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Zhong Y, Li Z, Wei M (2021) Review of the Pachyprotasis flavipes group (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) from China with descriptions of two new species. Zoologia 38: 1-50. https://doi.org/10.3897/zoologia.38.e59733
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The flavipes group of Pachyprotasis Hartig, 1837, with twenty-four species recognized in China, is reviewed. This number includes two newly described species, Pachyprotasis rufodorsata sp. nov., from Sichuan, Hubei, Ningxia, and Shaanxi provinces, and Pachyprotasis nigritarsalia sp. nov., from Hunan province. The mesopleuron and metapleuron of the two new species are reddish-brown, distinguishing them from other similar species of the P. flavipes group. Thirty-four species of this group have been recorded from China, one species (P. variegate Fallén, 1808) was found to be widespread throughout Europe and Siberia, twenty-four were originally described from the China and Burma-Yunnan frontier, eleven from India, and five from Japan. A key to the species of this group from China is provided.
Sawflies, taxonomy, Tenthredininae, Tenthredinoidea
Pachyprotasis
Hartig, 1837 is chiefly distributed in the Palaearctic and north of the Oriental regions. More than 220 species of Pachyprotasis have been recognized (
Species of the P. flavipes and P. indica groups share red maculae on hind legs, but those of the latter group can be separated from the species of the former, according to
Sixty-two specimens of the newly described species were obtained by sweeping in forest fringe zones in Hubei, Hunan, Ningxia, Shaanxi, and Sichuan provinces from China. In addition, 1,646 specimens from China and three specimens from Europe of known species were examined and studied for this work. These specimens were examined with a Motic DM-143 stereomicroscope. Images of the adult body were taken with a Keyence VHX-5000 digital camera. Images of genitalia were taken with a Nikon NI-SSR digital camera. All images were further processed with Adobe Photoshop CS 11.0.
Terminology of sawfly genitalia follows
The holotype and paratypes of the two new species are deposited in the Asian Sawfly Museum, Nanchang, China (ASMN). Some paratypes are also deposited in the Scientific Research and Management Center of East China Pharmaceutical Botanical Garden, Lishui, Zhejiang, China (formerly Lishui Academy of Forestry, LSAF).
Tenthredinidae
Pachyprotasis rapae (Linnaeus, 1767).
Species of this group can be recognized by the following combination of morphological characters: hind legs more or less red, reddish-brown, or reddish-yellow (in the male, sometimes only traces of these colors at the base of tibiae or apex of femora); head and thorax sometimes marked with red; abdomen black or white, but never with a red macula.
1. | Hind tarsi black, the apical joints sometimes with white or red macula | 2 |
1'. | Hind tarsi white or reddish-brown, the apical joints sometimes black | 11 |
2. | Mesopleuron and metapleuron reddish-brown | 3 |
2'. | Mesopleuron and metapleuron black or yellowish-white, without red macula | 4 |
3. | Mesoscutum reddish-brown; lower part of mesopleuron with broad white band; antennomere 1 longer than antennomere 2 ... China (Sichuan, Hubei, Ningxia, Shaanxi) | P. rufodorsata sp. nov. |
3'. | Mesoscutum black; lower part of mesopleuron without white band; antennomere 1 shorter than antennomere 2. China (Hunan) | P. nigritarsalia sp. nov. |
4. | Mesepisternum white, lower part sometimes with narrow black band, or mesepisternum black, lower part with broad horizontal white band that is not narrower than 1/4 of mesepisternum | 5 |
4'. | Mesepisternum black, anterior part sometimes with white spot, or lower part with narrow horizontal white band that is not broader than 1/4 of mesepisternum | 8 |
5. | Mesepisternum black, lower part with broad horizontal white band | 6 |
5'. | Mesepisternum white, lower part with a narrow and short black band. China (Tibet), India, Nepal | P. citrinipicta Malaise, 1945 |
6. | Hind femur red or black without white, sometimes the extreme base, adjacent to the white trochanters, also a little white | 7 |
6'. | Basal half of hind femur white, apical half reddish-brown; dorsal part of head polished, microsculpture absent or indistinct, punctures sparse. China (Fujian, Hunan, Shaanxi, Zhejiang) | P. wui Wei & Nie, 1998 |
7. | Punctures on mesopleuron deep, distinct; lateral part of median mesoscutal lobe yellowish-white; all of laterotergites yellowish-white. China (Gansu), Japan, Mongolia, Europe, Siberia | P. variegata (Fallén, 1808) |
7'. | Punctures on mesopleuron shallow, indistinct; apex of median mesoscutal lobe yellowish-white; lateroterga yellowish-white only at extreme edge. China (Tibet, Yunnan), Burma | P. corallipes Malaise, 1945 |
8. | Basal half or at least third of hind femur white; mesopleuron black, without white macula | 9 |
8'. | Hind femur reddish-brown, without white macula; lower part of mesopleuron with white spot. China (Gansu) | P. sanguinipes Malaise, 1931 |
9. | Terga black, without distinct white spot | 10 |
9'. | Central part of each tergum with a large triangular white spot. China (Gansu, Guizhou, Henan, Hunan, Sichuan, Yunnan) | P. zuoae Wei, 2005 |
10. | Basal 1/2 of metafemur striped with black on outer side; base of each serrula distinctly elevated. China (Guizhou, Henan, Hunan, Hubei, Shaanxi) | P. parasubtilis Wei, 1998 |
10'. | Metafemur striped with black along the entire length on outer side; base of each serrula indistinctly elevated. China (Henan, Hubei, Shaanxi, Sichuan) | P. lineatifemorata Wei & Nie, 1999 |
11. | Mesepisternum yellowish-white, lower part sometimes with narrow black band, or mesepisternum black, lower part with broad horizontal white band that is not narrower than 1/4 of mesepisternum | 12 |
11'. | Mesepisternum black, anterior part sometimes with white spot, or lower part with narrow horizontal white band that is not broader than 1/4 of mesepisternum | 15 |
12. | Lower part of mesepisternum white, without black; metacoxa and metafemur without black stripes | 13 |
12'. | Lower part of mesepisternum with a narrow and short black band; outer side of metacoxa and metafemur with black stripes. China (Yunnan) | P. zhengi Wei & Zhong, 2006 |
13. | Basal third of metafemur yellowish-white; upper part of mesopleuron black, lower part yellowish-white; occiput black | 14 |
13'. | Basal two-thirds of metafemur yellowish-white; mesopleuron yellowish-white, without black; occiput yellowish-white. China (Tibet), India | P. subtilissima Malaise, 1945 |
14. | Labrum with squarely pointed anterior margin; hind tarsomeres 2–5 yellowish-white; central part of each tergum with a yellowish-white short-triangular spot. China (Sichuan, Tibet) | P. flavipes (Cameron, 1902) |
14'. | Labrum with acutely pointed anterior margin; hind tarsus reddish-brown, without yellowish-white; central part of each tergum with a yellowish-brown long-triangular spot. China (Gansu, Henan, Hubei, Shaanxi) | P. acutilabria Wei, 1998 |
15. | Punctures on mesepisternum rough and irregular, surface between punctures opaque | 16 |
15'. | Punctures on mesepisternum smooth and regular, surface between punctures polished | 17 |
16. | Clypeus and labrum white, without black; lower part of inner orbit white, upper part black; metacoxa reddish-brown, outer side with a large white spot; hind tarsus white, basal 1/3 of tarsomere 1 and apex of tarsomere 5 black. China (Sichuan, Yunnan) | P. rufinigripes Wei & Nie, 1998 |
16'. | Clypeus and labrum with black spots; inner orbit white, without black; metacoxa black or reddish-brown, without white spot; hind tarsus reddish-brown. China (Sichuan, Yunnan), Burma, India | P. maesta Malaise, 1934 |
17. | Space on dorsal part of head rough, microsculpture indistinct; center of frontal area concave, frontal ridges acute | 18 |
17'. | Space on dorsal part of head polished, microsculpture absent; center of frontal area not concave, frontal ridges rounded; body length 11.0–12.0 mm; clypeus yellowish-white, without black spot; center of each tergum with a distinct white triangular spot. China (Anhui, Fujian, Guizhou, Hunan) | P. xanthotarsalia Wei & Nie, 2003 |
18. | Metacoxa reddish-brown, sometimes with black spot, but never with white stripe | 19 |
18'. | Metacoxa yellowish-white, ventral side sometimes with black stripe | 20 |
19. | Hind tarsus reddish-brown, basal third of tarsomere 1 and apex of tarsomere 5 black; center of clypeus and labrum reddish-brown. China (Henan, Hunan, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan) | P. shengi Wei & Nie, 1999 |
19'. | Hind tarsus yellowish-white, basal half of tarsomere 1 black; clypeus and labrum white, without red macula. China (Guizhou, Henan, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Burma-Yunnan frontier); India | P. subtilis Malaise, 1945 |
20. | Punctures on mesopleuron shallow and minute, space between punctures polished, microsculpture absent or indistinct; apex of terga 4–6 each with a distinct white triangular spot | 21 |
20'. | Punctures on mesopleuron deep and large, space between punctures rough, microsculpture distinct; terga black, without distinct white spot. China (Anhui, Fujian, Guizhou, Guangdong, Guangxi, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Shaanxi, Zhejiang, Burma-Yunnan frontier), India | P. subulicornis Malaise, 1945 |
21. | Clypeus and labrum white, without black macula | 22 |
21'. | Anterior margin and center of clypeus blackish-brown, center of labrum blackish-brown. China (Hunan, Zhejiang) | P. longipetiolata Zhong, Li &Wei, 2018 |
22. | Mesepisternum black, without white | 23 |
22'. | Ventral part of mesepisternum white, anterior part sometimes with white spot. China (Anhui, Gansu, Guizhou, Henan, Hunan, Zhejiang) | P. henanica Wei & Zhong, 2002 |
23. | Basal tenth of metafemur yellowish-white; punctures on mesepisternum absent, or extremely minute, shallow. China (Henan) | P. weni Wei, 1998 |
23'. | Basal fourth of metafemur yellowish-white; punctures on mesepisternum moderate. China (Henan) | P. magnilabria Wei, 1998 |
Pachyprotasis corallipes Malaise, 1945: 151–152.
Pachyprotasis corallipes: Saini, 2007: 79, figs 161, 164, 168, 176.
Female. Body length 6 mm. This species can be distinguished from other similar species of the P. flavipes group by the following characters: mesopleuron black, lower part with broad white horizontal band, central part white; metafemur reddish-brown, without black macula, metatibia reddish-brown, apical 1/8 black; punctures on mesepisternum shallow and minute, indistinct; postocellar area with median furrow, broader than long by 2:1; serrulae flat, base of each serrula not elevated.
Male. Unknown.
1♀, China, Yunnan province, Zhongdian, 27°50'N, 99°40'E, alt. 2600 m, 9-VI-1996, Leyi Zheng leg. (ASMN).
China (Tibet, Yunnan), Myanmar.
Pachyprotasis corallipes , female: (1) dorsal view; (2) lateral view; (3) mesonotum and metanotum, dorsal view; (4) mesopleuron and metapleuron, lateral view; (5) head, frontal view; (6) head, dorsal view; (7) ovipositor sheath, lateral view; (8) lance; (9) lancet; (10) middle serrulae of lancet.
Tenthredo variegata Fallén, 1808: 99–100.
Pachyprotasis variegata: Cameron, 1882: 125; Costa, 1894: 178–179; Enslin, 1917: 134–135; Malaise, 1931: 134–135; Berland, 1947: 155–156; Muche, 1967: 9; Scobiola-Palade, 1978: 199–200, fig. 200; Vassilev, 1978; 92–93; Zhelochovtsev, 1993: 342–343;
Female (Figs
Male (Figs
Body length of female 8–9 mm.
2♀, 1♂, Salzburg Gro Bortltal Hutlschlag. ZW. Karteis U. Muhlegg, 1050–1280 m, 29. V.1992., coll. Neumayer Johann (ASMN).
North of China (Gansu), Japan, Mongolia, most countries of Europe, Siberia.
Pachyprotasis variegate , female: (11) dorsal view; (12) lateral view; (13) mesonotum and metanotum, dorsal view; (14) mesopleuron and metapleuron, lateral view; (15) head, frontal view; (16) head, dorsal view; (17) ovipositor sheath, lateral view; (18) lance; (19) lancet; (20) middle serrulae of lancet.
