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Xyela tecta Blank & Shinohara 2005

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Xyela tecta Blank & Shinohara, 2005

Xyela tecta Blank & Shinohara in Blank et al. 2005: 269 –271, ♀♂, type locality: Japan, Honshu, Saitama Prefecture, Akigasekoen; Blank et al. 2013: 52 (identification, host, distribution).

Xyela julii: Takeuchi 1938: 203 –204 (partly misidentified); Takeuchi, 1955: 112; Togashi 1974: 13; Okutani, 1977: 285. Xyela obscura: Togashi 1964: 51 –52; 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 (Blank et al. 2005), Kyushu (new record), Shikoku (new record).

Records. Kyushu: Wakasugiyama, [33.598°N 132.545°E], (Chikuzen), 10.4.1931, leg. Hiri, Fujino & Cho, 1♂, NSMT [additional 2♀ 1♂ with these collection data cannot be identified at species level since in the females the fore wing is ca 2.35 times longer than the ovipositor, and the male is missing the genital capsule].

Shikoku: Matsuyama [33.842°N 132.758°E], 21.3.1955, leg. F. Takechi, 7♀ 1♂, EUMJ; same data, 21.3.1955, 4♀, EUMJ; Ehime Prefecture, Matsuyama, Shimokarakawa Higashino [“ Higashino ”, 33.723°N 132.736°E], 8.4.1981, leg. Y. Seiyama, 1♀, EUMJ; Nakadote near Matsuyama, Iyo, [33.807°N 132.725°E], 8.4.1953, leg. T. Yano, 3♀ 1♂, EUMJ.

Remarks. The specimens from Wakasugiyama are part of the series recorded as “ Xyela julii ” by Takeuchi (1938). The specimens collected on 21.3. 1955 in Matsuyama were misidentified as X. julii by Togashi (1974).

Notes

Published as part of Blank, Stephan M., Kramp, Katja & Shinohara, Akihiko, 2017, Xyela fusca spec. nov. from Japan elucidates East Asian – North American relationships of Xyela (Hymenoptera, Xyelidae), pp. 103-121 in Zootaxa 4303 (1) on page 113, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4303.1.6, http://zenodo.org/record/840520

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http://treatment.plazi.org/id/D31A87BBDB10FFF4FF7DFE44180C2367

Cites
Taxonomic treatment: 10.5281/zenodo.6412601 (DOI)
Taxonomic treatment: http://treatment.plazi.org/id/72655041411BE91F6BCDD50FFC2E26A9 (URL)
Is part of
Journal article: 10.11646/zootaxa.4303.1.6 (DOI)
Journal article: http://zenodo.org/record/840520 (URL)
Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/2F23FFC3DB1AFFFEFFEAFFD71D642779 (URL)
Journal article: http://zoobank.org/98DEFD68-A0B1-4152-8EC9-8D1FB1FA2AC8 (URL)
Is source of
https://biodiversitypmc.sibils.org/collections/plazi/D31A87BBDB10FFF4FF7DFE44180C2367 (URL)
https://www.gbif.org/species/132648260 (URL)
https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/32531/taxon/D31A87BBDB10FFF4FF7DFE44180C2367.taxon (URL)

Biodiversity

Collection code
EUMJ
Event date
1953-04-08 , 1955-03-21 , 1981-04-08
Family
Xyelidae
Genus
Xyela
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Hymenoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Blank & Shinohara
Species
tecta
Taxon rank
species
Verbatim event date
1953-04-08 , 1955-03-21 , 1981-04-08
Taxonomic concept label
Xyela tecta Blank, 2005 sec. Blank, Kramp & Shinohara, 2017

References

  • Blank, S. M., Shinohara, A. & Byun, B. - K. (2005) The East Asian Xyela species (Hymenoptera: Xyelidae) associated with Japanese Red Pine (Pinus densiflora; Pinaceae) and their distribution history. Insect Systematics & Evolution, 36, 259 - 278.
  • Blank, S. M., Shinohara, A. & Altenhofer, E. (2013) The Eurasian species of Xyela (Hymenoptera, Xyelidae): taxonomy, host plants and distribution. Zootaxa, 3629 (1), 1 - 106.
  • Takeuchi, K. (1938) A systematic study on the suborder Symphyta (Hymenoptera) of the Japanese Empire (I). Tenthredo, 2, 173 - 229.
  • Takeuchi, K. (1955) [Coloured Illustrations of the Insects of Japan. Fol. II.] Hoikusha, Osaka, 190 pp., 68 pls. [in Japanese]
  • Togashi, I. (1974) Symphyta of Shikoku, Japan (Hymenoptera). Transactions of the Shikoku Entomological Society, 12, 13 - 22.
  • Okutani, T. (1977) Xyelidae. In: Ito, S., Okutani, T. & Hiura, I. (Eds.), Coloured Illustrations of the Insects of Japan. Fol. II. Hoikusha, Osaka, pp. 285. [in Japanese]
  • Togashi, I. (1964) On the species of the genus Xyela (Hym., Xyelidae) of Japan. Life Study, 8, 51 - 52. [in English and Japanese]