Pachyprotasis fulvomaculata Wei & Zhong, 2002

Zhong, Yihai & Wei, Meicai, 2010, The Pachyprotasis indica group (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) in China with descriptions of eight new species, Zootaxa 2670, pp. 1-30 : 6

Pachyprotasis fulvomaculata Wei & Zhong, 2002

( Figs. 5, 6 , 35, 47)

Pachyprotasis fulvomaculata Wei & Zhong, 2002: 224 –225; [female]; type locality: China (Henan).

Material examined. Holotype, Ψ, Dakuaidi, Lushi, Henan Province (111°03΄E, 34°06΄N, alt. 1700m), 21. 0 7. 2001, Yihai Zhong leg.; 2 Ψ, Mt. Baiyun, Songxian, Henan Province (112°06΄E, 34°15΄N, alt. 1500–1600m), 15–17. 0 7. 2004, Shaobin Zhang, Liu Weixin leg.; 1 Ψ, Mt. Longyuwan, Luanchuan, Henan Province (111°06΄E, 33°81΄N, alt. 1600–1800m), 20. 0 7. 2004, Shaobin Zhang leg.

Distribution. China (Henan).

Diagnosis. Female ( Figs. 5, 6 ): Body length 7.5 mm. Black, ventral part of head and dorsal part of thorax with yellow white spots; tergites 4–8 and all of sternites red brown; hind leg yellow brown, apical 2/3 of metafemur with rubiginous inner spot, apex of metatibia, apex of tarsomere 5 and claw black, apical 3/4 of metafemur, metatibia except extreme apex and tarsomere 1 except apex red brown; labrum large and with truncated anterior margin; median fovea ditch-like, extends to median ocellus; antennae nearly equal to combined length of thorax and abdomen, flagellomere 1 longer than flagellomere 2 = 1.09; punctures on dorsal part of head dense, a little large; mesepisternum polished, punctures minute and shallow, strongly shiny. Lancet with 22 annuli (Fig. 35), middle serrula with 2 anterior and 4–5 posterior sub-basal teeth (fig. 47).

Discussion. The species is similar to P. rubiapicilia , but it can be distinguished from the latter by the the following characters: body small; tergites 4–8 and sternites entirely red; labrum and clypeus without dard brown spots; flagellomere 1 longer than flagellomere 2; punctures on upper part of mesepisternum minute, shallow; posterior sub-basal teeth of middle serrulae fewer than in the latter.

Figures

FIGURES 5 – 8. Dorsal and lateral view. 5 – 6. P. fulvomaculata female, specimen from Songxian; 7 – 8. P. jiangi female, holotype.