Dichrogaster kichijoi ( Uchida, 1940 )

Watanabe, Kyohei, 2021, Taxonomic and Zoogeographic Study of the Japanese Phygadeuontinae (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae), with Descriptions of 17 New Species, Bulletin of the Kanagawa Prefectural Museum (Natural Science) 50, pp. 55-136 : 95

Dichrogaster kichijoi ( Uchida, 1940)

(SJN: Kusakagerou-togari-himebachi)

( Figs 34A–D )

Hemiteles (Rhadiurgus) chrysopae Uchida, 1933a: 167 .

Microtorus kichijoi Uchida, 1940: 66 .

Description. See Yoshida & Konishi (2008).

Materials examined. JAPAN: SEHU, F (holotype of Hemiteles (Rhadiurgus) chrysopae ), Hokkaido, Sapporo , 31. VII. 1931 ; KPM-NK 81839 , 81840 , 2 F, Gunma Pref., Tsumagoi Vil., Kanbata, Takamine-kogen , 3. IX. 2015, K. Watanabe leg.

Distribution. Japan (Hokkaido and Honshu*).

Bionomics. Host record: Chrysopa septempunctata Wesmael, 1841 (= C. pallens (Rambur, 1838) ( Neuroptera : Chrysopidae ) ( Uchida, 1933a).

Remarks. This is the first record of this species from Honshu.

Figures

Fig. 34. Dichrogaster kichijoi (Uchida, 1940), KPM-NK 81840, female from Japan ― A, lateral habitus; B, head, frontal view; C, head, mesosoma, and metasoma, dorsal view; D, wings.