Pachyprotasis sanguinipes
Malaise, 1931: 128–128;
Female. Body length 9.5 mm. Body black, with yellowish-white pattern as follows: face bellow antennal socket, narrow inner orbit connected to a spot on temple, lateral sides of median mesoscutal lobe, spot on mesoscutellum, mesoscutellar appendage, metascutellum, horizontal band on lower part of mesopleuron, center of mesopleuron and metapleuron, spot on central part of each tergum; legs reddish-brown, apex of metatibial, metatarsus black; punctures on mesepisternum large, distinct; frontal area flat, frontal ridges rounded.
Male. Unknown.
See
China (Gansu).
Pachyprotasis wui Wei & Nie, 1998b: 372, fig. 372.
Female (Figs
Male (Figs
Body length of female 9.0–9.5 mm and male 6.5–7.0 mm.
China (Fujian, Jiangxi, Hunan, Shaanxi, Zhejiang).
Holotype, ♀, China, Zhejiang province, Anji, Mt. Longwang, 30°24'N, 119°26'E, 14-V-1999, Hong WU leg (ASMN).
3♀, China, Zhejiang province, Lin'an District, Mt. Qingliangfeng, Longtang, 30°07'N, 118°54'E, alt. 930 m, 14-V-1999, Wei XIAO & Zejian LI leg.; 2♀, China, Fujian province, Mt. Wuyi, Guadun, 27°39'N, 117°57'E, alt. 1000–1500 m, 18-V-2004, Hu ZHOU leg.; 1♀, China, Fujian province, Mt. Wuyi, Moshikeng, 27°39'N, 117°57'E, alt. 900–1100 m, 11-V-2004, Shaobing ZHANG leg.; 1♀, China, Hunan province, Yanling, Taoyuandong, 26°29'N, 114°02'E, alt. 900–1000 m, 23-IV-1990, Wei XIAO leg.; 1♀, China, Hunan province, Yanling, Taoyuandong, 26°29'N, 114°02'E, alt. 900–1000 m, 20-V-1995, Boyi ZHENG leg.; 1♀, China, Hunan province, Lianyuan, Mt. Longshan, 27°30'N, 111°44'E, 11-V-1999, Wei XIAO leg.; 3♀, China, Hunan province, Shimen, Mt. Huping, 30°07'N, 110°48'E, 30-IV-2000, Yihai ZHONG & Zhangqiang YOU leg.; 1♀, China, Hunan province, Sangzhi, Mt. Badagong, 29°40'N, 109°44'E, 30-IV-2000, Wei XIAO leg.; 3♀, China, Hunan province, Suining, Huangsang, 26°26'N, 110°04'E, alt. 900–1000 m, 21–22-IV-2005, Shaobing ZHANG leg.; 2♀, China, Hunan province, Yizhang, Mt. Mangshan, 24°26'N, 112°55'E, alt. 1000 m, 15-IV-2003, Shaobing ZHANG & Wei XIAO leg.; 2♀, China, Hunan province, Yongzhou, Mt. Yangming, 26°04'N, 111°56'E, alt. 900–1200 m, 25–28-IV-2004, Yingke HE & Hu ZHOU leg.; 1♀2♂, China, Hunan province, Hengshan, Mt. Heng, Nantianmen, 27°16'N, 112°42'E, alt. 1050–1100 m, 10–11-IV-2004, Weixing LIU leg.; 1♀, China, Hunan province, Hengshan, Mt. Heng, Banshanting, 27°16'N, 112°42'E, alt. 700 m, 9-IV-2004, Weixing LIU leg.; 2♀, China, Hunan province, Liuyang, Mt. Dawei, Chunqiuao, 28°25'N, 114°06'E, alt. 1300 m, 5-V-2010, Zejian LI & Mingcan YAO leg.; 2♀, China, Hunan province, Wugang, Mt. Yun, Yunfengge, 26°38'N, 110°37'E, alt. 1170 m, 10–18-IV-2010, Xiaohua WANG & Yanxia LIU leg.; 3♀, China, Hunan province, Wugang, Mt. Yun, Yunfengge, 26°38'N, 110°37'E, alt. 1170 m, 14–16-IV-2003, Zejian LI leg.; 1♀, China, Hunan province, Wugang, Mt. Yun, 26°38'N, 110°37'E, alt. 950 m, 14-IV-2010, Xiaohua WANG & Yanxia LIU leg.; 1♀, China, Hunan province, Wugang, Mt. Yun, Lanchuiyan, 26°38'N, 110°37'E, alt. 850 m, 13-IV-2010, Yanxia LIU leg.; 1♀, China, Hunan province, Wugang, Mt. Yun, Temple Shengli, 26°38'N, 110°37'E, alt. 1145 m, 9-IV-2012, Zejian LI leg.; 1♀, China, Hunan province, Wugang, Mt. Yun, TV Tower, 26°38'N, 110°37'E, alt. 1380 m, 13-IV-2012, Zejian LI leg.; 1♀, China, Hunan province, Wugang, Mt. Yun, TV Tower, 26°38'N, 110°37'E, alt. 1380 m, 14-IV-2011, Zejian LI & Li WEI leg.; 1♀, China, Hunan province, Wugang, Mt. Yun, Yunfengge, 26°38'N, 110°37'E, alt. 1170 m, 10-IV-2013, Zejian LI leg.; 1♀, China, Shaanxi province, Foping, Daguping, 33°32'N, 107°49'E, alt. 1320 m, 28-IV-2006, Mojun HE leg.; 1♀, China, Shaanxi province, Foping, Yueba, 33°32'N, 107°49'E, alt. 1085 m, 29-IV-2009, Mojun HE leg.; 1♀, China, Zhejiang province, Lin'an District, Mt. Xitianmu, Temple Chanyuan, 30°19'N, 119°26'E, alt. 405 m, 25-IV-2018, Zejian LI et. leg.; 9♀, China, Zhejiang province, Lin'an District, Mt. Xitianmu, Temple Chanyuan, 30°19'N, 119°26'E, alt. 405 m, 5–6-IV-2018, Zejian LI et. leg.; 2♀, China, Zhejiang province, Lin'an District, Mt. Xitianmu, Temple Chanyuan, 30°19'N, 119°26'E, alt. 362 m, 10–12-IV-2015, Zejian LI leg.; 1♀, China, Zhejiang province, Lin'an District, Mt. Xitianmu, Temple Chanyuan, 30°19'N, 119°26'E, alt. 362 m, 14-IV-2016, Zejian LI et. leg.; 6♀, China, Zhejiang province, Lin'an District, Mt. Xitianmu, Temple Chanyuan, 30°19'N, 119°26'E, alt. 405 m, 13–17-IV-2017, Mengmeng LIU leg.; 3♀, China, Zhejiang province, Lin'an District, Mt. Xitianmu, Kanshanlaodian, 30°19'N, 119°26'E, alt. 1106 m, 14–18-IV-2017, Mengmeng LIU et. leg.;1♀, China, Zhejiang province, Longquan, Mt. fengyang, Village Shatian, 27°55'N, 119°11'E, alt. 756 m, 20-IV-2017, Zejian LI et. leg.; 1♀, China, Zhejiang province, Lishui, Wetland Jiulong, Village Xinting, 28°24'N, 119°51'E, alt. 50 m, 31-III-2018, Zejian LI et. leg.; 13♀, China, Zhejiang province, Lin'an District, Mt. Xitianmu, Temple Chanyuan, 30°19'N, 119°26'E, alt. 405 m, 20-IV-2018, Zejian LI et. leg.; 1♀, China, Zhejiang province, Lin'an District, Mt. Xitianmu, Xianrending,30°21'N,119°25'E,alt. 1506 m, 11-V-2018, Zejian LI & Mengmeng LIU leg.; 3♀, China,Zhejiang province, Lin'an District, Mt. Xitianmu, Temple Chanyuan, 30°19'N, 119°26'E, alt. 362 m, 7–8-IV-2019, Zejian LI & Xiufang LI leg.; 3♀, China, Jiangxi province, Pingxiang, Mt. Wugong, Hongyangu, 27°29'N, 114°08'E, alt. 580 m, 3-IV-2016, Maoling SHENG & Tao LI leg.; 3♀, China, Jiangxi province, Yichun, Mt. Guan, Station Donghe, 28°32'N, 116°36'E, 4-IV-2016, Fuping FANG leg. (ASMN, LSAF).
Pachyprotasis wui , female: (29) dorsal view; (30) lateral view; (31) mesonotum and metanotum, dorsal view; (32) mesopleuron and metapleuron, lateral view; (33) head, frontal view; (34) head, dorsal view; (35) ovipositor sheath, lateral view; (36) lance; (37) lancet; (38) middle serrulae of lancet.
Pachyprotasis citrinipictus
[recte: citrinipicta] Malaise, 1945: 148–149; Huang & Zhou, 1982: 341, fig. 346; Saini & Kalia, 1989: 153, 161, figs 145, 155, 166, 176; Saini, 2007: 73, figs 159, 163, 168, 175, 180, 202;
Female (Figs
Male (Figs
Body length of female 8.5–10.0 mm and male 7.5–8.0 mm.
China (Tibet), India, Nepal.
1♀, 1♂, China, Tibet Autonomous Region, Yadong, 27°28'N, 88°54'E, 6–8-VI-1997, Jianyi WU leg.; 1♂, China, Tibet Autonomous Region, Motuo, Gedang, 29°48'N, 95°41'E, alt. 2100 m, 2-VI-1980, Jianyi WU leg.; 1♀, China, Tibet Autonomous Region, Nala, 29°48'N, 95°41'E, 27-VI-1997, Yintao JIN & Jianyi WU leg. (ASMN).
Pachyprotasis citrinipicta , female: (47) dorsal view; (48) lateral view; (49) mesonotum and metanotum, dorsal view; (50) mesopleuron and metapleuron, lateral view; (51) head, frontal view; (52) head, dorsal view; (53) ovipositor sheath, lateral view; (54) lance; (55) lancet; (56) middle serrulae of lancet.
China: Hubei, Ningxia, Shaanxi, Sichuan.
This species can be distinguished from other similar species of the P. flavipes group by the following characters: median and lateral mesoscutal lobe reddish-brown, mesoscutellum reddish-brown, lateral part white, mesepisternum reddish-brown, upper corner white, lower part with a white horizontal band.
Holotype female (Figs
Labrum large and with round anterior margin; clypeus truncately incised to 1/3 of its middle length, lateral lobes blunt; malar space distinctly wider than diameter of median ocellus; inner margins of eyes slightly convergent downwards (Fig.
Punctures on labrum and clypeus sparse, indistinct; punctures on dorsal part of head minute and shallow, surface between punctures with dense microsculpture and with very faint opaque general lustre; punctures on mesonotum minute and dense, sub-shining; punctures on upper part of mesepisternum sparse and small, while ones on lower part extremely minute and shallow, surface between punctures polished, microsculpture indistinct, strongly shining; outer side of mesepimeron with distinct sculptures, sub-shining; punctures on metapleuron minute and shallow, sub-shining; lateral part of mesoscutellum with a few shallow and minute punctures, lustre indistinct; punctures on terga sparse, minute and shallow, surface between punctures with microsculptures and oily luster; punctures on outer side of hind coxae minute, shallow and indistinct.
Ovipositor sheath distinctly shorter than hind tarsomere 1; apical sheath distinctly longer than basal sheath (Fig.
Male. Body length 7.0 mm (Figs
Body length of female 8.0–9.0 mm and male 6.5–7.0 mm.
China (Hubei, Ningxia, Shaanxi, Sichuan).
Holotype,♀, China, Sichuan province, Mt. Emei, Leidongping, 29°32'N, 103°33'E, alt. 2500 m, 18-VII-2001, Meicai WEI leg. (ASMN). Paratypes, 1♀, China, Sichuan province, Mt. Emei, Xixiangchi, 29°32'N, 103°33'E, alt. 2000 m, 19-VII-2001, Meicai WEI leg.; 7♀, China, Sichuan province, Mt. Emei, Leidongping, 29°32'N, 103°33'E, alt. 2500 m, 18-VII-2001, Yihai ZHONG & Zejian LI leg.; 1♀,China, Sichuan province, Valley Hailuogou, 29°22'N, 102°00'E, alt. 2200 m, 3-VII-2009, Zejian LI leg.; 1♀, China, Sichuan province, Mt. Emei, Jinding, 29°32'N, 103°33'E, alt. 2900 m, 7-VII-2009, Gengyun NIU leg.; 1♀, China, Hubei province, Mt. Shennongjia, Xiaolongtan, 31°15'N, 109°56'E, alt. 2100 m, 26-VI-2002, Yihai ZHONG leg.; 2♂, China, Hubei province, Mt. Shennongjia, Banbiyan, 31°28'N, 110°13'E, alt. 2500 m, 29-VI-2002, Yihai ZHONG leg.; 1♀, China, Hubei province, Mt. Shennongjia, Dalongtan, 31°29'N, 110°16'E, alt. 2312 m, 31-VII-2008, Fei LIU leg.; 4♀, China, Ningxia Autonomous Region, Jingyuan, Mt. Liupan, Xixia, 35°23'N, 106°18'E, alt. 1974 m, 1-VII-2008, Fei LIU leg.; 1♀, China, Ningxia Autonomous Region, Jingyuan, Mt. Liupan, Longtan, 35°23'N, 106°18'E, alt. 1945 m, 3-VII-2008, Fei LIU leg.; 2♀, China, Ningxia Autonomous Region, Jingyuan, Mt. Liupan, Dongshan, 35°23'N, 106°18'E, alt. 2050 m, 26-VI-2008, Fei LIU leg.; 1♀, 1♂, China, Shaanxi province, Xi'an, Chang'an District, Village Jiwozi, 33°31'N, 108°50'E, alt. 2077 m, 28-VI-2008, Xun ZHU & Xiaoyu JIANG leg. (ASMN).
