<strong> The Eurasian species of <em> Xyela </ em> (Hymenoptera, Xyelidae): taxonomy, host plants and distribution </ strong> Author Blank, Stephan M. stephan.blank@senckenberg.de. Author Shinohara, Akihiko shinohar@kahaku.go.jp. Author Altenhofer, Ewald stephan.blank@senckenberg.de. text Zootaxa 2013 2013-03-18 3629 1 1 106 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3629.1.1 journal article 53391 10.11646/zootaxa.3629.1.1 9bac424f-e31f-4780-a976-f4fe3ba62156 1175-5326 5261330 FF47F026-9CB6-4390-B900-130A3DF2B33B Xyela variegata Rohwer, 1910 Xyela variegata Rohwer, 1910 : ♀ , 100, 118. Type locality: Japan , Hakone; Takeuchi 1938: 204 (junior synonym of julii ); Blank et al. 2005: 271 (removed from synonymy). Xyela julii : Zirngiebl 1937: 348–349 (misidentification?); Takeuchi 1938: 204 (misidentification); Togashi 1964: 51 (misidentification?); Okutani 1982: 19 (misidentification). Xyela obscura : Togashi 1964: 51 (misidentification); Togashi 1974: 13 (misidentification); Kondo & Miyake 1974: 100–102 (misidentification); Miyake & Kondo 1974: 92–95 (misidentification). Description . See Blank et al. (2005) . Host plant . ● Pinus densiflora Sieb. & Zucc. Biology . See Blank et al. (2005) for a translation of the information presented in Japanese by Kondo & Miyake (1974) and Miyake & Kondo (1974) . Geographic distribution . Japan (Honshu) (see Blank et al. 2005 , fig. 5).