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Scientia Silvae Sinicae ›› 2021, Vol. 57 ›› Issue (6): 111-114.doi: 10.11707/j.1001-7488.20210612

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A New Species of the Genus Neodiprion Rohwer (Hymenoptera: Diprionidae), A Defoliator of Picea crassifolia

Xingyu Wu1,Heng Xin1,Qiqing Yang2,Shanghua Chen3,Hannan Wang4,Meicai Wei5,*   

  1. 1. Qinzhou District Forest Diseases and Pest Control & Quarantine Station of Tianshui City, Gansu Province Tianshui 741000
    2. Forest Disease and Pest Control & Quarantine General Station of Qinghai Province Xining 810007
    3. Huzhu Conty Forest Disease and Pest Control & Quarantine Station of Haidong City, Qinghai Province Huzhu 810599
    4. Laboratory of Insect Systematics and Evolutionary Biology, Central South University of Forestry and Technology Changsha 410004
    5. College of Life Sciences, Jiangxi Normal University Nanchang 330022
  • Received:2019-10-28 Online:2021-06-25 Published:2021-08-06
  • Contact: Meicai Wei

Abstract:

In the present paper,a new species of Diprionidae,Neodiprion qinghaiicus Wei,Wang & Wu,sp. nov.,damages needles of Picea crassifolia from Qinghai Province,China. This species is very similar in the lancet and penis valve to N. wilsonae (Li & Guo,1999) but differs from the latter by the following characters: antenna yellow with black flagellar dents and ventral length of first and second flagellomeres equal in length (versus N. wilsonae antenna entirely black,ventral length of second flagellomere longer than ventral length of first flagellomere); In hind wing,length of inner part of cell 1 M basad vein cu-a is clearly longer than outer part of cell 1 M beyond vein cu-a (the two parts equal in N. wilsonae); The body of the insect is narrower (body robust in N. wilsonae). The new species can be recognized from its congeners by the black head and yellow abdomen. A key to Chinese Neodiprion species is provided.

Key words: sawfly, taxonomy, Picea crassifolia, Qinghai Province

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