Biodiversity Data Journal 11: e103436 COO) doi: 10.3897/BDJ.11.e103436 open access Taxonomy & Inventories Online citizen sciences reveal natural enemies and new occurrence data of Meteorus stellatus Fujie, Shimizu & Maeto, 2021 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Euphorinae) So Shimizu*-$, Hsuan-Pu Chen, Kai-Ti Lin!, Ren-Jye Chen1, Shunpei Fujie*, Su-Chuan Hung", Mei-Ling Lo“, Ke-Hsiung Tsai*, Kaoru Maeto$ + Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences, NARO, Tsukuba, Japan § Laboratory of Insect Biodiversity and Ecosystem Science, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan | Department of Entomology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan | Kaohsiung Association of Naturalists, Kaohsiung, Taiwan # Osaka Museum of Natural History, Osaka, Japan = Zhongzheng Community College, Taipei, Taiwan « Butterfly Conservation Society of Taiwan, Taipei, Taiwan » The Society of Wilderness, Taoyuan Branch, Taoyuan, Taiwan ” Wild Bird Society of Taoyuan, Taoyuan, Taiwan Corresponding author: So Shimizu (parasitoidwasp.sou@gmail.com) Academic editor: Mostafa Ghafouri Moghaddam Received: 13 Mar 2023 | Accepted: 14 Apr 2023 | Published: 19 Apr 2023 Citation: Shimizu S, Chen H-P, Lin K-T, Chen R-J, Fujie S, Hung S-C, Lo M-L, Tsai K-H, Maeto K (2023) Online citizen sciences reveal natural enemies and new occurrence data of Meteorus stellatus Fujie, Shimizu & Maeto, 2021 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Euphorinae). Biodiversity Data Journal 11: €103436. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.11.e103436 Abstract Background Citizen science is a research approach that involves collaboration between professional scientists and non-professional volunteers. The utilisation of recent online citizen-science platforms (e.g. social networking services) has greatly revolutionised the accessibility of biodiversity data by providing opportunities for connecting professional and citizen scientists worldwide. Meteorus stellatus Fujie, Shimizu & Maeto, 2021 (Hymenoptera, © Shimizu S et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. 2 Shimizu S et al Braconidae, Euphorinae) has been recorded from the Oriental Islands of Japan and known to be a gregarious endoparasitoid of two macro-sized sphingid moths of Macroglossum, Ma. passalus (Drury) and Ma. pyrrhosticta Butler. It constructs characteristic star-shaped communal cocoons, suspended by a long cable. Although M. stellatus has been reported only from the Oriental Islands of Japan, the authors recognise its occurrence and ecological data from Taiwan and the Palaearctic Island of Japan through posts on online citizen-science groups about Taiwanese Insects on Facebook and an article on a Japanese citizen-scientist's website. New information Through collaboration between professional and citizen scientists via social media (Facebook groups) and websites, the following new biodiversity and ecological data associated with M. stellatus are provided: 1. Meteorus stellatus is recorded for the first time from Taiwan and the Palaearctic Region (Yakushima Is., Japan). 2. Cechetra minor (Butler, 1875), Hippotion celerio (Linnaeus, 1758) and Macroglossum sitiene (Walker, 1856) (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae) are recorded for the first time as hosts of M. stellatus and two of which (C. minor and H. celerio) represent the first genus-level host records for MV. stellatus. oy Mesochorus sp. (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae), indeterminate species of Pteromalidae and _ Trichogrammatidae (Hymenoptera), are recognised as hyperparasitoid wasps of MV. stellatus. 4. Parapolybia varia (Fabricius, 1787) (Hymenoptera, Vespidae) is reported as a predator of pendulous communal cocoons of M. stellatus. The nature of suspended large-sized communal cocoons of M. stellatus and the importance and limitations of digital occurrence data and online citizen science are briefly discussed. Keywords Facebook, Ichneumonidae, Lepidoptera, parasitoid wasp, predator, Pteromalidae, social media, Sphingidae, Trichogrammatidae, Vespidae Introduction Citizen science is a research approach that involves collaboration between professional scientists and non-professional volunteers, aimed at enhancing the ability of scientific data collection and expanding its purview to scales or resolutions beyond the capabilities of individual researchers or research teams and has made significant contributions to science, education and society (e.g. Cohn (2008), Bonney et al. (2009), Silvertown (2009), Online citizen sciences reveal natural enemies and new occurrence data ... 3 Newman et al. (2012), Bonney et al. (2014), Kobori et al. (2016)). The recent rapid advancements in internet technology have considerably facilitated the active implementation of larger-scale online citizen-science projects across various fields of science (e.g. Dickinson et al. (2012), Kobori et al. (2016), Chandler et al. (2017), Kyba et al. (2023)). These projects utilise online platforms, such as social networking services (SNS) (e.g. Facebook, Instagram and Twitter) and specialised citizen-science applications (e.g. iNaturalist), surpassing previous citizen science in scope and magnitude. For only professional scientists, it would be hardly possible to obtain comprehensive biodiversity data of hyper-diverse life on Earth. Biodiversity studies have, therefore, traditionally been supported by not only professional researchers, but also amateur citizen scientists. Natural history museums historically play a central role in supporting amateur scientists and developing citizen science up to date (Sforzi et al. 2018), but the communities on online platforms recently frequently take a similar role. The utilisation of Online citizen-science platforms has greatly revolutionised the accessibility of biodiversity data by providing opportunities for connecting professional and citizen scientists worldwide. As a result, many new important discoveries and data have been published (e.g. Gonella et al. (2015), Jaume-Schinkel et al. (2020), Santamaria et al. (2020), Zhang et al. (2022)). Meteorus stellatus Fujie, Shimizu & Maeto, 2021 is a recently described braconid parasitoid wasp species of the M. pulchricornis clade from the Oriental Region, Ryukyu Islands, Japan (Fujie et al. 2021). It has been known to be a gregarious endoparasitoid of two macro-sized sphingid moths of Macroglossum, Ma. passalus (Drury) and Ma. pyrrhosticta Butler (Fujie et al. 2021). One of the most interesting features of M. stellatus is its characteristic star-shaped communal cocoons, suspended by a long cable. Fujie et al. (2021) suggested that this unique cocoon morphology likely contributes to reducing the risk of hyperparasitism by minimising the exposed area of each individual cocoon as observed in the microgastrine gregarious braconid parasitoid Cotesia glomerata (Linnaeus) (Tagawa and Fukushima 1993, Tanaka and Ohsaki 2006). Although M. stellatus has been reported only from the Oriental Islands of Japan, the authors recognise its occurrence and ecological data from Taiwan and the Palaearctic Island of Japan through posts on online citizen-science groups about Taiwanese Insects on Facebook and an article on a Japanese citizen-scientist's website. Therefore, the authors conducted an online citizen science-based investigation on MV. stellatus via social media and the present paper aims to record M. stellatus from these regions for the first time, to report some new ecological data associated with it and to re-evaluate the function of the characteristic cocoon. Materials and methods Online data compilation All digital occurrence data of M. stellatus were manually compiled from three online citizen- science groups of Taiwanese insects on Facebook (Table 1) and an article on a Japanese 4 Shimizu S et al citizen scientist's website without automated web crawler programmes. The data were searched by specific keywords, such as "###¥#E" (the common Chinese name for the genus Meteorus) and "Meteorus." We tried to contact all the posters to obtain permission to reuse and edit their digital occurrence data of M. stellatus, including the original resolution photographs and to gather additional relevant information through communication with them. The data which failed to obtain a poster's response to our permission offer were excluded from our results in accordance with ethical considerations. All the obtained digital occurrence data were shown as figures and summarised as tables in the present paper since the original posts and links are probably not permanent. Table 1. A list of online citizen-science groups on Facebook focused on Taiwanese insects. These groups were utilised to compile digital occurrence data of /. stellatus from Taiwan. The number of group members was verified on 26 January 2023. English name Abbreviation Mandarin name Members Ichneumonoidea of Taiwan IchT 1 a Bl 2 Sue ee 964 Insects Forum of Taiwan IET Be a oo fa fo ee Bs ay ai oe 33,488 Taiwan Hymenopterist Club THC BS ie BASAL 2,931 Identification of digital occurrence data The compiled digital occurrence data of M. stellatus and related insects (i.e. hosts, hyperparasitoids and predators) were initially identified, based on images or movies. Subsequently, identification was confirmed by morphological observation of specimens using a stereoscopic microscope (SMZ1500, Nikon, Tokyo, Japan) if the original samples were available. Examined specimens were mounted and preserved in public institutions (Table 2). Table 2. Abbreviations, full names and curators for repositories. Abbreviation Repository name Curator KPM Kagoshima Prefectural Museum, Kagoshima, Japan Atsuko Nakamine NMNS National Museum of Natural Science, Taichung, Taiwan Jing-Fu Tsai TARI Taiwan Agricultural Research Institute, Taichung, Taiwan Chi-Feng Lee Figure editing The habitus of M. stellatus was newly photographed for the present paper with the technique described by Shimizu and Broad (2020) and Shimizu et al. (2020). Original Online citizen sciences reveal natural enemies and new occurrence data ... 