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Type: Article
Published: 2013-11-12
Page range: 187–197
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Diversity of Aulacidae (Hymenoptera: Evanioidea) in the oceanic Ogasawara Islands (Japan), with description of a new species from Anijima Island

Kanagawa Prefectural Museum of Natural History, Iryuda 499, Odawara, Kanagawa 250–0031, Japan
NARO Hokkaido Agricultural Research Center, Hitsujigaoka 1, Toyohira-ku, Sapporo, 062–8555, Japan
Via Cristoforo Colombo 8, 95030, Pedara, Catania, Italy
Biodiversity green anoles inventory new species oceanic islands parasitoid Pristaulacus taxonomy

Abstract

In the context of the biodiversity conservation of the oceanic Ogasawara Islands, the parasitoid species of Aulacidae are reviewed. We examined material from eight islands with or without invasion of the introduced lizard Anolis carolinensis (Voigt 1832) (green anoles): two species of Pristaulacus Kieffer 1900, P. boninensis Konishi, 1989, and P. anijimensis sp. nov., are recognized. The former species is widely distributed in the islands, whereas the latter species is found from a single island only, Anijima Island. Although this island appears to be currently well preserved, the recent introduction of green anoles will probably affect the conservation status of many species, including the endemic P. anijimensis sp. nov. A description of the new species, detailed drawings and descriptions of genitalia of both recognized species, an updated key to Japanese Aulacidae, and a brief discussion on the conservation aspects of Aulacidae in the Ogasawara Islands are provided.