Atanycolus initiator (Fabricius, 1793)

Ichneumon initiator Fabricius, 1793, 2: 161.

Bracon (Coeloides) initiator: Blanchard, 1840, 3: 341.

Bracon ( Vipio, Coelobracon) genalis Th omson, 1892, 17: 1800. syn. by Roman, 1912.

Atanycolus initiator: Szepligeti, 1901, 33: 176; Watanabe, 1950, 21(2): 20 (Shanxi of China); Papp, 1998a, 59: 147; Tobias et al., 2000, 4: 183; Sheng, 1990, 1: 33.

Atanycolus mongolicus Telenga, 1936, 5 (2): 92. syn. by Tobias, 1971.

Atanycolus petiolaris Th omson, 1892, 17: 1859. syn. by Tobias, 1986.

Specimens examined. CHINA: HEILONGJIANG: 6♀♀, Dailing (128°54'E, 47°40'N), Yichun, 1956.VI.10, Shi Zhen-hua, No. 5710. 3, Ex. Monochamus sutor (L.) ; 20♀♀, Dailing (128°54'E, 47°40'N), Yichun, 1977.VII.24, He Jun-hua, No .

771811, 771749, 771771, 771786, 771845, 771870, 771680, 771703, 771713, 771710, 771850, 771802, 771887, 771892, 771812, 771687, 771725, 771813, 771726, 771727, 771903 (ZJUH); CHINA: INNER MENGOLIA: 3♀♀ 2 33, Xiao Xing’anling (127°42'E, 46°28'N), 1955. VI.1, Collector unknown, No. 5607. 1, Ex. Ips typographus, L. (ZJUH) ; CHINA: SHANXI: 1♀ 1 3, Taiyuan (112°33'E, 37°54'N), 1987. V, Zhao Rui-liang, No. 870074, 870075 (ZJUH) ; CHINA: SHANGDONG: 1♀, Tai mountain (117°59'E, 36°28'N), Tai’an, 1997. VI.17, Li Qiang, No. 200011169 (ZJUH) ; CHINA: HUBEI: 2♀♀, Jingshan (113°23'E, 31°6'N), 1980. VI, Zhan Zhong-cai, No. 824303, 824302 (ZJUH) .

Biology. The known hosts are Monochamus sutor (L.) ( Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) and Ips typographus L. ( Coleoptera: Scolytidae) according to collecting labels. Other reported hosts are Semanotus rufipennis Motschulsky, Acanthocinus aedilis L., Cerambyx scopolii Fuessly, Criocephalus rusticus L., Rhagium inquisitor L., Tetropium castaneum L. and T. fuscum Fabricius ( Coleoptera: Cerambycidae), Aegeria flaviventris Staudinger and A. vespiformis L. belonging to family Sesiidae of Lepidoptera based on the catalogues of Shenefelt (1978) and Yu et al. (2005).

Distribution. China (Heilongjiang, Inner Mongolia, Shanxi, Shandong, Henan and Hubei); Austria; Azerbaijan; Croatia; Czech Republic; Czechoslovakia; Finland; France; Germany; Hungary; Italy; Japan; Latvia; Lithuania; Mongolia; Norway; Poland; Russia; Slovakia; Spain; Sweden; Switzerland; Turkey; Turkmenistan; Ukraine; United Kingdom.