5 photographs of digital occurrence data were provided by each poster and developed and edited using Adobe Illustrator 2023 and Photoshop 2023 (Adobe Systems Inc., San Jose, CA, USA). The distribution map was made by QGIS v.3.28.1 (QGIS.org 2023). Taxon treatments Meteorus stellatus Fujie, Shimizu & Maeto, 2021 . ZooBank D8785F79-E874-4854-95D7-5C0A928914CA Nomenclature Meteorus stellatus Fujie, Shimizu & Maeto, 2021: 27; holotype 2 from Japan, deposited at Osaka Museum of Natural History, Osaka, Japan (OMNH). Materials a. scientificName: Meteorus stellatus Fujie, Shimizu & Maeto, 2021; originalNameUsage: Meteorus stellatus Fujie, Shimizu & Maeto, 2021; acceptedNameUsage: Meteorus stellatus Fujie, Shimizu & Maeto, 2021; taxonomicStatus: accepted; taxon!D: urn:|sid:zoobank.org:act:D8785F 79-E874-4854-95D7-5C0A928914CA: kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hymenoptera; family: Braconidae; taxonRank: species; vernacularName: MY HY /\SRY TY .AI/NF; nomenciaturalCode: ICZN; genus: Meteorus; specificEpithet: stellatus; scientificNameAuthorship: Fujie, Shimizu & Maeto; continent: Asia; is!andGroup: Taiwan; island: Taiwan; country: Taiwan; countryCode: TW; stateProvince: Taoyuan; municipality: Fuxing District; locality: Xiaoyun Elementary School, Xiayun; eventDate: 14/07/2012; year: 2012; month: 7; day: 14; lifeStage: cocoon; occurrenceRemarks: Communal wasp cocoons and its host larva (Cechetra minor) were observed.; recordedBy: Mei-Ling Lo; identifiedBy: So Shimizu, Hsuan-Pu Chen, Kai-Ti Lin, Shunpei Fujie, Kaoru Maeto; dateldentified: 2022; identificationReferences: Fujie et al. 2021; type: Stilllmage; language: zh; basisOfRecord: HumanObservation; source: https:/Awww.facebook.com/groups/588350308851 792/ permalink/627584148261741/; occurrence!D: 10BE637B-5C40-5090-A5BC- CB05ED4C2683 b. scientificName: Meteorus stellatus Fujie, Shimizu & Maeto, 2021; originalNameUsage: Meteorus stellatus Fujie, Shimizu & Maeto, 2021; acceptedNameUsage: Meteorus stellatus Fujie, Shimizu & Maeto, 2021; taxonomicStatus: accepted; taxon!D: urn:|sid:zoobank.org:act:D8785F 79-E874-4854-95D7-5C0A928914CA; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hymenoptera; family: Braconidae; taxonRank: species; vernacularName: MY HY /NSRY TV IINF; nomenclaturalCode: ICZN; genus: Meteorus; specificEpithet: stellatus; scientificNameAuthorship: Fujie, Shimizu & Maeto; continent: Asia; is!tandGroup: Taiwan; island: Taiwan; country: Taiwan; countryCode: TW; stateProvince: Taipei; municipality: Shihlin District; locality: Mt. Dalunwei; eventDate: 24/08/2013; year: 2013; month: 8; day: 24; lifeStage: emerged cocoon; occurrenceRemarks: Adult wasps were already emerged and cocoons were empty.; recordedBy: Shu-Ping Yang; identifiedBy: So Shimizu, Hsuan-Pu Chen, Kai-Ti Lin, Shunpei Fujie, Kaoru Maeto; dateldentified: 2022; identificationReferences: Fujie et al. 2021; type: Stilllmage; language: zh; basisOfRecord: HumanObservation; source: Shimizu S et al https://www.facebook.com/groups/369189783201470/permalink/423000581153723/; occurrence!D: 8D1870CD-7746-598E-998D-F71CDED4F6BE scientificName: Meteorus stellatus Fujie, Shimizu & Maeto, 2021; originalNameUsage: Meteorus stellatus Fujie, Shimizu & Maeto, 2021; acceptedNameUsage: Meteorus stellatus Fujie, Shimizu & Maeto, 2021; taxonomicStatus: accepted; taxon!D: urn:Isid:zoobank.org:act:D8785F79-E874-4854-95D7-5C0A928914CA; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hymenoptera; family: Braconidae; taxonRank: species; vernacularName: MY HY /\NSRY TV .I/NF; nomenciaturalCode: ICZN; genus: Meteorus; specificEpithet: stellatus; scientificNameAuthorship: Fujie, Shimizu & Maeto; continent: Asia; isiandGroup: Taiwan; island: Taiwan; country: Taiwan; countryCode: TW; stateProvince: Taipei; municipality: Beitou District; locality: Yangmingshan National Park; eventDate: 07/12/2013; year: 2013; month: 12; day: 7; lifeStage: emerged cocoon; occurrenceRemarks: Adult wasps were already emerged and cocoons were empty.; recordedBy: Tieh Hu (#A#®); identifiedBy: So Shimizu, Hsuan-Pu Chen, Kai-Ti Lin, Shunpei Fujie, Kaoru Maeto; dateldentified: 2022; identificationReferences: Fujie et al. 2021; type: Stilllmage; language: zh; basisOfRecord: HumanObservation; source: https:/Awww.facebook.com/groups/369189783201470/ permalink/475675245886256/; occurrence!D: A0001BE2- FC4F-52BE-8629-6B8A59CD9813 scientificName: Meteorus stellatus Fujie, Shimizu & Maeto, 2021; originalNameUsage: Meteorus stellatus Fujie, Shimizu & Maeto, 2021; acceptedNameUsage: Meteorus stellatus Fujie, Shimizu & Maeto, 2021; 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dateldentified: 2022; identificationReferences: Fujie et al. 2021; type: Stilllmage; language: zh; basisOfRecord: HumanObservation; source: Online citizen sciences reveal natural enemies and new occurrence data ... 7 https://www.facebook.com/groups/369189783201470/permalink/1156066134513827/; occurrence!D: 4661FA09-66E7-58A0-81CE-E4E71D4EE33A scientificName: Meteorus stellatus Fujie, Shimizu & Maeto, 2021; originalNameUsage: Meteorus stellatus Fujie, Shimizu & Maeto, 2021; acceptedNameUsage: Meteorus stellatus Fujie, Shimizu & Maeto, 2021; taxonomicStatus: accepted; taxon!D: urn:Isid:zoobank.org:act:D8785F 79-E874-4854-95D7-5C0A928914CA: kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hymenoptera; family: Braconidae; taxonRank: species; vernacularName: MY HY /\SRY TV .I/NF; nomenciaturalCode: ICZN; genus: Meteorus; specificEpithet: stellatus; scientificNameAuthorship: Fujie, Shimizu & Maeto; continent: Asia; isiandGroup: Taiwan; island: Taiwan; country: Taiwan; countryCode: TW; eventDate: 11/07/2018; year: 2018; month: 7; day: 11; lifeStage: cocoon; recordedBy: Hua-Ting Cheng; identifiedBy: So Shimizu, Hsuan-Pu Chen, Kai-Ti Lin, Shunpei Fujie, Kaoru Maeto; dateldentified: 2022: identificationReferences: Fujie et al. 2021; type: Stilllmage; language: zh; basisOfRecord: HumanObservation; source: https://www.facebook.com/groups/369189783201470/permalink/1 79006461 7780639/; occurrence!D: EE2F8D68-28EE-565D-AC39-5F426C81C03C scientificName: Meteorus stellatus Fujie, Shimizu & Maeto, 2021; originalNameUsage: Meteorus stellatus Fujie, Shimizu & Maeto, 2021; acceptedNameUsage: Meteorus stellatus Fujie, Shimizu & Maeto, 2021; taxonomicStatus: accepted; taxon!D: urn:|sid:zoobank.org:act:D8785F 79-E874-4854-95D7-5C0A928914CA: kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hymenoptera; family: Braconidae; taxonRank: species; vernacularName: MY HY /\SRY TY .I/NF; nomenciaturalCode: ICZN; genus: Meteorus; specificEpithet: stellatus; scientificNameAuthorship: Fujie, Shimizu & Maeto; continent: Asia; is!tandGroup: Taiwan; island: Taiwan; country: Taiwan; countryCode: TW; stateProvince: New Taipei; municipality: Bali District; locality: Zhanshan trail, Mt. Guanyin; eventDate: 04/11/2018; year: 2018; month: 11; day: 4; lifeStage: cocoon; recordedBy: Ching-Chang Hsu; identifiedBy: So Shimizu, Hsuan-Pu Chen, Kai-Ti Lin, Shunpei Fujie, Kaoru Maeto; dateldentified: 2022; identificationReferences: Fujie et al. 2021; type: Stilllmage; language: zh; basisOfRecord: HumanObservation; source: https:/Awww.facebook.com/groups/369189783201470/ permalink/1969562113164221/; occurrence!D: D76FOFAB-3758-55E2-8A64-21488DD15E4B scientificName: Meteorus stellatus Fujie, Shimizu & Maeto, 2021; originalNameUsage: Meteorus stellatus Fujie, Shimizu & Maeto, 2021; acceptedNameUsage: Meteorus stellatus Fujie, Shimizu & Maeto, 2021; taxonomicStatus: accepted; taxon!D: urn:|sid:zoobank.org:act:D8785F79-E874-4854-95D7-5C0A928914CA: kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hymenoptera; family: Braconidae; taxonRank: species; vernacularName: MY HY /\SRY TV .I/NF; nomenciaturalCode: ICZN; genus: Meteorus; specificEpithet: