Janus luteipes (Lepeletier, 1823)

Basov, S. A., 2024, Review of the genus Janus Stephens, 1829 (Hymenoptera: Symphyta: Cephidae) of the Russian fauna, Far Eastern Entomologist 500, pp. 1-12 : 8-10

Janus luteipes (Lepeletier, 1823)

Figs 3B, F, G

MATERIAL EXAMINED. Russia: St. Petersburg: Moscow highway , 12. V – 18. VI 1863 , 2♂, 2♀ (A. Moravits) [ ZISP]; St. Petersburg, Lakhta Station , 17–18. VI 1911 , 1♂ ( V. Borovskij) [ ZISP]; Leningradskaya Province: Borodinskoe , VII 1976, 1♀ (A. Zinovjev) [ ZISP]; Novgorod Province: Eligovo Village , 14. VI 1891 , 1♀ (collector unknown) [ ZISP]; Yaroslavl Province: env. Yaroslavl, 7.VII 1882, 1♂ (N. Kokujev) [ ZISP]; Moscow Province: Dmitrov , 3. V 1949 , 1♂ (A. Rozhkov) [ ZMMU]; Kaluga Province: 5 km S Tarusa , 30. VI 1997 , 1♀ (S. Vasilenko) [ ISEA]; Ryazan Province: Gremiachka Village , 29.VII 1912, 1♀ (A. Semenov) [ ZISP]; Belgorod Province: Borisovka, Vorskla River floodplain , 11. VI 1973 , 1♀ (A. Zinovjev) [ ZISP]; Kherson Province: Ascania Nova , 6. VI 1926 , 1♀ (G. Medvedev) [ ZMMU]; Stavrpol Territory: Svetlograd ( Petrovskoe ), 22. V 1923 , 1♀ (I. Ostashin) [ ZMMU]; Republic of Adygea: env. Maykop , southern gardens, 28.IV 1936, 1♂ (collector unknown) [ ZMMU]; Sverdlovskaya Province: Sysertsk District , UFU biological station , 2.VII 1979, 1♀ (A. Fomino) [ UFU]; Primorsky Territory: Spassk , 22. VI 1961 , 1♀ (A. Zhelochovtsev) [ ZMMU]. Georgia. Tbilisi: Botanical Garden , 11. VI 1959 , 1♂ (D. Lozavoi) [ ZMMU].

Fig. 3. Janus compressus (A, D, E), J. luteipes (B, F, G) and J. cynosbati (C). A, B, C – lancet, lateral view; D, F – genital capsule, dorsal view; E, G – genital capsule, ventral view.

DISTRIBUTION. Russia: European part (Leningradskaya, Novgorod, * Yaroslavl, Moscow, * Kaluga, Ryazan, and * Belgorod provinces, * Stavropol Territory, *Republic of Adygea), *Urals (Sverdlovsk Provinces) and Far East (Primorsky Territory). Algeria, Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, UK, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine.

HOST PLANT. Salix spp. , Populus spp. ( Salicaceae ),? Viburnum spp. ( Adoxaceae ).

NOTE. According to N.R. Kokuev’s determination, the Janus cynosbati was recorded in the Yaroslavl Province, but this material is actually belonged to the J. luteipes (Basov, 2023) . Thus, only J. luteipes is reliably found in the Yaroslavl Province.