Erythmelus (Erythmelus), 1909

Hu, Hongying & Triapitsyn, Serguei Vladimirovich, 2013, Taxonomic notes on Erythmelus Enock (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae) from Xinjiang, China, with description of a new species, Turkish Journal of Zoology 37 (6), pp. 423-430 : 429

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Erythmelus (Erythmelus) sp. ( Figures 10 View Figure 10 and 11)

Material examined: CHINA, XINJIANG: Emin, 46°27.346′N, 83°43.042′E, 31.vii.2007, H.-y. Hu group [1♂, ICXU]. Hami City , 42.7633°N, 93.47388°E, 706 m, 21.viii.2011, H.-y. Hu group (in cornfield) [1♂, 2♀, ICXU]. Kuche, 41°39.654′N, 82°43.733′E, 17.vi.2008, H.-y. Hu group [1♀, ICXU]. Kuytun, 17.vii.2001, D.-y. Ma [1♀, ICXU]. Tacheng: 46°43.218′N, 83°07.501′E, 31.vii.2007, X. Li, N.-q. Lin, H. -y. Hu [1♂, ICXU]; 46°49.778′N, 83°07.339′E, 30.vii.2007, H.-y. Hu group [1♂, ICXU] GoogleMaps .

Comments: This form is very similar to E. (Erythmelus) flavovarius (Walker) , to which it is likely conspecific if the minor difference in color of the mesoscutum, as indicated in the key above, represents intraspecific variation; however, there is also a slight chance that it may indicate a separate species. The only meaningful difference between them, a somewhat darker posterior part of the mesoscutum, slightly ( Figure 11) to notably brownish in E. sp. vs. distinctly yellow in E. flavovarius ( Figure 1 View Figure 1 ), thus does not justify description of a new species without having on hand other supporting information such as molecular data. The junior author has also examined similar extralimital specimens, as follows: IRAN, ALBORZ, Karaj, University College of Agriculture & Natural Resources (University of Tehran), 1–3.ix.1977, J. T. Huber (behind nematology greenhouse) [1♀, UCRC]. UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, SHARJAH, Desert Park, 25.17°N, 55.42°E, 25.i–22.ii.2005, A. van Harten [3♂, 2♀, UCRC].

Acknowledgments

We thank Vladimir V. Berezovskiy ( UCRC) and Yi Long (Xinjiang University) for technical assistance. This work was supported in part by the National Natural Science Foundation (30860040, U1170305) of China.