stellatus; scientificNameAuthorship: Fujie, Shimizu & Maeto; continent: Asia; isiandGroup: Taiwan; island: Taiwan; country: Taiwan; countryCode: TW; stateProvince: New Taipei; municipality: Yonghe; locality: Fuhe wetlands; eventDate: 12/11/2018; year: 2018; month: 11; day: 12; lifeStage: cocoon; occurrenceRemarks: Communal wasp cocoons; recordedBy: Shuling Yang; identifiedBy: So Shimizu, Hsuan-Pu Chen, Kai-Ti Lin, Shunpei Fujie, Kaoru Maeto; dateldentified: 2022; identificationReferences: Fujie et al. 2021; type: Stilllmage; language: zh; basisOfRecord: HumanObservation; occurrence!D: 88C217FD-1AF4-5389-8C9D-29B07087DAE7 scientificName: Meteorus stellatus Fujie, Shimizu & Maeto, 2021; originalNameUsage: Meteorus stellatus Fujie, Shimizu & Maeto, 2021; acceptedNameUsage: Meteorus stellatus Fujie, Shimizu & Maeto, 2021; taxonomicStatus: accepted; taxon!D: Shimizu S et al urn:|sid:zoobank.org:act:D8785F 79-E874-4854-95D7-5C0A928914CA: kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hymenoptera; family: Braconidae; taxonRank: species; vernacularName: MY HY /\SRY TV .I/NF; nomenciaturalCode: ICZN; genus: Meteorus; specificEpithet: stellatus; scientificNameAuthorship: Fujie, Shimizu & Maeto; continent: Asia; is!tandGroup: Taiwan; island: Taiwan; country: Taiwan; countryCode: TW; stateProvince: Taipei; eventDate: 13/11/2018; year: 2018; month: 11; day: 13; lifeStage: cocoon; occurrenceRemarks: Communal wasp cocoons; recordedBy: Shuling Yang; identifiedBy: So Shimizu, Hsuan-Pu Chen, Kai-Ti Lin, Shunpei Fujie, Kaoru Maeto; dateldentified: 2022; identificationReferences: Fujie et al. 2021; type: Stilllmage; language: zh; basisOfRecord: HumanObservation; occurrence!D: 54D85D60- F689-50E1-8065-66303B21B355 scientificName: Meteorus stellatus Fujie, Shimizu & Maeto, 2021; originalNameUsage: Meteorus stellatus Fujie, Shimizu & Maeto, 2021; acceptedNameUsage: Meteorus stellatus Fujie, Shimizu & Maeto, 2021; taxonomicStatus: accepted; taxon!D: urn:|sid:zoobank.org:act:D8785F79-E874-4854-95D7-5C0A928914CA; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; 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taxonomicStatus: accepted; taxon!D: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:D8785F 79-E874-4854-95D7-5C0A928914CA: kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hymenoptera; family: Braconidae; taxonRank: species; vernacularName: MY HY /\SRY TY .I/NF; nomenciaturalCode: ICZN; genus: Meteorus; specificEpithet: stellatus; scientificNameAuthorship: Fujie, Shimizu & Maeto; continent: Asia; isiandGroup: Taiwan; island: Taiwan; country: Taiwan; countryCode: TW; county: Keelung; municipality: Xinyi District; locality: Gangziliao trail; eventDate: 01/04/2021; year: 2021; month: 4; day: 1; lifeStage: cocoon; occurrenceRemarks: Wasp cocoon was attacked by Parapolybia varia.; recordedBy: Ke- Hsiung Tsai; identifiedBy: So Shimizu, Hsuan-Pu Chen, Kai-Ti Lin, Shunpei Fujie, Kaoru Maeto; dateldentified: 2022; identificationReferences: Fujie et al. 2021; type: Stilllmage; language: zh; basisOfRecord: HumanObservation; source: https:/Awww.facebook.com/ groups/393148477475231/permalink/4372047339585305/; 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recordedBy: Kai-Ti Lin; identifiedBy: So Shimizu, Hsuan-Pu Chen, Kai-Ti Lin, Shunpei Fujie, Kaoru Maeto; date!ldentified: 2022; identificationReferences: Fujie et al. 2021; type: Stilllmage; language: zh; basisOfRecord: HumanObservation; source: https:/Awww.facebook.com/groups/588350308851 792/permalink/ 620323802321109/; occurrence!D: 0778F8E3-5060-58DC-B5E2-1426FE87CCCO scientificName: Meteorus stellatus Fujie, Shimizu & Maeto, 2021; originalNameUsage: Meteorus stellatus Fujie, Shimizu & Maeto, 2021; acceptedNameUsage: Meteorus stellatus Fujie, Shimizu & Maeto, 2021; taxonomicStatus: accepted; taxon!D: urn:|sid:zoobank.org:act:D8785F 79-E874-4854-95D7-5C0A928914CA: kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hymenoptera; family: Braconidae; taxonRank: species; vernacularName: MY HY /\SRY TV .I/NF; nomenciaturalCode: ICZN; genus: Meteorus; specificEpithet: stellatus; scientificNameAuthorship: Fujie, Shimizu & Maeto; continent: Asia; isiandGroup: Taiwan; island: Taiwan; country: Taiwan; countryCode: TW; county: Pingtung; municipality: Sandimen township; locality: Mt. Dewun; eventDate: 09/11/2021; year: 2021; month: 11; day: 9; lifeStage: cocoon; occurrenceRemarks: Wasp cocoon and tis hyperparasitoid wasp (Pteromalidae sp.) were observed.; recordedBy: Chun-Che Chien; identifiedBy: So Shimizu, Hsuan-Pu Chen, Kai- Ti Lin, Shunpei Fujie, Kaoru Maeto; dateldentified: 2022; identificationReferences: Fujie et al. 2021; type: Stilllmage; !anguage: zh; basisOfRecord: HumanObservation; source: https://www.facebook.com/groups/393148477475231/permalink/4447480548708650/; occurrence!D: AA46B1EC-4536-54A3-8FE6-EB7D9199E19A scientificName: Meteorus stellatus Fujie, Shimizu & Maeto, 2021; originalNameUsage: Meteorus stellatus Fujie, Shimizu & Maeto, 2021; acceptedNameUsage: Meteorus stellatus Fujie, Shimizu & Maeto, 2021; taxonomicStatus: accepted; taxon!D: urn:|sid:zoobank.org:act:D8785F 79-E874-4854-95D7-5C0A928914CA; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hymenoptera; family: Braconidae; taxonRank: species; vernacularName: MY HY /NSRY TV .I/NF; nomenciaturalCode: ICZN; genus: Meteorus; specificEpithet: stellatus; scientificNameAuthorship: Fujie, Shimizu & Maeto; continent: Asia; isitandGroup: Taiwan; island: Taiwan; country: Taiwan; countryCode: TW; stateProvince: Taichung; municipality: Beitun District; eventDate: 29/11/2021; year: 2021; month: 11; day: 29; lifeStage: cocoon; occurrenceRemarks: Wasp cocoon and its host larva (Hippotion celerio) were observed.; recordedBy: Chean- Yueh Chang, Chun-Chung Su; identifiedBy: So Shimizu, Hsuan-Pu Chen, Kai-Ti Lin, Shunpei Fujie, Kaoru Maeto; dateldentified: 2022; identificationReferences: Fujie et al. 2021; type: Stilllmage; language: zh; basisOfRecord: HumanObservation; source: https:// www.facebook.com/groups/3691 89783201470/permalink/4598695013584238/; occurrence!D: 7616E757-8BE9-5BE5-A67F-8F DAOC8D8F33 scientificName: Meteorus stellatus Fujie, Shimizu & Maeto, 2021; originalNameUsage: Meteorus stellatus Fujie, Shimizu & Maeto, 2021; acceptedNameUsage: Meteorus stellatus Fujie, Shimizu & Maeto, 2021; taxonomicStatus: accepted; taxon!D: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:D8785F 79-E874-4854-95D7-5C0A928914CA; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hymenoptera; family: Braconidae; taxonRank: species; vernacularName: MY HY /\SRY TV .A/NF; nomenciaturalCode: ICZN; genus: Meteorus; specificEpithet: stellatus; scientificNameAuthorship: Fujie, Shimizu & Maeto; continent: Asia; is!andGroup: Taiwan; island: Taiwan; country: Taiwan; countryCode: TW; stateProvince: Taipei; municipality: Beitou District; locality: Erziping trail, Yangmingshan National Park; eventDate: 03/07/2022; year: 2022; month: 7; day: 3; 10 Shimizu S et al lifeStage: cocoon; occurrenceRemarks: Wasp cocoon was attacked by Parapolybia varia .; recordedBy: Su-Chuan Hung; identifiedBy: So Shimizu, HSuan-Pu Chen, Kai-Ti Lin, Shunpei Fujie, Kaoru Maeto; dateldentified: 2022; identificationReferences: Fujie et al. 2021; type: Movinglmage; !anguage: zh; basisOfRecord: HumanObservation; source: https://www.facebook.com/groups/588350308851 792/permalink/775928626760625/; occurrence!D: 782B47EA-3846-5A14-A14B-6FO9F3EC3BB1 scientificName: Meteorus stellatus Fujie, Shimizu & Maeto, 2021; originalNameUsage: Meteorus stellatus Fujie, Shimizu & Maeto, 2021; acceptedNameUsage: Meteorus stellatus Fujie, Shimizu & Maeto, 2021; taxonomicStatus: accepted; taxon!D: urn:|sid:zoobank.org:act:D8785F79-E874-4854-95D7-5C0A928914CA: kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hymenoptera; family: Braconidae; taxonRank: species; vernacularName: MY HY /\SRY TV .1/NF; nomenciaturalCode: ICZN; genus: Meteorus; specificEpithet: stellatus; scientificNameAuthorship: Fujie, Shimizu & Maeto; continent: Asia; is!andGroup: Taiwan; island: Taiwan; country: Taiwan; countryCode: TW; stateProvince: Taipei; municipality: Shihlin District; locality: Majiao historical trail; eventDate: 14/07/2022; year: 2022; month: 7; day: 14; lifeStage: cocoon; occurrenceRemarks: Some cocoons were probably broken by their natural enemies.; recordedBy: Hwei-Shan Lai; identifiedBy: So Shimizu, Hsuan-Pu Chen, Kai-Ti Lin, Shunpei Fujie, Kaoru Maeto; dateldentified: 2022; identificationReferences: Fujie et al. 2021; type: Stilllmage; !anguage: zh; basisOfRecord: HumanObservation; source: https:// www.facebook.com/groups/588350308851 792/permalink/786089845744503/; occurrence!D: 73B0277F-531 7-56F9-9A23-CB6F 73359975 scientificName: Meteorus stellatus Fujie, Shimizu & Maeto, 2021; originalNameUsage: Meteorus stellatus Fujie, Shimizu & Maeto, 2021; acceptedNameUsage: Meteorus stellatus Fujie, Shimizu & Maeto, 2021; taxonomicStatus: accepted; taxon!D: