Pachyprotasis subtilissima Malaise, 1945

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 : 28

Pachyprotasis subtilissima Malaise, 1945

Figs 177–186

Pachyprotasis subtilissima Malaise, 1945: 150–151 ; Saini, 2007: 70, figs 159, 163, 167, 175, 196, 181, 202; Saini & Kalia, 1989: 150–151, figs 140, 145, 154, 166, 176.

Diagnosis. Female. Body length 8.5 mm. This species can be distinguished from other similar species of the P.flavipes group by the following characters: head yellowish-white, only apex of frontal field to postocellar area black; ventral side of thorax and abdomen entirely yellowish-white; lateral part of median mesoscutal lobe with broad yellowish-white “V” spot, central part of lateral mesoscutal lobe with yellowish-white spot; central part of each tergum with a broad yellowish-white triangular spot; metacoxa to basal 3/4 of metafemur yellowish-white, apical 1/4 of metafemur, metatibia except extreme apex and basal half of metatarsomere 1 reddish-brown, apical half of metatarsomere 1 to metatarsomere 5 except extreme apex yellowish-white; punctures on head and mesepisternum small, shallow and indistinct.

Male. Unknown.

Variation. Body length of female 8.0–8.5 mm.

Distribution. China (Tibet), India, Burma.

Non-type material. 1♀, China, TibetAutonomous Region, Yadong , 27°29’N, 88°54’E, alt. 2800 m, 2-VI-1992, Tianyu GUO leg .; 1♀, China, Tibet Autonomous Region, Linzhi , Tibet, 29°57’N, 95°22’E, alt. 2650 m, 14-VII-2013, Yihai ZHONG & Ping HU leg. ( ASMN) .