Abstract

A new species of Poemeniinae, Poemenia quercusia Sun & Sheng, sp. n., is described and illustrated. Specimens were reared from twigs of Quercus wutaishanica Blume in Haicheng, Liaoning province, P.R. China. A key to species known from China and the Eastern Palaearctic Region is provided.

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  • The hosts of Poemenia Holmgren mainly belong to Crabronidae (Hymenoptera) (Shaw 2006)

  • The species was reared from twigs of Quercus wutaishanica Blume

  • A new species of Poemenia Holmgren with a key to species known from China

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Introduction

Poemenia Holmgren, 1859, belonging to the tribe Poemeniini of the subfamily Poemeniinae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae), comprises 16 species (Sheng et al 2016, Yu et al 2016), of which three are from the Oriental Region (Gupta 1980), seven from the Eastern Palaearctic Region (two of them are found across the Palaearctic), four from the Western Palaearctic (Haupt 1917, 1938, Yu et al 2016), and four from the Nearctic Region (Yu et al 2016). The hosts of Poemenia Holmgren mainly belong to Crabronidae (Hymenoptera) (Shaw 2006). The species was reared from twigs of Quercus wutaishanica Blume. A new species of Poemenia Holmgren with a key to species known from China...

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