Charitopes gastricus ( Holmgren, 1868 )

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 : 107-108

Charitopes gastricus ( Holmgren, 1868)

(SJN: Himekagerou-mame-togari-himebachi)

( Figs 45A–D , 64E )

Hemiteles gastricus Holmgren, 1868: 401 .

Hemiteles (Charitopes) chrysopae Brischke, 1890: 105 .

Hemiteles flavigaster Schmiedeknecht, 1897: 534 .

Hemiteles flavocinctus Strobl, 1901: 232 .

Hemiteles brunnescens Schmiedeknecht, 1905: 815 .

Hemiteles silvicola Habermehl, 1920: 7 .

Description. See Townes (1983).

Materials examined. JAPAN: KPM-NK 81962–81964 , 3 F, Gunma Pref., Tsumagoi Vil., Kanbara , 3. IX. 2015, K. Watanabe leg. ; KPM-NK 81965 , F, Tochigi Pref., Nasushiobara City, Shiobara, Dodaira , 4. VII. 2008, 11. VII. 2008, T. Matsumura leg. (MsT) ; KPM-NK 81966 , F, Nagano Pref., Outaki Vil., Mt. Ontakesan, Hakkaisan , 31. VII. 2013, K. Watanabe leg. ; KPM-NK 81971 , 81972 , 2 F, Shizuoka Pref., Honkawane Town, Mt. Yamainudan , 14. VI. 2008, K. Watanabe leg. ; KPM-NK 81967–81970 , 4 F, Tottori Pref., Wakasa City, Mt. Hyonosen , 17. VII. 2011, K. Watanabe leg. GERMANY: ZSM, F (det. Horstmann), Schlüttsiel Husum anb....[?] 3.9.63 .

Distribution. Japan (Honshu); widely distributed in Holarctic region.

Bionomics. Unknown in Japan. Aubert (1966, 1977) recorded Pristiphora abietina (Christ, 1791) ( Hymenoptera , Tenthredinidae ) as the host. Townes (1983) recorded Hemerobius sp. ( Neuroptera , Hemerobiidae ) as the host.

Figures

Fig. 45. Charitopes gastricus (Holmgren, 1868), KPM-NK 81962, female from Japan ― A, lateral habitus; B, head, frontal view; C, head, mesosoma, and metasoma, dorsal view; D, mesosoma, lateral view.

Fig. 64. Surculus japonicus sp. nov. (A, KPM-NK 81861, holotype), Paraphylax elegans sp. nov. (B, KPM-NK 55078, holotype), Hemiteles japonicus sp. nov. (C, KPM-NK 55021, holotype), H. maculipterus sp. nov. (D, KPM-NK 55026, paratype), Charitopes gastricus (Holmgren, 1868) (E, KPM-NK 81963), Tropistes shimizui sp. nov. (F, KPM-NK 81833, holotype), Uchidella okamotoi (Uchida, 1936) (G, KPM-NK 82073), and Uchidella toichii sp. nov. (H, KPM-NK 82011, holotype), females from Japan ― A–H, propodeum,dorsal view.