Taxonomic and Zoogeographic Study of the Japanese Phygadeuontinae (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae), with Descriptions of 17 New Species Author Watanabe, Kyohei Kanagawa Prefectural Museum of Natural History, 499 Iryuda, Odawara, Kanagawa 250 – 0031, Japan watanabe-k@nh‛kanagawa-museum‛jp text Bulletin of the Kanagawa Prefectural Museum (Natural Science) 2021 2021-03-30 50 55 136 https://doi.org/10.32225/bkpmnh.2021.50_55 journal article 300009 10.32225/bkpmnh.2021.50_55 70224806-ca38-47ca-bd8a-63da3ac532f9 2189-6720 12774639 DD695C62-DC2F-4D32-8D33-52648E28661D Mesoleptus laevigatus ( Gravenhorst, 1829 ) (New SJN: Futohige-haraaka-onashi-himebachi) ( Figs 58A–D ) Ichneumon laevigatus Gravenhorst, 1820: 371 . Ichneumon censor Thunberg, 1822: 269 . Ichneumon transversor Thunberg, 1822: 268 . Atractodes dionaeus Haliday, 1838: 118 . Exolytus aequalis Förster, 1876: 55 . Exolytus binoculus Förster, 1876: 113 Exolytus complacens Förster, 1876: 89 Exolytus cooperator Förster, 1876: 80 . Exolytus dichrocerus Förster, 1876: 56 . Exolytus egregius Förster, 1876: 81 . Exolytus integrellus Förster, 1876: 62 . Exolytus molestus Förster, 1876: 82 . Exolytus monticola Förster, 1876: 52 . Exolytus perditorius Förster, 1876: 95 Exolytus peregrinus Förster, 1876: 114 Exolytus pontresinensis Förster, 1876: 79 . Exolytus propugnator Förster, 1876: 111 Exolytus spoliator Förster, 1876: 66 . Exolytus taeniolatus Förster, 1876: 66 . Exolytus tenuiventris Förster, 1876: 92 Exolytus tribulator Förster, 1876: 86 Exolytus vetustus Förster, 1876: 65 . Exolytus transsylvanicus Kiss, 1924: 76 . Description . See Jussila et al . (2010) . Materials examined . JAPAN : KPM-NK 81743 , F , Hokkaido , Okushiri Is. , Tamaura , 28. VII. 2000 , T. Nambu leg. ( YPT ) ; KPM-NK 81742 , M , Yamanashi Pref. , Hokuto City , Masutomi , Biwakubo-sawa , 28. VII. 2007 , K. Watanabe leg. ; KPM-NK 81741 , M , Toyama Pref. , Toyama City , Kamegai , 8–15. IX. 2009 , M. Watanabe et al. leg. ( MsT ) ; KPM-NK 81744–81746 , 1 F & 2 M , Toyama Pref. , Nanto City , Togamura-kamimomose , 15– 29. VII. 2009 , M. Watanabe et al. leg. ( MsT ) . Fig. 59. Mesoleptus sapporensis ( Uchida, 1930 ) , KPM-NK 81740, female from Japan ― A, lateral habitus; B, head, frontal view. Fig. 60. Stilpnus ( Stilpnus ) pavoniae ( Scopoli, 1763 ) , KPM-NK 81749, female from Japan ― A, lateral habitus; B, head, frontal view; C, head, mesosoma, and metasoma, dorsal view; D, propodeum, dorsal view. Fig. 61. Stilpnus ( Stilpnus ) subzonulus Förster, 1876 , KPM-NK 81748, female from Japan ― A, lateral habitus; B, head, frontal view. Distribution . Japan ( Hokkaido , Okushiri Is., and Honshu); widely distributed in Palearctic region ( Yu et al. , 2016 ). Bionomics . Unknown in Japan . Sarcophaga pseudoscoparia (Kramer,1911) ( Diptera ) has been recorded as host in Romania ( Ciochia, 1979 ). Remarks . Momoi (1966b) examined the Japanese specimens of “ M. laevigatus ” and concluded all of them should be identified as Mes. laticinctus . He also deleted the record of this species from Japan . However, I recognized total of six specimens of this species from Japan . This is the first record of this species from Japan .