Pachyprotasis maculopediba Wei & Zhong, 2002

Zhong, Yihai, Li, Zejian & Wei, Meicai, 2015, Six new Chinese species of the Pachyprotasis melanosoma group (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) with a key to the species, Zootaxa 3914 (1), pp. 1-45 : 8

Pachyprotasis maculopediba Wei & Zhong, 2002

( Figs. 14, 15 , 45 , 61 , 79 , 94, 108, 126)

Pachyprotasis maculopediba Wei & Zhong in Zhong & Wei, 2002: 219–220, fig. 217. ♀, type locality: Dakuaidi, Lushi (34°06′N, 111°03′E, alt. 1400 m), Henan, China.

Pachyprotasis maculopediba: Wei et al. 2006: 535 ; Taeger et al. 2010: 571.

Distribution. China (Henan, Hubei, Ningxia, Shaanxi and Yunnan) ( Fig. 126 ).

Material examined. Holotype, Henan: ♀, Dakuaidi, Lushi (34°06′N, 111°03′E, 1400 m), 29.05.2001, Meicai Wei leg.; Paratype, 1 ♀, Mt. Baiyun, Songxian (34°15′N, 112°06′E, 1800 m), 0 2.06.2001, Yihai Zhong leg.; nontype material: Hubei: 2 ♀, Honghuaduo, Shennongjia (31°43′N, 110°43′E, 1200 m), 0 3.07.2007, Yihai Zhong, Gengyun Niu leg.; 1 ♀, Yaolangou, Shennongjia (31°43′N, 110°43′E, 1360 m), 21.05.2010, Zejian Li leg.; 1 ♀, Qianjiaping, Shennongjia (31°43′N, 110°43′E, 1530 m), 22.05.2010, Zejian Li leg.; Ningxia: 1 ♀, Fengtai, Mt. Liupan (35°23′N, 106°18′E, 1945 m), 24.06.2008, Fei Liu leg.; Shaanxi: 1 ♀, Sanguanmiao, Foping (33°55′N, 108°00′E, 1455 m), 26.04.2006, Xun Zhu leg.; 1 ♀, Yueba, Foping (33°55′N, 108°00′E, 1085 m), 29.04.2006, Xun Zhu leg.; 3 ♀, Foping (33°55′N, 108°00′E, 1000–1450 m), 17.05.2005, Xun Zhu, Shouzhu Liu leg.; Yunnan: 3 ♀, Heiwadi, Gongshan (27°44′ N, 98°39′ E, 2100 m), 10.06.2009, Yihai Zhong leg.

Discussion. This species is similar to P. hengshani (see discussion of P. hengshani ). It is also similar to P. maculoscutellata and may be distinguished by ( P. maculoscutellata in parentheses): mesoscutum with white spots (mesoscutum completely black); outer part of hind coxa without white spot (outer part of hind coxa with a large white spot); basal 1/3 of hind femur white (only extreme base of hind femur white); lower posterior mesepisternum with a white stripe (mesepisternum completely black); terga 2–8 posterior each with an extreme narrow white stripe, but no triangular spot (terga 3–6 posterior each with a yellow-white medial triangular spot). Except for the serrulae, reliable morphological differences between these three species were not found.

Figures

FIGURE 126. Geographical distribution of species of P. melanosom a group in China (2).

FIGURES 14 – 17. Dorsal and lateral view: 14 – 15. P. maculopediba, female, holotype; 16 – 17. P. maculoscutellata, female, holotype.

FIGURES 44 – 49. Face in front view: 44. P. fulvocoxis, male; 45. P. maculopediba, female; 46. P. maculopleurita, female; 47. P. maculoscutellata, female; 48. P. melanosoma, female; 49. P. micromaculata, female.

FIGURES 60 – 65. Head in dorsal view: 60. P. fulvocoxis, male; 61. P. maculopediba, female; 62. P. maculopleurita, female; 63. P. maculoscutellata, female; 64. P. melanosoma, female; 65. P. micromaculata, female.

FIGURES 76 – 79. Thorax in lateral view: 76. P. hengshani, female; 77. P. hengshani, male; 78. P. fulvocoxis, male; 79. P. maculopediba, female.