Review of the species of Anastatus (Hymenoptera: Eupelmidae) known from China, with description of two new species with brachypterous females
Author
Peng, Lingfei
Author
Gibson, Gary A. P.
Author
Tang, Lu
Author
Xiang, Jiawei
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Zootaxa
2020
2020-04-28
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3
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4767.3.1
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Anastatus
(
Anastatus
)
dendrolimus
Kim and Pak, 1965
Anastatus dendrolimus
Kim and Pak, 1965: 73
. Described: both sexes.
Anastatus dendrolimus
;
Xiao
et al
., 2001: 204
. Misidentification of
A. japonicus
.
Species concept.
Our concept of
A. dendrolimus
is based on the original description only. We were unable to locate
type
material of the species, supposedly deposited in
Korea
University, which according to Duk-Young Park (
Seoul
National University,
Seoul
,
Republic of Korea
) could not be found in the University collection (personal communication).
Regional material examined.
None.
Distribution
. PALAEARCTIC:
Korea
(
Noyes 2019
).
Remarks.
Xiao
et al
. (2001)
identified
A. dendrolimus
from
Jilin Province
, but a voucher female in IZCAS examined by L. Peng proved to be
A. japonicus
, and we therefore exclude
A. dendrolimus
from the fauna of
China
. However, we are uncertain of the exact identity of
A. dendrolimus
, including even its generic status. The short original description is insufficient to confidently identify the species because it states, in part, that females have the axillae smooth, whereas the axillae are quite distinctly reticulate for typical female
Anastatus
. The characterisation of smooth axillae more closely approximates the condition of female
Mesocomys
, which as noted under ‘Remarks’ for the genus, often have similar fore wing colour patterns and a basally white-banded gaster as for typical female
Anastatus
. However, the only species of
Mesocomys
known from
South Korea
is
M. albitarsis
(
Ashmead, 1904
) (
Noyes 2019
)
, females of which have dark legs rather than the described yellow legs for
A. dendrolimus
. Further,
Kim and Pak (1965)
reported
M. albitarsis
in the same paper, under the name
Pseudanastatus albitarsis
, as a second species reared from
D. spectabilis
eggs.