Callipteroma sexguttata Motschulsky, 1863

Japoshvili, George, Higashiura, Yoshimitsu & Kamitani, Satoshi, 2016, A review of Japanese Encyrtidae (Hymenoptera), with descriptions of new species, new records and comments on the types described by Japanese authors, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 56 (1), pp. 345-401 : 365

Callipteroma sexguttata Motschulsky, 1863

Callipteroma quinqueguttata Motschulsky, 1863: 36 . Synonymised with Callipteroma sexguttata by BOUČEK (1977: 70).

Callipteroma kiushiuensis Ishii, 1928: 96 .Synonymised with Callipteroma quinqueguttata by TACHIKAWA (1962: 79). Type material examined. Callipteroma kiushiuensis : HOLOTYPE: J, (No. 132), Nagasaki, swept, 31.viii.1924, T. Ishii lgt. (NIAES).

Additional material examined. 1 ♀, Matsuyama , 19.ix.1955, T. Tachikawa lgt. (with the label “ Paratype ”) ; 1 ♀, Tsukumi , Oita, 30.viii.1955, T. Tachikawa lgt. (with the label “ Allotype ”) ; 1♀, Matsuyama , 28.ix.1956, T. Tachikawa lgt .; 1 ♀ (on slide), Hiratsuka, Kanagawa Pref., Honshu , 26.–30.ix.1965, N. Oho and Y. Murakami lgt. ( ELKU). All specimens identified as C. kiushiuensis by T. Tachikawa .

Distribution. Japan: Kyushu, Shikoku ( TACHIKAWA 1963a). Afrotropical, Australian, Oriental, Palaearctic ( NOYES 2016).

Comments. The material labelled as ‘paratype’ and ‘allotype’ has no nomenclatural status since ISHII (1928) based the description of C. kiushiuensis on the unique male holotype. The species was synonymised with C. quinqueguttata by TACHIKAWA (1962). Although they are treated as a single species by NOYES (1978), European and Asian specimens differ significantly in their morphology and therefore we believe that their status as a single species requires further investigation.