Charops bicolor

Charops bicolor (Szépligeti), 1906 Agrypon bicolor Szépligeti, 1906: 124. Gongropelma formosanum Enderlein, 1921: 13. Zacharops narangae Cushman, 1922: 593. Charops (Zacharops) formosanus: Uchida, 1941: 160. Charops bicolor: Townes, Townes & Gupta, 1961: 227; He, 1996: 319–320; Choi & Lee, 2008: 158. Material examined. 1 female, 1 male, Yunnan, Xinping, 15.IX.1977, No 771259; 1 female, Guangxi, Nanning, 2.IX.1987, He Junhua, No 878838; 2 females, Zhejiang, Pinghu, 22.X.1985, No 853372; 1 female, Zhejiang, Yiwu, 1.VIII.1986, Lou Xiaoming, No 863631; 1 male, Jilin, Changchun, 3.IX.1982, No 841315; 1 female, Fujian, Wuyi Mountain, 24.VIII.2007, Liu Jingxian, No 201605565; 1 male, Guangdong, 2.II.1981, Hua Lizhong, No 870238; 1 female, 3males, Zhejiang, Jiangshan, 18.XI.1984, Zhu Kunmei, No 842702; 3 females, Fujian, Zhangzhou, IV.1987, Lin Naiquan, No 984962; 1 female, Liaoning, Shenyang, 19.VII.1997, Lou Juxian, No 975724; 1 female, Zhejiang, Hangzhou, 3.VII.1989, He Junhua, No 893546; 1 female, Jilin, Changbai Mountain, 4.VII.1993, Lou Juxian, No 976380; 1 female, Jilin, Longtan Mountain, 21.VII.1995, Lou Juxian, No 954626; 1 male, Zhejiang, Hangzhou, 5.VIII.2003, Yu Xiaoxia, No 20056927; 1 female, Fujian, Nanping, 22.IX.2002, Ruan Desong, No 20024341; 1 female, Yunnan, Jinghong, 31.VII.2003, Lu Jia, No 20045947; 1 female, Guizhou, Guiyang, 8.X.1983, He Junhua, No 884376; 1 female, Guangdong, Guangzhou, Liang Weiguang, No 888996; 4 females, 1male, Henan, Xinye, No 981004; 1 female, Anhui, Jixi, No 780968; 1 female, Shaanxi, Xianyang, IX.1978, No 76579; 1 female, Jiangxi, Nanchang, V.1974, Ye Zhengshuai, No 740651; 1 female, Sichuan, Nanchong, 1939, Zhu Ruzuo, No 73017.1; 1 male, Beijing, 1.I.1954, Liao Zhixi, No 5401.8; 1 male, Jiangsu, Sheyang, IX.1957, Ren Xiaokuan, No 5793.1; 1 female, Heilongjiang, Jiamusi, Ma Huaishi, No 790618. Distribution. China (Anhui, Beijing, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Jilin, Liaoning, Shaanxi, Shandong, Sichuan, Taiwan, Yunnan, Zhejiang); Australia, Bangladesh, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan, Russia, Sri Lanka, Thailand. Remarks. Two females and two males from Shenyang (Liaoning) differ from the other specimens because of the black metasoma and tegulae. However, other characters are similar and we regard it as intraspecific variation.
Published as part of Han, Yuan-Yuan, Achterberg, Kees Van & Chen, Xue-Xin, 2022, Review of the genera Breviterebra Kusigemati, Charops Holmgren and Scenocharops Uchida (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Campopleginae) from China, with description of three new species, pp. 527-542 in Zootaxa 5133 (4) on page 532, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5133.4.4, http://zenodo.org/record/6531136
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