Nemka limi ( Chen, 1957 )

Okayasu, Juriya, 2020, Velvet ants of the tribe Smicromyrmini Bischoff (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) of Japan, Zootaxa 4723 (1), pp. 1-110 : 33-42

Nemka limi ( Chen, 1957)

( Figs 9 E–F, 10G–J, 11E–F, 12G–I, L, 13C, H–I, 14G–I, 15D–E, 16D–E, 17J–L, 18A–C, G–H)

Smicromyrme wotani: Yasumatsu 1938a: 85 , ♀; Yasumatsu 1951: 70, ♀.

Smicromyrme limi limi Chen, 1957: 215 , ♀, holotype ♀ (“Chusan” [Zhoushan], Zhejiang, China) [TARI], examined.

Smicromyrme limi nanhai Chen, 1957 , syn. nov.: 216, ♀, holotype ♀ (“San-ah”, Hainan, China) [TARI], examined.

Nemka wotani: Lelej 1995a: 10 , ♂ ♀, in part; Lelej et al. 2001: 12, ♀; Lelej 2002: 57, in part; Lelej 2005: 48, in part; Lo Cascio 2015: 553.

Nemka limi limi: Lelej 1995a: 11 , ♀; Lelej 2005: 46; Okayasu et al. 2018: 303, ♀.

Nemka limi nanhai: Lelej 1995a: 11 , ♀; Lelej 2005: 46; Lo Cascio 2015: 553; Okayasu et al. 2018: 303, ♀.

Diagnosis. MALE. Gena with large dense to confluent punctures; clypeus basomedially elevated forming basal and subbasal denticles, and with a pair of subapical weak tubercles. Dense recumbent pale setae on dorsum of prono- tum anteriorly short and posteriorly long, mixed with sparse long erect pale setae; lateral face of pronotum entirely rugoso-punctate; scutellum and metascutellum with long erect pale golden setae; ventral tubercle on mesopleuron laterally largely depressed; propodeum with basomedial elongate to semicircular cell and with large semicircular cell laterally to median one. Metasomal segments 1–4 yellowish red. FEMALE. Frons with sparse golden to black recumbent setae; frons and vertex with dense but separated punctures. T2 with apical narrow band of pale golden to golden setae, medially widened triangularly; T6 with thickened lateral pygidial fringe of pale golden setae; pygidial area rugoso-striate basally, unsculptured on apical 1/6–1/5.

Type materials examined. Smicromyrme limi limi Chen : holotype, ♀, Zhoushan , Zhejiang, China, 20.VIII.1931, O. Piel leg. [ TARI] ; paratype, 1♀, same place, 25.II.1931, O. Piel leg. [ TARI] ; paratype, 1♀, same place, 16.VIII.1931, O. Piel leg. [ TARI] ; paratype, 1♀ ( Figs 10 G–H, 15D, 16D, 17J–L, 18G), same place, 5.IX.1931, O. Piel leg. [ TARI] ; paratype, 1♀, Mt. Tianmu-shan , Zhejiang, China, 15.VII.1905, collector unknown [ TARI] ; paratype, 1♀, Shanghai, 23.VII.1930, O. Piel leg. [ TARI] ; paratype, 1♀, Zô-Sè, Shanghai, China, 31.VII.1930, O. Piel leg. [ ZMUC]; para- type , 1♀, same place, 4.VIII.1930, O. Piel leg. [ TARI] ; paratype, 1♀, same place, 11.VIII.1930, O. Piel leg. [ TARI] ; paratype, 1♀, same place, 15.VIII.1930, O. Piel leg. [ TARI] ; paratype, 1♀, same place, 31.VIII.1930, O. Piel leg. [ TARI]. Smicromyrme limi nanhai Chen : holotype, ♀, Sanya , Hainan Island, China, 21.XI.1940, Michio Chûjyô leg. [ TARI] ; paratype, 1♀ ( Figs 10 I–J, 15E, 16E, 18A–C, H), Yurin , Hainan Island, China, 21.XI.1940, Michio Chûjyô leg. [ TARI] .

