Xyela kamtshatica Gussakovskij, 1935

Blank, Stephan M., Kramp, Katja & Shinohara, Akihiko, 2017, Xyela fusca spec. nov. from Japan elucidates East Asian – North American relationships of Xyela (Hymenoptera, Xyelidae), Zootaxa 4303 (1), pp. 103-121 : 112

Xyela kamtshatica Gussakovskij, 1935

Xyela kamtshatica Gussakovskij, 1935: 131 , 133–134, 363–364, ♀, type locality: Russia, Klyuchi, on river Kamtshatka; Takeuchi, 1938: 203 (record from Hokkaido); Togashi 1954: 12 (record from Honshu); Takeuchi, 1955: 112; Togashi 1961: 29; Benson 1961: 171 (junior synonym of X. alpigena (Strobl, 1895)) ; Rasnitsyn 1965: 503 (removed from synonymy); Okutani 1982: 19; Blank et al. 2013: 21 (identification, host, distribution).

Xyela alpigena: Benson 1961: 171 (senior synonym of X. kamtshatica ); Benson 1962: 385 (partly misidentified); Togashi 1964: 51; Togashi, 1965: 243; Togashi, 1970: 7, 54; Okutani, 1977: 285.

Description and type material. Blank et al. (2013).

Host. Imagines have repeatedly been swept from Pinus pumila (P. Pallas) Regel ( Blank et al. 2013; present data), but the immature stages are still unknown. Already Togashi (1964) and Okutani (1982) supposed P. pumila to be the host of, respectively, Japanese X. ‘ alpigena ’ and X. kamtshatica .

Distribution. Subalpine zone of Hokkaido and Honshu (e.g., Blank et al. 2013; this work).

Records. Hokkaido: Daisetsuzan Mountains [“ Mt. Daisetsu ”, 43.683°N 142.883°E], 19.7.1930, leg. Takeuchi, 1♀, NSMT ; Kamishihoro-cho, south ridge of Mt. Upepesanke-yama , [43.382°N 143.099°E], 1610–1830 m altitude, 13.7.1995, leg. K. Haga, 3♀, swept from foliage Pinus pumila , NSMT .

Honshu : Hakusan , Kaga , Oonanjimine [a small peak on Mt. Hakusan, 36.162°N 136.766°E], 19.7.1954, leg. I. Togashi, 3♀, NSMT.