Spaniopus japonicus Kamijo, 1981

Distribution in Russia

Kamchatka Terr., Magadan Prov., Primorskiy Terr.

Distribution in the world

Japan, Russian Far East, South Korea

Biology

Primary parasitoid of the dipteran Masakimyia pustulae Yukawa et Sunose, 1976 (Cecidomyiidae); lepidopterans Caloptilia theivora (Walsingham, 1891), Spulerina corticola Kumata, 1964, Metriochroa sp. (Gracillariidae) and Cymolomia hartigiana (Saxesen, 1840) (Tortricidae). Secondary parasitoid of Protapanteles liparidis (Bouche, 1834) (Hymenoptera, Braconidae).

In the collection of ZISP

3 female

Literature

  • Tselikh E.V. 2015. Review of the world species of Spaniopus Walker, 1833 (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae), with description of a new species from the Russian Far East. Zootaxa, 4058(1): 41–65.