Check List 21(2): 312-317, doi: 10.15560/21.2.312
Discovery of the ant parasitoid wasp genus Saccharissa Kirby, 1886 (Hymenoptera, Eucharitidae) from Japan
expand article infoYu Hisasue‡§
‡ Tokyo Metropolitan University, Tokyo, Japan§ Ogasawara Division of Japan Wildlife Research Center, Tokyo, Japan

Corresponding author: Yu Hisasue ( hybrizonist@gmail.com )

Academic editor: Avunjikkattu Parambil Ranjith
© Yu Hisasue.
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Citation: Hisasue Y (2025) Discovery of the ant parasitoid wasp genus Saccharissa Kirby, 1886 (Hymenoptera, Eucharitidae) from Japan. Check List 21(2): 312-317. https://doi.org/10.15560/21.2.312
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Abstract

The ant parasitoid wasp genus Saccharissa Kirby, 1886 (Hymenoptera: Eucharitidae) is recorded in Japan for the first time based on S. vicina (Masi, 1926), and the body size and distribution of this species are briefly discussed.

Keywords
Distribution, myrmecophily, new record, Oriental region, parasitoid wasp, Saccharissa vicina