Gonatopus nigricans (R. Perkins, 1905)

Olmi, Massimo, 2017, Dryinidae and Embolemidae (Hymenoptera, Chrysidoidea) from Anijima, Ogasawara Islands, Japan, Zootaxa 4323 (2), pp. 239-249 : 243-244

Gonatopus nigricans (R. Perkins, 1905)

Paragonatopus nigricans R. PERkiNS 1905: 41. TYpE loCAlitY: QUEENSlANd, BUNdAbERg ( AUStRAliA).

Specimen examined. Japan, OgaSawara ISlS. [Anijima] 1♂, Minaminuma, 5.VI–2.VIII.2014 (MT), JWRC leg. (ELKU); 1♂, Southern part of Mt. Minaminuma, 3.VI–4.VII.2014 (MT), JWRC leg. (ELKU); 1♂, Tokenzan, 7.VI–2.VII.2014 (MT), JWRC leg. (ELKU).

Hosts. Recorded from following genera of Delphacidae : Laodelphax , Liburnia , Nilaparvata , Perkinsiella , Sogatella , Stenocranus .

Distribution. Widely diStributed in ASian countrieS from India to Japan, and AuStralia, Fiji, Solomon ISlandS, Hawaii (introduced).

Remarks. ThiS iS the firSt record of thiS SpecieS from OgaSawara ISlandS. It iS one of the major dryinid paraSitoidS of rice planthopperS Laodelphax striatella (Fallén) , Nilaparvata lugens (Stål) , Sogatella furcifera (Horváth) .