The specific epithet, “rufodorsata”, refers to the red notum, which is observed in both sexes of the new taxon.
Pachyprotasis rufodorsata , female: (65) dorsal view; (66) adult female, lateral view; (67) mesonotum and metanotum, dorsal view; (68) mesopleuron and metapleuron, lateral view; (69) head, frontal view; (70) head, dorsal view; (71) ovipositor sheath, lateral view; (72) lance; (73 lancet; (74) middle serrulae of lancet.
This species is close to P. rufodorsata sp. nov. in general appearance, but it can be distinguished from the latter by the following characters: median and mesoscutal lobe black, lateral part and a central spot on lateral mesoscutal lobe reddish-brown; mesepisternum without white horizontal band; metatarsus black, without red macula; flagellomere 1 shorter than flagellomere 2; punctures on mesepisternum large, distinct.
Holotype female (Figs
Labrum large and with squarely pointed anterior margin; clypeus roundly incised to 1/3 of its middle length, lateral lobes a little blunt; malar space as long as diameter of median ocellus; inner margins of eyes slightly convergent downwards (Fig.
Punctures on labrum and clypeus sparse, minute and shallow; punctures on dorsal part of head minute and shallow, slightly dense, surface between punctures with microsculpture and oily lustre; punctures on mesonotum and lower part of mesepisternum minute and dense, shining; punctures on upper part of mesepisternum moderate, surface between punctures with distinct oily lustre and microsculpture; outer part of mesepimeron with distinct sculptures, sub-shining, inner part polished, punctures absent, microsculpture indistinct; punctures on metapleuron minute, shallow and indistinct, surface between punctures with oily lustre; center of mesoscutellum polished without punctures, lateral part with a few large and shallow punctures, strongly shining; mesoscutellar appendage with distinct microsculpture, shining; punctures on terga sparse, minute and shallow, surface between punctures with microsculptures and oily luster; punctures on outer side of hind coxa minute, shallow and indistinct.
Ovipositor sheath longer than middle tarsomere 1 and round in lateral view, apical sheath distinctly longer than basal sheath (Fig.
Male. Unknown.
Body length of female 8.0–9.0 mm.
China (Hunan).
Holotype, ♀, China, Hunan province, Yongzhou, Mt. Shunhuang, 26°24'N, 111°03'E, alt. 900–1200 m, 28-IV-2004, Wei XIAO leg. (ASMN). Paratypes, 29♀, China, Hunan province, Yongzhou, Mt. Shunhuang, 26°24'N, 111°03'E, alt. 900–1200 m, 28-IV-2004, Wei XIAO et. leg.; 5♀, China, Hunan province, Suining, Mt. Huangsang, 26°24'N, 111°03'E, alt. 900–1200 m, 28-IV-2004, Meicai WEI & Wei XIAO leg.; 3♀, China, Hunan province, Wugang, Mt. Yun, Yunfengge, 26°38'N, 110°37'E, alt. 1170 m, 13–14-IV-2010, Xiaohua WANG & Yanxia LIU leg. (ASMN).
The specific epithet, “nigritarsalia”, refers to the black metatarsus.
Pachyprotasis nigritarsalia , female: (83) dorsal view; (84) lateral view; (85) mesonotum and metanotum, dorsal view; (86) mesopleuron and metapleuron, lateral view; (87) head, frontal view; (88) head, dorsal view; (89) ovipositor sheath, lateral view; (90) lance; (91) lancet; (92) middle serrulae of lancet.
Pachyprotasis zuoae Wei, 2005: 487–488, fig. 488.
Female. Body length 10.0 mm. This species is close to P. parasubtilis Wei and P. lineatifemorata Wei & Nie in general appearance, but it can be distinguished from them by the following characters: posterior part of each tergum with distinct white spot; apex of metafemur without black spot; punctures on frontal area minute, shallow and indistinct.
Male. Unknown.
Body length of female 9.5–10.5 mm.
China (Shaanxi, Gansu, Hunan, Hubei, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan).
Holotype, 1♀, China, Guizhou province, Xishui, Ping River-Lin River, 28°19'N, 106°12'E, alt. 1500–1800 m, 2-VI-2000, Wei XIAO leg. (ASMN). Paratypes, 7♀, China, Guizhou province, Xishui, Ping Liver-Lin Liver, 28°19'N, 106°12'E, alt. 1500–1800 m, 2-VI-2000,Wei XIAO leg.; 1♀, China, Henan province, Xiongxian, Mt. Baiyun, 33°54'N, 111°59'E, alt. 1650 m, 19-VII-2002, Jigang JIANG leg.; 1♀, China, Hunan province, Sangzhi, Mt. Badagong, 29°40'N, 109°44'E, alt. 1250m, 13-VIII-2001, Jun WEN & Ningting HUANG leg.; 1♀, China, Hunan province, Sangzhi, Mt. Tianping, 29°47'N, 110°00'E, 8-VII-1981, Xinwang TONG leg.; 1♀, China, Hunan province, Sangzhi, Mt. Tianping, 29°47'N, 110°00'E, 18-VI-1981, Xinwang TONG leg. (ASMN).
2♀, China, Guizhou province, Leishan, Forest Station Leigongshan, 26°21'N, 108°12'E, alt. 1600 m, 31-V-2005, Minwen LIANG leg.; 1♀, China, Guizhou province, Leishan, Town Fangxiang, 26°21'N,108°12'E,alt. 1000 m, 1-VI-2005, Minwen LIANG leg.; 1♀, China, Sichuan province, Luding, Mt. Hailuogou, 29°22'N, 102°00'E, alt. 2600–2700 m, 27-VII-2003, Wei XIAO leg.; 11♀, China, Sichuan province, Mt. Qingchenghou, Temple Baiyun, 30°56'N, 113°28'E, alt. 1600 m, 29-VI-2006, Hu ZHOU leg.; 1♀, China, Sichuan province, Tianquan, River Laba, 30°01'N, 102°78'E, alt. 1800–2000 m, 12-VII-2003, Hu ZHOU leg.; 2♀, China, Yunnan province, Jingdong, Mt. Wuliang, Qincaitang, 24°16'N, 100°42'E,alt. 2197 m, 14-VII-2006, Qing YANG leg.; 9♀, China, Sichuan province, Luding, 29°22'N, 102°00'E, 2–3-VII-2009, Meicai WEI & Zejian LI leg.; 4♀, China, Sichuan province, Mt. River Anzi, Shaoyaogou, 30°46'N, 103°13'E, 6–13-VII-2016, Kaiwen GAO leg.; 1♀, China, Henan province, Xiongxian, Mt. Baiyun, 33°54'N, 111°59'E, alt. 1650 m, 20-VII-2003, Jigang JIANG leg.; 4♀, China, Henan province, Neixiang, Mt. Baotianman, 33°30'N, 111°56'E, alt. 1300 m, 20–23-VI-2006, Yihai ZHONG & Qing YANG leg.; 1♀, China, Gansu province,Wenxian, Reserve Baishuijiang, Sangdanbao, 32°95'N, 104°07'E, alt. 1300–1600 m, 30-VII-2005, Xun ZHU leg.; 1♀, China, Shaanxi province, Zhouzhi, Houzhenzi, 33°51'N, 107°50'E, alt. 1309 m, 7-VI-2006, Xun ZHU leg.; 1♀, China, Shaanxi province, Ningshan, Baxunyang, 33°33'N, 108°32'E, alt. 1400 m, 18-VI-2009, Haili YU leg.; 11♀, China, Shaanxi province, Liuba, Sangyuan, Fantiaoyu, 33°43'N, 107°14'E, alt. 1303 m, 14-VI-2014, Meicai WEI leg.; 10♀, China, Shaanxi province, Liuba, Sangyuan, Zhuantouba, 33°43'N, 107°13'E, alt. 1158 m, 15-VI-2014, Meicai WEI leg.; 1♀, China, Shaanxi province, Foping, Temple Shanguan, 33°39'N, 107°48'E, alt. 1529 m, 20-VI-2014, Liwei QI & Weinan KANG leg.; 1♀, China, Hunan province, Yanling, Taoyuandong, 26°29'N, 114°02'E, alt. 900–1000 m, 24-IV-1999, Meicai WEI leg.; 1♀, China, Hunan province, Shimen, Mt. Huping, 30°07'N, 110°48'E, alt. 1400 m, 1-VI-2003, Yang JIANG leg.; 1♀, China, Hunan province, Shimen, Mt. Huping, 30°07'N, 110°48'E, alt. 1400 m, 13-VII-2003, Yang JIANG leg.; 19♀, China, Hunan province, Shimen, Mt. Huping, Jiangping, 30°07'N, 110°48'E, alt. 1200–1600 m, 9-VI-2004, Yang JIANG & Hu ZHOU leg.; 20♀, China, Hunan province, Yongzhou, Mt. Shunhuang, 26°24'N, 111°03'E, alt. 900–1200 m, 27–28-IV-2004, Meicai WEI leg.; 2♀, China, Hubei province, Mt. Shennongjia, 31°21'N, 110°34'E, 30-V-2008, Fu ZHAO leg. (ASMN).
Pachyprotasis zuoae , female: (93) dorsal view; (94) lateral view; (95) mesonotum and metanotum, dorsal view; (96) mesopleuron and metapleuron, lateral view; (97) head, frontal view; (98) head, dorsal view; (99) ovipositor sheath, lateral view; (100) lance; (101) lancet; (102) middle serrulae of lancet.
Pachyprotasis lineatifemorata Wei & Nie in Nie & Wei 1999: 109–110, fig. 110.
Female. Body length 11.0 mm. This species can be distinguished from other similar species of the P. flavipes group by the following characters: basal half of metafemur yellowish-white, apical half reddish-brown, outer side with black band along the whole length; metatibia black, without red; dorsal part of terga black, without distinct spot.
Male. Unknown.
Body length of female 10.0–11.0 mm.
China (Hubei, Henan, Shaanxi, Sichuan).
Holotype, 1♀, China, Henan province, Mt. Neixiang, Baotianman, 33°30'N, 111°56'E, 14-VII-1998, Meicai WEI leg. (ASMN). Paratypes, 1♀, China, Henan province, Neixiang, Mt. Baotianman, 33°30'N, 111°56'E, 14-VII-1998, Meicai WEI leg. (ASMN).
1♀, China, Henan province, Lushi, Forest Farm Dakuaidi, 33°45'N, 110°59'E, alt. 1700 m, 20-VII-2001, Yihai ZHONG leg.; 1♀, China, Henan province, Songxian, Mt. Baiyun, 33°54'N, 111°59'E, alt. 1800 m, 24-VII-2001, Yihai ZHONG leg.; 1♀, China, Shaanxi province, Fengxian, Source of River Jialing, 34°13'N, 106°59'E, alt. 1617 m, 14-VII-2007, Xiaoyu JIANG leg.; 2♀, China, Sichuan province, Tianquan, River Laba, 30°01'N, 102°78'E, alt. 1900–2200 m, 13-VII-2003, Wei XIAO & Weixing LIU leg.; 7♀, China, Hubei province, Mt. Shennongjia, Honghuaduo, 31°43'N, 110°43'E, alt. 1200 m, 3-VII-2007, Yihai ZHONG leg.; 1♀, China, Hubei province, Mt. Shennongjia, 31°43'N, 110°43'E, 28-VII-2008, Fu ZHAO leg.; 2♀, China, Hubei province, Mt. Shennongjia, Honghuan, 31°43'N, 110°43'E, alt. 1745 m, 31-VII-2016, Wei XIAO leg. (ASMN).
