Torymus ringofushi Kamijo, 1979

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Torymus ringofushi Kamijo, 1979

Fig. 3c

Torymus ringofushi Kamijo, 1979: 6 .

Specimens examined. Holotype: ♀, emerged in March 1966 from a gall of Biorhiza nawai collected by N. Ono et al. from Numata, Gunma, Japan (HUM). Paratypes: 4 ♀, emerged on 25 March 1951 from galls of Biorhiza nawai collected by M. Miyatake from Matsuyama, Ehime, Japan (HUM). Other specimens: 2 ♀, emerged on 19 April 2007 from galls of Biorhiza nawai on Quercus serrata collected by K. Yamagishi from Yagotoyama, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan (BLKU); 1 ♀, emerged on 22 February 2009 (kept under room temperature) from a gall of Biorhiza nawai on Quercus serrata collected by Y. Abe and K. Matsuo from Higashiaburayama, Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Japan (BLKU); 1 ♂, emerged on 23 February 2009 (kept under room temperature) from a gall of Biorhiza nawai on Quercus serrata collected by Y. Abe and K. Matsuo from Higashiaburayama, Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Japan (BLKU); 2 ♂, emerged on 6 February 2009 (kept under room temperature) from galls of Biorhiza nawai on Quercus serrata collected by Y. Abe and K. Matsuo from Higashiaburayama, Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Japan (BLKU); 2 ♂, emerged on 15 January 2009 (kept under room temperature) from galls of Biorhiza nawai on Quercus serrata collected by Y. Abe and K. Matsuo from Higashiaburayama, Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Japan (BLKU).

Distribution. Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu).

Host information. Torymus ringofushi is an ectoparasitoid of Biorhiza nawai (Ashmead) ( Hymenoptera : Cynipidae ) that induces galls on Quercus crispula Blume and Q. serrata Murray (Fagaceae) ( Kamijo 1979) (gall photo: fig. 26g, C–134 of Yukawa & Masuda 1996).

Figures

FIGURE 3 a–d. ♀, lateral view. a, T. minamii; b, T. quernus; c, T. ringofushi; d, T. rugosus.