Minagenia taiwana Tsuneki, 1989

Lin, Meiying, Weigel, Andreas & Ge, Siqin, 2022, A new species of Minagenia Banks, 1934 (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) from China, with a key to the Oriental species, Zoological Systematics 47 (4), pp. 341-344 : 343-344

Minagenia taiwana Tsuneki, 1989

Minagenia taiwana Tsuneki, 1989: 162 .

Material examined. 44♀ 219♂, China, Yunnan, Xishuangbanna, Menghai, Mountain Bulang , 21°44.498′– 21°45.080′N ,

100°21.661′– 100°26.907′E, elev. 1595–1710 m, 17.V–21.XI.2018, 21.IV–19.VII.2019, coll. Ling Zhao; 1♀ 2♂, China ,

Yunnan, Xishuangbanna, Menghai, Menghun , Hekai , 21°49.212′– 21°49.831′N, 100°28.334′– 100°29.740′E, elev. 1229– 1559 m, 16.V–22.VI.2018, 22.IV–28.V.2019, coll. Yongsheng Pu.

Distribution. China (Yunnan, Taiwan) ( Tsuneki, 1989).

Key to the Oriental species of Minagenia Banks.

1. Ocelli in obtuse triangle; SMC2 length shorter than broad ................................................................................. M. brevicornis Banks Ocelli in right or acute triangle; SMC2 length longer than broad ........................................................................................................2

2. Fore wing 3rs-m usually with pocket, 2rs-m and 3rs-m not parallel; clypeus with yellowish marks; fore coxa beneath yellow, hind femora light fulvous to brown ............................................................................................................................... M. taiwana Tsuneki Forewing 3rs-m without pocket, 2rs-m and 3rs-m parallel or not parallel; clypeus without yellowish marks; fore coxa beneath brown, hind femora reddish-brown .................................................................................................................................................................. 3

3. M of fore wing not reaching apical margin; ocelli in right triangle; frontal line reaching anteriorocellus; 2 rs-m not exactly parallel 3 rs-m ................................................................................................................................................. M. bannensis He & Ma , sp. nov. M of fore wing reaching apical margin; ocelli in acute triangle; frontal line reaching median frons; 2 rs-m parallel with 3 rs-m ........... ................................................................................................................................................................... M. fulvifemoralis Ji & Ma

Funding This study was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31960112, 31760641).

Acknowledgements We express our hearty thanks to Dr. Brennal Decker (Utah State University, Department of Biology, USA) for providing us with many valuable suggestions for the species identification. We are also grateful to Jinxiu Wang, Xuzeng Shi, Ling Zhao and Yongsheng Pu (Yunnan Agriculture University, Kunming) for helping us to collect specimens and offer collecting information.

Yi He, Li Ma *, Qiang Li *

Department of Entomology, College of Plant Protection, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming 650201, P. R. China

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