Pachyprotasis lineatifemorata , female: (103) dorsal view; (104) lateral view; (105) mesonotum and metanotum, dorsal view; (106) mesopleuron and metapleuron, lateral view; (107) head, frontal view; (108) head, dorsal view; (109) ovipositor sheath, lateral view; (110) lance; (111) lancet; (112) middle serrulae of lancet.
Pachyprotasis parasubtilis Wei, 1998 in Wei & Nie, 1998a: 162–163.
Female (Figs
Male (Figs
Body length of female 9.0–10.5 mm and male 8.5–9.0 mm.
China (Guizhou, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Shaanxi).
Holotype, 1♀, China, Henan province, Songxian, 33°54'N, 111°59'E, 14-VI-1996, Jun WEN leg. (ASMN). Paratypes, 15♀, 19♂, China, Henan province, Songxian, 33°54'N, 111°59'E, 14-VI-1996, Jun WEN leg. (ASMN).
24♀, 10♂, China, Henan province, Songxian, Mt. Baotianman, 33°30'N, 111°56'E, 11-VII-1998, Meicai WEI & Wei XIAO leg.; 1♀, China, Henan province, Songxian, Mt. Baiyun, 33°54'N, 111°59'E, alt. 1800 m, 24-VII-1998, Yihai ZHONG leg.; 1♀, China, Henan province, Songxian, Mt. Baotianman, Pingfang, 33°30'N, 111°56'E, alt. 1200 m, 24-VII-1999, Ping CAI leg.; 13♀, China, Henan province, Songxian, Mt. Baiyun, 33°54'N, 111°59'E, alt. 1500–1600 m, 14–20-VII-2004, Shaobing ZHANG & Yingke HE leg.; 3♀, China, Henan province, Songxian, Mt. Baiyun, 33°54'N, 111°59'E, alt. 1500 m, 20–24-VII-2003, Yingke HE leg.; 5♀, China, Henan province, Luanchuan, Longyuwan, 33°54'N, 111°43'E, alt. 1600 m, 29-VII-2003, Yingke HE leg.; 75♀, China, Henan province, Songxian, Mt. Baotianman, 33°30'N, 111°56'E, alt. 1300–1900 m, 22–25-VII-2004, Weixing LIU leg.; 1♀, China, Henan province, Songxian, Mt. Baotianman, 33°30'N, 111°56'E, alt. 1300m, 23-VI-2006, Qing YANG leg.; 10♀, China, Henan province, Songxian, Mt. Baiyun, 33°54'N, 111°59'E, alt. 1650–1800 m, 19–25-VII-2002, Jigang JIANG leg.; 1♀, China, Shaanxi province, Zhenping, Ankang, 31°53'N, 109°31'E, alt. 1200 m, 6-VII-2003, Haili YU leg.; 1♀, China, Hubei province, Mt. Wudang, Temple Chaotian, 31°21'N, 110°34'E, 16-VIII-1984; 1♀, China, Hubei province, Mt. Shennongjia, 31°21'N, 110°34'E,alt. 2100 m, 21-VIII-2003, Hu ZHOU leg.; 5♀, China, Hubei province, Mt. Shennongjia, 31°21'N, 110°34'E,17-VII-2009, Jiao ZHAO leg.; 4♀, China, Hubei province, Mt. Shennongjia, 31°21N', 110°34'E, 16-VII-2009, Fu ZHAO leg.; 2♀, China, Hubei province, Mt. Shennongjia, 31°21'N,110°34'E, 29-VII–3-VIII-2008, Fu ZHAO leg.; 3♀, China, Hubei province, Mt. Shennongjia, 31°21'N,110°34'E, 21–22-VII-2009, Zhao JIAO & Fu ZHAO leg.; 1♂, China, Hubei province, Mt. Shennongjia, 31°21'N,110°34'E, 30-V-2008, Fu ZHAO leg.; 1♀, China, Hubei province, Mt. Shennongjia, 31°21'N, 110°34'E, alt. 1745 m, 31-VII-2016, Wei XIAO leg.; China, Hubei province, Mt. Shennongjia, Yinyuhe, 31°21'N, 110°34'E, alt. 1745 m, 20-VI-2011, Yuanqin LI leg.; 1♀, China, Hunan province, Shimen, Mt. Huping, 30°07'N, 110°48'E, alt. 1300 m, 31-V-2003, Yang JIANG leg.; 1♀, China, Hunan province, Shimen, Mt. Huping, Jiangping, 30°07'N, 110°48'E, alt. 1200–1600 m, 19-VI-2004, Hu ZHOU leg.; 1♀, China, Guizhou province, Zunyi, Dashahe, 29°09'N, 107°36'E, alt. 1100 m, 22-V-2004, Yang LIN leg. (ASMN).
Pachyprotasis parasubtilis , female: (113) dorsal view; (114) lateral view; (115) mesonotum and metanotum, dorsal view; (116) mesopleuron and metapleuron, lateral view; (117) head, frontal view; (118) head, dorsal view; (119) ovipositor sheath, lateral view; (120) lance; (121) lancet; (122) middle serrulae of lancet.
Pachyprotasis xanthotarsalia Wei & Nie, 2003: 200; Wei, 2006: 621–622.
Female (Figs
Male (Figs
Body length of female 11.0–12.0 mm and male 10.0–10.5 mm.
China (Fujian, Anhui, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Hunan, Guizhou).
Holotype ♀, China, Hunan province, Yanglin, Taoyuandong, 26°29'N, 114°02'E, 24-IV-1999, Meicai WEI &Kaijian ZHANG leg. (ASMN). Paratypes, 1♀, China, Hunan province, Yanglin, Taoyuandong, 26°29'N, 114°02'E, 24-IV-1999, Meicai WEI &Kaijian ZHANG leg.; 1♀, China, Fujian province, Siqian, Guangze, 27°54'N, 117°32'E, alt. 450–600 m, 26-IV-1960, Yintao JIN & Yangmin LIN leg.; 1♀, China, Fujian province, Siqian, Zhima, 27°28'N, 117°10'E, alt. 200–300 m, 4-IV-1960, Yintao JIN & Yangmin LIN leg.; 2♀, China, Hunan province, Yanling, Taoyuandong, 26°29'N, 114°02'E, 20-V-1995, Boyi ZHEING leg. (ASMN).
2♀, China, Fujian province, Mt. Wuyi, Guadun, 27°39'N, 117°57'E, alt. 1000–1500 m, 18-V-2004, Shaobing ZHANG & Hu ZHOU leg.; 1♀, China, Anhui province,Qingyang, Mt. Jiuhua, 30°28'N, 117°49'E, alt. 700 m, 9-V-2007, Xiaoni ZHU leg.; 2♀, China, Hunan province, Mt. Heng, Banshanting, 27°16'N, 112°42'E, 9-IV-2004, Shaobing ZHANG leg.; 1♀, China, Hunan province, Suining, Mt. Huangsang, 26°26'N, 114°04'E, alt. 600–900 m, 21-IV-2005, Wei XIAO leg.; 1♂, China, Hunan province, Wugang, Mt. Yun, 26°38'N, 110°37'E, alt. 1100 m, 26-IV-2005, Meicai WEI leg.; 1♂, China, Hunan province, Wugang, Mt. Yun, TV Tower, 26°38'N, 110°37'E, alt. 1380 m, 26-IV-2005, Zejian LI leg.; 1♀, China, Guizhou province, Mt. Fanjing, 28°00'N, 108°04'E, 15-V-1999, Meicai WEI leg.; 1♀, China, Hunan province, Mt. Dawei, Chunqiuao, 28°25'N, 114°06'E, alt. 1300 m, 3-V-2010, Zejian LI leg.; 1♀, China, Hunan province, Mt. Dawei, Limuqiao, 28°25'N, 114°05'E, alt. 980 m, 3-V-2010, Zejian LI &Liwei QI leg.; 1♀1♂, China, Zhejiang province, Mt. Xitianmu, Temple Chanyuan, 30°19'N, 119°26'E, alt. 405 m, 17–22-IV-2017, Mengmeng LIU et. Leg.; 1♂, China, Zhejiang province, Mt. Xitianmu, Temple Chanyuan, 30°19'N, 119°26'E, alt. 405 m, 8-IV-2018, Mengmeng LIU et. Leg.; 1♀, China, Fujian province, Mt. Wuyi, Guadun, 27°39'N, 117°57'E, alt. 1000–1500 m, 18-V-2004, Hu ZHOU leg.; 1♂, China, Zhejiang province, Mt. Xitianmu, Temple Chanyuan, 30°19'N, 119°26'E, alt. 362 m, 12-IV-2015, Zejian LI leg.; 3♀, 1♂, China, Zhejiang province, Mt. Xitianmu, Temple Chanyuan, 30°19'N, 119°26'E, alt. 362 m, 15-IV–4-V-2016, Zejian LI et. Leg.; 4♀, China, Zhejiang province, Mt. Xitianmu, Temple Chanyuan, 30°19'N, 119°26'E, alt. 362 m, 19-IV–7-V-2017, Mengmeng LIU et. Leg.; 1♀, China, Jiangxi province, Yifeng, Mt. Guan, Station Donghe, 28°32'N, 116°36'E, IV-2016, Fuping FANG leg. (ASMN, LSAF).
Pachyprotasis xanthotarsalia , female: (131) adult, dorsal view; (132) adult, lateral view; (133) mesonotum and metanotum, dorsal view; (134) mesopleuron and metapleuron, lateral view; (135) head, frontal view; (136) head, dorsal view; (137) ovipositor sheath, lateral view; (138) lance; (139) lancet; (140) middle serrulae of lancet.
Pachyprotasis rufinigripes Wei & Nie, 1998b: 372–373, fig. 372.
Female. Body length 9.0 mm. This species can be distinguished from other similar species of the P. flavipes group by the following characters: metacoxa reddish-brown, outer part with a white spot on base, metafemur and metatibia reddish-brown, apex of metatibia black; face of antennal socket black, inner and hind orbit black, lower 1/4 white; mesopleuron black, anterior part sometimes with a small white spot; terga black, central parts of terga 1–7 each with a triangular white spot on apex; punctures on mesepisternum coarse and irregular; anal cell of hind wing sessile.
Male. Unknown.
Body length of female 9.0–9.5 mm.
China (Hunan, Zhejiang).
Holotype, ♀, China, Zhejiang province, Anji, Mt. Longwang, 30°23'N, 119°24E', 13-IV-1996, Hong WU leg. (ASMN).
1♀, China, Zhejiang province, Lin'an District, Mt. Qingliangfeng, Longding, 30°07'N, 118°54'E, alt. 930 m, 27-IV-2010, Zejian LI leg.; 1♀, China, Hunan province, Suining, Mt. Huangsang, 26°26'N, 110°04'E, alt. 600–900 m, 21-IV-2005, Yang LIN leg.; 1♀, China, Hunan province, Yizhang, Mt. Mang, 24°56'N, 112°55'E, alt. 540 m, 21-IV-2005, Lingyan ZHANG leg.; 5♀, China, Hunan province, Wugang, Mt. Yun, Yunfengge, 26°38'N, 110°37'E, alt. 1170 m, 12–20-IV-2010, Xiaohua WANG leg.; 1♀, China, Hunan province, Wugang, Mt. Yun, 26°38'N, 110°37'E, alt. 950 m, 14-IV-2010, Yanxia LIU leg.; 3♀, China, Zhejiang province, Lin'an District, Mt. Xitianmu, Temple Chanyuan, 30°19'N, 119°26'E, alt. 362–405 m, 10-IV-2015, Zejian LI et. leg.; 6♀, China, Zhejiang province, Lin'an District, Mt. Xitianmu, Temple Chanyuan, 30°19'N, 119°26'E, alt. 362–405 m, 15-IV–4-V-2016, Zejian LI et. leg.; 42♀, China, Zhejiang province, Lin'an District, Mt. Xitianmu, Temple Chanyuan, 30°19'N, 119°26'E, alt. 362–405 m, 6-IV–10-V-2017, Zejian LI et. leg.; 37♀, China, Zhejiang province, Lin'an District, Mt. Xitianmu, Temple Chanyuan, 30°19'N, 119°26'E, alt. 362–405 m, 12–20-4-2018, Zejian LI et. leg.; 4♀, China, Zhejiang province, Lin'an District, Mt. Xitianmu, Temple Chanyuan, 30°19'N, 119°26'E, alt. 362–405 m, 7–8-IV-2019, Zejian LI et. leg.; 2♀, China, Zhejiang province, Lishui, Mt. Baiyun, 28°32'N, 119°55'E, alt. 956 m, 6-IV–30-III-2015, Zejian LI leg. (ASMN, LSAF).
