18. Pediobius bruchicida (Rondani, 1872)

(Fig. 17)

Spartiophilus bruchicida Rondani, 1872: 208 . Lectotype, not examined; designated by Bouček, 1974: 246.

Pleurotropis waterstonii Masi, 1929: 231; ♀♂. Holotype ♀, GMI, not examined. Synonymized by Bouček, 1974: 246, 279.

Amestocharis mundubberae Girault, 1935: 3; ♀. Syntypes ♀, QMB, not examined. Synonymized by Bouček, 1988: 702.

Pediobius routensis Erdös, 1964: 100 . Holotype ♀, HNHM, not examined. Synonymized with Pediobius waterstonii (Masi) by Bouček, 1970: 95. Synonymized by Bouček, 1974: 246, 279.

Pediobius obtusiceps Bouček, 1965a: 47; ♀♂. Holotype ♀, PNM, not examined. Synonymized with Pediobius routensis Erdös by Bouček & Askew, 1968. Synonymized by Bouček, 1974: 246, 279.

Pediobius waterstonii (Masi, 1929), Bouček & Askew, 1968: 100.

Pediobius pieridis Kerrich, 1973: 180; ♀. Holotype ♀, ANIC, not examined. Synonymized by Bouček, 1988: 702.

Pediobius bruchicida (Rondani, 1872), Bouček, 1974: 246, 279.

Diagnosis. The angle between vertex and occiput distinctly obtuse (Fig. 17 c). Occiput blunted, only with carina reduced to a short carina behind each lateral ocellus (Fig. 17 b). Collar of pronotum without anterior carina. Sculpture of mesoscutum and scutellum as described in P. pyrgo . Propodeum with a fine median carina (Fig. 17 a).

Material examined. CHINA, Yunnan: 7♀, Kunming, XI. 1988, coll. Hong-Ming Yang. Determined specimens compared (ANIC) : 1♀, AUSTRALIA, Queensland, near Gympie, Cootharaba Lake, 13.XI.1976, coll. Bouček, det. Z. Bouček ; 1♀, AUSTRALIA, SE. Queensland, Surfers Paradise, 21.XI.1976, coll. Bouček, det. Z. Bouček ; 2♀, ITALIA, Palermo, coll. G. Loverde, det. Z. Bouček .

Biology. Pediobius bruchicida has been recorded as both a primary and a secondary parasitoid from a broad range of hosts, including insects from Coleoptera, Diptera, Hymenoptera and Lepidoptera (Noyes 2016) .

Distribution in China. Yunnan.

Remarks. Newly recorded from China. There is a variation on the relative width of smooth median band of scutellum for P. bruchicida, which of specimens in IZCAS is slightly narrower than that of specimens loaned from ANIC. Within the pyrgo -group, P. bruchicida is a distinctive species having the angle between vertex and occiput distinctly obtuse and the occipital carina reduced to a short carina behind each posterior ocellus (Figs 17 b–c), and also pronotal collar lacking anterior carina. Pediobius bruchicida is closely allied to P. pyrgo, as discussed by Bouček (1965a), who recognized both species as twin species. With the combination of above characters and propodeum with a fine median carina, P. bruchicida can be separated from P. pyrgo and also other species within this species group.