Gasteruption japonicum Cameron, 1888

Tan, Jiang-Li, Achterberg, Cornelis van, Wu, Jia-Xuan, Wang, Hang & Zhang, Qi-Jing, 2021, An illustrated key to the species of Gasteruption Latreille (Hymenoptera, Gasteruptiidae) from Palaearctic China, with description of four new species, ZooKeys 1038, pp. 1-103 : 1

Gasteruption japonicum Cameron, 1888

Gasteruption japonicum Cameron, 1888: 134; Zhao et al. 2012: 58-61; Tan et al. 2016: 97.

Gasteryption (!) sibiricum Semenov, 1892: 24; van Achterberg et al. 2019: 5 (synonymised with G. japonicum ).

Gasteruption rufescenticorne Enderlein, 1913: 324-325 (only female lectotype; not Zhao et al. 2012); Hedicke 1939: 28; Pasteels 1958: 177. Syn. nov.

Gasteruption sinense var. minus Kieffer, 1924: 78; Zhao et al. 2012: 58 (synonymised with G. japonicum ).

Additional material.

1 ♀ + 2 ♂ (NWUX) Shaanxi, NWU Taibai campus, small garden, ca. 410 m alt., on flowers of Cayratia japonica ( Thunberg ), 4, 6, 12.vii.2017, JL Tan / QQ Tan ; 3 ♀, id., but 13.vi.2020, JL Tan; 1 ♀, NWU Chang’an campus, on flowers of Daucus carota L. 30.vi.2020, JL Tan ; 3 ♀ (NWUX, RMNH), id., but 5, 15, 23.vi.2018, JL Tan/QQ Tan/RN Zhang; 1 ♀ (NWUX), Shaanxi, near Ningqiang , 23.vii.2017 QQ Tan ; 2 ♀ (NWUX), Shaanxi, Bailuyuan, Baqiao, Xi’an, 34.20°N, 109.12°E, 14.vii. 2018, 687 m, Ruonan Zhang ; 1 ♀ + 2 ♂ (NWUX), Shaanxi, Luonan, Shangluo , 34.02°N, 110.10°E, 9.vii.-9.ix.2017, 1006 m alt., yellow Malaise trap, JL Tan & QQ Tan ; 2 ♀ (NWUX), Shaanxi, Taibai Mt., Baoji , 34.04°N, 107.46°E, swept, 4.viii.2017, 1251 m alt., Jiangli Tan ; 1 ♀ (NWUX) Shaanxi, Xunyangba, Ningshan , 32°91'N, 109°68'E, 9.vi.2019, 507, Tan JL & Zhang RN ; 2 ♀ (RMNH), Shaanxi, Qinling Mts., Luonan, Maping , Yunmeng Mt. , 9-10.vii.2017, ca. 1090 m alt., 34°8'N, 110°7'E, C. v. Achterberg ; 6 ♀ (NWUX), id., but 34.08°N, 110.02°E, 1084 m alt., Ruonan Zhang/Qingqing Tan/Jiangli Tan; 1 ♀ (NWUX), NE China: Shaanxi, Xi’an, NWU Taibai campus, small garden, ca. 410 m alt., 3.ix.2018, JL Tan ; 2 ♀ (NWUX, RMNH), NW China: Shaanxi, Yingpan, Zhashui , 859 m alt., 33°73'N, 109°88'E, 1.vii.2019, Jiangli Tan ; 1 ♀ (NWUX), NW China: Shaanxi, Qiligou, Xunyangba , 507 m alt., 32°91'N, 109°68'E, 1.vii.2019, hand net, JL Tan ; 1♀ (NWUX), Shaanxi, Miaojv, Liulin, Yaozhou , Tongchuan , sweep net, 35.60°N, 108.49°E, 27.vii. 2019, 934 m alt., Jiangli Tan .

Notes.

The female lectotype of Gasteruption rufescenticorne Enderlein proved to be a synonym of G. japonicum (syn. nov.). Zhao et al. (2012) used the paralectotype of G. rufescenticorne , but this specimen belongs to a new species ( G. kexinae ) described below.

Distribution

. China (Fujian, Gansu, Heilongjiang, Hubei, Hunan, Inner Mongolia, Jilin, Ningxia, Shaanxi, Shanghai, Sichuan, Taiwan, Xinjiang, Yunnan, Zhejiang); Japan (Honshu, Hokkaido).