Xyela variegata Rohwer, 1910

Xyela variegata Rohwer, 1910: 100, 118, ♀, type locality: Japan, Honshu, Hakone; Takeuchi 1938: 203 –204 (junior synonym of X. julii (Brébisson, 1818)); Shinohara 2000: 295 (removed from synonymy); Naito et al. 2004: 6; Shinohara 2005: 229; Blank et al. 2005: 271 (identification, host, distribution); Yoshida 2006: 15; Shinohara 2013: 332; Blank et al. 2013: 54 (identification, host, distribution); Shinohara 2014: 462.

Xyela julii: Zirngiebl 1937: 348 –349; Takeuchi 1938: 203 –204 (senior synonym of X. variegata); Togashi 1964: 51 –52 (misidentification?); Togashi 1974: 13; Okutani 1977: 285; Okutani 1982: 19.

Xyela obscura: Togashi 1964: 51 –52; Togashi 1974: 13; Kondo & Miyake 1974: 100–102; Miyake & Kondo 1974: 92–95.

Description and type material. Blank et al. (2005).

Host. Pinus densiflora (Blank et al. 2005, 2013).

Distribution. Honshu (e.g., Blank et al. 2005; this work), Shikoku (new record).

Records. Honshu: Hiroshima Prefecture, Shobara, [34.857°N 133.014°E], 22.4.1981, leg. K. Maeto, 5♀, NSMT ; Shimane Prefecture, Nogi-gun, Hirose town, [35.367°N 133.176°E], 10.4.1980, leg. Y. Seiyama, 1♂, EUMJ .

Shikoku: Ehime Prefecture, Matsuyama, [33.842°N 132.758°E], 21.3.1955, leg. F. Takechi, 4♀ 1♂, EUMJ ; same data, 10.4.1955, 1♀, EUMJ; Ehime Prefecture, Matsuyama, Shimokarakawa Higashino [“ Higashino ”, 33.723°N 132.736°E], 8.4.1981, leg. Y. Seiyama, 15♀ 3♂, EUMJ ; Ehime Prefecture [“ Iyo ”], Mt. Saragamine [“ Mt. Sara ”], [33.721°N 132.895°E], 25.4.1953, leg. M. Miyatake, 1♀ 2♂, EUMJ ; Ehime Prefecture [“ Iyo ”], Nakadote near Matsuyama, [33.807°N 132.725°E], 8.4.1953, leg. T. Yano, 5♀ 5♂, EUMJ ; Ehime, Is [land] Nogutsuna [33.969°N 132.690°E], 14.4.1958, leg. F. Takechi, 18♀ 5♂, EUMJ ;

Remarks. Specimens collected on 21.3. 1955 in Matsuyama and on 14.4.1958 on Nogutsuna Island were misidentified as Xyela julii by Togashi (1974).