title: Revision of the Palaearctic brood parasitic genus Nipponodipogon Ishikawa, 1965 of spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae: Pepsinae).
abstract: The systematics and bionomics of the Palaearctic brood parasitic genus Nipponodipogon Ishikawa, 1965 are revised. Seven species are listed. A new species N. sudai Shimizu, sp. nov. (Japan, Honshu) and the hitherto unknown males of N. iwatai (Ishikawa, 1965) and N. nagasei (Ishikawa, 1965) are described and illustrated. Six species from Japan and the Russian Far East are redescribed. A key to species is provided.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan.; Email: shimizu-akira@tmu.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Akira
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shimizu
authors.affiliation: Institute of Biology & Soil Science, Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok, 690022, Russia.; Email: lelej@biosoil.ru.
authors.forename: Arkady S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Lelej
authors.affiliation: Institute of Biology & Soil Science, Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok, 690022, Russia.; Email: pompilidaefer@mail.ru.
authors.forename: Valery M
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Loktionov
mesh_terms: D063147:Animal Distribution; D000825:Animal Structures / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000254:growth & development; D000818:Animals; D049628:Body Size; D017753:Ecosystem; D005260:Female; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male; D009929:Organ Size; D012426:Russia; D014863:Wasps / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification* / Q000254:growth & development