Jucancistrocerus (Eremodynerus) atrofasciatus ( Morawitz, 1885 )

Li, Ting-Jing, Bai, Yue & Chen, Bin, 2022, A revision of the genus Jucancistrocerus Blüthgen, 1938 from China, with review of three related genera (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae), Zootaxa 5105 (3), pp. 401-420 : 403-404

Jucancistrocerus (Eremodynerus) atrofasciatus ( Morawitz, 1885)

( Figs 1–9 )

Lionotus atrofasciatus Morawitz, 1885: 162 .

Pseudepipona atrofasciatus: van der Vecht and Fischer, 1972: 145 .

Eremodynerus atrofasciatus: Kurzenko, 1977: 559–560 ; Oehlke, 2012: 598; Tan et al., 2018: 142; Rahmani et al., 2020: 47.

Material examined. 3♀ 2♂, China, Xinjiang, Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture, Roadside near Ulastai , 45.121°N, 90.106°E, 1181 m, 19.VII.2019, Tingjing Li ( CNU) .

Diagnosis. Body length: female 6.7–7.0 mm, male 5.3–5.8 mm; black, with great yellow markings ( Figs 1–4 ), male yellow areas relatively a little smaller; the following parts generally yellow: entire lower frontal area or smaller, clypeus, antennae except some dorsal surfaces, gena, pronotum, a small apical spot of female mesoscutum, scutellum and metanotum except anterior margins, propodeum except middle of posterior surface, tegula, parategula, legs except hind coxa to femoral base, and metasomal segments except black bands of T1–T2 (T1 apically with an unbroken black band and T2 medially with an unbroken black band, and in male T1 basally with a longitudinal black band connecting apical one) ( Fig. 1–2, 8–9 ); clypeus in female moderately punctate and wider than long (1.38×) ( Fig. 3 ), in male almost as wide as long (1.02×) and more sparsely punctate ( Fig. 4 ); clypeus emarginated at apex, clypeal emargination in male (apical width: depth of emargination=4.42) deeper than female that (apical width: depth of emargination=5.42); male A13 hooked and not reaching the apex of A11 ( Fig. 7 ); pronotal carina strongly raised, especially protruding in the middle ( Fig. 6 ); body with coarse punctures; propodeal margin between dorsal and lateral surfaces with tooth-like protuberance ( Fig. 5 ); metasoma coarse and somewhat sparser than mesosoma ( Figs 1–2, 8–9 ), width of T1 2.05× length and narrower than (0.83×) T2.

Distribution. China (Inner Mognolia, Xinjiang, Gansu, Qianghai); Kazakhstan; Kyrgyzstan; Iran; Mongolia.

Figures

FIGURES 1–9. Jucancistrocerus (Eremodynerus) atrofasciatus, 1, 3, 5–6, 8–9, ♀; 2, 4, 7, ♂. 1–2. Habitus, dorsal view; 3–4. Head, frontal view; 5. Propodeum, dorsal view; 6. Vertex and pronotal carina, frontal view; 7. Antenna; 8. Metasoma, dorsal view; 9. Metasoma, ventral view.