Adelencyrtus japonicus (Ishii, 1923) Japoshvili & Higashiura & Kamitani, 2016

Japoshvili, George, Higashiura, Yoshimitsu & Kamitani, Satoshi, 2016, A review of Japanese Encyrtidae (Hymenoptera), with descriptions of new species, new records and comments on the types described by Japanese authors, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 56 (1), pp. 345-401 : 350-351

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5306831
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:D7B9D474-65C3-4358-8057-DD672465241B
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/C16787B1-FFC7-FFC4-FE8F-F3A0FCEE2E7B
treatment provided by	Marcus
scientific name	Adelencyrtus japonicus (Ishii, 1923)
status	comb. nov.

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Adelencyrtus japonicus (Ishii, 1923) comb. nov.

Anabrolepis japonica Ishii, 1923: 104 View in CoL .

Epitetracnemus japonicus (Ishii) View in CoL : NOYES & HAYAT (1984): 273 (new combination).

Type marterial examined. LECTOTYPE: ♀ (here designated): swept on bamboo infested with Eriococcus onukii , 22.x.1922, T. Ishii lgt. ( NIAES). PARALECOTYPES: 1 ♀, same data as lectotype; 1 ♀, head and body (as separate slides), same data as lectotype ( NIAES).

Additional material examined. 2 ♀♀, Nagasaki, ex Odonaspis bambusarum , 28.v.1926, T. Ishii lgt., T.Tachikawa det.; 1 ♀, Matsuyama, 20.vi.1960, T. Tachikawa lgt. & det.; 1 ♀ (on slide), Ehime pref., Nakajima, 12.x.1957, F. Takechi lgt., T. Tachikawa det.; 1 ♀, Matsuyama, ex O. bambusarum , 2.vi.1960, T. Tachikawa lgt. & det. ( ELKU).

Distribution. Japan: Kyushu (ISHII 1923), Shikoku (new record). Endemic.

Comments. It is unlikely that the host of this species is Eriococcus onukii Kuwana, 1902

( Hemiptera : Ericoccidae). We suspect that the true host is an undiscovered diaspidid scale insect ( Hemiptera : Diaspididae ) mixed in with the eriococcid.