Pachyprotasis acutilabria Wei, 1998

Zhong, Yihai, Li, Zejian & Wei, Meicai, 2021, Review of the Pachyprotasis flavipes group (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) from China with descriptions of two new species, Zoologia (e 59733) 38, pp. 1-50 : 39-41

Pachyprotasis acutilabria Wei, 1998

Figs 271–288

Pachyprotasis acutilabria Wei, 1998 in Wei & Nie, 1998a: 164–165.

Diagnosis. Female ( Figs 271–280). Body length 8.0 mm. This species can be distinguished from other similar species of the P. flavipes group by the following characters: mesepisternum white, upper corner black; terga black, central part of each tergum with a white triangular spot; hind coxa reddish-brown, basal 1/3 of femur white, apical 2/3 reddish-brown, tibia and tarsus yellowish-brown, apex of them black; labrum clearly longer than wide, strongly acute toward apex; median fovea ditch-like, deeply extending to median ocellus; punctures on mesepisternum extremely minute, shallow, indistinct; antenna very slender.

Male ( Figs 281–288). Body length 7.5 mm. Color and structure similar to female, except: tegula white except extreme apex, which is black; hind femur white, without red; outer part of coxa and femur, inner part of femur on apical 2/5 each with a black band; tibia with pale yellow ring near apex;antennomeres strongly compressed.

Variation. Body length of female 8.0–8.5 mm.

Distribution. China (Gansu, Henan, Hubei, Ningxia, Shaanxi).

Type material. Holotype, ♀, China, Henan province, Songxian, 33°54’N, 111°59’E, 19-VII-1996, Meicai WEI leg. ( ASMN) . Paratypes, 12♀, China, Henan province, Songxian , 33°54’N, 111°59’E, 19-VII-1996, Meicai WEI leg .; 2♀, China, Henan province, Luanchuan , 33°42’N, 111°44’E, 13–14-VII-1996, Meicai WEI leg. ( ASMN) .

