Sympherta townesi Hinz, 1991

Watanabe, Kyohei, 2024, Taxonomic Study of Japanese Ctenopelmatinae (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae), with Descriptions of 22 New Species, Bulletin of the Kanagawa Prefectural Museum (Natural Science) 53, pp. 39-102 : 98

Sympherta townesi Hinz, 1991

(SJN: Townes-hirata-maru-himebachi)

( Figs. 37 A, B )

Sympherta townesi Hinz, 1991: 42 .

Description. See Hinz (1991).

Specimen examined. JAPAN: KPM-NK 84765 , F, Hokkaido, Tomakomai City, Utonai-ko , 18. VI. 2006 , K.

Watanabe leg.; KPM-NK 84766 , F, Hokkaido, Hidaka Town, Uenzaru-gawa , 1–28. VIII. 2007 , A. Ueda leg.; KPM-NK 84767–84769 , 3 F, ditto, 10. VII. – 1. VIII. 2007 ; AEI, F (holotype), Nagano Pref., Kamikochi , 25. VII. 1954 , Townes family leg.

Distribution. Japan (Kunashiri Is., Hokkaido, and Honshu); China and Far East Russia.

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

Figures

Fig.37.Sympherta townesi Hinz, 1991 (KPM-NK 84766, female) ―A: lateral habitus; B: head, frontal view.