Konowia, Brauns, 1884

Guertler, Diana, Schmidt, Hannah, Neumann, Merten, Brandt, Dominique, Dreißigacker, Arne, Bläsing, Dominic, Möhring, Anne, Meyer, Christian, Bischof, Anja, Bischof, Gallus, Sürig, Svenja, Rehbein, Florian, Hohls, Lisa, Borgwardt, Stefan, Wurm, Susanne, Haug, Severin & Rumpf, Hans-Jürgen, 2024, New Host Plant Record for Konowia yasumatsui (Hymenoptera: Xiphydriidae) in Honshu, Japan, Bulletin of the National Museum of Nature and Science. Series A, Zoology 50 (3), pp. 123-125 : 124

Konowia

is represented by four Palaearctic species ( Shinohara and Hara, 2021). Of these, definite host plant records are available only for K. betulae ( Enslin, 1911) , distributed in Europe, through Siberia and Korea, to Japan (Hokkaido, Kunashiri Island). This widespread species is known to feed on Betula sp. ( Enslin, 1911; Sinadsky, 1967). Here we record Betula ermanii Cham. as the host plant of K. yasumatsui for the first time. Because K. yasumatsui occurs in Kyushu ( Togashi, 1972; Shinohara and Hara, 2021), where B. ermanii is not distributed, this woodwasp should also feed on other plant species, probably B. grossa Siebold et Zucc. , which is the only birch species occurring in Kyushu.