Pachyprotasis rufinigripes , female: (149) dorsal view; (150) lateral view; (151) mesonotum and metanotum, dorsal view; (152) mesopleuron and metapleuron, lateral view; (153) head, frontal view; (154) head, dorsal view; (155) ovipositor sheath, lateral view; (156) lance; (157) lancet; (158) middle serrulae of lancet.
Pachyprotasis subulicornis
Malaise, 1945: 153; Saini & Kalia, 1989: 163–164, figs 141, 145, 155, 166, 176; Saini, 2007: 71–72, figs 161, 164, 168, 175, 177, 181, 202; Wei, 2005: 487; Wei, 2006: 622; Wei & Lin, 2005: 450;
Female (Figs
Male (Figs
Body length of female 7.0–7.5 mm and male 6.0–6.5 mm.
China (Anhui, Fujia, Guangdongn, Guizhou, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Shaanxi, Yunnan, Zhejiang), India, Burma-Yunnan frontier.
1♀, China, Anhui province, Yuexi, Village Baojia, 31°04'N,116°07'E, alt. 500 m, 27-IV-2007, Mei NIE leg.; 1♀, China, Anhui province, Jinzhai, Village Tiantangzhai, 31°08'N, 115°47'E, alt. 945 m, 1-VI-2006, Hu ZHOU leg.; 1♀, China, Anhui province, Qingyang, Mt. Jiuhua, 30°28'N, 117°49'E, alt. 600–700 m, 8–9-V-2007, Xiaoni ZHU leg.; 1♀, China, Fujian province, Jiangle, Mt. Longxi, 26°30'N, 119°18'E, 9-X-1991, Xuexin CHEN leg.; 2♀, China, Fujian province, Mt. Wuyi, Moshikeng, 27°39'N, 117°57'E, alt. 900–1100 m, 11-V-2004, Hu ZHOU leg.;1♂, China, Henan province, Luanchuan, Longyuwan, 33°42'N, 111°44'E,alt. 1600–1800 m, 21-VII-2004, Shaobing ZHANG leg.; 1♀, China, Shaanxi province, Xifeng, Town Siping, 33°36'N, 110°16'E, alt. 900–1200 m, 11-V-2005, Shouzhu LIU leg.; 1♀, China, Hubei province, Xingshan, River Longmen, 31°19'N, 110°30'E, 14-IX-1994; 1♂, China, Hubei province, Xingshan, River Longmen, 31°19'N, 110°30'E, 14-IV-1994; 1♀, China, Hubei province, Wufeng, River Hou, 30°12'N, 110°36'E, alt. 1200 m, 12-VII-1999, Wenjun BU leg.; 4♀1♂,China, Hubei province, Mt. Shennongjia, Honghuaduo, 31°43'N, 110°43'E, alt. 1200 m, 3-VII-2007, Meicai WEI et. leg.; 2♀, China, Hubei province, Mt. Shennongjia, Xiaolongtan, 31°43'N, 110°43'E, alt. 1800 m, 4-VII-2007, Meicai WEI &Yihai ZHONG leg.; 1♀, China, Hubei province, Mt. Shennongjia, Jizhigou, 31°25'N, 110°32'E, alt. 841 m, 9-VII-2010, Wei XIAO leg.; 1♀, China, Hubei province, Mt. Shennongjia, Honghuaduo, 31°43'N, 110°43'E, alt. 1200 m, 3-VII-2007, Meicai WEI & Yihai ZHONG leg.; 1♀, China, Hubei province, Mt. Shennongjia, Laojunshan, 31°31'N, 110°19'E, alt. 1758 m, 16-V-2008, Zhao JIAO leg.; 91♀1♂, China, Hunan province, Yanling, Taoyuandong, 26°29'N, 114°02'E, alt. 900–1000 m, 23-IV-1999, Meicai WEI et. leg.; 4♀, China, Hunan province, Yanling, Taoyuandong, 26°29'N, 114°02'E, alt. 900–1000 m, 20–25-V-1995, Boyi ZHENG leg.; 1♀, China, Hunan province, Wugang, Mt. Yun, 26°38'N, 110°37'E, alt. 1300 m, 2-V-1999, Meicai WEI leg.; 3♀, China, Hunan province, Wugang, Mt. Yun, 26°38'N, 110°37'E, alt. 1100 m, 25-IV-2005, Yingke HE leg.; 1♀, China, Hunan province, Wugang, Mt. Yun, 26°38'N, 110°37'E, alt. 1300 m, 2-V-1999, Meicai WEI leg.; 3♀, China, Hunan province, Wugang, Mt. Yun, 26°38'N,110°37'E, alt. 1100 m, 25-IV-2005, Yingke HE leg.; 15♀8♂, China, Hunan province, Suining, Mt. Huangsang, 26°26'N, 110°04'E, alt. 600–900 m, 21-IV-2005, Wei XIAO et. leg.; 2♀, China, Hunan province, Sangzhi, Mt. Badagong, 29°40N',109°44'E, alt. 1250 m, 13-VIII-2001, Jun WEN & Ningting HUANG leg.; 2♀, China, Hunan province, Shimen, Mt. Huping, 30°07'N, 110°48'E, alt. 1300 m, 31-V-2003, Shouzhu LIU leg.; 1♀, China, Hunan province, Shimen, Mt. Huping, Jiangping, 30°07'N, 110°48'E, alt. 1200–1600 m, 31-V-2004, Hu ZHOU leg.; 1♀, China, Hunan province, Shimen, Mt. Huping, 30°07'N, 110°48'E, alt. 900 m, 1-VI-2003, Yang JIANG leg.; 1♀, China, Hunan province, Liuyang, Mt. Dawei, 28°25'N, 114°05'E, alt. 600–1500 m, 5-V-2005, Renjie BAI leg.; 2♀,China, Hunan province, Liuyang, Mt. Dawei, Limuqiao, 28°25'N, 114°05'E, alt. 980 m, 30-IV-2010, Zejian LI leg.; 1♀, China, Hunan province, Liuyang, Mt. Dawei, Limuqiao, 28°25'N, 114°05'E, alt. 980 m, 7-V-2010, Zejian LI leg.; 6♀, China, Hunan province, Liuyang, Mt. Dawei, Limuqiao, 28°25'N, 114°05'E, alt. 980 m, 18–28-IV-2013, Wei XIAO et. leg.; 2♀, China, Hunan province, Liuyang, Mt. Dawei, Chuandiwo, 28°25'N, 114°05'E, alt. 120 m, 18-IV-2013, Meicai WEI & Gengyun NIU leg.; 3♀2♂, China, Hunan province, Liuyang, Mt. Dawei, Qixingling, 28°25'N, 114°05'E, alt. 1300 m, 11-IV-2013, Wei XIAO leg.; 1♀35♂, China, Hunan province, Wugang, Mt. Yunshan, Yunfengge, 26°39'N, 110°37'E, alt. 1170 m, 8–16-IV-2013, Zejian LI leg.; 1♀, China, Hunan province, Liuyang, Mt. Dawei, Chunqiuao, 28°25'N, 114°05'E, alt. 1300 m, 3-V-2010, Zejian LI leg.; 1♀, China, Hunan province, Liuyang, Mt. Dawei, Town Zhangfang,28°20'N,114°11'E, alt. 480 m, 4-V-2010, Zejian LI leg.; 1♀, China, Guizhou province, Mt. Fanjing, 28°00'N, 108°04'E, 14-V-1982; 1♀, China, Guizhouprovince, Xishui, Linjiang-Pinghe, 28°19'N, 106°12'E, alt. 800–1200 m, 1-VI-2000, Wei XIAO leg.; 1♀, China, Guizhou province, Xishui, Sanchahe, 28°19'N, 106°12'E, alt. 800 m, 24–28-IV-2013, Wei XIAO leg.;1♀, China, Guizhou province, Mt. Fanjing, 108°04'E, 28°00'N, 14-V-1982; 1♀, China, Guizhou province, Guiyang, Huaxi, 106°40'E, 26°24'N, 24-VII-1993, Lianmin WANG leg.; 1♀, China, Guizhou province, Zunyi, Xiannudong, 28°36'N, 107°22'E, alt. 600 m, 29-V-2004, Yang LIN leg.; 3♀, China, Guizhou province, Leishan, Mt. Leigong, Fangxiang, 26°21'N, 108°12'E, alt. 1000 m, 3-VI-2005, Minwen LIANG leg.; 1♀, China, Guizhou province, Leishan, Mt. Leigong, 26°21'N, 108°12'E, alt. 1600 m, 3-VI-2005, Fangjun LIAO &Qinhuai LUO leg.; 1♀, China, Guizhou province, Daozhen, Mt. Dashahe, 29°09'N, 107°36'E, 17-VIII-2004, Qinhuai LUO leg.; 9♀, China, Guangdong province, Shixing, Mt. Cheba, 24°42'N, 114°12'E, alt. 400 m, 13-IV-2007, Meicai WEI et. leg.; 1♀, China, Guangxi province, Longsheng, Mt. Huaping, 25°37'N, 109°54'E, alt. 1000 m, 1-IV-2003, Yingke HE leg.; 4♀, China, Jiangxi province, Yichun, Mt. Guan, Station Donghe, 28°32'N,116°36'E, 17-V-2016, Fuping FANG leg.; 2♀1♂, China, Jiangxi province, Anfu, Mt. Wugong, Valley Hongyan, 27°29'N, 114°08'E, alt. 580 m, 3-IV-2016, Maoling SHENG &Tao LI leg.; 1♀4♂, China, Jiangxi province, Ziyuan, Mt. Matou, 27°42'N, 117°04'E, 18-IV-2017;1♀, China, Zhejiang province, Lin'an District, Mt. Tianmu, Xianrending, 30°23'N, 119°41'E,2-VI-1999; 2♂, China, Zhejiang province, Lin'an District,Mt. Xitianmu,Temple Chanyuan, 30°19'N, 119°26'E, alt. 362 m, 5-IV-2015, Wei XIAO leg.; 13♀, 8♂, China, Zhejiang province, Lin'an District,Mt. Xitianmu,Temple Chanyuan, 30°19'N, 119°26'E, alt. 362 m, 23-IV–6-V-2016, Zejian LI et. leg.; 6♀, 36♂, China, Zhejiang province, Lin'an District,Mt. Xitianmu,Temple Chanyuan, 30°19'N, 119°26'E, alt. 405 m,6-IV–6-V-2017, Zejian LI et. leg.; 3♀, 36♂,China, Zhejiang province, Lin'an District,Mt. Xitianmu,Temple Chanyuan, 30°19'N, 119°26'E, alt. 362 m, 31-III–20-IV-2018, Zejian LI et. leg.; 5♂, China, Zhejiang province, Lin'an District,Mt. Xitianmu,Temple Chanyuan, 30°19'N, 119°26'E, alt. 362 m, 8-IV-2019, Zejian LI et. leg.; 1♀, China, Zhejiang province, Kaihua, Villa, 29°14'N, 118°07'E, alt. 316 m, 18–20-IV-2018, Zejian LI leg.; 1♂, China, Zhejiang province, Longquan, Mt. Fengyang, Village Lu'ao, 27°55'N, 119°12'E, alt. 1100 m, 22-IV-2017, Zejian LI et. leg.; 1♂, China, Zhejiang province, Lin'an District,Mt. Xitianmu,Temple kaishanlao, 119°26'E, 30°19'N, alt. 1106 m, 28–29-IV-2017, Zejian LI et. leg.; 2♀, China, Zhejiang province,Yuyao, Mt. Siming, 29°42'N, 121°10'E, alt. 530 m, 3-V-2016, Meicai WEI leg.; 2♀, China, Zhejiang province, Fenghua, Xikou, 29°43'N, 121°04'E, alt. 740 m, 4-V-2016, Meicai WEI leg. (ASMN, LSAF).
Pachyprotasis sublicornis , female: (159) dorsal view; (160) lateral view; (161) mesonotum and metanotum, dorsal view; (162) mesopleuron and metapleuron, lateral view; (163) head, frontal view; (164) head, dorsal view; (165) ovipositor sheath, lateral view; (166) lance; (167) lancet; (168) middle serrulae of lancet.
Pachyprotasis subtilissima Malaise, 1945: 150–151; Saini, 2007: 70, figs 159, 163, 167, 175, 196, 181, 202; Saini & Kalia, 1989: 150–151, figs 140, 145, 154, 166, 176.
