Pachyprotasis fulvocoxis 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 : 7

Pachyprotasis fulvocoxis Wei & Zhong, 2002

( Figs. 34, 35 , 44 , 60 , 78 , 117, 121 , 126 )

Pachyprotasis fulvocoxis Wei & Zhong, 2002: 229 –230, fig. 225. ♂, type locality: Mt. Baiyun, Songxian (34°15′N, 112°06′E, alt. 1800 m), Henan, China.

Pachyprotasis fulvocoxis: Wei et al. 2006: 535 ; Taeger et al. 2010: 569.

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

Material examined. Holotype, Henan: ♂, Mt. Baiyun, Songxian (34°15′N, 112°06′E, alt. 1800 m), 24.07.2001, Yihai Zhong leg.; non-type material: 1 ♂, Mt. Baiyun, Songxian (34°15′N, 112°06′E, alt. 1500 m), 24.07.2003, Yingke He leg.; 7 ♂, Baotianman, Neixiang (33°05′N, 111°83′E, alt. 1300–1900 m), 22– 24.07.2004, Shaobin Zhang, Weixing Liu leg.; 19 ♂, Mt. Baiyun, Songxian (34°15′N, 112°06′E, alt. 1500–1600 m), 15– 17.07.2004, Shaobin Zhang, Weixing Liu leg.; 1 ♂, Baotianman, Neixiang (33°05′N, 111°83′E, alt. 1300 m), 23.06.2006, Qing Yang leg.; Hubei: 4 ♂, Honghuaduo, Shennongjia (31°43′N, 110°43′E, alt. 1200 m), 0 3.07.2007, Meicai Wei; Shaanxi: 1 ♂, Jiwozi, Changan (33°51′N, 108°49′E, alt. 2077 m), 28.06.2008, Xun Zhu leg.

Discussion. This species is similar to P. x i be i and P. m a c ul o pl eu r i t a, and may be distinguished as follows ( P. xibei and P. maculopleurita in parentheses): apex of median mesoscutal lobe with a white arrow-shaped spot, lateral part completely black (apex of median mesoscutal lobe without white arrow-shaped spot, lateral part anteriorly white); mesoscutellum, mesoscutellar appendage and metascutellum white (mesoscutellum black, or medially with white spots, mesoscutellar appendage and metascutellum completely black); mesepisternum completely black (lower part of mesepisternum with white stripes); upper part of hind coxa with a large brown spot (hind coxa black or white, without brown). Except for the gonoforceps and penis valve, 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 34 – 37. Dorsal and lateral view: 34 – 35. P. fulvocoxis, male, holotype; 36 – 37. P. xibei, male, 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.

FIGURES 117 – 124 Gonoforceps and penis valve: 117. P. fulvocoxis, gonoforceps; 118. P. hengshani, gonoforceps; 119. P. maculopleurita, gonoforceps; 120. P. xibei, gonoforceps; 121. P. fulvocoxis, penis valve; 122. P. hengshani, penis valve; 123. P. maculopleurita, penis valve; 124. P. xibei, penis valve.