Taxonomic revision of charon-, floridanum- and muscaeforme-groups of Gryon Haliday, 1833 (Hymenoptera, Scelionidae) from Japan, with descriptions of two new species and host information

• Main Authors: Yoto Komeda, Toshiharu Mita, Yoshimi Hirose, Kenzo Yamagishi
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Pensoft Publishers 2020-12-01
• Series: Journal of Hymenoptera Research
• Online Access: https://jhr.pensoft.net/article/56178/download/pdf/
• ISSN: 1314-2607

Japanese species of the muscaeforme-group, charon-group, and floridanum-group of Gryon have been revised. Among the species of the muscaeforme-group, G. fulvicoxa sp. nov. is newly described. Gryon misha Kozlov & Kononova, syn. nov. is considered a junior synonym of G. japonicum (Ashmead). Gryon maruzzae Mineo, syn. nov. and G. sugonjaevi Kozlov & Kononova, syn. nov. are considered junior synonyms of G. yamagishii Mineo. Among the species of the charon-group, G. shisa sp. nov. is newly described. Gryon hakonense (Ashmead) syn. nov. is considered as a junior synonym of G. philippinense (Ashmead). Among the species of the floridanum-group, G. pennsylvanicum (Ashmead) is recognized. Host records of the three species groups are also revised.