Taxon classification Animalia Hymenoptera Aulacidae

Aulacus flavigenis Alekseev, 1986 Fig. 122

Aulacus flavigenis Alekseev, 1986: 17.

Aulacus salicius Sun & Sheng, 2007b: 122. Synonymized by Sundukov and Lelej (2015).

Aulacus salicius Sun & Sheng: Turrisi et al. 2009: 56; Smith and Tripotin 2011: 520.

Material examined.

No available material from China for this study. Examined material: 1 ♀ from South Korea (Tripotin P., gift to Turrisi G.F.).

Diagnosis.

Head mainly reddish-brown, with upper part of frons and median part of vertex black; fore coxa brown; metasoma black with most of first tergite (except base) and second tergite reddish-brown; lower part of frons with sparse and indistinct punctures, upper part with distinct oblique transverse carinulae; ovipositor about 0.8 × forewing length.

Distribution.

China (Heilongjiang); Russia (Primorski Krai and Skotovo) (Alekseev 1986; Sundukov and Lelej 2015); South Korea (Gangwon-do) (Smith and Tripotin 2011).

Biology.

Collected in June (Sun and Sheng 2007b). Host: Xiphydria palaeanarctica Semenov-Tian-Shanskij ( Hymenoptera, Xiphydriidae) (Smith and Tripotin 2011), Xiphydria popovi Semenov-Tian-Shanskij & Gussakovskij (Sun and Sheng 2007b). Additional data on biology are provided by Smith and Tripotin (2011).

Remarks.

Redescription is provided by Sundukov and Lelej (2015).