Pachyprotasis longicornis Jakowlew, 1891

Zhong, Yihai & Wei, Meicai, 2012, A review of the Pachyprotasis pallidistigma species group (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) from China, with descriptions of three new species, Zootaxa 3242, pp. 1-38 : 6-7

Pachyprotasis longicornis Jakowlew, 1891

( Figs 9, 10 , 44 , 61 , 98, 102 , 108 )

Pachyprotasis longicornis Jakowlew, 1891: 42 –43. [male], type locality: “Hej-ho” Gansu, China. Pachyprotasis longicornis: Malaise 1931: 131 –132; Malaise 1945: 146; Saini 2007: 77 –78, figs. 161, 164, 168, 176, 194, 204. Pachyprotasis longicornis var. kurilarum Malaise, 1931: 134 , type locality: Urup, Kurilen. = Dipteromorpha longicornis: Konow 1905: 125 .

= Macrophya nigrolineata Matsumura, 1912: 48 ; type locality: Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan.

Material examined. 1 3, Gansu Province, China, 26.06.1885, collected by Potanin, identified by Jakowlew, (Coll. DEI).

Distribution. China (Gansu) ( Fig. 108 ); Japan, Russia.

Body length 8–8.5 mm. Ground color of mesonotum black and likewise at least basal 3/4 of all abdominal terga above; pale are: mesoscutellum, metascutellum, a spot before mesoscutellum, broad margin of the median mesoscutal lobe, entire under side of thorax and abdomen (in male anterior part of mesepimeron with a narrow black stripe); all abdominal terga with broad and complete pale hind margins; under side of antenna pale in both sexes; ovipositor sheath quite black. Legs pale without black markings basally from the middle of femora; all femora each with an elongate spot near the apex on the inner side; tibiae and tarsi of the four front legs each with a black stripe along their entire length; most of the hind tibia pale, apex black; in the female, tibiae striped along their entire length with black behind; base of the posterior metatarsi and other tarsal joints mostly pale, rest of metatarsi quite black with very narrow pale stripe; the apical half of all tarsal claw joints black, base more or less pale; Median fovea rather narrow; frontal area distinct, rounded and with very fine but rather sharp ridges; postocellar area 2 times as broad as long, strongly convex, with very deep and broad lateral furrow. Frontal and postocellar area distinctly shiny, but with scattered shallow punctures and sculpture; punctures on mesopleuron hardly distinguishable; in the female, flagellomere 1 somewhat longer than flagellomere 2.

Male. ( Figs 9, 10 , 44 , 61 ). gonoforceps and penis valve as in Figs 98, 102 .

Figures

FIGURE 108. Geographical distribution of species of P. pallidistigma group in China (2)

FIGURES 9 – 12. Dorsal and lateral view: 9 – 10. P. longicornis, male, specimen from Gansu Province; 11 – 12. P. nigronotata, female, specimen from Southern Bavaria, Germany

FIGURES 40 – 45. Face in front view: 40. P. bilineata, female; 41. P. daochengensis, female; 42. P. eleviscutellis, female; 43. P. flavocapita, female; 44. P. longicornis, male; 45. P. nigronotata, female

FIGURES 59 – 67. Head in dorsal view: 59. P. eleviscutellis, female; 60. P. flavocapita, female; 61. P. longicornis, male; 62. P. nigronotata, female; 63. P. nigronotata, male; 64. P. pallens, female; 65. P. pallens, male; 66. P. pallidistigma, female; 67. P. pallidistigma, male

FIGURES 98 – 106. gonoforceps and penis valve: 98. P. longicornis, gonoforceps; 99. P. pallens, gonoforceps; 100. P. pallidistigma, gonoforceps; 101. P. zhoui, gonoforceps; 102. P. longicornis, Penis valve; 103. P. nigronotata, Penis valve; 104. P. pallens, Penis valve; 105. P. pallidistigma, Penis valve; 106. P. zhoui, Penis valve