Ardis pallipes (Serville, 1823)

Fu, Yuanzun, Yuan, Yuan, Shen, Qian, Xu, Hao, Ye, Zheng, Guo, Li, Wu, Xiaoliang & Zhao, Yunhe, 2021, Taxonomic Notes and New Distribution and Host Plant Records for Sawflies and Woodwasps (Hymenoptera, Symphyta) of Japan VI, Bulletin of the National Museum of Nature and Science. Series A, Zoology 47 (4), pp. 163-188 : 168-169

Ardis pallipes (Serville, 1823)

Japanese name: Bara-kuki-habachi

Material examined. HOKKAIDO: 1 ˁ, Fukagawa, Takadomari, 26. V.–6. VI. 2007 , by Malaise trap, H. Hara; 1 ˂, same locality and collector, 9. VI. 2010 ; 1 ˂, same data but, 43°55′N 142°03′E, 31. V. 2020 .

Distribution. Japan: Hokkaido (new record), Honshu ( Okutani, 1959, as A. brunniventris ) ( Takeuchi, 1952 recorded this species from Japan for the first time, but he did not detail the locality). Palaearctic and Nearctic regions ( Smith, 1969, as A. brunniventris ; Sundukov, 2017).

Remarks. This species is here recorded from Hokkaido for the first time.