Pristaulacus insularis Konishi 1990

Turrisi, Giuseppe Fabrizio & Smith, David R., 2011, Systematic revision and phylogeny of the endemic southeastern Asian Pristaulacus comptipennis species group (Hymenoptera: Aulacidae) 2959, Zootaxa 2959 (1), pp. 1-72 : 30-31

Pristaulacus insularis Konishi 1990

( Figs 73–81 )

Pristaulacus insularis Konishi 1990: 650 ; Smith 2001: 288; Turrisi 2007: 46; Turrisi et al. 2009: 57.

Type material. The type material consists of the holotype ♀ (examined) and 49 paratypes (43♀, 6♂, partly examined), mostly in ITLJ, with some paratypes in USNM.

Material examined. See Turrisi (2007). Additional specimens: Japan, Tokyo Prefecture, Izu Islands, Miyakejima, Ako-rindo , 4.VIII.2008, 1♀, H. Makihara leg. (Malaise trap) ( TUAE) ; same data, 24.VIII.2008, 6♀ (Malaise trap) ( TUAE) ; Japan, Tokyo Prefecture, Izu Islands, Miyake-jima, Tsubota-rindo , 300 m, N34-3-41-9, E139-31-54- 2, 30.VII.2008, 1♀, H. Makihara leg. (Malaise trap) ( TUAE) ; same data, 4♀ (Malaise trap) ( TUAE) ; Japan, Ehime Prefecture, Shikoku, Narukawa-keikoku, Kihoku-chô , 33°14'N, 132°38'E, 5.VIII.2006, 1♀, Y. Kawakami leg. ( DBAC) . South Korea: Gyongbuk, Ulleung-do, Seo-myeon , Taecharyeong , in beech forest, 50 ~ 400 m, 14.VIII.2010, 1♀, P. Tripotin leg. ( USNM) .

Description. See Konishi (1990). Redescription and data on intraspecific variation are provided by Turrisi (2007).

Distribution. Japan (Honshu, Shikoku, Mikura-jima, Hachijô-jima, Miyake-jima; Chikuzen-okino-shima, Yaku-shima; Amami-ôshima ( Konishi 1990; Turrisi 2007). South Korea (Smith & Tripotin in press) ( Fig. 186 ).

Remarks. This species is newly recorded for Miyake-jima and Shikoku.

Biology. Unknown.

Figures

FIGURE 186. Distribution map of Pristaulacus comptipennis species group. The number of species is indicated for each subregions, north: Japanese islands, middle: China and surroundings, south: Laos, Thailand, Vietnam. Letters refer to species: a, P. asiaticus; b, P. boninensis; c, P. comptipennis; d, P. corellianus; e, P. dilleri; f, P. emarginaticeps; g, P. excisus; h, P. gusenleitneri; i, P. insularis; j, P. jenningsi; k, P.konishii; l, P. lagrecai; m, P. nobilei; n, P. porcatus; o, P. sharkeyi; p, P. thailandensis; q, P. vietnamensis; r, P. vilhelmseni; s, P. vivaldianus; t, P. watanabei.

FIGURES 73–77. Pristaulacus insularis, paratype ♀. 73. Head, dorsal view. 74. Head, frontal view. 75. Head, lateral view. 76. Mesosoma, dorsal view. 77. Pronotum, lateral view.

FIGURES 78–81. Pristaulacus insularis, paratype ♀. 78. Wings. 79. Mesosoma, lateral view. 80. Mid and hind coxae, ventral view. 81. Metasoma, lateral view.