Megacara similis Sheng, 1999

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 : 117

Megacara similis Sheng, 1999

(New SJN: Oozu-chibi-togari-himebachi)

( Figs 52A–D , 62K , 66S )

Megacara similis Sheng, 1999 in Sheng & Sun (1999): 80.

Description. See Sheng & Sun (2009).

Materials examined. JAPAN: KPM-NK 81834 , F, Kanagawa Pref., Hadano City, Mt. Koubou-yama , 17. V. 2015, K. Watanabe leg. ; KPM-NK 81835 , F, Toyama Pref., Toyama City, Kamegai , 1–8. IX. 2009, M. Watanabe et al. leg. ( MsT) ; KPM-NK 81836 , F, Kagoshima Pref., Amamioshima Is. , Sumiyou, Santaro-toge , 12. IV. 2007, 14. IV. 2007, T. Ishizaki leg. ; KPM-NK 81837 , F, ditto, 4. VI. 2007, K. Watanabe leg. CHINA: GSFPM, F (holotype), Henan, 11. VII. 1998, M-L. Sheng leg.

Distribution. Japan (Honshu and Amamioshima Is.) and China.

Bionomics. Unknown.

Remarks. This is the first record of this species from Japan. This species can be distinguished from the other undetermined species by the whitish yellow to reddish yellow hind coxa and the black metasomal tergites ( Figs 52A, B, E ).

Figures

Fig.52.Megacara similisSheng, 1999, KPM-NK 81835,female from Japan ―A, lateral habitus;B, dorsal habitus;C, head, frontal view;D, propodeum, dorsal view; E, T I and T II, dorso-lateral view.

Fig. 62. Bathythrix kuwanae Viereck, 1912 (A, KPM-NK 81718), Ba. margaretae Sawoniewicz, 1980 (B, KPM-NK 55017), Ba. thomsoni (Kerrich, 1942) (C, KPM-NK 81675), Diaglyptidea conformis (Gmelin, 1790) (D, KPM-NK 81645), Nipponaetes haeussleri (Uchida, 1933) (E, KPM-NK 81832), Acrolyta japonica sp. nov. (F, N, KPM-NK 54996, holotype), Acr. rufocincta (Gravenhorst, 1829) (G, KPM-NK 81732), Surculus japonicus sp. nov. (H, KPM-NK 81861, holotype), Isadelphus nigrus sp. nov. (I, KPM-NK 82003, holotype), Lochetica japonica sp. nov. (J, KPM-NK 81989, holotype), Megacara similis Sheng, 1999 (K, KPM-NK 81837), Gnotus chionops (Gravenhorst, 1829) (L, KPM-NK 82100), Gn. striatus (Uchida, 1930) (M, KPM-NK 82060), and Acr. flavicoxis Sheng & Sun, 2014 (O, KPM-NK 81837), females from Japan ― A–C, head, frontal view; D, E, head, lateral view; F–K, anterior margin of clypeus; L, M, mandible; N, O, basal part of antenna, lateral view.

Fig. 66. Acrolyta japonica sp. nov. (A, KPM-NK 54996, holotype), Micraris ryukyuensis sp. nov. (B, KPM-NK 81873, holotype), Surculus japonicus sp. nov. (C, KPM-NK 81861, holotype), Bentyra ryukyuana sp. nov. (D, KPM-NK 81887, holotype), Paraphylax elegans sp. nov. (E, KPM-NK 55078, holotype), Pa. politus sp. nov. (F, KPM-NK 55079, holotype), Pa. transstriatus sp. nov. (G, KPM-NK 55080, holotype), Pa.yakushimensis sp. nov. (H, KPM-NK 55081, holotype), Pa. yambarensis sp. nov. (I, KPM-NK 55085, holotype), Hemiteles japonicus sp. nov. (J, KPM-NK 55021, holotype),H. kuro sp. nov. (K, KPM-NK 55024, holotype), H.maculipterus sp. nov. (L, KPM-NK 55025, holotype), H. yamatonis sp. nov. (M, KPM-NK 55032, holotype), Brachypimpla latipetiolator (Uchida, 1935) (N, O, KPM-NK 81973), Isadelphus nigrus sp. nov. (P, KPM-NK 82003, holotype), Lochetica japonica sp. nov. (Q, KPM-NK 81989, holotype), Mastrus molestae (Uchida, 1933) (R, KPM-NK 81987), Megacara similis Sheng, 1999 (S, KPM-NK 81835), Tropistes shimizui sp. nov. (T, KPM-NK 81833, holotype), and Uchidella toichii sp. nov. (U, KPM-NK 82011, holotype), females from Japan ― A-N, P-U, apical part of ovipositor, lateral view (A, C-G, I-K, N, Q-U, left side; B, H, L, M, P, right side); O, apex of ovipositor sheath, lateral view.