urn:|sid:zoobank.org:act:D8785F 79-E874-4854-95D7-5C0A928914CA; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hymenoptera; family: Braconidae; taxonRank: species; vernacularName: MY HY /\SRY TV .I/NF; nomenciaturalCode: ICZN; genus: Meteorus; specificEpithet: stellatus; scientificNameAuthorship: Fujie, Shimizu & Maeto; continent: Asia; islandGroup: Japanese Archipelago; island: Yakushima; country: Japan; countryCode: JP; stateProvince: Kagoshima; county: Kumage; municipality: Yakushima Town, Nagakubo; eventDate: 29/10/2021; year: 2021; month: 10; day: 29; individualCount: 3; sex: 1 female and 2 males; lifeStage: cocoon and adult; recordedBy: Sukenobu Konishi and Touta Takami; identifiedBy: Shunpei Fujie, Kaoru Maeto, So Shimizu, Hsuan-Pu Chen, Kai-Ti Lin; date!dentified: 2022: identificationReferences: Fujie et al. 2021; type: Stilllmage; language: jp; basisOfRecord: HumanObservation; occurrence!D: AAE66F6F-3D1A-5C9D-93F 8-7FOBCB8C2507 scientificName: Meteorus stellatus Fujie, Shimizu & Maeto, 2021; originalNameUsage: Meteorus stellatus Fujie, Shimizu & Maeto, 2021; acceptedNameUsage: Meteorus stellatus Fujie, Shimizu & Maeto, 2021; taxonomicStatus: accepted; taxon!D: urn:|sid:zoobank.org:act:D8785F79-E874-4854-95D7-5C0A928914CA; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hymenoptera; family: Braconidae; taxonRank: species; vernacularName: MY HY /NSRY TV .I/NF; nomenciaturalCode: ICZN; genus: Meteorus; specificEpithet: stellatus; scientificNameAuthorship: Fujie, Shimizu & Maeto; continent: Asia; isitandGroup: Taiwan; island: Taiwan; country: Taiwan; countryCode: TW; county: Pingtung; municipality: Mudan Township; locality: Damei forest road; eventDate: 05/01/2003; year: 2003; month: 1; day: 5; lifeStage: cocoon; occurrenceRemarks: Communal wasp cocoons; recordedBy: Ren-Jye Chen; identifiedBy: Hsuan-Pu Chen; dateldentified: 2022; identificationReferences: Fujie et al. 2021; type: Stilllmage; language: zh; basisOfRecord: HumanObservation; source: https:// Online citizen sciences reveal natural enemies and new occurrence data ... 11 www.facebook.com/notes/357500009028439/?hc_ref=ARSAoZn-XmWqo0lONaS-w0z4G- qc7237NSyoHcTADmUqJEa- K7vyxTukjGUkrpvBGkc&fref=gs&dti=170749060193254&hc_location=group; occurrence!D: 800E8465-E96A-56EC-A3FF-5F3130A91515 scientificName: Meteorus stellatus Fujie, Shimizu & Maeto, 2021; originalNameUsage: Meteorus stellatus Fujie, Shimizu & Maeto, 2021; acceptedNameUsage: Meteorus stellatus Fujie, Shimizu & Maeto, 2021; taxonomicStatus: accepted; taxon!D: urn:|sid:zoobank.org:act:D8785F 79-E874-4854-95D7-5C0A928914CA: kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hymenoptera; family: Braconidae; taxonRank: species; vernacularName: MY HY /\SRY TY .I/NF; nomenciaturalCode: ICZN; genus: Meteorus; specificEpithet: stellatus; scientificNameAuthorship: Fujie, Shimizu & Maeto; continent: Asia; is!andGroup: Taiwan; island: Taiwan; country: Taiwan; countryCode: TW; stateProvince: Taoyuan; municipality: Daxi District; locality: Nanzigou trail; eventDate: 15/01/2018; year: 2018; month: 1; day: 15; lifeStage: cocoon; occurrenceRemarks: Wasp cocoon and its hyperparasitoid wasp (Pteromalidae sp.) were observed.; recordedBy: Ren-Jye Chen; identifiedBy: Hsuan-Pu Chen; dateldentified: 2022; identificationReferences: Fujie et al. 2021; type: Stilllmage; language: zh; basisOfRecord: HumanObservation; source: https:/Awww.facebook.com/notes/ 357500009028439/?hc_ref=ARSAoZn-XmWqo0lONaS-w0z4G- qc7237NSyoHcTADmUqJEa- K7vyxTukjGUkrpvBGkc&fref=gs&dti=170749060193254&hc_location=group; occurrence!D: 7614036B-7B94-5104-92B2-F419ED32310F scientificName: Meteorus stellatus Fujie, Shimizu & Maeto, 2021; originalNameUsage: Meteorus stellatus Fujie, Shimizu & Maeto, 2021; acceptedNameUsage: Meteorus stellatus Fujie, Shimizu & Maeto, 2021; taxonomicStatus: accepted; taxon!D: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:D8785F 79-E874-4854-95D7-5C0A928914CA; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hymenoptera; family: Braconidae; taxonRank: species; vernacularName: MY HY /\NSRY TV .I/NF; nomenciaturalCode: ICZN; genus: Meteorus; specificEpithet: stellatus; scientificNameAuthorship: Fujie, Shimizu & Maeto; continent: Asia; is!tandGroup: Taiwan; island: Taiwan; country: Taiwan; countryCode: TW; county: Pingtung; municipality: Shizi Township; locality: Shouka Forest Road; eventDate: 12/02/2023; year: 2023; month: 2; day: 12; lifeStage: cocoon; occurrenceRemarks: Wasp cocoon and its host larva (Wacroglossum passalus) were observed.; recordedBy: Ren-Jye Chen; identifiedBy: Hsuan-Pu Chen; dateldentified: 2022; identificationReferences: Fujie et al. 2021; type: Stilllmage; language: zh; basisOfRecord: HumanObservation; source: https:/Awww.facebook.com/photo? fbid=8976680589071 832&set=a.3956434571 75631; occurrence!D: 89F4A112-762D-5805-A881-E9C86A4224C0 scientificName: Meteorus stellatus Fujie, Shimizu & Maeto, 2021; originalNameUsage: Meteorus stellatus Fujie, Shimizu & Maeto, 2021; acceptedNameUsage: Meteorus stellatus Fujie, Shimizu & Maeto, 2021; taxonomicStatus: accepted; taxon!D: urn:|sid:zoobank.org:act:D8785F 79-E874-4854-95D7-5C0A928914CA: kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hymenoptera; family: Braconidae; taxonRank: species; vernacularName: MY HY /\SRY TV .AI/NF; nomenciaturalCode: ICZN; genus: Meteorus; specificEpithet: stellatus; scientificNameAuthorship: Fujie, Shimizu & Maeto; continent: Asia; is!andGroup: Taiwan; island: Taiwan; country: Taiwan; countryCode: TW; stateProvince: Taipei; municipality: Da'an District; locality: Fujhoushan park; eventDate: 21/01/2022; year: 2022; month: 1; day: 21; lifeStage: cocoon; occurrenceRemarks: Wasp cocoon and its hyperparasitoid Darwin wasp (Mesochorus sp.) were observed.; recordedBy: Chun-Chun Deng; identifiedBy: So Shimizu, Hsuan-Pu 12 Shimizu S et al Chen, Kai-Ti Lin, Shunpei Fujie, Kaoru Maeto; dateldentified: 2022; identificationReferences: Fujie et al. 2021; type: Stilllmage; language: zh; basisOfRecord: HumanObservation; source: https:/Awww.facebook.com/groups/588350308851 792/ permalink/665203134499842/; occurrence!D: 6F7CAB51-8D6D-54B3- ABE2-9F9CF3152526 scientificName: Meteorus stellatus Fujie, Shimizu & Maeto, 2021; originalNameUsage: Meteorus stellatus Fujie, Shimizu & Maeto, 2021; acceptedNameUsage: Meteorus stellatus Fujie, Shimizu & Maeto, 2021; taxonomicStatus: accepted; taxon!D: urn:|sid:zoobank.org:act:D8785F 79-E874-4854-95D7-5C0A928914CA: kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hymenoptera; family: Braconidae; taxonRank: species; vernacularName: MY HY /\SRY TV .AI/NF; nomenciaturalCode: ICZN; genus: Meteorus; specificEpithet: stellatus; scientificNameAuthorship: Fujie, Shimizu & Maeto; continent: Asia; is!tandGroup: Taiwan; island: Taiwan; country: Taiwan; countryCode: TW; stateProvince: Taipei; municipality: Xindian District; eventDate: 23/12/2022; year: 2023; month: 12; day: 23; lifeStage: cocoon; occurrenceRemarks: Adult wasps were emerged on 2023/1/2.; recordedBy: Alu Lu; identifiedBy: So Shimizu, Hsuan- Pu Chen, Kai-Ti Lin, Shunpei Fujie, Kaoru Maeto; dateldentified: 2022; identificationReferences: Fujie et al. 2021; type: Stilllmage; language: zh; basisOfRecord: HumanObservation; source: https:/Awww.facebook.com/groups/588350308851 792/ permalink/891240715229415/; occurrencelD: 872DEDF7-1294-5C29-998B-66616302FB1E scientificName: Meteorus stellatus Fujie, Shimizu & Maeto, 2021; originalNameUsage: Meteorus stellatus Fujie, Shimizu & Maeto, 2021; acceptedNameUsage: Meteorus stellatus Fujie, Shimizu & Maeto, 2021; taxonomicStatus: accepted; taxon!D: urn:Isid:zoobank.org:act:D8785F 79-E874-4854-95D7-5C0A928914CA: kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hymenoptera; family: Braconidae; taxonRank: species; vernacularName: MY HY /\SRY IV .I/NF; nomenciaturalCode: ICZN; genus: Meteorus; specificEpithet: stellatus; scientificNameAuthorship: Fujie, Shimizu & Maeto; continent: Asia; is!andGroup: Taiwan; island: Taiwan; country: Taiwan; countryCode: TW; stateProvince: Taipei; municipality: Da'an District; locality: Fujhoushan park; eventDate: 21/01/2022; year: 2022; month: 1; day: 21; individualCount: 1; lifeStage: emerged cocoon; recordedBy: Chun-Chun Deng; disposition: voucher NMNS; identifiedBy: So Shimizu, Hsuan-Pu Chen, Kai-Ti Lin; dateldentified: 2022; identificationReferences: Araujo et al. 2018; type: PhysicalObject; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen; source: https:/Awww.facebook.com/groups/588350308851792/ permalink/665203134499842/; occurrence!lD: 4E80B0A5-07FA-55BD-AQ9F 2- F78F67466C52 scientificName: Meteorus stellatus Fujie, Shimizu & Maeto, 2021; originalNameUsage: Meteorus stellatus Fujie, Shimizu & Maeto, 2021; acceptedNameUsage: Meteorus stellatus Fujie, Shimizu & Maeto, 2021; taxonomicStatus: accepted; taxon!D: urn:|sid:zoobank.org:act:D8785F 79-E874-4854-95D7-5C0A928914CA: kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hymenoptera; family: Braconidae; taxonRank: species; vernacularName: MY HY /\NSRY TV .I/NF; nomenciaturalCode: ICZN; genus: Meteorus; specificEpithet: stellatus; scientificNameAuthorship: Fujie, Shimizu & Maeto; continent: Asia; is!tandGroup: Taiwan; island: Taiwan; country: Taiwan; countryCode: TW; stateProvince: Taoyuan; municipality: Daxi District; locality: Nanzigou trail; eventDate: 15/01/2018; year: 2018; month: 1; day: 15; individualCount: 1; lifeStage: emerged cocoon; recordedBy: Ren-Jye Chen; disposition: voucher NMNS; identifiedBy: Hsuan-Pu Chen; dateldentified: 2022; identificationReferences: Fujie et al. 2021; type: PhysicalObject; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen; source: https:/Awww.facebook.com/ aa. ab. Online citizen sciences reveal natural enemies and new occurrence data ... 