Saphonecrus shirakashii (Shinji, 1940), 2012

IRENE LOBATO-VILA, ALBA SALA-NISHIKAWA, GEORGE MELIKA, GRAHAM N. STONE, CHANGTI TANG, MAN-MIAO YANG, ZHIQIANG FANG, YING ZHU, YIPING WANG, SUNGHOON JUNG, JAMES A. NICHOLLS & JULI PUJADE-VILLAR, 2022, A catalogue, revision, and regional perspective of Eastern Palaearctic and Oriental oak gall wasps and their inquilines (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Cynipini, Synergini, Ceroptresini), Zootaxa 5161 (1), pp. 1-71 : 38-39

Saphonecrus shirakashii (Shinji, 1940)

Andricus shirakashii Shinji, 1940b: 290 , ♀ & ♂.

Saphonecrus tianmushanus Wang & Chen in Wang et al. (2010): 1037, ♀ [syn. in Pujade-Villar et al. (2017b: 62)].

Ufo shirakashii (Shinji) Wachi et al. (2011b: 622) .

Saphonecrus shirakashii (Shinji) Melika et al. (2012: 156) .

Distribution. Japan (Honshu, Kyushu) ( Wachi et al. 2011b: 623; Melika et al. 2012: 156), Taiwan ( Melika et al. 2012: 156), China (Fujian, Yunnan, Zhejiang Provinces) ( Wang et al. 2010: 1037; Pujade-Villar et al. 2017b: 62; Lobato-Vila et al. 2021b: 17–18), and South Korea ( Lobato-Vila et al. 2020d: 185).

Remarks. Neotype designated by Wachi et al. (2011b).

Biology. Reared from undetermined leaf galls and galls of Neuroterus nr. hakonensis ǒ, both on Q. glauca (sect. Cyclobalanopsis ) ( Table 2; Wachi et al. 2011b; Melika et al. 2012; Lobato-Vila et al. 2020d).