Other materials examined. 24♂ 29♀. China : 23♂ 29♀: 1♂,Yui-Wáu-Kiai, Ningkwo , Anhui, 22.VII.1920, col- lector unknown, B. Petersen det. 1987 as Smicromyrme wotani limi Chen [ TARI] ; 2♂, same place, 24.VII.1920, col- lector unknown, B. Petersen det. 1987 as Smicromyrme wotani limi Chen [ TARI] ; 1♂, Zô-Sè, Shanghai, 4.VIII.1924, O. Piel leg., B. Petersen det. 1987 as Smicromyrme wotani limi Chen [ TARI] ; 1♂, same place, 17.VII.1930, O. Piel leg., B. Petersen det. 1987 as Smicromyrme wotani limi Chen [ ZMUC] ; 1♂, same place, 19.VII.1930, O. Piel leg., B. Petersen det. 1987 as Smicromyrme wotani limi Chen [ TARI] ; 2♂, same place, 23.VII.1930, O. Piel leg., B. Petersen det. 1987 as Smicromyrme wotani limi Chen [ TARI, ZMUC] ; 3♂, same place, 24.VII.1930, O. Piel leg., B. Petersen det. 1987 as Smicromyrme wotani limi Chen [ TARI] ; 1♂, same place, 25.VII.1930, O. Piel leg., B. Petersen det. 1987 as Smicromyrme wotani limi Chen [ TARI] ; 1♂ ( Figs 9 E–F, 11E–F, 12G–I, L, 13C, H–I, 14G–I), same place, 31.VII.1930, O. Piel leg., B. Petersen det. 1987 as Smicromyrme wotani limi Chen [ TARI] ; 1♂, same place, 1.VIII.1930, O. Piel leg., B. Petersen det. 1987 as Smicromyrme wotani limi Chen [ TARI] ; 2♂, same place, 4.VIII.1930, O. Piel leg., B. Petersen det. 1987 as Smicromyrme wotani limi Chen [ TARI] ; 1♂, Hangchow , 15.VI.1925, H. A. Jaynes leg., B. Petersen det. 1995 as Nemka wotani (Zavattari) [ NMNH] ; 1♂, Zô-Póu , Zhejiang, VII.1930, collector unknown, B. Petersen det. 1987 as Smicromyrme wotani limi Chen [ TARI] ; 1♂, Ohekiano, Zhoushan , Zhejiang, 7.IX.1931, O. Piel leg., B. Petersen det. 1987 as Smicromyrme wotani limi Chen [ ZMUC] ; 1♂, Guling, Lushan , Jiangxi, 21.VIII.1935, O. Piel leg., B. Petersen det. 1987 as Smicromyrme wotani limi Chen [ TARI] ; 1♀, Mt. Loufoushan , Guangdong, 29.V.1937, T. C. Maa leg., B. Petersen det. 1987 as Smicromyrme wotani limi Chen [ TARI] ; 1♀, Bohea Hills, Chungan , Fujian, 10.IX.1939, T. C. Maa leg., B. Petersen det. 1987 as Smicromyrme wotani limi Chen [ TARI] ; 2♀, same place, 12.IX.1939, T. C. Maa leg., B. Petersen det. 1987 as Smicromyrme wotani limi Chen [ TARI] ; 3♀, same place, 25.IX.1939, T. C. Maa leg., B. Petersen det. 1987 as Smicromyrme wotani limi Chen [two in TARI and one in ZMUC] ; 1♀, same place, 2.X.1939, T. C. Maa leg., B. Petersen det. 1987 as Smicromyrme wotani limi Chen [ TARI] ; 1♀, same place, 16.X.1939, T. C. Maa leg., B. Petersen det. 1987 as Smicromyrme wotani limi Chen [ TARI] ; 1♀, same place, 13–17.VIII.1943, T. C. Maa leg., B. Petersen det. 1987 as Smicromyrme wotani limi Chen [ TARI] ; 1♀, Hotien, Changting , Fujian, 25.VII.1940, T. C. Maa leg., B. Petersen det. 1987 as Smicromyrme wotani limi Chen [ TARI] ; 1♂, W. Gate, Hwa-an , Fujian, 23.IX.1940, T. C. Maa leg., B. Petersen det. 1987 as Smicromyrme wotani limi Chen [ ZMUC] ; 1♀, Siyingpan, Yungan , Fujian, 1940, T. C. Maa leg., B. Petersen det. 1987 as Smicromyrme wotani limi Chen [ TARI] ; 1♀, Shui Pei Kai, Shaowu , Fujian, 4.VIII.1941, T. C. Maa leg., B. Petersen det. 1987 as Smicromyrme wotani limi Chen [ TARI] ; 1♂, same place, 25.VI.1942, T. C. Maa leg., B. Petersen det. 1987 as Smicromyrme wotani limi Chen [ ZMUC] ; 1♀, same place, 10–12.VII.1943, T. C. Maa leg., B. Petersen det. 1987 as Smicromyrme wotani limi Chen [ TARI] ; 3♀, same place, 20–24.VII.1943, T. C. Maa leg., B. Petersen det. 1987 as Smicromyrme wotani limi Chen [two in TARI and one in ZMUC] ; 2♀, same place, 5.VIII.1943, T. C. Maa leg., B. Petersen det. 1987 as Smicromyrme wotani limi Chen [ ZMUC] ; 1♂, same place, 1–2.IX.1943, T. C. Maa leg., B. Petersen det. 1987 as Smicromyrme wotani limi Chen [ TARI] ; 1♀, W Gate, Shaowu , Fujian, 22.IX.1942, T. C. Maa leg., B. Petersen det. 1987 as Smicromyrme wotani limi Chen [ TARI] ; 1♀, Kuhsien- kieh, Shaowu , Fujian, 8.VII.1944, T. C. Maa leg., B. Petersen det. 1987 as Smicromyrme wotani limi Chen [ TARI] ; 6♀, same place, 1944, T. C. Maa leg., B. Petersen det. 1987 as Smicromyrme wotani limi Chen [five in TARI and one in ZMUC] ; 1♀, Kaoyany, Shaowu , Fujian, 30.VII.1945, T. C. Maa leg., B. Petersen det. 1987 as Smicromyrme wotani limi Chen [ TARI] ; 1♀, Dazhulan, Shaowu , Fujian, 8–12.VIII.1945, T. C. Maa leg., B. Petersen det. 1987 as Smicromyrme wotani limi Chen [ ZMUC] . Vietnam: 1♂, Montes Mauson [= Mt. Mau Son], Mai 2 –3000, IV, H. Fruhstorfer leg., B. Petersen det. 1983 as Smicromyrme wotani wotani (Zavattari) [ ZMUC] .

