Megadineura rufocephala Wei, 2002

Wei, Meicai & Nie, Haiyan, 2008, A new species of Megadineura Malaise (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) and a key to the known species of the genus, Zootaxa 1920, pp. 51-60 : 57

Megadineura rufocephala Wei, 2002 ( Fig. 3 )

Megadineura rufocephala Wei, 2002 , The Fauna and Taxonomy of Insects in Henan, 5: 69.

Diagnosis: M. rufocephala can be easily recognized by its red-brown head. Furthermore, it differs from other species of the genus in its white hind trochanters, clypeus and labrum, black fore and middle trochanters, black abdomen without white spots, cell 2Rs distinctly shorter than 1Rs, petiole of hind anal cell only half length of cu-a; middle serrulae low and oblique, and subbasal teeth minute.

Specimen examined: 1 Ψ, holotype, Yugong Forest plant, Jiyuan, Henan Province, China, alt. 1700 m, 7 June, 2000, Wei Meicai coll.; 1 Ψ, Mt. Hupingshan, Hunan Province, China, alt. 1400 m, 1 June, 2003, Jiang Yang coll.; 1 Ψ, Mt. Zhongnanshan, Shaanxi, E.10858.356’N.3359.506’, alt. 1555 m, 27 May, 2006, Yang Qing coll..

Distribution: China (Shaanxi, Henan, Hunan).

Figures

FIGURE 3. Megadineura rufocephala Wei, 2002, Female. (a). Adult (b). Clypeus (c). Claw (d). 7 th sternite (e). Sheath in dorsal view (f). Sheath in lateral view (g). Tangium (h). 6 th to 8 th serrulae.