New Records of the Genus Exochus (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Metopiinae) from Korea, China and Mongolia

Abstract

We report two new records of Korean fauna of genus Exochus, as well as two newly recorded species from China and Mongolia each. Specifically Exochus suborbitalis Schmiedeknecht, 1924 and Exochus thomsoni Schmiedeknecht, 1924 from Korea, Exochus kusigematii Tolkanitz, 2007 and Exochus suborbitalis Schmiedeknecht, 1924 from Mongolia and Exochus semilividus Vollenhoven, 1875 and Exochus thomsoni Schmiedeknecht, 1924 from China are reviewed. The genus Exochus have been reported 19 species from China and 21 species from Mongolia. Diagnosis of the four unrecorded species, host information, distributions and illustrations of external characters are provided.

Keywords

• Eastern Palaearctic
• Exochus suborbitalis
• Exochus thomsoni
• Exochus kusigematii
• Exochus semilividus
• taxonomy