Female. Body length 8.5 mm. This species can be distinguished from other similar species of the P. flavipes group by the following characters: head yellowish-white, only apex of frontal field to postocellar area black; ventral side of thorax and abdomen entirely yellowish-white; lateral part of median mesoscutal lobe with broad yellowish-white “V” spot, central part of lateral mesoscutal lobe with yellowish-white spot; central part of each tergum with a broad yellowish-white triangular spot; metacoxa to basal 3/4 of metafemur yellowish-white, apical 1/4 of metafemur, metatibia except extreme apex and basal half of metatarsomere 1 reddish-brown, apical half of metatarsomere 1 to metatarsomere 5 except extreme apex yellowish-white; punctures on head and mesepisternum small, shallow and indistinct.
Male. Unknown.
Body length of female 8.0–8.5 mm.
China (Tibet), India, Burma.
1♀, China, TibetAutonomous Region, Yadong, 27°29'N, 88°54'E, alt. 2800 m, 2-VI-1992, Tianyu GUO leg.; 1♀, China, Tibet Autonomous Region, Linzhi, Tibet, 29°57'N, 95°22'E, alt. 2650 m, 14-VII-2013, Yihai ZHONG &Ping HU leg. (ASMN).
Pachyprotasis subtilissima , female: (177) dorsal view; (178) lateral view; (179) mesonotum and metanotum, dorsal view; (180) mesopleuron and metapleuron, lateral view; (181) head, frontal view; (182) head, dorsal view; (183) ovipositor sheath, lateral view; (184) lance; (185) lancet; (186) middle serrulae of lancet.
Lithartia flavipes Cameron, 1902: 441–442; Malaise, 1945: 149–150; Saini & Kalia, 1989: 164–165, figs 141, 145, 155, 167, 176; Saini, 2007: 81, figs 159, 163, 169, 176, 181, 196, 202.
Female. Body length 7.0 mm. This species can be distinguished from other similar species of the P. flavipes group by the following characters: mesopleuron white, upper corner black; apex of median mesoscutal lobe and center of lateral mesoscutal lobe white; central part of each tergum with a broad yellowish-white triangular spot, metacoxa to basal 3/7 of metafemur white, apical 3/7 of metafemur, basal 4/5 of metatibia and metatarsomere 1 reddish-brown, apical 1/5 of metatibia and apical part of metatarsomere 5 black, metatarsomeres 2–4 and basal part of metatarsomere 5 white; punctures on mesepisternum extremely small, shallow and indistinct. Male. Unknown.
Body length of female 7.0–7.2 mm.
China (Qinghai, Sichuan), India.
2♀, China, Qinghai province, Huzhu, Mt. Bei, 36°45'N,102°32'E, 16-VI-1974, Ying MA & Fan FAN leg.; 1♀, China, Sichuan province, Tianquan, River Laba, 30°01'N, 102°78'E, alt. 1900–2200, 13-VII-2003, Wei XIAO leg. (ASMN).
Pachyprotasis flavipes , female: (187) dorsal view; (188) lateral view; (189) mesonotum and metanotum, dorsal view; (190) mesopleuron and metapleuron, lateral view; (191) head, frontal view; (192) head, dorsal view; (193) ovipositor sheath, lateral view; (194) lance; (195) lancet; (196) middle serrulae of lancet.
Pachyprotasis weni Wei, 1998 in Wei & Nie 1998a: 164.
Female. Body length 8.0 mm. This species can be distinguished from other similar species of the P. flavipes group by the following characters: mesopleuron, tegula, median and lateral mesoscutal lobe entirely black, without white; inner and hind orbit black, lower part white; hind coxa, trochanter, basal 1/10 of femur, apical 1/3 of tarsomere 1, tarsomeres 2–4 and tarsomere 5 except extreme apex white, femur except basal 1/10 and tibia except extreme apex reddish-brown, outer side of coxa with a narrow black stripe, inner side of femur with black spot on apex; punctures on mesepisternum extremely small, shallow and indistinct, on dorsal part of head small and dense; front wing with middle petiole of anal cell slightly shorter than length of basal anal cell, twice the length of vein R+M.
Male. Unknown.
Body length of female 7.5–8.5 mm.
China (Henan, Hubei, Sichuan, Tibet), India.
Holotype, ♀, China, Henan province, Songxian, 33°54'N, 111°59'E, 19-VII-1996, Meicai WEI leg. (ASMN). Paratype, 1♀, China, Henan province, Luanchuan, 33°42'N, 111°44'E, 13-VII-1996, Jun WEN leg. (ASMN).
1♀, China, Hubei province, Mt. Shennongjia, Qianjiaping, 31°24'N, 110°24'E, alt. 1530 m, 22-V-2010, Zejian LI leg.; 1♀, China, Sichuan province, Chongzhou, Mt. Anzihe, Lihuan,30°46'N, 103°13'E, alt. 1750 m, 15-VII-2016, Kaiwen GAO leg.; 5♀, China, Sichuan province, Mt. Emei, Leidongping, 29°06'N, 103°04'E, alt. 2350 m, 5–7-VII-2009, Yihai ZHONG & Zejian LI leg.; 1♀, China, Tibet Autonomous Region, Motuo, 29°48'N, 95°41'E, alt. 2937 m, 18-VI-2009, Meicai WEI leg.; 1♀, China, Shaanxi province, Meixian, Mt. Taibai, Kaitianguan, 34°01'N, 107°51'E, alt. 1852 m, 7-VI-2014, Mengmeng LIU & Ting LIU leg. (ASMN, LSAF).
Pachyprotasis weni , female: (197) dorsal view; (198) lateral view; (199) mesonotum and metanotum, dorsal view; (200) mesopleuron and metapleuron, lateral view; (201) head, frontal view; (202) head, dorsal view; (203) ovipositor sheath, lateral view; (204) lance; (205) lancet; (206 middle serrulae of lancet.
Pachyprotasis magnilabria Wei, 1998 in Wei & Nie, 1998a: 163–164.
Female. Body length 8.0 mm. This species is close to P. weni Wei in general appearance. In addition to the characters given in the key, the following characters are diagnostic: basal part of tegula and apex of median mesoscutal lobe white; upper part of inner orbit with narrow white stripe.
Male. Unknown.
Body length of female 7.5–8.0 mm.
China (Henan).
Holotype, ♀, China, Henan, province, Luanchan, 33°42'N, 111°44'E, 13-VII-1996, Meicai WEI leg. (ASMN). Paratype, 1♀, China, Henan province, Songxian, 33°54'N, 111°59'E, 19-VII-1996, Meicai WEI leg. (ASMN).
Pachyprotasis magnilabria , female: (207) dorsal view; (208) lateral view; (209) mesonotum and metanotum, dorsal view; (210) mesopleuron and metapleuron, lateral view; (211) head, frontal view; (212) head, dorsal view; (213) ovipositor sheath, lateral view; (214) lance; (215) lancet; (216) middle serrulae of lancet.
Pachyprotasis henanica Zhong & Wei, 2002: 217–218, fig. 217.
Female (Figs
Male (Figs
Body length of female 8.2–8.5 mm.
China (Anhui, Gansu, Guizhou, Henan, Hunan, Zhejiang).
Holotype, ♀, China, Henan province, Songxian, 33°54'N, 111°59'E, 18-VII-1996, Meicai WEI leg. (ASMN).
11♀, China, Henan province, Songxian, Mt. Baiyun, 33°54'N, 111°59'E, alt. 1500 m, 20-VII-2003, Meicai WEI leg.; 2♀, China, Henan province, Songxian, 33°54'N, 111°59'E, alt. 1500–1600 m, 15–17-VII-2004, ShaobingZHANG & Weixing LIU leg.; 1♂, China, Henan province, Neixiang, Mt. Baotianman, 33°30'N, 111°56'E, alt. 1854 m, 25-VI-2006, Qing YANG leg.; 1♀, China, Gansu province, Tianshui, Mt. Xiaolong, 34°16'N, 106°08'E, alt. 1409 m, 7-VII-2007, Yihai ZHONG leg.; 1♀, China, Hunan province, Sangzhi, Mt. Tianping, 29°47'N, 110°00'E, 7-VI-1981, Xinwang TONG leg.; 1♀, China,Zhejiang province, Lin'an District, Mt. Tianmu, 30°23'N,119°42'E., 25-VI-1984, Xiliang ZHU leg.; 1♀, China, Zhejiang province, Lin'an District, Mt. Tianmu, 30°23'N, 119°42'E, 8-VI-1983, Yun MA leg.; 1♀, China, Zhejiang province, Lin'an District, Mt. Tianmu, 30°20'N, 119°26'E, 29-VI-1995; 2♀, China, Zhejiang province, Lin'an District, Mt. Tianmu, 30°23'N, 119°42'E, 2–4-VI-1990, Xinliang WANG et. leg.; 3♀, China, Anhui province, Yuexi, Mt. Yaoluoping, 31°00'N, 116°08'E, alt. 700 m, 12–14-VI-2007, Yi XU & Xiaoyu JIANG leg.; 2♀, China, Guizhou province, Zunyi, Dashahe, 29°09'N, 107°36'E, alt. 1300 m, 24–26-V-2004, Yang LIN leg.; 1♀, China, Zhejiang province, Lin'an District, Mt. Xitianmu, Temple Kaishanlao, 30°20'N, 119°26'E, alt. 1106 m, 30-V-2016, Zejian LI & Mengmeng LIU leg. (ASMN, LSAF).
Pachyprotasis henanica , female (217) dorsal view; (218) lateral view; (219) mesonotum and metanotum, dorsal view; (220) mesopleuron and metapleuron, lateral view; (221) head, frontal view; (222) head, dorsal view; (223) ovipositor sheath, lateral view; (224) lance; (225) lancet; (226) middle serrulae of lancet.
Pachyprotasis longipetiolata
Female (Figs
Male (Figs
Body length of female 8.5–10.0 mm and male 6.5–7.0 mm.
China (Hubei, Hunan, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang).
Holotype ♀, China, Hunan province, Shimen, Mt. Huping, Jiangping, 30°07'N, 110°48'E, alt. 1200–1600 m, 9-VI-2004, Yang JIANG leg. (ASMN). Paratypes, 1♀, China, Hunan province, Shimen, Mt. Huping, 30°07'N, 110°48'E, alt. 1300 m, 31-V-2003, Yang JIANG leg.; 2♀, China, Hunan province, Shimen, Mt. Huping, 30°07'N, 110°48'E, alt. 900–1400 m, 1-VI-2003, Yang JIANG leg.; 3♀, China, Hunan province, Shimen, Mt. Huping, Jiangping, 30°07'N, 110°48'E, alt. 1200–1600 m, 9-V-2003, Hu ZHOU leg. (ASMN).
