Lakshaphagus japonicus (Tachikawa, 1963)

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 : 375

Lakshaphagus japonicus (Tachikawa, 1963)

Mayrencyrtus japonicus Tachikawa, 1963: 154 .

Lakshaphagus japonicus (Tachikawa) : TRJAPITZIN (1999: 700).

Type material examined. HOLOTYPE: ♀; Matsuyama, Shikoku, 25.vi.1955, T. Tachikawa lgt. ( ELKU) . PARATYPES: 2 ♀♀, Matsuyama, 26.vi.1956, T. Tachikawa lgt .; 1 ♀ (on slide), Matsuyama, 20.vi.1959, T. Tachikawa lgt .; 1 ♀ (on slide), Matsuyama, 19.vi.1959, T. Tachikawa lgt .; 1 ♀ (on slide), Matsuyama, 14.vi.1956, T. Tachikawa lgt .; 1 ♀ (on slide), Matsuyama, 30.vi.1954, T. Tachikawa lgt. ( ELKU) .

Distribution. Japan: Shikoku ( TACHIKAWA 1963a). Endemic.

Comments. According to TACHIKAWA (1963a), all the type specimens were reared from Psoraleococcus quercus (Cockerell, 1896) ( Hemiptera : Coccoidea). The collecting month for the holotype (May) provided by TACHIKAWA (1963a) is incorrect; it is actually June (given above). In the holotype the frontovertex is dirty yellow, with slight greenish metallic reflection; the mesosoma is brown, all funicle segments are longer than wide, the exserted part of the ovipositor is 1.3× as long as mid tibial spur and the hypopygium almost reaches the apex of gaster. As the exserted part of the ovipositor is almost 0.25× as long as the gaster, couplet 116 in TRJAPITZIN (1989) is incorrect in stating that it is 0.33–0.5× as long as gaster.