Pseudomegischus yunnanensis
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Ordo: Hymenoptera
Familia: Stephanidae
Genus: Pseudomegischus
Name
Pseudomegischus yunnanensis Chen & Xu sp. n. – Wikispecies link – ZooBank link – Pensoft Profile
Material examined
Holotype, ♀ (SEMC), CHINA: Yunnan, Xishuangbanna, Menglun, 1000 m, 3.VI.2009, No. 34001533.
Etymology
Named after the province of the type locality.
Diagnosis
Frons coarsely obliquely rugose near anterior coronal tooth, transversely rugose ventrally (Fig. 1); vertex transversely carinate antero-medially, becoming smooth posteriorly (Fig. 3); middle part of pronotum transversely rugose anteriorly, largely smooth and without distinct carina posteriorly (Fig. 4); scutellum smooth medially, foveolate laterally (Figs 4, 7); propodeum coarsely and densely foveolate, without distinct smooth interspaces (Fig. 7); first tergite largely transversely rugose (Fig. 13). In the key to species of the genus Pseudomegischus by Tan et al. (2015)[1], the new species can be included by replacing couplet 3 as follows:
Description
Holotype. Female. Body length 21.2 mm; fore wing length 9.6 mm.
Colour. Black, except: frons yellowish-brown; temple brown with yellow streak along eye, streak becoming widened near vertex; base of mandible yellow; palpi, vertex, scape, pedicle, tegula and base of femora dark brown; veins and pterostigma largely dark brown, but base of pterostigma ivory; wing membrane slightly brownish; ovipositor sheath blackish apically (Fig. 15).
Head. Antenna with 41 segments; frons coarsely obliquely rugose near anterior coronal tooth, transversely rugose ventrally (Fig. 1); three anterior coronal teeth large and acute, both posterior ones arcuate and lamelliform, with two small lobe-shaped carinae on each side in front of both posterior ocelli; vertex transversely carinate antero-medially, becoming smooth posteriorly (Fig. 3); temple non-angulate, smooth and shiny (Fig. 2).
Mesosoma. Neck short and robust, transversely rugose, neck at much lower level than middle part of pronotum (Fig. 4); middle part of pronotum transversely rugose anteriorly, largely smooth and without a distinct carina posteriorly; propleuron largely coriaceous with sparse small punctures, shiny and densely setose (Fig. 5); mesonotum sparsely and irregularly foveolate and area between foveae smooth; notauli and median groove distinct; scutellum smooth medially, foveolate laterally; axillae irregularly and rather densely foveolate; mesopleuron distinctly convex, convex part coarsely foveolate-rugose and covered with long whitish setae and dense short setae; metapleuron coarsely foveolate (Fig. 6); propodeum coarsely and densely foveolate, without distinct smooth interspaces (Fig. 7).
Wings. Fore wing (Fig. 12): vein 1-M 3.1 × as long as vein 1-SR and curved; vein r ends slightly behind level of apex of pterostigma; first subdiscal cell robust, 3.2 × as long as its maximum width, vein cu-a entirely pigmented.
Legs. Hind coxa robust, without tubercle dorsally, transversely and densely rugose (Figs 8, 9); hind femur widened, smooth and with long whitish setae, ventrally with two large acute teeth (the anterior one larger than posterior one) and four denticles in between (Fig. 10); hind tibia 1.2 × as long as hind femur, basal narrow part of hind tibia about 1.2 × as long as widened part, widened part ventrally distinctly obliquely carinate (Fig. 10); hind basitarsus subparallel-sided, length of hind basitarsus 4.8 × as long as wide medially and 3.8 × as long as second tarsal segment (Fig. 11).
Metasoma. First tergite 9.0 × as long as its maximum width, 1.6 × as long as second tergite, cylindrical, largely transversely rugose (Fig. 13); remainder of tergites smooth and shiny (Fig. 14); length of ovipositor sheath 2.5 × length of fore wing.
Male. Unknown.
Distribution
Oriental: China (Yunnan).
Biology
Collected in June. Host not known.
Original Description
- Chen, H; Hong, C; van Achterberg, C; Xu, Z; 2016: Description of a new species of Pseudomegischus van Achterberg from China (Hymenoptera, Stephanidae) ZooKeys, (601): 119-125. doi
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Other References
- ↑ Tan J, Fan X, Achterberg C, Li T (2015) A new species of Pseudomegischus van Achterberg from China, with a key to the species (Hymenoptera, Stephanidae). ZooKeys 537: 103–110. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.537.6592