Confirmed distribution. China. Vietnam.

Other localities in the literature. South Korea ( Lelej et al. 2001).

Synonymic notes. Chen (1957) distinguished N. limi nanhai from the nominotypical subspecies by having the setal spot and bands on the metasoma “silvery” (“brightly golden yellow” in N. limi limi ). The setal color continuously changes as mentioned above and intermediate forms were examined. Therefore, N. limi nanhai is synonymized under the nominotypical form here.

Remarks. Lelej (1995a) and Lelej et al. (2001) recorded N. wotani from Vietnam and South Korea based on one female. Judging from the confirmed distributions of N. limi , N. wotani and N. yasumatsui , these records should be attributed to N. limi .

Figures

FIGURE 9. Nemka spp., ♂, habitus. A–B. N. yasumatsui (Mickel), stat. rev. et comb. nov., Kyôto; C–D. holotype, N. chihpenchia (Tsuneki); E–F. N. limi (Chen); A, C, E. dorsal view; B, D, F. lateral view.

FIGURE 10. Nemka spp., ♀, habitus. A–B. N. yasumatsui (Mickel), stat. rev. et comb. nov., Chiba; C–D. paratype, N. yasumatsui (Mickel), stat. rev. et comb. nov.; E–F. lectotype, N. wotani (Zavattari); G–H. paratype, N. limi limi (Chen); I–J. paratype, N. limi nanhai (Chen); A, C, E, G, I. dorsal view; B, D, F, H, J. lateral view.