Reporting on the first record of *Yamafujihafukure-fushi* in Japan and the first record in Hyogo Prefecture! (Paper published in *Ecological Notes*)

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What is *Yamafujihafukuregushi*? What are the domestic literature records of it?

Wisteria floribunda (Willd.) or Wisteria brachybotrys Siebold et Zucc. are galls formed on both sides of the leaves. They are hemispherical, smooth, and yellowish-green to greenish-brown in color, and are known to form on unidentified gall midge larvae (Nakawatase, 1992; Yukawa and Masuda, 1996). Ikeda (submission in progress) initially planned to report this as a record within Hyogo Prefecture and was collecting literature, but during the course of the investigation it was discovered that this gall was unreported, and it was decided not to include domestic literature records of Wisteria floribunda (Wisteria floribunda) in the report. However, since the distribution status of this gall by prefecture does not seem to be publicly available, it is reported here. As far as Yukawa and Masuda (1996) and the author have confirmed, records have been found in Iwate Prefecture (Monzen, 1929), Saitama Prefecture (Suse, 1986), Kanagawa Prefecture (Ushiyama et al., 1997), Hyogo Prefecture (Ide, 1928), Miyazaki Prefecture (Yukawa et al., compiled in 2012), Oita Prefecture (Yukawa and Masuda, 1996), and Kagoshima Prefecture (Yukawa, 1979; Yukawa, 1988; Nakawatase, 1992).

Addendum (The author's records in Hyogo Prefecture)

After writing this paper, it was discovered that this gall had been photographed on the underside of a wisteria leaf at Ibukidai Taniguchi Park in Ibukidai Nishimachi, Nishi-ku, Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture, around 6:00 PM on May 5, 2017, so this is reported as an addition (Figure 5).

1. Insect gall, Ibukidai Taniguchi Park, Ibukidai Nishimachi, Nishi-ku, Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture, May 5, 2017, photographed by the author.

Within the prefecture, as mentioned above, there is a record in Ide (1928) in Kobe City, but the exact location is unknown, and the name of the gall is not given, making it a fairly old record.

References

Ide, Seiji, 1928. Catalogue of galls produced in Kagoshima Prefecture and Kobe. Bulletin of the Association of Natural History, 1: 54-57.

Kenichi Ikeda, submitted. Insects and galls of Ibukidai Taniguchi Park (Appendix: Literature record of galls in Kobe City). *Kiberihamushi* ISSN: 1884-9377, https://www.konchukan.net/pdf/kiberihamushi/Vol44_1/kiberihamushi_44_1_36-43.pdf

Hirotaka Monzen, 1929. Studies on galls. Annual Report of the Saito Hoonkai, 5: 295-368. https://doi.org/10.11501/1120468

Nakawatase, Aki. 1992. Galls of gall midges formed on the leaves of Wisteria floribunda. Bulletin of the Kagoshima Prefectural Museum, 11: 5-8. ISSN: 0915-9010

Suse, Tsukasa, 1986. Galls in Ishido-juku, Kitamoto City. *Yosegaki* (Records of Gadgets), 48: 743-744. ISSN: 0917-5695

Ushiyama, K., Takahashi, K., & Miyama, Y., 1997. Occurrence ecology of two gall midge species that use wisteria (Wisteria floribunda (Willd.) DC.) as a host in Kanagawa Prefecture. Annual Report of the Kanto-Tosan Plant Protection Society, 44: 291-294. ISSN: 0388-8258

Yukawa, Jun-ichi, 1979. Galls of gall midges collected in the Takakuma Experimental Forest and the Sata region. Bulletin of the Kagoshima University Faculty of Agriculture Experimental Forest, 7: 85-89. ISSN: 0389-9454

Yukawa, Jun-ichi, 1988. Gall midge (Diptera: Gall midge family) in Kagoshima Prefecture. Satsuma, 37: 175-205. ISSN: 0910-5131

Yukawa, J., Sasatomi, K., Sato, S., Matsuo, K., & Fujii, T., 2012. Gall-forming gall midges collected in the Iwasegawa Valley, Kobayashi City, Miyazaki Prefecture. Makunagi, 24: 1-12. ISSN: 0917-4710

Yukawa, Junichi & Masuda, Osamu. 1996. Illustrated Guide to Japanese Insect Galls in Color, 826pp. National Rural Education Association. Tokyo. ISBN: 9784881370612

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