Pamphilius pallidus Shinohara, 1988

Shinohara, Akihiko, Kramp, Katja & Taeger, Andreas, 2022, The Pamphiliinae of the Russian Far East and Korea (Hymenoptera, Pamphiliidae), Zootaxa 5167 (1), pp. 1-251 : 82

Pamphilius pallidus Shinohara, 1988

( Fig. 107 ) (https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.11405265)

Pamphilius pallidus Shinohara, 1988a: 308 ; Zhelochovtsev & Zinovjev, 1995: 398; Shinohara, 2001:114; Shinohara, 2002b: 430; Shinohara, 2004: 265; Shinohara & Taeger, 2007: 38; Shinohara & Lelej, 2007: 932; Taeger et al., 2010: 89; Sundukov & Lelej, 2012: 109; Sundukov, 2017: 105; Lee et al., 2019: 10 .

Material examined. Four specimens, including the type series, all from the Russian Far East and South Korea ( Shinohara 1988a; Shinohara & Taeger 2007; present work). New collection data: RUSSIA: Primorskij Kraj: 1♀ (DEI-GISHym 32049), Komissarovo N, 130m, 45.000°N 131.788°E, 4. VI. 2016, K. Kramp, M. Prous & A. Taeger, RU035 ( SDEI).

Distribution. Russia (Primorskij Kraj), South Korea.

Host plant. Unknown.

Remarks. Pamphilius pallidus was previously known only from three females from Primorskij Kraj and Korea ( Shinohara & Taeger 2007). It is a member of the P. sylvaticus group ( Shinohara 2002b). In our molecular study, the nearest neighbour was P. benesi , diverging by a minimum of 2.9% in the COI analysis and 0.5% in the NaK analysis. Pamphilius pallidus was retrieved as sister to P. benesi in both COI and NaK trees with 100% UFBoot support ( Figs 145 , 159 ).

The newly collected female ( Fig. 107 ) is very pale; the black marks on the head are greatly reduced and the reddish (orange) colour of the abdominal dorsum (on the segments 2 to 5) has faded to dirty cream, with only a very faint tint of orange remaining. The male is still unknown.

Figures

FIGURE 107. Pamphilius pallidus, female, Russia – (a) dorsally, (b) lateroventrally, (c) face, (d) head dorsally, (e) head laterally, (f) thorax dorsally, (g) thorax laterally, (h) sawsheath ventrally, (i) sawsheath laterally, (j) sawsheath ventrally detail, (k) claw, (l) antenna.

FIGURE 145. Condensed ML tree based on CO1 gene sequences, with details of Pamphilius sylvaticus group, part 1.

FIGURE 159. Condensed ML tree based on NaK gene sequences, with details of Pamphilius sylvaticus group.