Metaphycus maculipennis (Timberlake, 1916)

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 : 378

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scientific name	Metaphycus maculipennis (Timberlake, 1916)
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Metaphycus maculipennis (Timberlake, 1916) View in CoL

Aphycus timberlakei Ishii, 1923: 108 View in CoL . Synonymised with Metaphycus maculipennis View in CoL by GUERRIERI & NOYES (2000: 196).

Metaphycus timberlakei (Ishii, 1923) View in CoL : MAPLE (1947: 101).

Material examined. 2 ♀♀, Matsuyama, ex Parthenolecanium persicae , 3.vi.1955, T.Tachikawa lgt .; 1♀ (on slide),

Matsuyama, ex P. persicae 3.vi.1956, T. Tachikawa lgt. G. Japoshvili det. ( ELKU).

Distribution. Japan: Kyushu, Shikoku ( TACHIKAWA 1963a). Australia, Europe, USA ( NOYES 2016).

Comments. We were not able to find Ishii’s types. We agree with GUERRIERI & NOYES (2000) on the synonymization of M. timberlakei with M. maculipennis .