Revision of the genus Xanthopimpla Saussure, 1892 (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Pimplinae) from Japan

By

Watanabe, Kyohei
Matsumoto, Rikio

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2021

Original Publication

Deutsche entomologische Zeitschrift

Volume

68

Pages

269--297

Subjects

Asia , Biogeography , bionomics , new species , parasitoid wasp , Ryukyu Islands , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Berlin Nicolai'sche Verlags-Buchandlung 1881-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/dez.68.69768

 

Abstract

Japanese species of the genus Xanthopimpla Saussure, 1892 are revised. A total of 15 species are recorded from Japan, including three new species, X. nipponensis sp. nov. X. sylvicola sp. nov. and X. yoshimurai sp. nov. and three species, X. honorata (Cameron, 1899), X. minuta Cameron, 1905 and X. trias Townes & Chiu, 1970, newly recorded from Japan. Host, habitat, overwintering and distribution patterns of Japanese Xanthopimpla species are discussed.