Non-type material. 3♀, China, Henan province, Songxian, Mt. Baiyun , 33°54’N, 111°59’E, alt. 1800 m, 2-VI-2001, Yihai ZHONG leg .; 2♀, China, Henan province, Neixiang, Mt. Baotianman , 33°30’N, 111°56’E, alt. 1600 m, 15-VII-1998, Meicai WEI ; 4♀, China, Henan province, Xixia, Mt. Laojie , 33°37’N, 111°46’E, alt. 1500 m, 17–19-VII-1998, Meicai WEI & Maoling SHENG leg .; 1♀, China, Henan province, Luanchuan, Longyuwan , 33°42’N, 111°44’E, alt. 1000 m, 12-VII-1996, Xiaocheng SHEN leg .; 8♀, China, Henan province, Lushi, Forestry Farm Dakuaidi , 33°45’N, 110°59’E, alt. 1700 m, 20-VII-2001, Yihai ZHONG leg .; 8♀, China, Henan province, Songxian, Mt. Baiyun , 33°54’N, 111°59’E, alt. 1650 m, 19–25-VII-2001, Jigang JIANG leg .; 2♀, China, Henan province, Luanchuan, Longyuwan , 33°42’N, 111°44’E, alt. 1300 m, 23-VII-2002, Jigang JIANG leg .; 7♀, China, Henan province, Songxian, Mt. Baiyun , 33°54’N, 111°59’E, alt. 1500 m, 18–27-VII-2003, Yingke HE & Minwen LIANG leg .; 6♀, China, Henan province, Luanchuan, Longyuwan , 33°42’N, 111°44’E, alt. 1600 m, 29-VII-2003, Yingke HE & Minwen LIANG leg .; 49♀, China, Henan province, Luanchuan, Longyuwan , 33°42’N, 111°44’E, alt. 1600–1800 m, 20–21-VII-2004, Shaobing ZHANG & Weixing LIU leg .; 2♀, China, Henan province, Songxian, Mt. Baiyun , 33°54’N, 111°59’E, alt. 1500 m, 22–24-VII-2003, Yingke HE leg. ; 42♀, China, Henan province, Songxian, Mt. Baiyun , 33°54’N, 111°59’E, alt. 1500–1600 m, 17-VII-2004, Weixing LIU leg .; 3♀ 1♂, China, Henan province, Neixiang, Mt. Baotianman , 33°30’N, 111°56’E, alt. 1854 m, 25-VI-2006, Qing YANG leg .; 1♂, China, Henan province, Neixiang, Mt. Baotianman , 33°30’N, 111°56’E, alt. 1854 m, 25-VII-2006, Qing YANG leg .; 11♀, China, Gansu province, Tianshui, Mt. Xiaolong , 34°16’N, 106°08’E, alt. 1409 m, 7-VII-2007, Meicai WEI & Mei NIE leg .; 1♀, China, Shaanxi province, Meixian, Mt. Taibai , 34°02’N, 109°26’E, alt. 1580 m, 12-VII-2007, Xiaoyu JIANG leg .; 3♀, China, Shaanxi province, Foping, Liangfengya , 33°41’N, 107°51’E, alt. 2128 m, 14-VI-2014, Liwei QI & Weinan KANG leg .; 7♀, China, Shaanxi province, Mt. Taibai, Forest Park Qingfengxia , 34°02’N, 109°26’E, alt. 1652 m, 11-VI-2014, Liwei QI & Weinan KANG leg .; 1♀, China, Shaanxi province, Meixian, Mt. Taibai, Kaitianguan , 107°54’E, 34°06’N, alt. 1852 m, 9-VI-2014, Mengmeng LIU & Ting LIU leg .; 1♀, China, Shaanxi province, Foping, Temple , 34°06’N, 107°54’E, alt. 1529 m, 20-VI-2014, Mengmeng LIU & Ting LIU leg .; 1♀, China, Shaanxi province, Meixian, Mt. Taibai, Duiwoping , 34°06’N, 107°54’E, alt. 1601 m, 6-VI-2014, Mengmeng LIU & Ting LIU leg .; 1♀, China, Hubei province, Mt. Shennongjia, Xiaolongtan , 31°15’N, 109°56’E, alt. 2100 m, 26-VI-2002, Yihai ZHONG leg .; 1♀, China, Hubei province, Mt. Shennongjia , 31°21’N, 110°34’E, alt. 2800 m, 22-VII-2003, Jigang JIANG leg .; 1♀, China, Hubei province, Mt. Shennongjia, Yazikou , 31°31’N, 110°20’E, alt. 1787 m, 3-VIII-2008, Fu ZHAO leg .; 1♀, China, Hubei province, Mt. Shennongjia, Yazikou , 31°31’N, 110°20’E, alt. 1787 m, 10-VII-2016, Wei XIAO leg .; 1♀, China, Hubei province, Mt. Shennongjia, Town Hongping , 110°26’E, 31°40’N, alt. 1867 m, 3-VIII-2008, Fu ZHAO leg .; 1♀, China, Hubei province, Mt. Shennongjia , 31°31’N, 110°20’E, alt. 2800 m, 22-VII-2003, Jigang JIANG leg .; 1♀, China, Ningxia Autonomous Region, Jingyuan, Mt. Liupan , Elonghe , 35°23’N, 106°18’E, alt. 1945 m, 5–6-VII-2008, Fei LIU leg .; 1♀, China, Ningxia Autonomous Region, Jingyuan, Mt. Liupan , Sutai , 35°23’N, 106°18’E, alt. 2133 m, 28-VI-2008, Fei LIU leg .; 1♀, China, Sichuan province, Chongzhou, Mt. Anzihe, Shaoyaogou , 30°46’N, 103°13’E, alt. 1580 m, 24-VI-2016, Kaiwen GAO leg. ( ASMN, LSAF) .