title: Revision of the genus Apophua Morley, 1913, from Japan (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Banchinae).
abstract: Japanese species of the genus Apophua Morley, 1913, are revised. Eleven species are found from Japan and two of them, A. elegans sp. nov. and A. yamato sp. nov., are newly described. Distribution data and an updated key to Japanese species are provided.
authors.affiliation: Kanagawa Prefectural Museum of Natural History, Iriuda 499, Odawara, Kanagawa 250-0031, Japan.; Email: watanabe-k@nh.kanagawa-museum.jp.
authors.forename: Kyohei
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Insect Biodiversity and Ecosystem Science, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, 1-1 Rokkodai-cho, Nada-ku, Kobe, 657-8501 Japan.; Email: maeto@kobe-u.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Kaoru
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Maeto
mesh_terms: D063147:Animal Distribution; D000825:Animal Structures / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D000818:Animals; D017753:Ecosystem; D005260:Female; D006927:Hymenoptera / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification*; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male