Taxon classification Animalia Hymenoptera Aulacidae

Pristaulacus karinulus Smith, 2001 Fig. 122

Pristaulacus kiefferi Enderlein, 1912: 266 (preoccupied by Bradley 1908).

Pristaulacus karinulus Smith, 2001: 288 (replacement name for Pristaulacus kiefferi Enderlein, 1912).

Pristaulacus karinulus Smith: Sun and Sheng 2007a: 219; Turrisi et al. 2009: 57.

Material examined.

CHINA: 1 ♀, Taiwan (Hoozan), labelled as syntypus of Pristaulacus kiefferi (SDEI).

Diagnosis .

Metasoma extensively reddish orange; basal antennomeres elongate (A3 5.0-6.0 × longer than wide, A4 10.0 × longer than wide); occipital carina straight, wide, 0.5 × diameter of ocellus, lamelliform, brownish.

Distribution.

China (Henan, Jiangsu, Taiwan) (Sun and Sheng 2007a); India (Smith 2001).

Biology.

Collected from May to July. Host not known.

Remarks.

Sun and Sheng (2007a) recorded this species from Henan and Jiansu. However, we were unable to examine Sun & Sheng’s specimens.