Xyela tecta Blank & Shinohara, 2005

Blank, Stephan M., Kramp, Katja & Shinohara, Akihiko, 2017, Xyela fusca spec. nov. from Japan elucidates East Asian – North American relationships of Xyela (Hymenoptera, Xyelidae), Zootaxa 4303 (1), pp. 103-121 : 113

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4303.1.6
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scientific name	Xyela tecta Blank & Shinohara, 2005
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Xyela tecta Blank & Shinohara in Blank et al. 2005: 269 –271, ♀♂, type locality: Japan, Honshu, Saitama Prefecture, Akigasekoen; Blank et al. 2013: 52 View Cited Treatment (identification, host, distribution).

Xyela julii: Takeuchi 1938: 203 –204 (partly misidentified); Takeuchi, 1955: 112; Togashi 1974: 13; Okutani, 1977: 285. Xyela obscura: Togashi 1964: 51 –52; Kondo & Miyake 1974: 100–102; Miyake & Kondo 1974: 92–95.

Description and type material. Blank et al. (2005).

Host. Pinus densiflora ( Blank et al. 2005, 2013).

Distribution. Honshu ( Blank et al. 2005), Kyushu (new record), Shikoku (new record).

Records. Kyushu: Wakasugiyama, [33.598°N 132.545°E], (Chikuzen), 10.4.1931, leg. Hiri, Fujino & Cho, 1♂, NSMT [additional 2♀ 1♂ with these collection data cannot be identified at species level since in the females the fore wing is ca 2.35 times longer than the ovipositor, and the male is missing the genital capsule].

Shikoku: Matsuyama [33.842°N 132.758°E], 21.3.1955, leg. F. Takechi, 7♀ 1♂, EUMJ GoogleMaps ; same data, 21.3.1955, 4♀, EUMJ GoogleMaps ; Ehime Prefecture, Matsuyama, Shimokarakawa Higashino [“ Higashino ”, 33.723°N 132.736°E], 8.4.1981, leg. Y. Seiyama, 1♀, EUMJ GoogleMaps ; Nakadote near Matsuyama, Iyo , [33.807°N 132.725°E], 8.4.1953, leg. T. Yano, 3♀ 1♂, EUMJ GoogleMaps .

Remarks. The specimens from Wakasugiyama are part of the series recorded as “ Xyela julii ” by Takeuchi (1938). The specimens collected on 21.3. 1955 in Matsuyama were misidentified as X. julii by Togashi (1974).