Taxonomic Notes and New Distribution and Host Plant Records for Sawflies and Woodwasps (Hymenoptera, Symphyta) of Japan VI Author Fu, Yuanzun Author Yuan, Yuan Author Shen, Qian Author Xu, Hao Author Ye, Zheng Author Guo, Li Author Wu, Xiaoliang Author Zhao, Yunhe text Bulletin of the National Museum of Nature and Science. Series A, Zoology 2021 2021-11-22 47 4 163 188 http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d4cp01914h journal article 10.50826/bnmnszool.47.4_163 2434-091X Arge similis (Snellen van Vollenhoven, 1860) Japanese name: Ruri-churenji Material examined . KYUSHU: Kagoshima Pref. : 1 ˁ, Amami-Oshima Island , Amami , Nesebu , 7. IV. 2019 , M. Kimura . Distribution . Japan : Southern Kuril Islands, Hokkaido , Honshu, Izu Islands, Oki Islands, Awaji Island, Shikoku, Kyushu, Tsushima Island, Tanegashima Island, Yakushima Island, Tokara Islands, Amami-Oshima Island (new record), Okinawa Island. East Palaearctic and Oriental regions. Remarks . This species is widely distributed in the East Palaearctic and Oriental regions including various parts of Japan ( e.g. , Hara, 2019 ), but it has not been recorded from Amami-Oshima Island until now.