Syrphophagus splaeophoriae Tachikawa, 1963

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 : 393

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5306831
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scientific name	Syrphophagus splaeophoriae Tachikawa, 1963
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Syrphophagus splaeophoriae Tachikawa, 1963: 223 View in CoL .

Type material examined. HOLOTYPE: ♀, Matsuyama, ex Sphaerophoria macrogaster (misidentified as S. cylindrica Say ), 7.vii.1958, T. Tachikawa lgt. ( ELKU). PARATYPES: 2 ♀♀, Matsuyama, ex Sphaerophoria macromesosoma , 5.vii.1953, T. Tachikawa lgt.; 1 ♀ (on slide), data as for holotype ( ELKU).

Distribution. Japan: Shikoku ( TACHIKAWA 1963a). Endemic.

Comments. This species is close to Syrphophagus vicinus (Trjapitzin, 1978) and S. eliavae Japoshvili, 2007 and possibly all three taxa are synonymous.