept trap. 1 female, CHINA: Benxi County, Liaoning Province, 12 August 2013, leg. Mao-Ling Sheng.

Hosts.

Neurotoma sibirica Gussakovskij ( Hymenoptera , Pamphiliidae ).

Host plants.

Sorbaria sorbifolia (L.); Crataegus pinnatifida Bunge.

Intraspecific variation. We also examined specimens deposited in the Natural History Museum, London (NHM) (Figs 13-15) and the Zoologische Staatssammlung München (ZSM) (Figs 16, 17). The female specimens have the same characters, except the color of the basal portion of the antenna and hind femora are a little variable. Tergites 2, 3 and the basal part of tergite 4 of males (Figure 15) are reddish brown.