Spathius japonicus Watanabe 1937
Creators: name: Tang, Pu
name: Belokobylskij, Sergey
name: Chen, Xue-Xin
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Braconidae
Spathius
Spathius japonicus

description: Spathius japonicus Watanabe, 1937
Spathius japonicus Watanabe, 1937: 36; Nixon, 1943: 279; Shenefelt & Marsh, 1976: 1406; Belokobylskij, 1998: 84; Belokobylskij & Maeto, 2009: 615; Yu et al., 2012.
Spathius fukienensis Chao, 1957: 11; 1978: 174; Chen & Shi, 2004: 134; Yu et al., 2012. Syn. nov.
Material examined. China (ZJUH). Zhejiang Prov.: 2 females, Gutianshan, 2–3.VII.2005, Shi Min, Nos. 200615928 and 200616395; 1 female, Gutianshan, 3.VII.2005, Wu Qiong, No. 200616456; 1 female, Suichang Jiulongshan, 18.VIII.1994, Chen Xuexin, No. 944740; 1 female, Xitianmushan, 20. VI.1996, Chen Xuexin, No. 972199. Fujian Prov.: 3 females, Yongtai Chibi, 17.IX.2002, Liu Jingxian, Nos. 20023552, 20023533 and 20023637; 2 females, Yongtai Qingyunshan, 18.IX.2002, Li Fangfang, Nos. 20023183 and 20023190; 1 female, Yongtai Daiyunshan, 13.IX.2002, Liu Jingxian, No. 20025057; 1 female, Yongan Tianbaoyan, 19.VII.2001, Piao Meihua, No. 200107044; 2 females, 1 male, Dehua Jiuxianshan, 12.IX.2002, Xu Zaifu, Nos. 20024082, 20024081 and 20024775. Hunan Prov.: 1 female, Shimen Hupingshan, 13.VII.2009, Ma Li, No. 200900931; 2 females, Shimen Hupingshan, 8 and 10.VII.2009, Tang Pu, Nos. 200901276 and 200902021. 1 female, Liuyang, 30.IX.1984, Tong Xinwang, No. 20044611; Guangdong Prov.: 5 females, Shixing Chebaling, 27.VII.2002, Xu Zaifu, Nos. 20051711, 20051738, 20051875, 20051866 and 20051844; 3 females, Fuyuan Nanling, 8. V.2004, Xu Zaifu, Nos. 20049546, 20049628, and 20049529; 4 females, Nanling, 16–21.VII.2008, Xu Zaifu, Nos. 200809163, 200809166, 200809167 and 200807902; 1 female, Yunan Tongledashan, 12–13.VIII.2003, Xu Zaifu, No. 20054533; 2 females, Fogang Guanyinshan, 12. V.2004, Xu Zaifu, Nos. 20053329 and 20053330; 2 females, Fengkai Heishiding, 15.VIII.2003, Chen Jujian, Nos. 20048912 and 20048920; 1 female, Zijin Qimuzhang, 31.VII.2003, Song Yanxia, No. 20059034; 1 female, Meizhou Fengxi, 29.VII.2003, Chen Jujian, No. 20048370; 2 females, Dinghushan, 6–7.IV.2002, Xu Zaifu, Nos. 20026431 and 20026630; 1 female, Yangchun Baitong, 5– 6. V.2002, Xu Zaifu, No. 20028089; 1 female, Nankunshan, 8. VI.2002, Xu Zaifu, No. 20028867; 3 females, Yangshan Chengjia, 25.VII.2002, Xu Zaifu, Nos. 20029311, 20029290 and 20029310. Guangxi Prov.: 1 female, Shiwandashan, 29.XI.2001, Ma Yun, No. 20021561; 1 female, Guangxi Botanical Garden, 30.X.2002, Lin Naiquan, No. 20034964; 2 females, Nanling, 30.X.2002, Lin Naiquan, Nos. 20035876 and 20035902. Hainan Prov.: 1 female, Bawangling, 26.XI.2008, Tan Jiangli, No. 200805705; 1 female, Bawangling, 9–10. VI.2007, Liu Jingxian, No. 200703581; 1 female, Yinggeling, 28. V –3. VI.2007, Weng Liqiong, No. 200804069; 2 females, Jianfengling Tianchi, 22–23.X.2007, Liu Jingxian, Nos. 2007010729 and 2007010814; 4 females, Jianfengling, 5– 7. VI.2007, Weng Liqiong, Nos. 200806449, 200806454, 200806452 and 200806455; 5 females, Diaoluoshan, 16– 17.VII.2006, Liu Jingxian, Nos. 200802334, 200802141, 200802144, 200802409 and 200802329; 1 female, Wuzhishan, 15–16. V.2008, Liu Jingxian, No. 200905328. Yunnan Prov.: 4 females, Tengchong Jietouxiang, 11– 12.VII.2006, Zeng Jie, Nos. 200801835, 200801808, 200801643 and 200801841; 2 females, Yingjiang Tongbiguan, 20. V.2009, Zeng Jie, Nos. 200905282 and 20095288; 1 female, Tengchong Datianpo, 22. V.2009, Zeng Jie, No. 200904499; 4 females, Xishuangbanna, 31.VII.2003, Xu Zaifu, Nos. 20053576, 20053536, 20053545 and 20053585. Guizhou Prov.: 1 female, Mayanghe Huangguatuo, 1.X.2007, Liu Jingxian, No. 200709079; 1 female, Mayanghe Wanjia, 27–30.IX.2007, Liu Jingxian, No. 200708540; 1 female, Leigongshan Xiaodanjiang, 5. VI.2005, Zhang Hongying, No. 200606222; 1 female, Huishui Jiulongshan, 11. VI.2010, Zeng Jie, No. 201003830.
Distribution. China (Zhejiang, Fujian, Hubei, Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Yunnan, Guizhou); Japan, Korea.
Remarks. The type material of S. fukienensis Chao was not found in the collection of Institute of Zoology, Beijing, China (IZCAS). However, according to the description and figures in Chao (1957), S. fukienensis has its subapical segments of antenna pale yellow, metasoma behind petiole compressed, petiole distinctly longer than propodeum, dorsal side of hind tibia with mixed short and long setae, mesoscutum and vertex distinctly striate. These characters clearly show that S. fukienensis Chao is a junior synonym of S. japonicus Watanabe.
description: Published as part of Tang, Pu, Belokobylskij, Sergey & Chen, Xue-Xin, 2015, Spathius Nees, 1818 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae, Doryctinae) from China with a key to species, pp. 1-132 in Zootaxa 3960 (1) on pages 56-58, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3960.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/14951550