Janus cynosbati (Linnaeus, 1758)

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

Janus cynosbati (Linnaeus, 1758)

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MATERIAL EXAMINED. Russia: Kursk Province: near Kursk, Sapogovo Village , 1. VI 1937, 1♀ (D. Dovnar) [ ZMMU] ; Czech Republic: Moravia: South Znojmo Havraniky , steppe forest, hills, 24. V 2006, 1♀ (A. Lozan, A. Khalaim) [ ZISP] .

DISTRIBUTION. Russia: European part (Leningradskaya and Kursk Provinces). Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, UK, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Morocco, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine.

HOST PLANT. Quercus pubescens Willd , Q. robur L. ( Fagaceae ).

NOTE. Despite the widespread distribution of the species in the European part of Russia according to the publications ( Zhelochovtsev, 1988), we found only one surviving specimen in collection of ZMMU. Another specimen from ZISP identified by V. Gussakovsky and D. Dovnar as this species is severely destroyed and does not have a geographical label, but it may also been collected on the territory of Russia.