Xanthopimpla brullei Krieger, 1899

Watanabe, Kyohei & Matsumoto, Rikio, 2021, Revision of the genus Xanthopimpla Saussure, 1892 (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Pimplinae) from Japan, Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 68 (2), pp. 269-297 : 269

Xanthopimpla brullei Krieger, 1899

Xanthopimpla brullei Krieger, 1899: 88; Schulz 1906: 114; Townes et al. 1961: 51; Townes and Chiu 1970: 51; Momoi 1970: 335; Watanabe 2011: 15.

Comparative diagnosis.

This species belongs to the regina species group sensu Townes and Chiu (1970). This species is very similar to X. konowi and can be distinguished by two character states in combination: black spots on T IV each with about 10 punctures; pre-apical bristles on hind tibia 1 to 4, slender, scattered from apex towards the middle of tibia.

Distribution.

Japan (Okinawa Is.?). Outside Japan, this species has been recorded from Indonesia, Malaysia and Philippines ( Yu et al. 2016).

Bionomics.

Unknown in Japan.

Remarks.

Although Schulz (1906) recorded this species from Japan, based on a single specimen collected from Nago, Okinawa Island, no additional material was available to us. Townes and Chiu (1970) pointed out that this species occurs in the Greater Sunda Islands. Momoi (1970) also noted that "This species is unknown to me. No new material from Ryukyus is available". Thus, the distribution record of this species from Japan may be based on misidentification.