Orthogonalys clypeata Chen, van Achterberg, He & Xu, 2014

Tan, Jiang-Li, Achterberg, Cornelis van, Tan, Qing-Qing & Zhao, Lin-Peng, 2017, New species of Trigonalyidae (Hymenoptera) from NW China, ZooKeys 698, pp. 17-58 : 35

Orthogonalys clypeata Chen, van Achterberg, He & Xu, 2014

Orthogonalys clypeata Chen et al., 2014: 67-71 (diagnosis, description, distribution).

Material.

3 ♀ + 9 ♂ (NWUX, RMNH), "NW China: Shaanxi, Lower Changqing Re[ser]v[e], Shanshuping, 1445 m, N 33°67' E 107°57 ', 18.vi.-17.vii.2016, Y[ellow Malaise] T[rap], Zhao Lin-Peng, NWUX"; 4 ♀ + 6 ♂ (NWUX, RMNH), "NW China: Shaanxi, Xunyangba, Ningshaan, 1481 m, N 33°54' E 108°55 ', 1.vii.-17.viii.2016, Y[ellow] and G[reen Malaise] Trap, Jiangli Tan/Qingqing Tan, NWUX"; 9 ♀ + 13 ♂ (NWUX, RMNH), id., but Green Malaise trap, 20.v.-23.vi.2016; 1 ♀ + 1 ♂ (NWUX), "NW China: Shaanxi, Pingheliang, Ningshaan, N 33°47' E 108°50 ', B[lack] Mal[aise] trap, 1.vii.-17.viii.2016, 2188 m, J-L. Tan & Q-Q. Tan, NWUX"; 1 ♂ (NWUX), "NW China: Shaanxi, Ningshaan, from Huangguan to Xunyangba, 1236 m, 33°54'N, 105°36'E, 1.vii.-17.viii.2016, black Mal[aise] trap, J-L Tan & Q-Q Tan, NWUX"; 1 ♀ (NWUX), "NW China: Shaanxi, Ningqiang, Hanzhong, Tiankeng, Chanjiyan, N 32.46° E 106.30°, 25.vi-22.vii.2017, b[lack] Mal. trap, alt. 1638 m, Tan Jiangli, NWUX".

Distribution.

China (Guizhou, Ningxia, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan). Collected at 1445-1650 m.

Notes.

The series shows a considerable variation in the shape of the second and third submarginal cells, but the third cell remains wider anteriorly than the second cell. The size difference is also considerable, e.g., the length of the fore wing (3 ♀) is 4.6-8.2 mm.