Siobla robustiserrula Niu & Wei, 2011

Niu, Gengyun, Wei, Meicai & Taeger, Andreas, 2012, Revision of the Siobla metallica group (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae), Zootaxa 3196, pp. 1-49 : 17

Siobla robustiserrula Niu & Wei, 2011

( Figs 2 h, 6d, 10c, 11f, 19g –i)

Siobla robustiserrula Niu & Wei, 2011: 158 , Ƥ, type locality: Meifeng, Taiwan ( China).

Distribution. China ( Taiwan).

Remarks. The new species differs from other species of this group by the following: forewing uniformly and strongly infuscated; head and mesoscutellum densely and coarsely punctured without shiny interspaces; postocellar area as long as broad, ridge-like; mesoscutellum pyramidally elevated; ovipositor sheath longer than middle tibia; serrulae strongly protruding; head with blue luster and antenna without pale spot.

Figures

FIGURE 2. Siobla species, dorsal view. a. S. leucotarsis sp. nov., holotype, Ƥ; b. S. leucotarsis sp. nov., paratype, 3; c. S. foveata, paratype, Ƥ; d. S. foveata, paratype, 3; e. S. nigricruris, holotype, Ƥ, labels of holotype; f. S. shennongjiana sp. nov., holotype, Ƥ; g. S. shennongjiana sp. nov., paratype, 3; h. S. robustiserrula, holotype, Ƥ. Scale bar = 1 mm.