Spathius nixoni Belokobylskij et Maeto, 2009

Tang, Pu, Belokobylskij, Sergey & Chen, Xue-Xin, 2015, Spathius Nees, 1818 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae, Doryctinae) from China with a key to species, Zootaxa 3960 (1), pp. 1-132 : 76-78

Spathius nixoni Belokobylskij et Maeto, 2009

Spathius nixoni Belokobylskij et Maeto, 2009: 654 ; Yu et al., 2012. Material examined. China (ZJUH). Zhejiang Prov.: 1 female, Dongyang, 10.VIII.1986, Xu Weiliang, No. 862433 ; 1 female, Lanxi, 4–5.VIII.1985, Chen Xuexin, No. 852133 ; 1 female, Gutianshan, 22.VII.1986, Lou Juxian, No. 863405 ; 1 female, Hangzhou Hehe Park, 15.VII.2003, Wan Zhiwei, No. 20056770 ; 1 female, Hangzhou Xixi Park, 5.VIII.2003, Yu Xiaoxia, No. 20056723. Fujian Prov. : 1 female, Shaxian Yangfang, 1.VII.1981, Lin Naiquan, No. 20003930 ; 1 female, Shaxian Yangfang, 1. V.1981, Lin Naiquan, No. 20003936. Guangdong Prov. : 2 females, Fuyuan Nanling, 23.VII.2003, Xu Zaifu, Nos. 20049262 and 20049251. Guangxi Prov. : 2 females, Guangxi Botanical Garden, 30.X.2002, Lin Naiquan, Nos. 20035005 and 20034943; 3 females, Fangcheng Huaqiaocun, 8.VI.2000, Wu Hong, Nos. 200100226, 200100230 and 200100227; 1 female, Fangcheng Banba, 8. VI.2000, Wu Hong, No. 200100266 ; 1 female, Nanning, 30.X.2002, Lin Naiquan, No. 20035904. Yunnan Prov. : 1 female, Xishuangbanna, 31.VII.2003, Xu Zaifu, No. 20053464 .

Distribution. China (Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan) (new record); Japan.

Remark. The doubtful specimens of S. opis ssp. rufovariegatus from Phu Lang Thuong, ( Nixon, 1943 a: 289– 290) is probably the same described species, but the location (Phu Lang Thuong) is actually not from China but from Vietnam.