13 notes/357500009028439/?hc_ref=ARSAoZn-XmW qo0lONaS-w0z4G- qc7237NSyoHcTADmUqJEa- K7vyxTukjGUkrpvBGkc&fref=gs&dti=170749060193254&hc_location=group; occurrence!D: A529FE2D-D03D-5B10-8F8E-2EBAF3FD0076 scientificName: Meteorus stellatus Fujie, Shimizu & Maeto, 2021; originalNameUsage: Meteorus stellatus Fujie, Shimizu & Maeto, 2021; acceptedNameUsage: Meteorus stellatus Fujie, Shimizu & Maeto, 2021; taxonomicStatus: accepted; taxon!D: urn:Isid:zoobank.org:act:D8785F79-E874-4854-95D7-5C0A928914CA; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hymenoptera; family: Braconidae; taxonRank: species; vernacularName: MY HY /\SRY TV .I/NF; nomenciaturalCode: ICZN; genus: Meteorus; specificEpithet: stellatus; scientificNameAuthorship: Fujie, Shimizu & Maeto; continent: Asia; is!tandGroup: Taiwan; island: Taiwan; country: Taiwan; countryCode: TW; stateProvince: Taichung; eventDate: 11/1990; year: 1990; month: 11; individualCount: 45; sex: 34 females and 11 males; lifeStage: adult; recordedBy: C. T. Yang (Chung-Tu Yang); disposition: voucher TARI; identifiedBy: Kai-Ti Lin, Hsuan-Pu Chen; dateldentified: 2022; identificationReferences: Fujie et al. 2021; type: PhysicalObject; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen; occurrencelD: EEE7F33C- D242-5C14-B95A-8324D2AE1CF2 scientificName: Meteorus stellatus Fujie, Shimizu & Maeto, 2021; originalNameUsage: Meteorus stellatus Fujie, Shimizu & Maeto, 2021; acceptedNameUsage: Meteorus stellatus Fujie, Shimizu & Maeto, 2021; taxonomicStatus: accepted; taxon!D: urn:|sid:zoobank.org:act:D8785F 79-E874-4854-95D7-5C0A928914CA; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hymenoptera; family: Braconidae; taxonRank: species; vernacularName: MY HF /\SRY TV .I/NF; nomenciaturalCode: ICZN; genus: Meteorus; specificEpithet: stellatus; scientificNameAuthorship: Fujie, Shimizu & Maeto; continent: Asia; is!andGroup: Taiwan; island: Taiwan; country: Taiwan; countryCode: TW; locality: Sozan; locationRemarks: old locality name, equals to Yangmingshan, Beitou Dist., Taipei City, Taiwan; eventDate: 22/06/1943; year: 1943; month: 6; day: 22; individualCount: 37; sex: 26 females and 9 males; lifeStage: adult; recordedBy: Jinhaku Sonan; disposition: voucher TARI; identifiedBy: Kai-Ti Lin, Hsuan-Pu Chen; dateldentified: 2022; identificationReferences: Fujie et al. 2021; type: PhysicalObject; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen; occurrencelD: 4DF0A521- C143-52D5-8E70-EEC35EDD4486 scientificName: Meteorus stellatus Fujie, Shimizu & Maeto, 2021; originalNameUsage: Meteorus stellatus Fujie, Shimizu & Maeto, 2021; acceptedNameUsage: Meteorus stellatus Fujie, Shimizu & Maeto, 2021; taxonomicStatus: accepted; taxon!D: urn:|sid:zoobank.org:act:D8785F 79-E874-4854-95D7-5C0A928914CA; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hymenoptera; family: Braconidae; taxonRank: species; vernacularName: MY HY /NSRY TY .I/NF; nomenciaturalCode: ICZN; genus: Meteorus; specificEpithet: stellatus; scientificNameAuthorship: Fujie, Shimizu & Maeto; continent: Asia; is!tandGroup: Taiwan; island: Taiwan; country: Taiwan; countryCode: TW; locality: Sozan; locationRemarks: old locality name, equals to Yangmingshan, Beitou Dist., Taipei City, Taiwan; eventDate: 22/06/1943; year: 1943; month: 6; day: 22; individualCount: 1; lifeStage: emerged cocoon; recordedBy: Jinhaku Sonan; disposition: voucher TARI; identifiedBy: Kai-Ti Lin, Hsuan-Pu Chen; dateldentified: 2022; identificationReferences: Fujie et al. 2021; type: PhysicalObject; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen; occurrence!D: A60C1D62-DC1D-54CF-AED9-775BE3D3B843 scientificName: Meteorus stellatus Fujie, Shimizu & Maeto, 2021; originalNameUsage: Meteorus stellatus Fujie, Shimizu & Maeto, 2021; acceptedNameUsage: Meteorus stellatus Fujie, Shimizu & Maeto, 2021; taxonomicStatus: accepted; taxon!D: 14 Shimizu S et al urn:|sid:zoobank.org:act:D8785F 79-E874-4854-95D7-5C0A928914CA: kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hymenoptera; family: Braconidae; taxonRank: species; vernacularName: MY HY /NSRY TV .I/NF; nomenciaturalCode: ICZN; genus: Meteorus; specificEpithet: stellatus; scientificNameAuthorship: Fujie, Shimizu & Maeto; continent: Asia; is!andGroup: Taiwan; island: Taiwan; country: Taiwan; countryCode: TW; stateProvince: Taipei; municipality: Da'an District; locality: National Taiwan University; eventDate: 05/11/2021; year: 2021; month: 11; day: 5; lifeStage: adult; recordedBy: Kai-Ti Lin; disposition: voucher TARI; identifiedBy: So Shimizu, HSuan-Pu Chen, Kai-Ti Lin, Shunpei Fujie, Kaoru Maeto; dateldentified: 2022; identificationReferences: Fujie et al. 2021; type: PhysicalObject; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen; source: https:/Awww.facebook.com/groups/588350308851792/ permalink/620323802321109/; occurrence!D: 30B047C2-A6AE-5BA9- B515-14E0101E644D ac. scientificName: Meteorus stellatus Fujie, Shimizu & Maeto, 2021; originalNameUsage: Meteorus stellatus Fujie, Shimizu & Maeto, 2021; acceptedNameUsage: Meteorus stellatus Fujie, Shimizu & Maeto, 2021; taxonomicStatus: accepted; taxon!D: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:D8785F 79-E874-4854-95D7-5C0A928914CA; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hymenoptera; family: Braconidae; taxonRank: species; vernacularName: MY HY /\SRY TV .I/NF; nomenciaturalCode: ICZN; genus: Meteorus; specificEpithet: stellatus; scientificNameAuthorship: Fujie, Shimizu & Maeto; continent: Asia; islandGroup: Japanese Archipelago; island: Yakushima; country: Japan; countryCode: JP; stateProvince: Kagoshima; county: Kumage; municipality: Yakushima Town, Nagakubo; evenitDate: 29/10/2021; year: 2021; month: 10; day: 29; individualCount: 3; sex: 1 female and 2 males; lifeStage: cocoon and adult; recordedBy: Sukenobu Konishi and Touta Takami; disposition: voucher KPM; identifiedBy: Shunpei Fujie, Kaoru Maeto, So Shimizu, Hsuan-Pu Chen, Kai-Ti Lin; dateldentified: 2022; identificationReferences: Fujie et al. 2021; type: PhysicalObject; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen; occurrence!D: 79F648BD-5C25-5AF D- A159-8CDDE266885F Diagnosis See the "Taxon treatment" section of Fujie et al. (2021). Distribution Eastern Palaearctic (Japan) (present paper) and Oriental Regions (Japan and Taiwan) (Fujie et al. 2021; present paper, Fig. 1). Occurrence data of M. stellatus A total of 25 digital occurrence data of MV. stellatus were compiled. Twenty-two of them were permitted by the posters for reuse of their data in the present paper (Table 3), while three were not. Amongst the permitted data, 21 were obtained from the Taiwanese Facebook posts, representing the first record of M. stellatus from Taiwan (Table 3; Figs 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10). One digital occurrence record was recognised from Yakushima Is. Japan, via the Japanese website, representing the first record of M. Stellatus from the Eastern Palaearctic Region (Table 3; Fig. 11). The suspended communal cocoons were observed in all compiled data (Table 3), but larval and adult Online citizen sciences reveal natural enemies and new occurrence data ... stages were not. In addition, associated insects with M. stellatus were recognised in 11 of the 22 permitted digital occurrence data (50% of all data) (see Table 3 and the below "Insects associated with M. stellatus" section). ® @>D> @B Host record Hyperparasitoid Normal occurrence Predator Figure 1. EES Distribution map of digital occurrence data of Meteorus stellatus Fujie, Shimizu & Maeto, 2021 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Euphorinae) from Taiwan. Red square: occurrence data with host record, yellow triangle: occurrence data for those attacked by hyperparasitoids, black circle: normal occurrence data, blue rhombus: occurrence data for those attacked by predators. Table 3. List of sources for digital occurrence data of Meteorus stellatus Fujie, Shimizu & Maeto, 2021. The IDs link to the identifiers in the "Materials" section of VM. stellatus. ID a Locality S 2|2|/2/2/2|=2 Adult n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a Cocoon Fig. 8a Fig. 4e Fig. 4h Fig. 9e Fig. 9a Fig. 4b Fig. 4a Host Fig. 8b,c n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a Parasitoid n/a n/a n/a Fig. 9e Fig. 9a n/a n/a Predator n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a Shimizu S et al ID Locality Adult Cocoon Host Parasitoid Predator h TW n/a Fig. 4i-k n/a n/a n/a i TW n/a Fig. 4f,g n/a n/a n/a j TW n/a Fig. 4c n/a n/a n/a k TW n/a Fig. 10 n/a n/a Fig. 10 | TW Fig. 2 Fig. 6 Fig. 6d n/a n/a m TW n/a Fig. 9c,d n/a Fig. 9c,d n/a n TW n/a Fig. 5b Fig. 5a n/a n/a fc) TW n/a Youtube n/a n/a Youtube p TW n/a Fig. 4d n/a n/a n/a q JP Fig. 11b,c Fig. 11a,b n/a n/a n/a r TW Fig. 7d Fig. 7a-d Fig. 7a n/a n/a s TW n/a Fig. 9b n/a Fig. 9b n/a t TW n/a Fig. 7e Fig. 7e n/a n/a u TW n/a Fig. Of n/a Fig. 9g,f n/a Vv TW Fig. 3b Fig. 3a n/a n/a n/a Figure 2. EES] A female Meteorus stellatus Fujie, Shimizu & Maeto, 2021 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Euphorinae) reared from Macroglossum sitiene (Walker, 1856) (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae) by Kai-Ti Lin in Taiwan (photographed by So Shimizu). Online citizen sciences reveal natural enemies and new occurrence data ... 