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Title	The first discovery of the genus Tossinola from Japan, with description of a new species (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Banchinae).

Book/Journal	Japanese Journal of Systematic Entomology

Author	Kyohei Watanabe Tadashi Ishikawa Kazuhiko Konishi

Edition		Volume	16	Number	(1)	Page	25-31

Publisher	The Japanese Society of Systematic Entomology.
Publisher	The Japanese Society of Systematic Entomology.

Year	2010	Month	6

ISBN		ISSN	1341-1160

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Remarks	The genus Tossinola is recorded for the first time from Japan, with T. ryukyuensis sp. nov. described here on the basis of specimens from Tokuno-shima Island and Okinawa-jima Island. the Ryukyus. This new species can easily be distinguished from other species of the genus by the following features: mesoscutum with a large reddish spot, mesopleuron tergite with moderately coarse punctures, heptagonal male subgenital plate and relatively short ovipositor.

Remarks

The genus Tossinola is recorded for the first time from Japan, with T. ryukyuensis sp. nov. described here on the basis of specimens from Tokuno-shima Island and Okinawa-jima Island. the Ryukyus. This new species can easily be distinguished from other species of the genus by the following features: mesoscutum with a large reddish spot, mesopleuron tergite with moderately coarse punctures, heptagonal male subgenital plate and relatively short ovipositor.

Taxon	Tossinola ryukyuensis Watanabe et Konishi, 2010

Voucher specimen(s)	HYM0230