Paraleptomenes darugiriensis Kumar, Carpenter & Sharma, 2014

Bai, Yue, Carpenter, James M., Chen, Bin & Li, Ting-Jing, 2022, A review of the genus Paraleptomenes Giordani Soika, 1970 (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Eumeninae) from China, with descriptions of two new species, Journal of Hymenoptera Research 90, pp. 185-199 : 185

Paraleptomenes darugiriensis Kumar, Carpenter & Sharma, 2014 new record

Figs 20-28

Paraleptomenes darugiriensis Kumar, Carpenter & Sharma, 2014: 132-135.

Material examined.

1♀, China, Guangxi Province, Chongzuo City, Fusui County, Changping Township , 22°38'29.45"N, 107°54'41.36"E, 2016.vi.5, Zhenxia Ma (CNU) ; 15♀ 13♂, China, Yunnan Province, Puer Town, Yuan County, Mengda Town , Longtang Village , 24°1'58.80"N, 100°51'21.60"E, 2017.vi.10, Yan Peng (CNU) ; 18♀ 15♂, China, Yunnan Province, Baoshan City, Tengchong City, Hehua Township , 24°58'34.83"N, 98°23'12.69"E, 1327m, 2015.vii.31, Long Li (CNU) .

Diagnosis.

Female (Fig. 20 ) body length 5.5-7.0 mm, forewing length 5.5-6.5 mm; male (Fig. 21 ) body length 5.5-5.7 mm, forewing length 4.7-5.5 mm; black, with the following parts orange or yellow: most of mandible, two small lateral spots at the base of clypeus, male clypeus yellow except outer margin, longitudinal interantennal spot, scape ventrally and flagella ventrally (or not), a small spot of ocular sinus, a line behind eyes at gena, an anterior band of pronotum, tegula (except brownish red middle), parategula, metanotum, apices of fore and mid femora dorsally, irregular spots of fore and mid tibiae, apical bands of T1-T2 and S2 (sometimes break); head and mesosoma with very coarse punctures, interspaces strongly reticulate; clypeus flat in the middle part, with lateral longitudinal raised carina at apex, and with fine sparse punctures, and punctures at apex larger and deeper, or even longitudinally striate, apical margin somewhat emarginated and almost truncated (Fig. 22 ); male clypeus with fine sparse punctures, apical margin moderately emarginated, transparent, laterally forming a short tooth (Fig. 23 ); male A13 about 2.7 times as long as basal width, flat, curved, and widen at the apex, backward reaching base of A11 (Fig. 25 ); occipital carina distinctly sinuate and almost incised in the middle (Fig. 24 ); anterior face of pronotum concave weakly, with two almost coalesced weak foveae (Fig. 24 ); scutellum convex in lateral view (Fig. 28 ); metanotum sloping down to apical margin; mesopleuron posterodorsally slightly raised (Fig. 27 ); T2 and S2 with thin apical lamellae.

Distribution.

China (new record: Guangxi, Yunnan); India.

Figures

Figures 20 - 28. Paraleptomenes darugiriensis Kumar, Carpenter & Sharma, 2014. ♀ 20, 22, 24, 26, 27, 28 ♂ 21, 23, 25. 20, 21 habitus (dorsal view) 22, 23 head (frontal view) 24 vertex and part of pronotum (dorsal view) 25 A 7 - A 13 26 mesosoma (dorsal view) 27 tegula (dorsal view) 28 mesosoma (lateral view).