Eumenes rubrofemoratus Giordani Soika, 1941

Qin, Jiong, Chen, Bin & Li, Ting-Jing, 2023, Additions to the knowledge of the genus Eumenes Latreille, 1802 from China (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Eumeninae), Journal of Hymenoptera Research 96, pp. 697-714 : 697

Eumenes rubrofemoratus Giordani Soika, 1941 new record

Figs 48-57

Eumenes rubrofemoratus Giordani Soika, 1941: 135, 145; Iwata 1953: 25-44; Ishikawa 1965: 292; van der Vecht and Fischer 1972: 132; Yamane 1977a: 16; Giordani Soika 1986b: 156; Yamane 1990: 144; Borsato and Ratti 1999: 93; Kim and Yamane 2001: 141, 147.

Eumenes coarctatus rubrofemoratus : Kurzenko 1995: 320.

Material examined.

8♀ 6♂, China, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Alxa League, Ho-lan Mountains , 38°58'08"N, 105°51'32"E, 2000 m, 2010.vii.29, Fangzhou Ma (CNU) ; 1♂, China, Gansu Province, Longnan City, Liangdang County, Liangdang Village , 33°58'19"N, 106°24'21"E, 1000 m, 2016.vii.15, Zhenxia Ma (CNU) ; 1♂, China, Gansu Province, Zhangye City, Sunan County, Daba Village , 38°48'54"N, 99°37'37"E, 3633 m, 2019.vii.3, Xue Zhang (CNU) ; 1♂, China, Shanxi Province, Xian City, Zhuque national forest park 33°47'20"N, 108°35'17"E, 2257 m, 2012.vii.12, Ting-Jing Li (CNU) ; 3♀ 1♂, China, Liaoning Province, Liaoyang City, Gongchangling District 41°09'25"N, 123°25'37"E, 569 m, 2012.vii.13, Xin Zhou (CNU) .

Diagnosis.

Female. Body length 11.3-11.6 mm. Body black, with yellow markings (Fig. 48 ): interantennal spot, gena, pronotum anteriorly, band of metanotum, tegula mostly (Fig. 52 ), fore tibia largely, apical bands of both T1 and T2, and lateral spots of T2; body with setae sparse and short; clypeus entirely black, longer than wide, with shallow and sparse punctures at center (Fig. 50 ); dorsal view (Figs 54 , 56 ), T1 densely punctate, length of T1 less than 4 × its apical width and abruptly swollen before middle, then lateral margin expansile at apex, and not constrict near apical margin; T2 sparsely punctate, punctures obviously smaller than those of T1, apical lamella of T2 not reflex and not depressed in the middle (Fig. 57 ); lateral view (Fig. 55 ), basal angle of metasomal segment 2 acute, T2 not strongly swollen in the middle, weakly depressed in its preapical part; wings pale brown.

Male. Body length 9.6-10.1 mm (Fig. 49 ). Sculpture, setae, and coloration similar to female except as follows: clypeus entirely yellow (Fig. 51 ); apex of A13 reaching basal fourth of A10 (Fig. 53 ).

Distribution.

China (Inner Mongolia, Liaoning, Shanxi, Gansu); Japan.

Figures

Figures 48 - 57. Eumenes rubrofemoratus Giordani Soika, 1941. ♀ (48, 50, 52, 54 - 57) ♂ (49, 51, 53). 48 - 49 habitus (dorsal view) 50, 51 clypeus (frontal view) 52 head and pronotum (dorsal view) 53 antenna 54 T 2 (dorsal view) 55 metasomal segments 2 (lateral view) 56 T 1 (dorsal view) 57 lamella of T 2 apical margin (dorsal view).