17 Figure 3. EES] Source photographs of digital occurrence data of Meteorus stellatus Fujie, Shimizu & Maeto, 2021 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Euphorinae) from Taiwan observed by Alu Lu on 23.XIl. 2022: a. suspended communal cocoon; b. mating behaviour. Figure 4. EES] Source photographs of digital occurrence data of Meteorus stellatus Fujie, Shimizu & Maeto, 2021 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Euphorinae) from Taiwan, based on suspended communal cocoons: a. photographed by Ching-Chang Hsu on 4.X1.2018 in Zhanshan trail, Mt. Guanyin, Bali Dist., New Taipei City; b. photographed by Hua-Ting Cheng on 11.VII.2018 in Taiwan; c. photographed by Shu-Ling Lin on 19.VII.2018 in Lugu township, Nantou County; d. photographed by Hwei-Shan Lai on 14.VII.2022 in Majiao historical trail, Shihlin Dist., Taipei City; e. photographed by Shu-Ping Yang on 24.VIII.2013 in Mt. Dalunwei, Shihlin Dist., Taipei City; f-g. photographed by Shuling Yang on 13.X1.2018 in Taipei City; h. photographed by Tieh Hu (#8#%) on 7.XII.2013 in Yangmingshan National Park, Beitou Dist., Taipei City; i-k. photographed by Shuling Yang on 12.X1.2018 in Fuhe wetlands, Yonghe Dist., New Taipei City. Shimizu S et al ~ Figure 5. EESI Source photographs of digital occurrence data of Meteorus stellatus Fujie, Shimizu & Maeto, 2021 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Euphorinae) and its host moth of Hippotion celerio (Linnaeus, 1758) (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae) from Taiwan observed by Chean-Yueh Chang & Chun-Chung Su on 29.X1.2021: a. H. celerio parasitised by M. stellatus; b. large communal cocoons of MV. stellatus; c. small cocoons of MW. stellatus. Figure 6. EESl Source photographs of digital occurrence data of Meteorus stellatus Fujie, Shimizu & Maeto, 2021 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Euphorinae) and its host moth of Macroglossum sitiene (Walker, 1856) (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae) from Taiwan observed by Kai-Ti Lin on 5.X1.2021: a. upper end of a long cable of communal cocoon of M. stellatus; b. long cable of communal cocoon of lV. stellatus; c. suspended communal cocoon of MV. stellatus by a long cable; d. host larva of Ma. sitiene; e. larva of VM. stellatus; f. early stage of communal cocoon construction behaviour of . stellatus; g. middle stage of communal cocoon construction behaviour of /V. stellatus; h. final stage of communal cocoon construction behaviour of MM. stellatus. Online citizen sciences reveal natural enemies and new occurrence data ... 19 Figure 7. EESl Source photographs of digital occurrence data of Meteorus stellatus Fujie, Shimizu & Maeto, 2021 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Euphorinae) and its host moth of Macroglossum passalus (Drury, 1773) (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae) from Taiwan observed by Ren-Jye Chen on 12.II. 2023: a. upper end of a long cable of a communal cocoon of M. stel/latus with host larva of Ma. passalus; b. long cable of MV. stellatus; c. lower end of a long cable of a communal cocoon of M. stellatus; d. communal cocoon and emerged adult wasps of M. stellatus; e. communal cocoon of MW. stellatus with host larva of Ma. passalus. Figure 8. EE Source photographs of digital occurrence data of Meteorus stellatus Fujie, Shimizu & Maeto, 2021 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Euphorinae) and its host moth of Cechetra minor (Butler, 1875) (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae) from Taiwan observed by Mei-Ling Lo on 14.VII.2012: a. communal cocoon of MW. stellatus; b. emerging larvae of M. stellatus from thier host body; c. host moth larva of M. stellatus. 20 Shimizu S et al Figure 9. ETSI Source photographs of digital occurrence data of hyperparasitoid wasps of Meteorus stellatus Fujie, Shimizu & Maeto, 2021 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Euphorinae) from Taiwan observed by Taiwanese citizen scientists: a. communal cocoon of M. stellatus and adult hyperparasitoid wasp of Pteromalidae (photographed by Jui-Chen Hsieh on 30.11.2016); b. communal cocoon of M. stellatus and adult hyperparasitoid wasp of Pteromalidae (photographed by Ren-Jye Chen on 15.1.2018); c-d. communal cocoon of M. stellatus and adult hyperparasitoid wasp of Pteromalidae (photographed by Chun-Che Chien on 9.X1.2021); e. communal cocoon of MV. stellatus and adult hyperparasitoid wasp of Trichogrammatidae (photographed by Mei-Ling Lo on 23.XI1.2015); f-g. communal cocoon of M. stellatus and emerged adult hyperparasitoid wasps of the Darwin wasp genus Mesochorus sp. (photographed by Chun-Chun Deng on 21.1. 2022). Figure 10. EEN Source photograph of digital occurrence data of predator of Meteorus stellatus Fujie, Shimizu & Maeto, 2021 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Euphorinae) from Taiwan observed by Ke-Hsiung Tsai. A female paper wasp worker of Parapolybia varia (Fabricius, 1787) (Hymenoptera, Vespidae) attacking a suspended communal cocoon of MV. stellatus. Online citizen sciences reveal natural enemies and new occurrence data ... 21 Figure 11. EES Source photographs of digital occurrence data of Meteorus stellatus Fujie, Shimizu & Maeto, 2021 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Euphorinae) from Yakushima Is., Japan (photographed by Sukenobu Konishi and Touta Takami in 2021): a. communal cocoon before emerging adult wasps; b. communal cocoon after emerging adult wasps; c. emerged female adult wasp on a one-yen coin. Seven physical occurrence data were also listed in the present paper (Table 4; Figs 2, 12). Four of them were based on voucher-preserved specimens for digital occurrence data, while the remaining three were recognised through investigation of a Hymenoptera collection preserved at TARI by HPC and KTL. Table 4. List of sources and depositories for physical occurrence data of Meteorus stellatus Fujie, Shimizu & Maeto, 2021. The IDs link to the identifiers in the "Materials" section of M. stellatus. ID Locality Adult Cocoon Host Parasitoid Predator Ww TW n/a NMNS n/a n/a n/a x TW n/a NMNS n/a n/a n/a y TW TARI n/a n/a n/a n/a z TW TARI; Fig. 12a n/a n/a n/a n/a aa TW n/a TARI; Fig. 12c n/a n/a n/a ab TW TARI; Fig. 2 n/a n/a n/a n/a ac JP KPM KPM n/a n/a n/a Insects associated with M. stellatus A total of 12 insect taxa were recognised as being associated with MW. stellatus (Table 5) (including the data from Fujie et al. (2021)). Shimizu S et al SOZAN FORMQSA aL we ft¢? COL. J. SONAN Figure 12. EEN Meteorus stellatus Fujie, Shimizu & Maeto, 2021 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Euphorinae) from Taiwan found in the J. Sonan collection at TARI (photographed by Hsuan-Pu Chen): a. female adult; b. data label; c. communal cocoon. Table 5. Insects associated with Meteorus stellatus Fujie, Shimizu & Maeto, 2021. "Lep." = "Lepidoptera", "Hym." = "Hymenoptera". Type Order Family Species Source Host Lep. Sphingidae Cechetra minor Fig. 8b,c Host Lep. Sphingidae Hippotion celerio Fig. 5a Host Lep. Sphingidae Macroglossum passalus Fujie et al. (2021); Fig. 7a,e Host Lep. Sphingidae Macroglossum pyrrhosticta Fujie et al. (2021) Host Lep. Sphingidae Macroglossum sitiene Fig. 6d Parasitoid Hym. Ceraphronidae Aphanogmus sp. Fujie et al. (2021) Parasitoid Hym. Eulophidae Tetrastichus sp. Fujie et al. (2021) Parasitoid Hym. Eurytomidae Eurytoma sp. Fujie et al. (2021) Parasitoid Hym. Ichneumonidae Mesochorus sp. Fig. 9f,g Parasitoid Hym. Pteromalidae n/a Fig. 9a-d Parasitoid Hym. Trichogrammatidae n/a Fig. 9e Predator Hym. Vespidae Parapolybia varia Fig. 10; Youtube Online citizen sciences reveal natural enemies and new occurrence data ... 