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Research Project: Systematics of Parasitic and Herbivorous Wasps of Agricultural Importance

Location: Systematic Entomology Laboratory

Title: Indoxiphia prima (Hymenoptera, Xiphydriidae): Discovery of a Taiwanese Woodwasp in Southern Japan

Author
item SHINOHARA, AKIHIKO - National Museum Of Nature And Science
item SMITH, D.R. - Retired ARS Employee

Submitted to: Bulletin of the National Museum of Nature and Science
Publication Type: Peer Reviewed Journal
Publication Acceptance Date: 12/23/2020
Publication Date: 2/22/2021
Citation: Shinohara, A., Smith, D. 2021. Indoxiphia prima (Hymenoptera, Xiphydriidae): Discovery of a Taiwanese Woodwasp in Southern Japan. Bulletin of the National Museum of Nature and Science. Ser. A, 47(1):1-5. https://doi.org/10.50826/bnmnszool.47.1_1.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.50826/bnmnszool.47.1_1

Interpretive Summary: The caterpillar-like larvae of sawflies are all plant feeders and many can cause economic damage to agricultural crops, forests, and ornamentals. Some groups are wood-borers and are easily introduced by commerce in wood. A species described from Taiwan has recently been discovered in Japan. These new distribution records are given, and the species is illustrated, characterized, and separated from other Japanese species. This will be of use to researchers concerned with plant-feeding insects and port identifiers involved with interceptions from eastern Asia.

Technical Abstract: A xiphydriid woodwasp, Indoxiphia prima Smith, 2019, previously known only from Taiwan, is newly recorded from Ashizuri-misaki (Shikoku), Nakanoshima Island (Tokara Islands) and Amami-oshima Island, southern Japan. Its taxonomic characters are summarized, and the species is compared with some other Japanese xiphydriids. This is one of a few xiphydriid species showing a peculiar distribution pattern confined to southeastern coastal areas in Japan.