Saphonecrus sinicus Belizin, 1968 Incertae sedis

IRENE LOBATO-VILA, ALBA SALA-NISHIKAWA, GEORGE MELIKA, GRAHAM N. STONE, CHANGTI TANG, MAN-MIAO YANG, ZHIQIANG FANG, YING ZHU, YIPING WANG, SUNGHOON JUNG, JAMES A. NICHOLLS & JULI PUJADE-VILLAR, 2022, A catalogue, revision, and regional perspective of Eastern Palaearctic and Oriental oak gall wasps and their inquilines (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Cynipini, Synergini, Ceroptresini), Zootaxa 5161 (1), pp. 1-71 : 49

Saphonecrus sinicus Belizin, 1968 Incertae sedis

Saphonecrus sinicus Belizin, 1968: 701 , ♀.

Distribution. China (Sichuan Province) ( Belizin 1968: 717).

Remarks. The types are lost ( Schwéger et al. 2015b). Uncertain status ( Lobato-Vila et al. 2021b).

Remarks (2). According to the original description ( Belizin 1968), it is not clear if S. sinicus is a Saphonecrus . The number of antennal segments is not mentioned and, despite having the radial cell open, according to its descriptor, S. sinicus has two morphological traits that are untypical among Saphonecrus species: smoky wings and a broad mesoscutellum, the width of which is equal to the width of the mesoscutum ( Lobato-Vila et al. 2021b). Schwéger et al. (2015b) considered S. sinicus a valid species within Saphonecrus , despite being unable to locate its type material (a single female).

Biology. Unknown ( Belizin 1968).