Pseudepipona (Pseudepipona) vicina Gusenleitner, 1973

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Pseudepipona (Pseudepipona) vicina Gusenleitner, 1973

( Figs 9A–G , 10X–Z )

Pseudepipona vicina Gusenleitner, 1973: 328 , ♀ (type locality: “Ost-Afghanistan, Prov. Nengrahar: Tor-Khama”); holotype, ♀, Moravské Zemské Muzeum , Brno, Czech Republic.

Diagnosis. Body usually with yellow pattern, legs usually predominantly yellow ( Fig. 9A, F ); apical margin of female clypeus slightly wider than distance between antennal sockets, hardly emarginate ( Fig. 9B ); male F11 moderately robust, apically rounded, without a tyloid ( Fig. 9G ); antero-lateral angles of pronotum in dorsal view usually rather rectangular ( Fig. 9C ); scutellum and metanotum with yellow bands ( Fig. 9A, F ); punctation on T2 moderately coarse and dense, interspaces not exceeding diameter of a puncture ( Fig. 9D ); paramere moderately broad ( Fig. 10X ); ventral lobe of aedeagus rather acutely triangular ( Fig. 10Z ).

Material examined. UZBEKISTAN: Tashkent, Ak-Tash , 20.V.1922, 1 ♂, leg. N. Kuznetsov [ ZISP] . KYRGYZSTAN: Chatkalskiy Range, Kasansay Place, 4.VIII.1973, 1 ♀, 1 ♂, leg. Yu. Tarbinskiy [ FSCV]; Irkeshtam , 3000 m, 5.VII.1935, 1 ♂, leg. N. Olsufyev [ ZISP]; Northern bank of Issyk-Kul Lake , vicinity of Bosteri , 23.VII.1983, 1 ♀, leg. N. Kurzenko [ FSCV]; Talas Alatau , Karabus Place , 26.VII.1973, 1 ♀, 1 ♂, leg. Yu. Tarbinskiy [ FSCV] . KAZAKHSTAN. Almaty and Jetisu provinces : Boguty Mount, 4.X.1970, 1 ♂, leg. P. Lehr [ FSCV]; Dzhungar Alatau near Alakol Lake , 23.VIII.1972, 1 ♀, leg. N. Kurzenko [ FSCV] .

Additional literature records. AFGHANISTAN: Nangrahar Province , Tor-Khama (Gusenleitner 1973) . INDIA: Himachal Pradesh, Lahaul Spiti District , Losar, 13400 ′; Jammu and Kashmir, Kargil District , Dras, 3900 m ; Jammu and Kashmir, Leh District, Nyoma ( Girish Kumar et al. 2017) .

Distribution. Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, India (Fig. 11).

Remarks. The identity of this species is understood by us following Girish Kumar et al. (2017); the holotype was not available for study.

Figures

FIGURE 9. Pseudepipona vicina Gusenleitner. A–D, ♀, Kyrgyzstan; E–G, ♂, Kyrgyzstan. A, F, habitus in dorsal view; B, E, head in front view; C, pronotum and anterior part of scutum in dorsal view; D, T2 in dorsal view; G, apex of flagellum. Scale bars 0.5 mm.

FIGURE 10. Male genitalia of Pseudepipona spp. A–C, Pseudepipona beckeri (Morawitz), Crimea; D–F, P.cretensis Blüthgen, Crete; G–I, P. cypria Blüthgen, Cyprus; J, L, M, P. falsa (Kostylev), Uzbekistan; K, P. falsa, lectotype; N–P, P. gineri (von Schulthess), Ibiza; Q–S, P. lativentris (de Saussure), Spain; T, P. rubricans Kurzenko, Kazakhstan; U–W, P. rubricans, China; X–Z, P. vicina Gusenleitner, Kyrgyzstan. A, D, G, J, N, Q, T, U, X, left paramere and volsella in medial view (d, digitus); B, E, H, K, L, O, R, V, Y, aedeagus in dorsal view (me, median expansion); C, F, I, M, P, S, W, Z, aedeagus in lateral view (vl, ventral lobe). Scale bar 0.5 mm (not exactly applied to D–F and N–P).