Two new species of the genus Carminator Shaw from Japan, the northernmost record of extant Megalyridae (Hymenoptera) |
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| Authors: | Toshiharu MITA Kazuhiko KONISHI Mamoru TERAYAMA Seiki YAMANE |
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| Institution: | Laboratory of Insect Resources, Faculty of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture, Kanagawa,;National Agricultural Research Center for Hokkaido Region, Hokkaido,;Laboratory of Applied Entomology, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo and;Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima, Japan |
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| Abstract: | The family Megalyridae is recorded from Japan for the first time on the basis of two new species, Carminator helios and C. japonicus. This is the northernmost record of living Megalyridae, although fossil species are known from regions of the Baltic Sea. Carminator helios can be distinguished from congeners of the Asian and Australian regions by the combination of a long head, deeply excavated frons with convex inner margins, entirely striated postgena, the number of fore tibial spines (more than 16), and a long R1 vein. Carminator japonicus is distinguishable from other species by the combination of an orange‐colored metasoma, a weakly excavated frons, and an elongate vertex. This species was collected from the canopy of Acer pictum. Additional characters that distinguish species of the genus Carminator are discussed. |
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| Keywords: | Carminator helios sp nov Carminator japonicus sp nov distribution taxonomy |
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