Heterospilus (Heterospilus) separatus Fischer, 1960

Heterospilus separatus Fischer, 1960: 61; Shenefelt and Marsh, 1976: 1311; Belokobylskij and Tobias, 1986: 32; Belokobyskij, 1983: 178; 1994b: 31; 1998: 76; Belokobylskij and Maetô, 2009: 231.

Heterospilus anulifer Papp, 1992: 67; Belokobyskij, 1998: 76 (as synonym of H. separatus). Heterospilus gracilis Shi et Chen, in Chen and Shi, 2004: 76. Syn. nov.

Material examined. China (ZJUH). Jilin Prov.: 1Ƥ, Antu, 5–6.VI.1994, Lou Juxian, No. 977053. Hebei Prov.: 1Ƥ, Xiaowutaishan, Yangjiaping, 20.VIII.2005, Shi Min, No. 200607788; 1Ƥ, Xiaowutaishan, Yangjiaping, 20.VIII.2005, Zhang Hongying, No. 200611768; 1Ƥ, Xiaowutaishan, Jinhekou, 23.VIII.2005, Zhang Hongying, No. 200608950; 1Ƥ, Xiaowutaishan, Shanjiankou, 22.VIII.2005, Zhang Hongying, No. 200608534. Zhejiang Prov.: 1Ƥ, Xitianmushan, Qiliting, 7.IX.1999, Zhao Mingshui, No. 998937; 1Ƥ, Tianmushan, 2.IX.1987, Chen Xuexin, No. 877377; 1Ƥ, Xitianmushan, Xianrending, 2–4.IV.1990, Shi Zuhua, No. 902410; 1Ƥ, Tianmushan, 19.VI.1983, Ma Yun, No. 831434. Hunan Prov.: 1Ƥ, Shimen, Hupingshan, 11.VII.2009, Zeng Jie, No. 200900703. Sichuan Prov.: 1Ƥ, Pingwu, Baimazhai, 25.VII.2006, Zhang Hongying, No. 200615016. Yunnan Prov.: 1Ƥ, Lvshuihe power station, 536 m, 23.VII.2003, Xu Zaifu, No. 20055408. Guangdong Prov.: 1Ƥ, Shixing, Chebaling, 25.V.2002, Xu Zaifu, No. 20051488; 2Ƥ, Fuyuan, Nanling, 4.VIII.2004, Xu Zaifu, Nos. 20049760, 20049812. Hainan Prov.: 1Ƥ, Wuzhishan, 16–20.V.2007, Liu Jingxian, No. 200703405; 1Ƥ, Jianfengling, Mingfenggu, 25.X.2007, Liu Jingxian, No. 200709626; 1Ƥ, Diaoluoshan, 16–17.VII.2006, Liu Jingxian, No. 200802227. China (ZISP). Guangdong Prov.: 1Ƥ, Fuyuan, Nanling, 4.VIII.2004, Xu Zaifu, No. 20049862; 1Ƥ (yellow form), Lin’an County, West Tianmu Mt., 16-17.IX.2000, S.A. Belokobylskij.

Distribution. China (Jilin, Hebei, Zhejiang, Hunan, Hubei (?), Sichuan, Yunnan, Guangdong, Hainan, Taiwan); Japan, Korea, Mongolia, Russia, Kazakhstan, Caucasus, Central and Western Europe.

Remarks. According original description (Chen and Shi, 2004), H. gracilis Shi et Chen has mesoscutum almost smooth and with sparse setae arranged along notauli, ovipositor sheath almost as long as metasoma, first tergite 1.1 times as long as its maximum width, and antenna entirely dark. These main characters of species are the same as in H. separatus Fischer, therefore we treat here H. gracilis Shi et Chen, 2004 as a junior synonym of H. separatus Fischer, 1960 (syn. nov.).