revision of leucospidae 179 



Material examined. 



Australia: Northern Territory, Port Darwin, 1 $ (/. /. Walker) (BMNH); 

 Queensland, Halifax, v.-vi. 1919, 10 $, 2 <J (F. X. Williams) (BBM, Honolulu); 

 Q., Rockhampton, 2 $ (BMNH); New South Wales, Narrabri, 15.iii.1960, 1 <$ 

 (Nikitin) (BMNH); N.S.W., Gatton, n.v.1931, 1 <? (CSIRO, Canberra). 



Leucospis sinensis Walker 

 (Text-fig. 188) 



Leucospis Sinensis Walker, i860 : 18, $. LECTOTYPE $ (here designated), China: Shanghai 



(BMNH) [examined]. 

 Leucaspis okinawensis Matsumura, 1912 : 164-165, pi. 52, fig. 13, $. Type(s), Ryukyus: 



Okinawa (EIHU, Sapporo). Syn. n. 

 Leucospis fuliginosa Weld, 1922 : 18-20, pi. 2, fig. II, $. Holotype $, Japan (CU, Ithaca) 



[examined]. Syn. n. 



The single known original female of L. sinensis is designated as lectotype. It 

 was compared with the holotype of L. fuliginosa and found to be conspecific, and 

 was as a matter of fact very similar to it as well as to another female from Yokohama, 

 Japan. L. fuliginosa was put in synonymy with okinawensis by Habu (1962) 

 after this was suggested by Watanabe (1946 : 80). Dr Habu kindly sent me three 

 specimens of okinawensis for comparison. 



Habu (1962 : 175-177. P 1 - 3. fig- 41 pi- 7> fi g- 6 ; fi g s 326-329, 331, 332, 335, 338, 

 340; 1966 : 240-241, figs i5a-c, i6a-b) figured and redescribed in detail this species, 

 along with a discussion of its variation. L. sinensis is very close to L. petiolata 

 Fabricius and L. atriceps (Girault) but may be separated from these two species 

 mainly by its larger and rather robust body, relatively short malar space and the 

 more conspicuous premarginal carina of the pronotum. Whilst in L. petiolata 

 this carina is mostly obliterated and replaced by a raised but blunt rib, in sinensis 

 it appears as a thin sharp line, especially in an oblique view from behind. The yellow 

 markings of the body are usually bordered with or partly replaced by reddish or 

 orange, thus for example the hind margin of the pronotum is mostly reddish, which 

 is very rare in the related species. The pubescence on the face is mostly golden 

 but in the Chinese (continental) specimens it is mostly whitish, being slightly yellow 

 only near the mouth. 



Biology. Habu (1962 : 177) records as host Isodontia nigella (Smith) ( = Sphex 

 nigellus) (Hym., Sphecidae) mentioned in a paper by Yamamoto (1959). 



Distribution. China, Taiwan, Ryukyus, Japan (see also Habu (1962; 1966)). 



Material examined. 



Type data given in synonymy. 



China: Nanking, 20.vii.1924, 1 <$ (Illingworth) (BBM, Honolulu); Zi-ka-wei, 

 28.viii.1924, 1 $ (Piel) (BMNH). Taiwan: no locality, 1965-6, 1 <$ (Chin-kin-yu) 

 (ERI, Ottawa). Ryukyus: Okinawa, Chizuka, 2 <$ (G. E. Bohart & Harnage) 

 (DE, Davis); Okinoerabu, Ooyama, vii. 1963, 2 $ (C. M. Yoshimoto) (BBM, 