23 Hosts: A total of five host species from three hawk moth genera (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae: Cechetra, Hippotion and Macroglossum) were listed in Table 5. Three of which (C. minor, H. celerio and Ma. sitiene) were recorded for the first time as hosts. The majority of moth species currently recognised as hosts belong to the genus Macroglossum. On the other hand, two host moth species belong to the genera Cechetra and Hippotion, representing the first genus-level host records for MV. stellatus. As hosts of WM. stellatus, three (C. minor, H. celerio and Ma. sitiene) were known only from Taiwan (present paper), one (Ma. passalus) was from both Taiwan (present paper) and Japan (Fujie et al. 2021) and one (Ma. pyrrhosticta) was only from Japan (Fujie et al. 2021). Hyperparasitoids: A total of six hyperparasitoid wasps, including three new data from Taiwan, were listed in Table 5. However, two of the new data could unfortunately not be identified as generic- and species-levels and were excluded from the "Taxon treatments" section in the present paper, while their higher classification (indeterminate species of Pteromalidae and Trichogrammatidae families) was mentioned in the “occurrenceRemarks" of M. stellatus and Table 5. The remaining new hyperparasitoid wasp data were identified as the Darwin wasp genus Mesochorus (Ichneumonidae, Mesochorinae), but the specific name could not be identified. Predators: Only one paper wasp species, Parapolybia varia (Fabricius, 1787) (Hymenoptera, Vespidae), was recognised as a predator (Table 5; Fig. 10). It was recognised from two sources (Table 3). The cocoon of M. stellatus was intensively attacked by either a single worker (Fig. 10) or many workers (as seen in the video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYzggeJwxOo). The communal cocoon, suspended by a long cable, was moderately to strongly swaying and spinning due to natural winds and the flapping of the paper wasps' wings. First, the paper wasps were hovering in the air and trying to figure out the optimal timing for landing on the cocoon. Subsequently, they landed on the cocoon if it was relatively stable, but gave up landing on it if it was unstable. Cechetra minor (Butler, 1875) GBIF https:/www.gbif.org/species/165296887 Material a. scientificName: Cechetra minor (Butler, 1875); originalNameUsage: Chaerocampa minor Butler, 1875; acceptedNameUsage: Cechetra minor (Butler, 1875); taxonomicStatus: accepted; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Lepidoptera; family: Sphingidae; taxonRank: species; vernacularName: #42A4#; nomenclaturalCode: ICZN; genus: Cechetra; specificEpithet: minor, scientificNameAuthorship: Butler; continent: Asia; islandGroup: Taiwan; island: Taiwan; country: Taiwan; countryCode: TW; stateProvince: Taoyuan; municipality: Fuxing; locality: Xiaoyun Elementary School, Xiayun; eventDate: 14/07/2012; year: 2012; month: 7; day: 14; lifeStage: larva; occurrenceRemarks: Moth larva and its parasitoid (Meteorus stellatus) were observed. ; recordedBy: Mei-Ling Lo; identifiedBy: Mei-Ling Lo; dateldentified: 2022; 24 Shimizu S et al identificationReferences: Chen 1994, Wang 1995; type: Stilllmage; language: zh; basisOfRecord: HumanObservation; source: https:/Awww.facebook.com/groups/ 588350308851 792/permalink/627584148261741/; occurrence!D: BC78F277-9BE8-5FEF-8EC4-A56BD39AF 4A4 Taxon discussion The larva of this species was identified, based on Chen (1994) and Wang (1995). Notes Newly recognised as a host of lV. stellatus. Hippotion celerio (Linnaeus, 1758) ° GBIF https:/www.gbif.org/species/1862293 Material a. scientificName: Hippotion celerio (Linnaeus, 1758); originalNameUsage: Sphinx celerio Linnaeus, 1758; acceptedNameUsage: Hippotion celerio (Linnaeus, 1758); taxonomicStatus: accepted; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Lepidoptera; family: Sphingidae; taxonRank: species; vernacularName: YON6IL RZRYRARA, SUMS RAY; nomenciaturalCode: ICZN; genus: Hippotion; specificEpithet: celerio; scientificNameAuthorship: Linnaeus; continent: Asia; islandGroup: Taiwan; island: Taiwan; country: Taiwan; countryCode: TW; stateProvince: Taichung; municipality: Beitun; eventDate: 29/11/2021; year: 2021; month: 11; day: 29; lifeStage: larva; occurrenceRemarks: Moth larva and its parasitoid (Meteorus stellatus) were observed. ; recordedBy: Chean-Yueh Chang, Chun-Chung Su; identifiedBy: Shipher Wu; dateldentified: 2022; identificationReferences: Chen 1994, Wang 1995; type: Stilllmage; language: zh; basisOfRecord: HumanObservation; source: https:/Awww.facebook.com/ groups/369189783201470/permalink/4598695013584238/; occurrencelD: 352F CD94-8192-59B6-AD01-D53C7039B561 Taxon discussion The larva of this species was identified, based on Chen (1994) and Wang (1995). Notes Newly recognised as a host of /. stellatus. Macroglossum passalus (Drury, 1773) ° Encyclopedia of Life https://eol.org/pages/405563 ° GBIF https:/www.gbif.org/species/5124305 Online citizen sciences reveal natural enemies and new occurrence data ... 25 Material a. scientificName: Macroglossum passalus (Drury, 1773); originalNameUsage: Sphinx passalus Drury, 1773; acceptedNameUsage: Macroglossum passalus (Drury, 1774); taxonomicStatus: accepted; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Lepidoptera; family: Sphingidae; taxonRank: species; vernacularName: FRBRER Ki; nomenciaturalCode: ICZN; genus: Macroglossum; specificEpithet: passalus; scientificNameAuthorship: Drury; continent: Asia; islandGroup: Taiwan; island: Taiwan; country: Taiwan; countryCode: TW; county: Pingtung; municipality: Shizi Township; locality: Shouka Forest Road; eventDate: 12/02/2023; year: 2023; month: 2; day: 12; lifeStage: larva; occurrenceRemarks: Moth larva and its parasitoid (Meteorus stellatus) were observed.; recordedBy: Ren-Jye Chen; identifiedBy: Ren-Jye Chen; dateldentified: 2022; identificationReferences: Chen 1994, Wang 1995; type: Stilllmage; language: zh; basisOfRecord: HumanObservation; source: https:/Awww.facebook.com/photo? fbid=89766805890718328&set=a.3956434571 75631; occurrence!D: CF350B71-1D14-5101-8959-249F BB9B87A1 Taxon discussion The larva of this species was identified, based on Chen (1994) and Wang (1995). Notes Known as a host of MW. stellatus from Japan (Fujie et al. 2021) and Taiwan (present paper). Macroglossum sitiene (Walker, 1856) . GBIF https:/www.gbif.org/species/5124374 Material a. scientificName: Macroglossum sitiene (Walker, 1856); original NameUsage: Macroglossa sitiene Walker, 1856; acceptedNameUsage: Macroglossum sitiene (Walker, 1856); taxonomicStatus: accepted; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Lepidoptera; family: Sphingidae; taxonRank: species; vernacularName: J7O74 Em Dv 7, RRBRARAY, nomenciaturalCode: ICZN; genus: Macroglossum; specificEpithet: pyrrhosticta; scientificNameAuthorship: Walker; continent: Asia; islandGroup: Taiwan; island: Taiwan; country: Taiwan; countryCode: TW; stateProvince: Taipei; municipality: Da'an; locality: National Taiwan University main campus; eventDate: 05/11/2021; year: 2021; month: 11; day: 5; lifeStage: larva; occurrenceRemarks: Moth larva and its parasitoid (Meteorus stellatus) were observed.; recordedBy: Kai-Ti Lin; identifiedBy: Hsiu-Chun Lee; dateldentified: 2022; identificationReferences: Chen 1994, Wang 1995; type: Stilllmage; language: zh; basisOfRecord: HumanObservation; source: https://www.facebook.com/groups/588350308851 792/permalink/620323802321109/; occurrence!D: 59D258E4-19EC-53A9-B1B9-434F00614DDE Taxon discussion The larva of this species was identified, based on Chen (1994) and Wang (1995). 26 Notes Shimizu S et al Newly recognised as a host of lV. stellatus. Parapolybia varia (Fabricius, 1787) GBIF https://www.gbif.org/species/1311773 Encyclopedia of Life https://eol.org/pages/240040 Barcode of Life https://treatment.plazi.org/id/AD7C879B1COAFFA95CD8FD92FC6BFCD2 Materials a. scientificName: Parapolybia varia (Fabricius, 1787); originalNameUsage: Vespa varia Fabricius, 1787; acceptedNameUsage: Parapolybia varia (Fabricius, 1787); taxonomicStatus: accepted; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hymenoptera; family: Vespidae; taxonRank: species; vernacularName: EAXARMV TY YIANF, 26 BASsAe8; nomenciaturalCode: ICZN; genus: Parapolybia; specificEpithet: varia; scientificNameAuthorship: Fabricius; continent: Asia; islandGroup: Taiwan; country: Taiwan; countryCode: TW; stateProvince: Keelung; municipality: Gangziliao trail; eventDate: 01/04/2021; year: 2021; month: 4; day: 1; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceRemarks: Parapolybia varia attacked the suspended communal cocoon of Meteorus stellatus.; recordedBy: Ke-Hsiung Tsai; identifiedBy: Hsuan-Pu Chen, Kai-Ti Lin; dateldentified: 2022; identificationReferences: Yamane & Wang 1996, Saito-Morooka et al. 2015; type: Stilllmage; !anguage: zh; basisOfRecord: HumanObservation; source: https://www.facebook.com/groups/393148477475231/permalink/4372047339585305/; occurrence!D: 62EFB56C-4F 3A-563F-A92A-8CA576C2F0C5 