Taeniogonalos fasciata (Strand), 1913

Smith, David R. & Tripotin, Pierre, 2015, Trigonalidae (Hymenoptera) of Thailand, other southeastern Asian records, and a new Trigonalys from India, Journal of Hymenoptera Research 44, pp. 1-18 : 6

Taeniogonalos fasciata (Strand)

Figs 8-10

Poecilogonalos fasciatus Strand, 1913: 97.

Diagnosis.

Female, length, 8.5 mm. Antenna black with basal antennomeres reddish. Head black with inner and outer orbits, antennal tubercles, clypeus, and mandible black. Mesosoma mostly red with sterna black. Legs black and white, trochanters, fore tibia and tarsus, and bases of mid- and hind tibiae white. Metasoma black with broad apical bands on basal two tergites. Wings hyaline with black dorso-apical spot covering most of radial cell. Second sternite without medio-apical projection. Male similar to female.

Specimen examined.

CHINA: Huan pr., 30 km N. Yanjiajie from Cayong, 29.5.2005, Ivo Janis lg. (1 ♀, OLML); Sichuan, Shangliang, 14.5-26.5.2005, lg: E. Kucera (1 ♀, OLML). THAILAND: Mae Hong Son, Namtok Mae Surin NP, Visitor’s center, 19°21.593'N, 97°59.245'E, 228 m, Malaise trap, 19-26.viii.2007, Manu Namadkum leg., T5872 (1 ♀, QSBG).

Distribution.

China, Indonesia, Iran, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Russia (Primorskii Krai); Taiwan, Thailand. Chen et al. (2014) recorded Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Russia, and 13 provinces in China. Indonesia, Iran, and Malaysia were recorded by Carmean and Kimsey (1998) and may need confirmation.

Comments.

This is the only species with a mostly red mesosoma. It is a widespread species in eastern Asia. It is one of the more common species of Trigonalidae in Korea, Japan, and parts of China but seems to be rare in southeastern Asia.

Figures

Figures 8 - 10. Taeniogonalos fasciata, female. 8 Lateral 9 Head, front 10 Metasoma, lateral.