Aridelus elasmuchae Maeto & Kudo, 1992

Fujie, Shunpei & Maeto, Kaoru, 2022, The genus Aridelus Marshall (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Euphorinae) from Japan, with description of a new species, ZooKeys 1092, pp. 105-122 : 105

Aridelus elasmuchae Maeto & Kudo, 1992

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Aridelus elasmuchae Maeto & Kudo, 1992: 78. [Type locality: Japan]

Material.

Japan Hokkaidô: 1♀, holotype, Nopporo , 15.VII.1986, S. Kudô leg. (NARO) ; 2♂♂, Sapporo City, Hitsujigaoka , 20-27.VI.2011, MsT., K. Konishi leg. (OMNH) . 2♀♀ and 2♂♂, same data except 27.VI-4.VII.2011 (OMNH) ; 1♀, Kumaishi Town, Ken’ichi-gawa, Iwafuchi-zawa , 15-20.VI.1995, MsT., Y. Itô & T. Itô leg. (NARO). Honshû : 1♀, Aomori Pref., Mt. Iwaki , 28.IX.1983, M. Miyazaki leg. (NARO) ; 9♀♀ 7♂♂, Miyagi Pref., Minamisanriku Town, Hinokuchi , 5.VI-12.VII.2015, MsT., H. Yamazaki & S. Fujie leg. (OMNH) ; 2♂♂, same data except 28.IX-6.XI.2015 (OMNH) ; 1♀, Miyagi Pref., Minamisanriku Town, Mt. Tatsugane , 5.VIII.2016, S. Fujie leg. (OMNH) ; 1♂, Toyama Pref., Toyama City, Arimine, Jurodani , 1120 m alt., 7-14.VII.2009, MsT., M. Watanabe leg. (KPMNH) ; 1♀, Hyôgo Pref., Kami Town, Niiya , 20.VI-11.VII.2015, MsT., S. Fujie leg. (OMNH) ; 1♀, Hyôgo Pref., Kami Town, Niiya , 15.VI-14.VII.2013, MsT., S. Fujie & M. Itô leg. (OMNH). Kyûshû : 1♂, Kumamoto Pref., Izumi Vil., Mt. Hakucho , 10.VII.1978, K. Ohara leg. (NARO) .

Distribution.

Japan ( Hokkaidô; Honshû: Aomori, Miyagi, Tochigi, Toyama, Hyôgo and Tottori Prefectures; Shikoku: Ehime Prefecture; Kyûshû: Ôita Prefecture) ( Maeto and Kudo 1992; Takahashi and Shiraishi 2018; Fujie and Katayama 2020; present study); Russian Far East ( Yu et al. 2016).

Hosts.

Elasmucha putoni Scott, 1874 ( Acanthosomatidae ) ( Maeto and Kudo 1992).

Figures

Figure 2. Aridelus egregius Schmiedeknecht, 1907, ♀ from Fukui Prefecture, Japan A habitus B head, frontal view C head and mesoscutum, dorsal view D wings E hind femur.