Taeniogonalos taihorina (Bischoff, 1914)

Tan, Jiang-Li, Achterberg, Cornelis van, Tan, Qing-Qing & Zhao, Lin-Peng, 2017, New species of Trigonalyidae (Hymenoptera) from NW China, ZooKeys 698, pp. 17-58 : 45-46

Taeniogonalos taihorina (Bischoff, 1914)

Nanogonalos taihorina Bischoff, 1914: 93; Tsuneki 1991: 58; Weinstein and Austin 1991: 421.

Taeniogonalos taihorina ; Carmean and Kimsey 1998: 68; Chen et al. 2014: 171-179 (synonymy, diagnosis, distribution).

Poecilogonalos maga Teranishi, 1929: 148; Marshakov 1981: 106; Tsuneki 1991: 51; Weinstein and Austin 1991: 423; Lelej 1995: 14. Syn. n.

Taeniogonalos maga ; Chen et al. 2014: 146-150 (synonymy, diagnosis, distribution).

Taiwanogonalos claripennis Tsuneki, 1991: 38. Synonymized by Carmean and Kimsey 1998 with T. maga . Syn. n.

Material.

5 ♀ (NWUX, RMNH), "NW China: Shaanxi, Lower Changqing Re[ser]v[e], Shanshuping, 1445 m, N33.67 E107.57, 18.vi.-17.vii.2016, Y[ellow Malaise] T[rap], Zhao Lin-Peng, NWUX"; 1 ♀ (NWUX), id., but Shanshuping Base, 1504 m, 23.ix.-10.xi.2016; 1 ♀ (NWUX), "NW China: Shaanxi, Liping Nat. For. P., MT 1+2, c. 1495 m, 22.vi.-4.ix.2015, 32°47'33"N 106°39'52"E, JL. Tan & C. v. Achterberg, NWUX"; 6 ♀ (NWUX, RMNH), "NW. China: Shaanxi, Xunyangba, Ningshan, 1481 m, Y[ellow] and G[reen Malaise] trap, 1.vii.-17.viiii.2016, 33°33'N, 108°32'E, Jiangli Tan/Qingqing Tan, NWUX"; 2 ♀ + 4 ♂ (NWUX), id., but 17.viii.-3.x.2016; 2 ♀ + 2 ♂ (NWUX), id., but 20.v.-23.vi.2016, Green trap; 1 ♂ (NWUX), id., but Black Malaise trap; 3 ♀ (NWUX), "NW China: Shaanxi, Ningshaan, from Huangguan to Xunyangba, 1236 m, 33°54'N, 105°36'E, 1.vii.-17.viii.2016, black Mal[aise] trap, J-L Tan & Q-Q Tan, NWUX"; 1 ♀ (NWUX), "NW. China: Shaanxi, Panda valley, Foping, 1411 m, black Mal[aise] trap, 1.vii.-18.viii.2016, 33°67'N, 107°97'E, Jiangli Tan, NWUX"; 1 ♀ + 1 ♂ (NWUX): "NW China: Shaanxi, Ningqiang, Hanzhong, Tiankeng, Chanjiyan, N 32.46° E 106.30°, 25.vi-22.vii.2017, b[lack] Mal. trap, alt. 1638 m, Tan Jiangli, NWUX".

Notes.

In the key to Chinese Taeniogonalos spp. ( Chen et al. 2014) T. maga (Teranishi) is retained as valid species because of the more lamelliform occipital carina. The occipital carina of the holotype of T. taihorina (Bischoff) is narrow medio-dorsally (similar to latero-dorsally) and not lamelliform. After examining the series from Shaanxi it is obvious that the width of the occipital carina varies from dorsally as wide as laterally and hardly or not lamelliform to about twice as wide as laterally and distinctly lamelliform. We failed to find additional characters to separate both taxa and, therefore, we synonymize both species.

Distribution.

China (Fujian, Gansu, Guangxi, Heilongjiang, Hubei, Ningxia, *Shaanxi, Sichuan, Taiwan, Tibet, Yunnan, Zhejiang); Russia (Far East); Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu). Collected at 500-2530 m.