1♀, China, Zhejiang province, Lin'an District, Mt. Xitianmu, 30°20'N, 119°26'E, 2-VI-1990, Haijun HU leg.; 3♀, China, Hunan province, Pingjiang, Mt. Mufu, 28°58'N, 113°49'E, alt. 1100 m, 20–22-V-2008, Yuan ZHANG 7 Fei LIU leg.; 4♀, China, Hunan province, Pingjiang, Mt. Mufu, 28°58'N, 113°49'E, alt. 1350 m, 20–22-VI-2008, Yuan ZHANG & Yihai ZHONG leg.; 3♀, China, Hunan province, Pingjiang, Mt. Mufu, 28°58'N, 113°49'E, alt. 1604 m, 22-V-2008, Yuan ZHANG leg.; 2♀, China, Hunan province, Pingjiang, Mt. Mufu, 28°58'N, 113°49'E, alt. 1100 m, 23-IV-2008, Yuan ZHANG leg.; 1♀, China, Hunan province, Pingjiang, Mt. Mufu, 28°58'N, 113°49'E, alt. 860 m, 24-IV-2008, Zejian LI leg.; 1♂, China, Hunan province, Liuyang, Mt. Dawei, Limuqiao, 28°58'N, 113°49'E, alt. 980 m, 2-V-2010, Zejian LI leg.; 3♀, China, Hubei province, Mt. Shennongjia, Qianjiaping, 31°24'N, 110°24'E, alt. 1789 m, 3–7-VII-2009, Fu ZHAO & Zhao JIAO leg.; 4♀, China, Hubei province, Mt. Shennongjia, Banqiaohe, 31°23'N, 110°12'E, alt. 1250 m, 30-V-2008, Fu ZHAO leg.; 1♀, China, Hubei province, Mt. Shennongjia, Qianjiaping, 31°23'N, 110°12'E, alt. 1150 m, 16-VI-2009, Fu ZHAO leg.; 1♀, China, Hubei province, Mt. Shennongjia, Caiqi, 31°30'N, 110°26'E, alt. 1981 m, 21-VII-2009, Fu ZHAO leg.; 1♀, China, Hubei province, Mt. Shennongjia, Zhangbaohe, 31°26'N, 110°24'E, alt. 1156 m, 13-VI-2009, Fu ZHAO leg.; 1♂, China, Hubei province, Mt. Shennongjia, Jinhouling, 31°28'N, 110°18'E, alt. 2212 m, 8-VII-2008, Fu ZHAO leg.; 1♀, China, Hubei province, Mt. Shennongjia, Laojunshan, 31°29'N, 110°23'E, alt. 841 m, 16-VI-2008, Zhao JIAO leg.; 1♀, China, Yunnan province, Tengchong, Town Houqiao, 25°19'N,98°17'E, alt. 2196 m, 1-VI-2009, Meicai WEI leg.; 3♀, China, Hubei province, Mt. Shennongjia, Yaolan'gou, 31°29'N, 110°23'E, alt. 1430 m, 19–29-VII-2009, Fu ZHAO leg.; 1♀, China, Hubei province, Mt. Shennongjia, Meirengou, 31°29'N, 110°23'E, alt. 1164 m, 16-VI-2009, Fu ZHAO leg.; 1♀, China, Hubei province, Lichuan, Shuishanba, 30°09'N, 108°37'E, 25-VIII-2009, Chuanren LI leg.; 1♀, China, Sichuan province, Hongya, Mt. Wawu, 29°42'N, 102°57'E, alt. 1920 m, 5-VII-2009, Meicai WEI leg.; 1♀1♂, China, Sichuan province, Meishan, Mt. Emei, Leidongping, 29°06'N, 103°04'E, alt. 2350 m, 6–7-VII-2009, Yihai ZHONG & Zejian LI leg.; 1♀, China, Sichuan province, Chongzhou, Mt. Anzihe, Lihuan, 30°46'N, 103°13'E,alt. 1750 m, 15-VII-2016, Kaiwen GAO leg.; 1♀, China, Yunnan province, Lijiang, Mt. Yulong, 27°08'N, 100°12'E, alt. 2945 m, 6-VI-2009, Meicai WEI leg. (ASMN, LSAF).
Pachyprotasis longipetiolata , female: (235) dorsal view; (236) lateral view; (237) mesonotum and metanotum, dorsal view; (238) mesopleuron and metapleuron, lateral view; (239) head, frontal view; (240) head, dorsal view; (241) ovipositor sheath, lateral view; (242) lance; (243) lancet; (244) middle serrulae of lancet.
Pachyprotasis subtilis Malaise, 1945:150; Wei, 2006: 622; Saini & Kalia, 1989: 151–152, figs 140, 145, 154, 166, 176, 167, 176; Saini, 2007: 72, figs 161, 164, 168, 175, 177, 185, 194, 204.
Female (Figs
Male (Figs
Body length of female 7.5–8.5 mm and male 6.5–7.5 mm.
China (Gansu, Guizhou, Henan, Shaanxi, Sichuan), Burma-Yunnan frontier, India.
2♀, 1♂, China, Henan province, Songxian, 33°54'N, 111°59'E, 15–18-VII-1996, Meicai WEI leg.; 4♀, China, Henan province, Neixiang, Mt. Baotianman, 33°30'N, 111°56'E, alt. 1300–1600 m, 12–17-VII-1998, Meicai WEI et. leg.; 3♀, China, Henan province, Songxian, Mt. Baiyun, 33°54'N, 111°59'E, alt. 1500–1600 m, 18–22-VII-2002, Jigang JIANG leg.; 13♀, China, Henan province, Songxian, Mt. Baiyun, 33°54'N, 111°59'E, alt. 1300–1600 m, 13–15-VII-2004, Shaobing ZHANG &Weixing LIU leg.; 5♀, China, Henan province, Neixiang, Mt. Baotianman, 33°30'N, 111°56'E, alt. 1300–1700 m, 22–24-VII-2004, Shaobing ZHANG &Weixing LIU leg.; 1♀, China, Henan province, Neixiang, Mt. Baotianman, 33°30'N, 111°56'E, alt. 1300 m, 2-VI-2006, Yihai ZHONG leg.; 2♀, China, Gansu province, Tianshui, Forestry Farm,34°22'N, 106°01'E, alt. 1330 m, 10-VII-2009, Xun ZHU leg.; 1♀, China, Shaanxi province, Huayin, Mt. Hua, 34°29'N, 110°00'E, alt. 1300–1600 m, 12-VII-2005, Xun ZHU leg.; 1♀, China, Guizhou province, Mt. Fanjin, 28°00'N, 108°04'E, 13-VII-1983, Xuexin CHEN leg.; 1♀, China, Sichuan province, Chongzhou, Mt. Anzihe, Lihuan, 30°46'N, 103°13'E, alt. 1750 m, 21-VII-2016,Kaiwen GAO leg. (ASMN).
Pachyprotasis subtilis , female: (253) dorsal view; (254) adult female, lateral view; (255) mesonotum and metanotum, dorsal view; (256) mesopleuron and metapleuron, lateral view; (257) head, frontal view; (258) head, dorsal view; (259) ovipositor sheath, lateral view; (260) lance; (261) lancet; (262) middle serrulae of lancet.
Pachyprotasis acutilabria Wei, 1998 in Wei & Nie, 1998a: 164–165.
Female (Figs
Male (Figs
Body length of female 8.0–8.5 mm.
China (Gansu, Henan, Hubei, Ningxia, Shaanxi).
Holotype, ♀, China, Henan province, Songxian, 33°54'N, 111°59'E, 19-VII-1996, Meicai WEI leg. (ASMN). Paratypes, 12♀, China, Henan province, Songxian, 33°54'N, 111°59'E, 19-VII-1996, Meicai WEI leg.; 2♀, China, Henan province, Luanchuan, 33°42'N, 111°44'E, 13–14-VII-1996, Meicai WEI leg. (ASMN).
3♀, China, Henan province, Songxian, Mt. Baiyun, 33°54'N, 111°59'E, alt. 1800 m, 2-VI-2001, Yihai ZHONG leg.; 2♀, China, Henan province, Neixiang, Mt. Baotianman, 33°30'N, 111°56'E, alt. 1600 m, 15-VII-1998, Meicai WEI; 4♀, China, Henan province, Xixia, Mt. Laojie, 33°37'N, 111°46'E, alt. 1500 m, 17–19-VII-1998, Meicai WEI &Maoling SHENG leg.; 1♀, China, Henan province, Luanchuan, Longyuwan, 33°42'N, 111°44'E, alt. 1000 m, 12-VII-1996, Xiaocheng SHEN leg.; 8♀, China, Henan province, Lushi, Forestry Farm Dakuaidi, 33°45'N, 110°59'E, alt. 1700 m, 20-VII-2001, Yihai ZHONG leg.; 8♀, China, Henan province, Songxian, Mt. Baiyun, 33°54'N, 111°59'E, alt. 1650 m, 19–25-VII-2001, Jigang JIANG leg.; 2♀, China, Henan province, Luanchuan, Longyuwan, 33°42'N, 111°44'E, alt. 1300 m, 23-VII-2002, Jigang JIANG leg.; 7♀, China, Henan province, Songxian, Mt. Baiyun, 33°54'N, 111°59'E, alt. 1500 m, 18–27-VII-2003, Yingke HE &Minwen LIANG leg.; 6♀, China, Henan province, Luanchuan, Longyuwan, 33°42'N, 111°44'E, alt. 1600 m, 29-VII-2003, Yingke HE &Minwen LIANG leg.;49♀, China, Henan province, Luanchuan, Longyuwan, 33°42'N, 111°44'E, alt. 1600–1800 m, 20–21-VII-2004, Shaobing ZHANG & Weixing LIU leg.; 2♀, China, Henan province, Songxian, Mt. Baiyun, 33°54'N, 111°59'E, alt. 1500 m, 22–24-VII-2003, Yingke HE leg.; 42♀, China, Henan province, Songxian, Mt. Baiyun, 33°54'N, 111°59'E, alt. 1500–1600 m, 17-VII-2004, Weixing LIU leg.; 3♀1♂, China, Henan province, Neixiang, Mt. Baotianman, 33°30'N, 111°56'E, alt. 1854 m, 25-VI-2006, Qing YANG leg.; 1♂, China, Henan province, Neixiang, Mt. Baotianman, 33°30'N, 111°56'E, alt. 1854 m, 25-VII-2006, Qing YANG leg.; 11♀, China, Gansu province, Tianshui, Mt. Xiaolong, 34°16'N, 106°08'E, alt. 1409 m, 7-VII-2007, Meicai WEI & Mei NIE leg.;1♀, China, Shaanxi province, Meixian, Mt. Taibai, 34°02'N, 109°26'E, alt. 1580 m, 12-VII-2007, Xiaoyu JIANG leg.; 3♀, China, Shaanxi province, Foping, Liangfengya, 33°41'N, 107°51'E, alt. 2128 m, 14-VI-2014, Liwei QI &Weinan KANG leg.; 7♀, China, Shaanxi province, Mt. Taibai, Forest Park Qingfengxia, 34°02'N, 109°26'E, alt. 1652 m, 11-VI-2014, Liwei QI &Weinan KANG leg.; 1♀, China, Shaanxi province, Meixian, Mt. Taibai, Kaitianguan, 107°54'E, 34°06'N, alt. 1852 m, 9-VI-2014, Mengmeng LIU &Ting LIU leg.; 1♀, China, Shaanxi province, Foping, Temple,34°06'N, 107°54'E, alt. 1529 m, 20-VI-2014, Mengmeng LIU &Ting LIU leg.; 1♀, China, Shaanxi province, Meixian, Mt. Taibai, Duiwoping, 34°06'N, 107°54'E, alt. 1601 m, 6-VI-2014, Mengmeng LIU & Ting LIU leg.; 1♀, China, Hubei province, Mt. Shennongjia, Xiaolongtan, 31°15'N, 109°56'E, alt. 2100 m, 26-VI-2002, Yihai ZHONG leg.; 1♀, China, Hubei province, Mt. Shennongjia, 31°21'N, 110°34'E, alt. 2800 m, 22-VII-2003, Jigang JIANG leg.; 1♀, China, Hubei province, Mt. Shennongjia, Yazikou, 31°31'N, 110°20'E, alt. 1787 m, 3-VIII-2008, Fu ZHAO leg.; 1♀, China, Hubei province, Mt. Shennongjia, Yazikou, 31°31'N, 110°20'E, alt. 1787 m, 10-VII-2016, Wei XIAO leg.; 1♀, China, Hubei province, Mt. Shennongjia, Town Hongping, 110°26'E, 31°40'N, alt. 1867 m, 3-VIII-2008, Fu ZHAO leg.; 1♀, China, Hubei province, Mt. Shennongjia, 31°31'N, 110°20'E, alt. 2800 m, 22-VII-2003, Jigang JIANG leg.; 1♀, China, Ningxia Autonomous Region, Jingyuan, Mt. Liupan, Elonghe, 35°23'N, 106°18'E, alt. 1945 m, 5–6-VII-2008, Fei LIU leg.; 1♀, China, Ningxia Autonomous Region, Jingyuan, Mt. Liupan, Sutai, 35°23'N, 106°18'E, alt. 2133 m, 28-VI-2008, Fei LIU leg.; 1♀, China, Sichuan province, Chongzhou, Mt. Anzihe, Shaoyaogou, 30°46'N, 103°13'E, alt. 1580 m, 24-VI-2016, Kaiwen GAO leg. (ASMN, LSAF).
Pachyprotasis acutilabria , female: (271) dorsal view; (27) lateral view; (273) mesonotum and metanotum, dorsal view; (274) mesopleuron and metapleuron, lateral view; (275) head, frontal view; (276) head, dorsal view; (277) ovipositor sheath, lateral view; (278) lance; (279) lancet; (280) middle serrulae of lancet.
Pachyprotasis zhengi Zhong. & Wei, 2006: 621–622, figs 621, 622.
Female. Body length 9.0 mm. This species can be distinguished from other similar species of the P. flavipes group by the following characters: inner and hind orbit white; lateral part of median mesoscutal lobe white; mesopleuron white, only mesopleural groove black, lower part of mesepisternum sometimes with a short and narrow black band, metapleuron entirely white; hind coxa to basal 2/5 of femur white, outer side of coxa and trochanter with narrow black stripes; apical 3/5 of femur, tibia and tarsus reddish-brown, extreme apex of tibia and tarsomere 5 black; punctures on dorsal part of head large and deep, on mesepisternum moderate.
