Lysibia ceylonensis (Kerrich, 1956)

Watanabe, Kyohei, 2021, Taxonomic and Zoogeographic Study of the Japanese Phygadeuontinae (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae), with Descriptions of 17 New Species, Bulletin of the Kanagawa Prefectural Museum (Natural Science) 50, pp. 55-136 : 65

Lysibia ceylonensis (Kerrich, 1956)

(SJN: Ceylon-mame-togari-himebachi)

( Figs 8A–C )

Haplaspis ceylonensis Kerrich, 1956 in Blunck & Kerrich (1956): 555.

Pemon proximum Perkins, 1962: 395 .

Materials examined. JAPAN: KPM-NK 55013 , F, Niigata Pref., Myoukou City, Suginosawa, Mt. Sasagamine , 13. X. 2013, S. Shimizu leg. ; KPM-NK 55014 , Niigata Pref., Sado Is. , Sado City, Kanaisinbo, Hakuundai to Mt. Myokenzan , 4. VIII. 2009, K. Watanabe leg. ; KPM-NK 81729–81731 , 3 F, Tokyo, Izuoshima Is. , Ohshima Town, Mt. Omaru , 17. VIII. – 5. X. 2012, K. Tsujii leg. ( MsT) . CHINA: GSFPM, F (det. Sheng), Jiangxi, 24. IV. 2011 .

Description. See Townes (1983) and Sheng et al. (2013).

Distribution. Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu*, Sado Is.*, and Izuoshima Is.*); Taiwan, China, India, Sri Lanka, and Europe.

Bionomics. Unknown.

Remarks. This is the first record of this species from Honshu, Sado Is., and Izuoshima Is.

Figures

Fig. 8. Lysibia ceylonensis (Kerrich, 1956), KPM-NK 55013, female from Japan ― A, lateral habitus; B, head, frontal view; C, head, mesosoma, and metasoma, dorsal view.