A Systematic Study of the Japanese Pipunculidae (Diptera) : Part VI. The Genera Dorylomorpha Aczel and Tomosvaryella Aczel

Abstract

In this 6th part of a series on the taxonomy of the Pipunculidae of Japan, 12 species of Dorylomorpha (a genus that includes mainly parasitoids of Cicadellidae and Delphacidae) and 8 species of Tomosvaryella (a genus that includes parasitoids of hemipterous pests of rice) are dealt with and keyed. Five new species are included, and lists are provided of known hosts of some species in both genera.Abstract 2: Twelve species of the genus Dorylomorpha Aczel and eight species of the genus Tomosvaryella Aczel from Japan are treated with key to species, descriptions and illustrations of important diagnostic characters. Six species of Dorylomorpha are new to Japan and five species are new species. Tomosvaryella caligata Hardy is newly recorded from Japan. The species studied are the following: D. confusa, D. imparata, D. extricata, D. haemorrhoidalis, D. rufipes, D. spinosa, D. yamagishii *S, D. rectitermina *S, D. kurodakensis *S, D. valida *S D. yanoi *S, D. lini, T. oryzaetora, T. inazumae, T. sylvatica, T. coquilleti, T. epichalca, T. subvirescens, T. caligata, T. itoi.