Systematic revision and phylogeny of the endemic southeastern Asian Pristaulacus comptipennis species group (Hymenoptera: Aulacidae) 2959 Author Turrisi, Giuseppe Fabrizio Author Smith, David R. text Zootaxa 2011 2011-07-08 2959 1 1 72 https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.2959.1.1 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.2959.1.1 1175­5334 5281410 Pristaulacus comptipennis Enderlein 1912 ( Figs 19–27 ) Pristaulacus comptipennis Enderlein 1912: 265 ; 1913: 319 , 326; Hedicke 1939: 7 ; Konishi 1990: 652 ; 1991: 564 ; Smith 2001: 282 ; Turrisi 2007: 28 ; Turrisi et al. 2009: 56 . Type material . According to Enderlein (1912) , the type material includes eight females . Turrisi (2007) designated a lectotype and two paralectotypes ( SDEI , examined). FIGURES 19–23. Pristaulacus comptipennis , lectotype ♀. 19. Head, dorsal view. 20. Head, frontal view. 21. Head, lateral view. 22. Mesosoma , dorsal view. 23. Pronotum, lateral view. Material examined . See Turrisi (2007) . Additional specimens: Japan , Kagoshima Prefecture , Amami-ôshima, Mount Yui-dake, 2.VII.2004 , 2♀ , Hiroshi Makihara leg. (Malaise trap) ( TUAE ); same data, 27.VII.2004 , 1♀ ( TUAE ); Japan , Okinawa-hontô, Oku, Kunigami-son, 10.VII.2003 , 1♀ , H. Makihara leg. (at light) ( DBAC ); Japan , Kohama-jima (Yaeyama Islands, Ryukyus), 24°20'N , 123°58'E , 1♂ ex larva, emerged 7.VII.2007 , from Ficus superba var. japonica Miq. collected 21.II.2007 , together with Olenecamptus bilobus nipponensis Dillon & Dillon ; Taiwan , Hoozan, 7.IX.1910 , 1♀ , H. Sauter leg. (labelled as “Cotypus”) ( NHRS ); Taiwan , Keelung , 1910, 1♂ , Victor Kühne leg. ( USNM ); Laos , Bolikhamsai Province , Ban Nape environs, 350 m a.s.l., 18°20'N , 105°08'E , 1♀ , Jendek & Sausa leg. ( OLML ); China : Hong Kong , Tai Po Kau Forest, 50Q KK 094 813, 370 m , 21.VI.2006 , 1♀ , C. Barthélémy leg. ( DBAC ). Description . See Enderlein (1912) . Redescriptions and data on intraspecific variation are provided by Konishi (1990 , 1991 ) and Turrisi (2007) . Distribution . Japan (Amami-ôshima, Okinawa-hontô, Iriomote-jima, Kohama-jima); China ( Hong Kong ), Taiwan , Laos ( Enderlein 1912 , 1913 ; Konishi 1990 , 1991 ; Turrisi 2007 ) ( Fig. 186 ). FIGURES 24–27. Pristaulacus comptipennis , lectotype ♀. 24. Wings. 25. Mesosoma , lateral view. 26. Mid and hind coxae, ventral view. 27. Metasoma, lateral view. Remarks . This species is newly recorded for Laos , extending its range considerably westward. It is also newly recorded for Amami-ôshima and Kohama-jima ( Fig. 186 ). The three females collected on Amami-ôshima differ from the specimens from Taiwan in having very reduced wing markings, with only one moderately wide brown spot below stigma. A similar colour variation was reported by Konishi (1991) , who recorded reduced and paler wing markings in specimens from Okinawa-hontô Island compared with specimens from Iriomote-jima and Taiwan . He concluded that a reduction of wing markings occurs from south ( Taiwan and Iriomote-jima) to north (Okinawa-hontô). Our observations seem to confirm such clinal variation, with the northernmost specimens from Amami-ôshima Island having the extreme reduction of wing markings. Biology . The probable host is Ceresium elongatum Matsushita ( Coleoptera , Cerambycidae ), which emerged from dead wood of an unidentified tree species ( Konishi 1991 ). Based on the specimen from Kohama-jima, we add a possible new host, Olenecamptus bilobus nipponensis Dillon & Dillon ( Coleoptera : Cerambycidae ), obtained from wood of Ficus superba var. japonica Miq. (Moraceae) .