Zimankos mahunkai ( Móczár, 1981 )

Wang, Chunhong, He, Junhua & Chen, Xuexin, 2024, Revision of subfamily Mesitiinae (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae) from China, European Journal of Taxonomy 960 (1), pp. 1-61 : 56-58

Zimankos mahunkai ( Móczár, 1981)

Fig. 19

Sulcomesitius mahunkai Móczár, 1981: 359–360 .

Zimankos mahunkai – Azevedo et al. 2018: 207.

Material examined (27 ♂♂)

CHINA – Fujian • 1 ♂; Chongan, Qilichang ; 25 Jul. 1985; Minghui Liu leg.; ZJUH 202300003 • 1 ♂; Minqing, Xiongjiang ; 13–17 Jul. 2005; Zaifu Xu leg.; ZJUH 200609183 . – Hainan • 3 ♂♂; Bawangling ; 7–11 Jul. 2006; Jingxian Liu leg.; ZJUH 200700006 , 200700086 , 200700129 • 4 ♂♂; Jianfengling ; 12–15 Jul. 2006; Liqiong Weng leg.; ZJUH 200700404 , 200700405 , 200700471 , 200700503 • 5 ♂♂; Jianfengling ; 12–15 Jul. 2006; Wenyong Zhang leg.; ZJUH 200700651 , 200700653 , 200700657 , 200700660 , 200700673 • 1 ♂; Jianfengling ; 12–15 Jul. 2006; Feitian Chen leg.; ZJUH 200700712 • 1 ♂; Diaoluoshan ; 16–17 Jul. 2006; Wenyong Zhang leg.; ZJUH 200701506 • 1 ♂; Diaoluoshan ; 16–17 Jul. 2006; Tianfei Chen leg.; ZJUH 200701562 • 1 ♂; Wuzhishan, Suiman ; 16–18 May 2007; Jiezeng leg.; ZJUH 201800023 • 4 ♂♂; Yinggeling ; 28 May–3 Jun. 2007; Liqiong Weng leg.; ZJUH 200706916 , 200706929 , 200706936 , 200706938 • 2 ♂♂; Baisha , Nankai County; 20 Jun. 2008; Jingxian Liu leg.; ZJUH 200800021 , 200800025 . – Guangxi • 1 ♂; Guilin, Maoershan ; 2–10 Aug. 2005; Binxiao leg.; ZJUH 200609382 . – Yunnan • 1 ♂; Yingjiang, Tongbiguan ; 23 Jun. 2005; Jingxian Liu leg.; ZJUH 200609151 • 1 ♂; Gaoligong Mountain ; 20–21 Jul. 2006; Jie Zeng leg.; ZJUH 200701075 .

Re-description

Male

MEASUREMENTS (n = 27). LH 0.95–0.99 × WH; WF 1.16–1.45 × LE; LE 0.43–0.49 × LH; LE 1.46–2.12 × DEV; POL 1.49–1.87 × AOL; OOL 0.69–0.91× WOT; DPV 0.78–1.57× DAO; median length of dorsal pronotal area 0.43–0.51 × width along posterior pronotal margin; median length of dorsal surface of MPC 1.07–1.21 × its half-width; length of PPP 0.21–0.31 × median length of dorsal surface of MPC; length of hypopygium 1.90–2.42× its width; length of posterior branches 0.39–0.52 × length of hypopygium.

COLOURATION. Body black. Mandible brown; maxillary and labial palpi brown. Antenna brown, darker apically. Fore wing hyaline, yellowish brown; veins yellowish brown to brown, pterostigma yellowish brown. Legs brown, trochanters, tibiae and tarsi yellowish brown. T 1 dark brown, T 2 black with posterior and lateral margin brown; T 3–4 brown.

PUBESCENCE. Body with short setae. Maxillary and labial palpi with dense, short setae. Antenna with short, suberect setae, 0.33× width of flagellomere I ( Fig. 19C ). Eye with sparse, short setae, nearly 5.0× diameter of an ommatidium. Wings with short, dense brown setae. Setae of metasoma longer than setae of head and mesosoma, T 1 nearly glabrous, T 2 with basal triangular area glabrous.

