Siobla plesia Malaise, 1945

Niu, Gengyun & Wei, Meicai, 2021, Review of some Siobla (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) species, Zoological Systematics 46 (3), pp. 208-224 : 218

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11865/zs.2020303

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:21F4DE80-5D17-4D59-B2A6-43329ECC6CE7

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7172166

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/AC7787B4-FFA8-3765-A686-FD56FD4FF949

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Felipe

scientific name

Siobla plesia Malaise, 1945
status

stat. nov.

Siobla plesia Malaise, 1945 stat. nov. ( Figs 11–13 View Figure 11 View Figure 12 View Figure 13 )

Siobla sturmii plesia Malaise, 1945: 127 . Type locality: Sichuan, China.

Diagnosis. This species is similar to S. yunanensis , but differs from the latter by the following: mesoscutellum flat. Female: basal three antennomeres with black spots, abdominal sternites yellowish brown; Male: dorsum of flagellum without black stripe, posterior margin of pronotum reddish brown, outer of basal fumer of the hind leg with reddish spot, abdominal sternites reddish brown.

Distribution. China (Sichuan (Ganzi)).

Primary type examined. 1♀, Lectotype ( USNM, here designated): “ 9 mi. SW of Tatsienlu, Jun 25–7.23, 8500–13000ft ”; “Szechuen CHINA DCGraham”; “Type No. 27440, USNM ”; “ S. sturmii (Kl) , var. plesia n.var. Malaise det. 1936”; “ Siobla plesia , TYPE. Roh.”. 1♂, paralectotype ( USNM, here designated): “ 9 mi. SW of Tatsienlu, Jun 25–7.23, 8500–13000ft ”; “Szechuan CHINA DC Graham”; “Type No. 27440, USNM ”; “ S. sturmii (Kl) , var. plesia n. var. Malaise det. 1936”; “ Siobla plesia , allotype. Roh.”.

Other material examined. 1♀ 1♂, Maiba, Kangding , Sichuan, E101º34.856′, N30º03.631′, 3525 m, 2009-VII-01, Wei Meicai GoogleMaps ; 1♀ 1♂, China, Kangding , 2800 m, Sichuan Prov. 18.VI.1990, F. S. Naito leg., F.S.Huang leg.; Exchange KUK ; 1♀ 1♂, China, Mt. Zheduoshan 3100 m, Sichuan Prov. 21.VI.1990. M. T. Naito leg. M. Takeda leg.; Exchange KUK .

Remarks. Malaise (1945) reported plesia as a subspecies of S. sturmii (Klug, 1817) . Here we treat plesia as an independent species as it is distinct from S. sturmii .

In S. sturmii , the female has following characters: abdominal tergites 2–4 and tergite 9 yellowish brown; pale margin of pronutum narrow; hairs on head and thorax brown; hind tarsi somewhat dark; the male abdominal tergites 2–3 yellowish brown; sternites 5–7 and basal plate black; the female lancet more slender with sharper serrulae, the area below pore line (aso of Ross, 1945) quite narrow and bent, dorsal margin round ( Figs 13f, h View Figure 13 ); the inner margin of male harpe weakly incised ( Fig. 13j View Figure 13 ); the dorsal margin of the valviceps convex above middle ( Fig. 13l View Figure 13 ).

In S. plesia , the female has follwing characters different from S. Sturmii : abdominal tergites 2–5, and tergites 7–9 yellow ( Figs 11a–c View Figure 11 ); pale margin of pronutum broad ( Fig. 13c View Figure 13 ); hairs on head ( Figs 12a, c, e View Figure 12 ) and thorax ( Figs 13a, c View Figure 13 ) yellowish brown; hind tarsi yellow ( Figs 11a–c View Figure 11 ); the male abdominal tergites 2–4 yellowish brown; sternites 5–7 and basal plate yellow with dark macula ( Figs 11e–g View Figure 11 ); the female lancet less slender with obtuse serrulae, the area below pore line broad and not bent, dorsal margin almost truncate ( Figs 13e, g View Figure 13 ); the inner margin of male harpe weakly convex ( Fig. 13i View Figure 13 ); the dorsal margin of the valviceps convex below middle ( Fig. 13k View Figure 13 ).

USNM

Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Tenthredinidae

Genus

Siobla

Loc

Siobla plesia Malaise, 1945

Niu, Gengyun & Wei, Meicai 2021
2021
Loc

Siobla sturmii plesia

Malaise & Tenthredinoidea 1945: 127
1945
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