Promecidia yamanei Lelej, 1996

Lelej, Arkady S., Zhou, Hu-ting, Loktionov, Valery M. & Xu, Zai-fu, 2016, Review of the genus Promecidia Lelej, 1996, with description of two new species from China (Hymenoptera, Mutillidae, Trogaspidiini), ZooKeys 641, pp. 103-120 : 118

Promecidia yamanei Lelej, 1996

Promecidia yamanei Lelej, 1996b: 15, ♀, holotype, ♀: Malaysia, Sarawak (Malaysia: Sarawak) (SKYC); 2005: 81, ♀.

Material examined.

Malaysia: Sarawak, holotype of Promecidia yamanei Lelej (SKYC), ♀, "Tower Region / Lambir N. P. / Miri, Sarawak / Malaysia // 17.viii.1995 / Sk. Yamane leg. // Holotype / Promecidia / yamanei Lelej, ♀". Other material. MALAYSIA: 1 ♀ (IBSS), Sarawak, Miri, Lambir National Park, Tower Region, 3.III.1997, Sk. Yamane.

Diagnosis.

Male unknown. Female. Body length 9.0-12.0 mm. Metasoma dark metallic blue. Head and legs black, mesosoma ferruginous; flagellomeres 2-10 ventrally reddish. Metasomal tergum 2 with two small yellowish spots and narrow apical yellowish fascia interrupted medially, tergum 3 with broad yellowish or golden band.

Distribution.

Malaysia (Sarawak).

Remark.

Possibly, this species is the female of Promecidia rubrocyanea (Mickel, 1935) because both are from Borneo, with dark metallic blue metasoma (other species of Promecidia with black metasoma).