Leptomastidea bifasciata ( Mayr, 1876 )

Japoshvili, George, Higashiura, Yoshimitsu & Kamitani, Satoshi, 2016, A review of Japanese Encyrtidae (Hymenoptera), with descriptions of new species, new records and comments on the types described by Japanese authors, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 56 (1), pp. 345-401 : 375-376

Leptomastidea bifasciata ( Mayr, 1876)

Leptomastidea rubra Tachikawa, 1956: 141 , syn. nov.

Type material examined. Leptomastidea rubra : HOLOTYPE: ♀, Matsuyama, Shikoku, 17.vi.1953, T. Tachikawa lgt. ( ELKU) . PARATYPES: 2 ♀♀, Matsuyama, 8.x.1953, T. Tachikawa lgt .; 2 ♀♀, Matsuyama, 14.vi.1954, T. Tachikawa lgt .; 1 ♀, Matsuyama, 21.ix.1955, T. Tachikawa lgt .; 1 ♀, Tarumi, Matsuyama, 26.vii.1953, T. Tachikawa lgt .; 1 ♀, Matsuyama, 15.vi.1953, T. Tachikawa lgt .; 1 ♀ (on slide), Tarumi, Matsuyama, 24.ix.1953, T. Tachikawa lgt .; 3 ♀♀ (on slides), without locality, 23.ix.1955, T. Tachikawa lgt. & det. ( ELKU) .

Distribution. Japan: Hokkaido, Kyushu, Shikoku ( TACHIKAWA 1963a). Palaearctic ( NOYES 2016).

Comments. The type material of L. rubra falls within the variation observed in material of L. bifasciata housed in European collections, in particular antennal and general body colouration. Females of L. bifasciata vary from the head and mesosoma being generally bright red to orangish brown, with F 1 and sometimes F 2 and clava varying from pale orange to brown. We are therefore confident that L. rubra is a junior synonym of L. bifasciata .