A revision of Chinese species of Mesopolobus Westwood （Hymenoptera： Pteromalidae） with descriptions of four new species from China

Twenty-five species of Mesopolobus Westwood are recognized from China, of which four species are reported as new to science, M. tongi Xiao, sp. nov. , M. changbaicus Xiao, sp. nov. , M. equivenae Sun & Xiao, sp. nov. and M. beilingicus Sun & Xiao, sp. nov. and fifteen species are newly recorded from China. A key to Chinese Mesopolobus and illustration of external features of the species are provided.

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