Priocnemis (Umbripennis) pseudojaponica Lelej, 1988

Kim, Jeong-Kyu, 2023, Revisiting Korean spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) recorded in Kim (1970), Journal of Species Research 12 (4), pp. 332-340 : 336

9. Priocnemis (Umbripennis) pseudojaponica Lelej ,

1988 IJnjñÑḍ12ḇ (ṵḡ)

Priocnemis irritabilis Smith : Kim, 1970: Pl. 55, Fig. 662 (Ş, Korea: GG: Cheonmasan), 806. Misidentification.

Voucher specimen. Ş, Cheonmasan, 1962.v.25, Kim Won Jae (in Korean)/ second label lost. Distribution. Korea (GG; new record), Russian Far East (Primorsky territory). Notes. The voucher of Priocnemis irritabilis in Kim (1970) is P. (Umbripennis) pseudojaponica in that it has upper frons with distinct thyridii ( Fig. 2E , red arrows), forewing medial vein faintly spotted, and long (longer than scape and pedicel combined) and slender flagellomere 1 (ca. 5.0 × as long as broad at base) ( Fig. 2E ). The occurrence of P. (U.) irritablis in Korea is currently uncertain because the identity of Salius irritabilis in Okamoto (1924) and Uchida (1925) that was likely to be the base of P. irritabilis in Kim (1970) is still masked (also refer to Lelej et al., 1994). At present, P. (U.) irritablis is known to be endemic to Japan ( Shimizu and Terayama, 2016).

Figures

Fig. 2. Priocnemis (Leptopriocnemis) cyphonota, Ş(A-C) and P. (Umbripennis) pseudojaponica, Ş(D, E). A, General habitus, in dorsal view. B, Forewing. C, Labels (refer to materials and methods herein). D, General habitus, in lateral view. E, Head, in frontal view. Scale bars: 1 mm.