Torymus celticolus Matsuo, 2009

Matsuo, Kazunori, 2020, A revision of Japanese Torymus Dalman (Hymenoptera: Torymidae), Zootaxa 4758 (3), pp. 401-441 : 416-417

Torymus celticolus Matsuo, 2009

Torymus celticolus Matsuo, 2009: 263 . Specimens examined. Holotype: ♀, emerged on 30 May 2007 from a gall of Celticecis japonica collected by K. Matsuo on 13 May 2007 from the ground under Celtis sinensis var. japonica trees in Hakozaki, Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Japan (ELKU, Type No. 3262). Paratypes: 1 ♀, emerged on 30 April 2008 from a gall of Celticecis japonica collected by S. Yamauchi from the ground under Celtis jezoensis trees in Aomori, Aomori, Japan (ELKU); 1 ♀, emerged on 15–16 May 1999 from a gall of Celticecis japonica collected by S. Moriya from the ground under Celtis sinensis var. japonica trees in Koyadai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan (HUM); 1 ♀ and 1 ♂, emerged on 17 May 1999 from galls of Celticecis japonica collected by S. Moriya from the ground under Celtis sinensis var. japonica trees in Koyadai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan (HUM); 1 ♀, emerged on 11 May 2000 from a gall of Celticecis japonica collected by K. Tabuchi from the ground under Celtis sinensis var. japonica trees in Matsudo, Chiba, Japan (NIAES); 1 ♂, emerged on 16 May 2000 from a gall of Celticecis japonica collected by K. Tabuchi from the ground under Celtis sinensis var. japonica trees in Matsudo, Chiba, Japan (NIAES); 1 ♀, emerged on 17 May 2000 from a gall of Celticecis japonica collected by K. Tabuchi from the ground under Celtis sinensis var. japonica trees in Matsudo, Chiba, Japan (NIAES); 1 ♀, collected by K. Kubo on 3 May 2002 from Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan (HUM); 2 ♀, collected by K. Kubo on 12 May 2002 from Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan (HUM); 1 ♀, collected by K. Kubo on 23 May 2004 from Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan (HUM); 1 ♂, emerged on 20 March 2007 from a gall of Celticecis japonica collected by K. Matsuo from the ground under Celtis sinensis var. japonica trees in Hakozaki, Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Japan (ELKU); 1 ♂, emerged on 3 April 2007 from a gall of Celticecis japonica collected by K. Matsuo from the ground under Celtis sinensis var. japonica trees in Hakozaki, Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Japan (ELKU); 1 ♂, emerged on 4 April 2007 from a gall of Celticecis japonica collected by K. Matsuo from the ground under Celtis sinensis var. japonica trees in Hakozaki, Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Japan (ELKU); 1 ♀, collected by K. Matsuo on 13 May 2007 from Hakozaki, Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Japan (ELKU); 1 ♀, collected by K. Matsuo on 21 May 2007 from Ino, Hisayama, Fukuoka, Japan (ELKU); 1 ♂, emerged on 26 May 2007 from a gall of Celticecis japonica collected by K. Matsuo from the ground under Celtis sinensis var. japonica trees in Hakozaki, Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Japan (ELKU); 1 ♂, emerged on 1 June 2007 from a gall of Celticecis japonica collected by K. Matsuo from the ground under Celtis sinensis var. japonica trees in Hakozaki, Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Japan (ELKU); 1 ♂, emerged on 7 June 2007 from a gall of Celticecis japonica collected by K. Matsuo from the ground under Celtis sinensis var. japonica trees in Ino, Hisayama, Fukuoka, Japan (ELKU).

Distribution. Japan (Honshu, Kyushu).

Host information. Torymus celticolus is an ectoparasitoid of Celticecis japonica Yukawa and Tsuda ( Diptera : Cecidomyiidae ) that induces galls on Celtis sinensis Pers. var. japonica (Planch.) Nakai and C. jessoensis Koidz. (Cannabaceae) ( Matsuo & Yukawa 2009) (gall photo: fig. 26c, C–202 of Yukawa & Masuda 1996).