scientificName: Parapolybia varia (Fabricius, 1787); originalNameUsage: Vespa varia Fabricius, 1787; acceptedNameUsage: Parapolybia varia (Fabricius, 1787); taxonomicStatus: accepted; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hymenoptera; family: Vespidae; taxonRank: species; vernacularName: EARMYV 7 YIANF, 26 ZB ASsAe8; nomenciaturalCode: ICZN; genus: Parapolybia; specificEpithet: varia; scientificNameAuthorship: Fabricius; continent: Asia; islandGroup: Taiwan; island: Taiwan; country: Taiwan; countryCode: TW; stateProvince: Taipei; county: Beitou; municipality: Erziping trail, Yangmingshan National Park; eventDaie: 03/07/2022; year: 2022; month: 7; day: 3; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceRemarks: Parapolybia varia attacked the suspended communal cocoon of Meteorus stellatus.; recordedBy: Su-Chuan Hung; identifiedBy: Hsuan-Pu Chen, Kai-Ti Lin; dateldentified: 2022; identificationReferences: Yamane & Wang 1996, Saito-Morooka et al. 2015; type: Movinglmage; language: zh; basisOfRecord: HumanObservation; source: https:// www.facebook.com/groups/588350308851 792/permalink/7 75928626 760625/; occurrence!D: 14CDCD61-6233-5ED6-B4A6-D36FF5591D5D Ecology Predation behaviour on the cocoon of WM. stellatus by a single worker (Fig. 10) or many workers of this species (as shown in the video at https:/www.youtube.com/watch? v=AYzqgeJwxOo) was reported for the first time in the present paper. Online citizen sciences reveal natural enemies and new occurrence data ... 27 Taxon discussion Although preserved specimens were unavailable and these paper wasps sometimes exhibit a wide range of colour variations (van der Vecht 1966), the available characters, based on photographs and movies, matched well with the diagnostic characters for this species listed by Yamane and Wang (1996) and Saito-Morooka et al. (2015). Mesochorus Material a. scientificName: Mesochorus; acceptedNameUsage: Mesochorus; taxonomicStatus: accepted; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hymenoptera; family: Ichneumonidae; taxonRank: genus; nomenclaturalCode: ICZN; genus: Mesochorus; continent: Asia; islandGroup: Taiwan; island: Taiwan; country: Taiwan; countryCode: TW; stateProvince: Taipei; municipality: Da'an District; locality: Fujhoushan park; eventDate: 21/01/2022; year: 2022; month: 1; day: 21; individualCount: 8; sex: 2 females and 6 males; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceRemarks: Adult wasps emerged from cocoon of Meteorus stellatus.; recordedBy: Chun-Chun Deng; disposition: voucher NMNS; identifiedBy: So Shimizu, Hsuan-Pu Chen, Kai-Ti Lin; dateldentified: 2022; identificationReferences: Araujo et al. 2018; type: PhysicalObject; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen; source: https:/Awww.facebook.com/groups/588350308851792/ permalink/665203134499842/; occurrencelD: F25D6EF5-6A92-5F 41 -823B-70A34C6548C0 Ecology This genus is known to be hyperparasitoids of other parasitoid wasps, including Meteorus species (Yu et al. 2016). Adult wasps examined in the present study emerged from the cocoon of M. stellatus. Taxon discussion Preserved specimens were identified as belonging to this genus, based on the key provided by Araujo et al. (2018). Discussion Previous host data of M. stellatus suggested that its primary host consists of sphingid moth species of the genus Macroglossum (Fujie et al. 2021). However, our new data indicate that M. stellatus parasitises not only Macroglossum species, but also species of other genera of the tribe Macroglossini, implying polyphagous nature, as well-known and extensively studied in an extremely polyphagous_ koinobiont endoparasitoid WM. pulchricornis that has more primitive lineage than M. stellatus of the M. pulchricornis clade (Fujie et al. 2021) and employs virus-like particles (VLPs) to prevent host granulocytes (Suzuki and Tanaka 2006, Suzuki et al. 2008, Suzuki et al. 2009, Yokoi et al. 2017, Maeto 28 Shimizu S et al 2018). The geographic distribution of these hosts is wider than the currently-kKnown range of VM. stellatus, suggesting that /. stellatus is also potentially distributed in a wider area (e.g. China and the Philippines). Our data suggest that M. stellatus is predominantly distributed in the subtropical Oriental Region of the Far East and at least in the southern area of the Palaearctic Region. However, our interest is in their true northernmost range because one of their host species (Ma. pyrrhosticta) is also distributed in the subarctic Hokkaido in Japan. Although current data on MW. stellatus are insufficient to understand the true host range, their parasitoid mechanisms and strategies and distribution, we will possibly be able to reveal their comprehensive biology through continued data collection and collaboration with citizen scientists via social media. The pendulous communal cocoons of M. stellatus are occasionally attacked by the social wasp predator, P. varia, intensively. According to Starr (1992), the local abundance of P varia in Taiwan is highly variable. Therefore, the strength of the local predation pressure of M. stellatus may be similarly variable depending on the local abundance of FP varia. As ecological data for P vara is still poor and incomplete (e.g. van der Vecht (1966)), these data on the predation behaviour of P vara could be important knowledge for understanding the biology of not only MW. stellatus, but also P. varia. The suspension of the cocoon by a cable has been considered to make the pupating wasp inaccessible to certain potential enemies (Shaw and Huddleston 1991, Zitani and Shaw 2002, Zitani 2003, Quicke et al. 2006, Shirai and Maeto 2009, Maeto 2018). However, intensive attacks on the suspended cocoon of M. stellatus by P. varia suggest that the suspended large cocoon may attract the attention of enemies, thereby probably increasing the risk of attack by predators with strong mandibles (or beaks) and high flight ability. In particular, large Communal cocoons provide a stable foothold to relatively large-sized enemies, such as paper wasps, while small solitary cocoons do not. On the other hand, as we observed, the suspended communal cocoon was moderately to strongly swaying and spinning due to natural winds and the flapping of the paper wasps’ wings, sometimes resulting in the paper wasps giving up landing and attacking it if it was unstable. These factors suggest that the function and evolution of the long cable and the communal cocoons are more complicated than previously hypothesised. Therefore, as a step towards understanding it, the relationships between the cable length and the cocoons' size and the impact of the intensive attacks by P. varia and other enemies, including hyperparasitoids, should be evaluated in future studies. All data of VM. stellatus observed in the present study were based on cocoons and the majority of it was recorded before being described as the new species. This suggests that their communal star-shaped cocoon suspended by a significantly long cable would have likely caught the interest of not only natural enemies, as suggested above, but also many citizen scientists. In contrast, relatively fewer data for adults from social media suggest that the small body size makes citizen scientists difficult to find them. In addition, the lack of uniqueness of adult morphology may not attract interest from citizen scientists. Therefore, social media posts are valuable for understanding biodiversity and natural history, but artificial biases should always be considered when we use such data. Online citizen sciences reveal natural enemies and new occurrence data ... 29 One of the most interesting and important features of parasitoid wasps is their tremendous diversification through the evolution of interaction between the wasps and their hosts. As recently highlighted in Darwin wasps (Klopfstein et al. 2019), the number of professional scientists of parasitoid wasps is insufficient to fully reveal their biodiversity and evolutionary history. Therefore both wasps' and hosts' data are still scarce. However, much biodiversity and natural history data can now be found by the contribution of citizen scientists on social media platforms, as demonstrated in the present study. Consequently, the biodiversity and evolutionary history of parasitoid wasps may be significantly uncovered by compiling and analysing such data. Furthermore, many scientifically interesting and important data have been shared on social media by citizen scientists, but most of them have never been published in scientific publications. Therefore, professional researchers should continue to monitor social media posts and maintain positive relationships with citizen scientists and should investigate and publish scientifically valuable information found on social media to contribute to revealing biodiversity and the evolution of life on Earth. 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