Saphonecrus chaodongzhui Melika, Ács & Bechtold, 2004

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Saphonecrus chaodongzhui Melika, Ács & Bechtold, 2004

Saphonecrus chaodongzhui Melika, Ács & Bechtold in Melika et al. (2004) . Acta Zool. Acad. Sci. Hung. 50: 330. Type material: IOZ-CAS (holotype), paratypes in IOZ-CAS and PHMBL according to Melika et al. (2004).

Distribution. Mainland China (Yunnan province, according to Melika et al. (2004) and Zhejiang province, according to Wang et al. (2010)). Also, from South Korea and Japan ( Schwéger et al. 2015b: 62, Saphonecrus connatus section).

Biology. Unknown ( Melika et al. 2004). According to Schwéger et al. (2015b), reared from leaf galls on Quercus dentata based on the notes about Saphonecrus connatus made by Sakagami (1949) and Abe et al. (2007).

Remarks. Saphonecrus connatus is thought to be a trans-Palaearctic species and was recorded from Japan and South Korea ( Sakagami 1949; Abe et al. 2007). However, these records may possibly be Saphonecrus chaodongzhui , a species that is closely related to S. connatus , according to Melika et al. (2004) ( Schwéger et al. 2015b).