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Taxonomy and evolution of putative thelytokous species of L eptopilina ( H ymenoptera: F igitidae) from J apan, with description of two new species
Author(s) -
Wachi Nakatada,
Nomano Fumiaki Y.,
Mitsui Hideyuki,
Kasuya Nazuki,
Kimura Masahito T.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
entomological science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.536
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 1479-8298
pISSN - 1343-8786
DOI - 10.1111/ens.12089
Subject(s) - biology , botany , phylogenetic tree , genus , taxonomy (biology) , gene , biochemistry
Wasps of the genus L eptopilina ( H ymenoptera: F igitidae) are larvo–pupal parasitoids of D rosophila species. Here we report three putative thelytokous species of this genus from J apan, with description of two new species L . tokioensis and L . tsushimaensis , which have been recorded from central J apan and T sushima, respectively. Another thelytokous species is L . longipes occurring in northern J apan, although its E uropean populations are assumed to be arrhenotokous. Preliminary phylogenetic analyses suggest the present three species are diversified from one another and also from the other L eptopilina species. These three thelytokous species are infected by B ‐supergroup W olbachia as in E uropean thelytokous species, L . clavipes and L . australis . The evolution of these thelytokous species is discussed based on the present and previous results, and the occurrence and distributions of L eptopilina species in J apan and surrounding regions are briefly reviewed.