Arid Zone Research ›› 2015, Vol. 32 ›› Issue (5): 845-848.doi: 10.13866/j.azr.2015.05.02

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A New Record Genus and One New Record Species of Ormyridae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) from Kyrgyzstan

TANG Xiu-li, Zhulidezi Aishan, WANG Chao, Li Qin, HU Hong-ying   

  1. College of Life Sciences and Technology, Xinjiang University, Urumqi 830046, Xinjiang, China
  • Received:2014-06-04 Revised:2014-10-10 Online:2015-09-15 Published:2015-10-14

Abstract: Ormyrus is by far the largest genus and the only one to occur in the Palaearctic region of the family Ormyridae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea). Species of Ormyrus are mostly solitary,larval,primary ectoparasitoids of gall inducing Cynipidae (Hymenoptera) and Cecidomyiidae,Tephritidae and Agromyzidae (Diptera),so they can be important biological control agents of gall-former insects. In this paper,Ormyridae resources in Kyrgyzstan was investigated for the first time,as a result,one newly recorded genus Ormyrus (Westwood) and one newly recorded species Ormyrus yeschilirmaka Doganlar from Kyrgyzstan is described and illustrated,which will provide the base data for biological control of gall-former pests in Kyrgyzstan. All the specimens studied are deposited in the Insect Collection of College of life Science and Technology,Xinjiang University,Urumqi,Xinjiang,China [ICXU].Through comparing this with the Ormyridae resource in Xinjiang and even in China,the study has very important theoretical and practical significance to know the origin and evolution of Ormyridae within the animal geographical flora in the world and resources protection and reasonable development and utilization of Ormyridae.

Key words: new record, Ormyrus yeschilirmaka Doganlar, Ormyrus, Kyrgyzstan