Spathius exarator Chao, 1978

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 : 42-43

Spathius exarator Chao, 1978

Ichneumon exarator Linnaeus, 1758: 564 .

Spathius exarator : Marshall, 1885: 61; Watanabe, 1937: 35; Telenga, 1941: 33; Nixon, 1943: 198; Shenefelt & Marsh, 1976: 1400 (main synonyms); Belokobylskij & Tobias, 1986: 28; Chen & Shi, 2004: 132; Belokobylskij & Maeto, 2009: 571; Yu et al., 2012.

Ichneumon mutillator Thunberg, 1822: 261 ; Horstmann, 1999: 70.

Spathius strandi Fahringer, 1930: 82 ; Belokobylskij & Tobias, 1986: 28.

Spathius tanycoleosus Shi et Chen , in Chen & Shi, 2004: 165. Syn. nov.

Material examined. China ( ZJUH). Fujian Prov.: 1 female, Chongan Sangang , 27.X.1989, Wang Jiashe, No. 20007573 . Guangdong Prov.: 1 female, Fuyuan Nanling , 23.VII.2003, Xu Zaifu, No. 20049139 ; 2 females, Fuyuan Nanling , 4.VIII.2004, Xu Zaifu, Nos. 20049746, 20049825 . Yunnan Prov.: 1 female, Pingbian Daweishan , 18.VII.2003, Xu Zaifu, No. 20054966 . Guizhou Prov.: 1 female, Kuankuoshui Xiangshuwan, 2. VI .2010, Tan Jiangli , No. 201002144 .

Distribution. China (Heilongjiang, Fujian, Hubei, Guangdong, Yunnan, Guizhou); Japan, Korea, Mongolia, Russia, all Europe, New Zealand.

Remarks. According to the description and figures in Chen & Shi (2004), S. tanycoleosus Shi et Chen is characterised by having ovipositor sheath and petiole long and substraight, fourth and fifth tergites entirely smooth, hind femur slender and vertex smooth etc., which allows us to synonymize it with S. exarator (Linnaeus) .