Euborellia annulipes

Euborellia annulipes (Lucas, 1847)

[Japanese name = Ko-Hige-Jiro-Hasami-Mushi]

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Taxonomy

Family Anisolabididae [Japanese family name = Maru-Mune-Hasami-Mushi Ka]

Distribution

Japan: Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Bonin Islands, Ishigaki-jima island, Iriomote-jima island; Another countries: Cosmopolitan

Habitat

Openland (?)

Seasonal Life History

Unknown

Comments by Kohno

This species, which is completely apterous, resembles to Euborellia plebeja which is brechipterous. This species is often observed at orchard in Ishigaki Island.

References

Entomological Laboratory, Fuculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University and Japan Wildlife Research Center, 1989. A check list of Japanese insects, I. (Y. Hirashima ed.) Entomological Laboratory, Fuculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University, Fukuoka and Japan Wildlife Research Center, Tokyo, 540 pp.
Sakai, S., 1987. Dermapterorum Calalogus XX: 1707-1768.

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