HEAD. Slightly shorter than wide, LH 0.97 × WH. Clypeus trilobite, medio-clypeal lobe with anterior margin acute medially; medio-clypeal carina not extending into frons, arched in lateral view. Antenna slender. Frons coriaceous and densely foveolate, median frontal line absent ( Fig. 19B ); WF 1.16× LE. Contour of eye protruding in antero-dorsal view; LE 0.49 × LH, LE 2.12 × DEV. Anterior ocellus partly anterior to imaginary top line of eyes in antero-dorsal view; POL 1.52× AOL, OOL 0.83 × WOT, DPV 0.93 × DAO. Vertex coriaceous and densely foveolate, sides of head behind eyes rounded, vertex crest protruding. Gena coriaceous, densely foveolate, with shallow foveolae ventrally. Occipital carina complete. Medioccipito-genal suture present.

MESOSOMA. Dorsal pronotal area coriaceous, with shallower and bigger foveae than on head, median length of dorsal pronotal area 0.44× width along posterior pronotal margin, anterolateral corner projected; median pronotal sulcus present and weakly foveolate ( Fig. 19D ); lateral pronotal area obliquely striate; cervical pronotal area coarse. Mesoscutum elevated, coriaceous, with punctures; median mesonotal sulcus present as a big fovea near posterior margin ( Fig. 19D ); notauli complete and converging posteriorly, parapsidal signum shallow and absent near anterior margin. Mesoscutellum coriaceous and foveolate; mesoscutum-mesoscutellar sulcus present, laterally dilated ( Fig. 19E ). Median length of dorsal surface of MPC 1.15 × half-width; metapostnotum strongly areolate, metapostnotal median carina complete, metapostnotal-propodeal carina complete and converging posteriorly; dorsal propodeal area transversely striate; paraspiracular and lateral marginal carinae of MPC complete; length of PPP 0.26× as long as median length of dorsal surface of MPC, transverse posterior carina of MPC complete ( Fig. 19E ); propodeal declivity weakly areolate, median and lateral carinae complete; anterior metapleural area shiny, weakly striate; lateral surface of MPC areolate, submarginal and posterior carinae present. Propleuron coriaceous, foveolate near procoxa. Mesopleuron coriaceous and densely foveolate; subalar impression weak; posterior oblique sulcus of mesopleuron absent; postepicnemial sulcus present; ventral surface of mesopleuron coriaceous and shallowly foveolate; anterior mesofurcal pit present and deep.

WINGS. Fore wing with 2r-rs&Rs 2 v slightly curved apically; posterior margin of pterostigma protruding, prestigma absent ( Fig. 19G ); Cu 2 v present as light yellowish-brown trace. Hind wing with four distal hamuli.

METASOMA. Metasomal terga shiny, with punctures; T 1 with shiny, sparse punctures, medio-longitudinal sulcus present at basal one-third; T 2 with punctures ( Fig. 19G ). Metasomal sterna shiny, with variably sized punctures; S1 irregularly striate, metapostnotal median carina weak; S2 with dense, variably sized punctures. Hypopygium longer than wide; lateral and anterior margin of basal part of hypopygium distinctly incurved ( Fig. 19H ); posterior branches 0.39 × as long as length of hypopygium, distinctly narrower than median notch; apical margin of posterior branches and bottom of posterior median notch with long setae.

MALE GENITALIA. Harpe bilobate, dorsal harpe filamentary ( Fig. 19I ), ventral harpe finger-like, with long setae ( Fig. 19J ). Cuspis with apical margin incurved; digitus bent and papillate apically, with setae basally; aedeagus bottle-shaped ( Fig. 19I ).

Female

Unknown.

Distribution

China (Fujian, Hainan, Guangxi, Yunnan) ( Fig. 20 ), Vietnam. New record for China.

Figures

Fig. 19. Zimankos mahunkai (Móczár, 1981), ♂ (ZJUH 200700404). A. Habitus, lateral view. B. Head, antero-dorsal view. C. Antenna. D. Pronotum and mesoscutum, dorsal view. E. Mesoscutellum and MPC, dorsal view. F. T2, dorsal view. G. Fore wing. H. Hypopygium. I. Genitalia, dorsal view. J. Genitalia, ventral view. Scale bars: 0.20 mm.

Fig. 20. Distribution map of species of Mestiinae from China.