Male. Unknown.
Body length of female 8.5–9.0 mm.
China (Sichuan, Yunnan).
Holotype, ♀, China, Yunnan province, Deqin, Mt. Baima Snow, 28°28'N, 98°56'E, alt. 3500 m, 16-VII-2004, Hu ZHOU leg. (ASMN). Paratypes, 4♀, China, Yunnan province, Lijiang, Mt. Yulong Snow, 27°08'N, 100°12'E, alt. 2500 m, 15-VI-1996, Wenjun BU leg.; 1♀, China, Yunnan province, Lijiang, Mt. Yulong Snow, 27°08'N, 100°12'E, alt. 3000 m, 15-VI-1996, Leyi ZHENG leg.; 1♀, China, Yunnan province, Xianggelila, Xiaozhongdian, 27°48'N, 99°72'E, alt. 3000 m, 18-VII-2004, Hu ZHOU leg. (ASMN).
1♀, China, Yunnan province, Xianggelila, Xiaozhongdian, 27°50'N, 99°40'E, alt. 3260 m, 11-VI-2009, Yihai ZHONG leg.; 1♀, China, Yunnan province, Lijiang, Mt. Yulong Snow, 27°08'N, 100°12'E, alt. 2945 m, 6-VI-2009, Meicai WEI leg.; 1♀, China, Sichuan province, Luding, Yanzhigou, 29°22'N, 102°00'E, alt. 2120 m, 2-VI-2009, Meicai WEI leg.; 1♀, China, Tibet Autonomous Region, Mangkang, 29°41'N, 98°36'E, alt. 3600 m, 5-VII-2013, Wei XIAO & Ya LI leg. (ASMN).
Pachyprotasis zhengi , female: (289) dorsal view; (290) lateral view; (291) mesonotum and metanotum, dorsal view; (292) mesopleuron and metapleuron, lateral view; (293) head, frontal view; (294 head, dorsal view; (295) ovipositor sheath, lateral view; (296) lance; (297) lancet; (298) middle serrulae of lancet.
Pachyprotasis shengi Wei & Nie in Nie & We: 108–109, fig. 108.
Female (Figs
Male (Figs
Body length of female 8.0–9.0 mm and male 7.0–7.5 mm.
China (Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan).
Holotype, ♀, China, Henan province, Neixiang, Mt. Baotianman, 33°30'N, 111°56'E, alt. 1300–1600 m, 15-VII-1998, Meicai WEI leg. (ASMN). Paratypes, 7♀6♂, China, Henan province, Neixiang, Mt. Baotianman, 33°30'N, 111°56'E, alt. 1300–1600 m, 12–15-VII-1998, Meicai WEI et. leg.; 5♀9♂, China, Henan province, Xixia, Mt. Laojieling, 33°37'N, 111°46'E, alt. 1500 m, 17–19-VII-1998, Maoling SHENG et. leg.; 1♀, China, Henan province, Songxian, 33°54'N, 111°59'E, 17-VII-1996, Jun WEN leg. (ASMN).
20♀, China, Henan province, Lushi, Forestry Farm Dakuaidi, 33°54'N, 111°59'E, alt. 1700 m, 20-VII-2001,Yihai ZHONG leg.; 1♀, China, Henan province, Songxian, Mt. Baiyun, 33°54'N, 111°59'E, alt. 1650 m, 25-VII-2002, Jigang JIANG leg.; 1♂, China, Henan province, Songxian, Mt. Baiyunshan, 33°54'N, 111°59'E, alt. 1500 m, 19-VII-2003, Minwen LIANG leg.; 19♀, China, Henan province, Luanchuan, Longyuwan, 33°42'N, 111°44'E, alt. 1500–1800 m, 20–21-VII-2004, Shaobing ZHANG &Weixing LIU leg.; 3♀, China, Henan province, Songxian, Mt. Baiyun, 33°54'N, 111°59'E, alt. 1500–1600 m, 17-VII-2004, Shaobing ZHANG leg.; 5♀, China, Henan province, Neixiang, Mt. Baotianman, 33°50'N, 111°56'E, alt. 1300–1900 m, 23–25-VII-2004, Weixing LIU leg.; 1♂, China, Shaanxi province, Foping, 33°32'N, 107°49'E, alt. 1450 m, 17-V-2005, Xun ZHU leg.; 1♂, China, Hubei province, Mt. Shennongjia, Town Hongqi, 31°40'N, 110°26'E, alt. 1867 m, 16-VII-2009, Fu ZHAO leg.; 1♀, China, Hunan province, Xinshao, Mt. Tianping, 27°16'N, 111°25'E, alt. 1500–1600 m, 16-VIII-1981, Xinwang TONG leg.; 1♀, China, Henan province, Mt. Badagong, 29°40'N, 109°44'E, alt. 1250 m, 13-VIII-2001, Jun WEN & Ningting HUANG leg.; 2♀, China, Sichuan province, Meishan, Mt. Emei, Jinding, 29°32'N, 103°33'E, alt. 3000 m, 18-VII-2001, Meicai WEI leg.; 3♀, China, Sichuan province, Meishan, Mt. Emei, 29°32'N, 103°33'E, 12-VIII-1980, Junhua HE leg.; 1♀, China, Sichuan province, Meishan, Mt. Emei, Chixixiang, 29°32'N, 103°20'E, alt. 2000 m, 19-VII-2001, Meicai WEI leg.; 1♀, China, Sichuan province, Meishan, Mt. Emei, Leidongping, 29°32'N, 103°33'E, alt. 2500 m, 18-VII-2001, Meicai WEI leg.; 7♀, China, Sichuan province, Kangding, Mt. Paoma, 30°01'N, 101°58'E, alt. 2500 m, 19-VII-2005, Wei XIAO & Hu ZHOU leg.; 7♀, 3♂, China, Sichuan province, Luding, Valley Hailuo, 29°22'N, 102°00'E, alt. 2200–2600 m, 15–17-VII-2003,Wei XIAO & Weixing LIU leg.; 1♀,6♂, China, Sichuan province, Tianquan, River Laba, 30°01'N, 102°45'E, alt. 1800–2200 m, 12–13-VII-2003, Wei XIAO leg.; 7♀, China, Sichuan province, Meishan, Mt. Emei, Leidongping, 29°32'N, 103°33'E, alt. 2400 m, 26-VII-2006, Meicai WEI leg.; 1♀, China, Sichuan province, Meishan, Mt. Emei, Jinding, 29°32'N, 103°33'E, alt. 3076 m, 27-VII-2006, Meicai WEI leg.; 5♀, China, Sichuan province, Meishan, Mt. Emei, Hongchunping, 29°32'N, 103°33'E, alt. 1600 m, 4-VII-2006, Hu ZHOU & Yihai ZHONG leg.; 2♀, China, Sichuan province, Meishan, Mt. Emei, Xixiangchi, 29°32'N, 103°33'E, alt. 2000 m, 2-VII-2006, Hu ZHOU leg.; 4♀, 4♂, China, Sichuan province, Meishan, Mt. Emei, Jinding, 29°32'N, 103°33'E, alt. 3077 m, 13-VI-2007, Shaobing ZHANG & Yihai ZHANG leg.; 2♀, China, Sichuan province, Hongya, Mt. Wawu, Guoxianqiao, 29°42'N, 102°57'E, alt. 1075 m, 2-VII-2007, Fei LIU leg.; 20♀, 6♂, China, Sichuan province, Meishan, Mt. Emei, Leidongping, 29°32'N, 103°33'E, alt. 2438–2458 m, 28–30-VII-2008, Deming WANG leg.; 70♀, 4♂, China, Sichuan province, Meishan, Mt. Emei, Leidongping, 29°32'N, 103°33'E, alt. 2350 m, 3–7-VII-2009, Meicai WEI et. leg.; 1♀, China, Sichuan province, Meishan, Mt. Emei, Leidongping, 29°32'N, 103°33'E, alt. 2350 m, 3–7-VII-2009 Deming WANG et. leg.; 10♀, 8♂, China, Sichuan province, Luding, Valley Hailuogou, 29°22'N, 102°00'E, alt. 2200–2900 m, 2–3-VII-2009, Meicai WEI et. leg.; 1♀, 1♂, China, Sichuan province, Luding, Valley Yanzhi, 29°22'N, 102°00'E, alt. 2120 m, 2-VII-2009, Meicai WEI & Gengyun NIU leg.; 2♂, China, Sichuan province, Luding, Valley Hailuo, 29°22'N, 102°00'E, alt.2120 m, 27–30-VI-2009, Yihai ZHONG leg.; 1♀, China, Sichuan province, Kunming, 25°03'N, 102°36'E, 20-VIII-1980, Junhua HE leg.; 4♀, China, Sichuan province, Hongya, Mt. Wawu, 29°22'N, 102°57'E, alt. 1920 m, 5–6-VII-2009, Meicai WEI & Zejian LI leg.; 6♀, 28♂, China, Sichuan province, Meishan, Mt. Emei, Xixiangchi, 29°32'N, 103°33'E, alt. 2059 m, 22-VII-2011, Junzhe XUE & Ping HU leg.; 27♀, China, Sichuan province, Meishan, Mt. Emei, Leidongpin, 29°32'N, 103°33'E, alt. 2430–2500 m, 27-VI–9-VIII-2016, Hannan WANG leg.; 2♀, China, Sichuan province, Shiqu, Menghuocheng, 28°53'N, 102°21'E, alt. 2591 m, 25-VII-2016, Hannan WANG leg.; 2♀, China, Sichuan province, Chongzhou, Mt. Anzhihe, Valley Shaoyao, 30°46'N, 103°21'E, alt. 1580 m, 4-VII-2016, Kaiwen GAO leg.; 1♀, China, Sichuan province, Aba, Mt. Wolong, Valley Longyingchang, 31°00'N, 103°12'E, alt. 2200 m, 4-VII-2016, Kaiwen GAO leg.; 1♀, China, Yunnan province, Temple Qiongzhu, 25°03'N, 102°36'E, 19-VIII-1988, Decheng YUAN leg.; 1♀, China, Yunnan province, Mt. Gaoligong, 24°49'N, 98°46'E, alt. 2 500 m, 5–8-VII-2005, Shouzhu LIU & Yang LIN leg.; 1♀, China, Yunnan province, Lijang, Mt. Yulong Snow, Maoniuping, 27°08'N, 100°12'E, alt. 3100 m, 24-VII-2004, Wei XIAO leg.; 37♀, 5♂, China, Yunnan province, Mt. Gong, Heiwadi, 27°46'N, 98°36'E, alt. 2 100 m, 6–12-VI-2009, Wei XIAO & Yihai ZHONG; 6♀, 21♂, China, Yunnan province, Lijiang, Mt. Yulong Snow, 27°08'N, 100°12'E, alt. 2 945 m, 6-VI-2009, Zejian LI leg. (ASMN).
Pachyprotasis shengi , female: (299) dorsal view; (300) lateral view; (301) mesonotum and metanotum, dorsal view; (302) mesopleuron and metapleuron, lateral view; (303) head, frontal view; (304) head, dorsal view; (305) ovipositor sheath, lateral view; (306) lance; (307) lancet; (308) middle serrulae of lancet.
Pachyprotasis maesta Malaise, 1934: 465–466; Saini & Kalia, 1989: 152–153, figs 140, 145, 155, 166, 176; Saini, 2007: 80, figs 159, 163, 169, 176, 180, 196, 202.
Female. Body length 8.0 mm. This species can be distinguished from other similar species of the P. flavipes group by the following characters: mesopleuron black, anterior part sometimes with a white spot; lateral part and apex of median mesoscutal lobe each with a white spot; terga black, without distinct white spot; hind legs reddish-brown, apex of femur and tibia black, coxa sometimes with black, without white; punctures on dorsal part of head and mesepisternum large, deep and distinct; median fovea pit-like, not extending to median ocellus.
Male. Unknown.
Body length of female 6.5–8.0 mm.
China (Sichuan, Tibet, Yunnan), Burma, India.
1♀, China, Yunnan province, Lijiang, Mt. Yulong Snow, 27°08'N, 100°12'E, 11-VIII-1979, Jianming CUI leg.; 1♀, China, Yunnan province, Lijiang, Mt. Yulong Snow, Yongping, 100°12'E, 26°49'N, 7-VI-1996, Leyi ZHENG leg.; 1♀, China, Yunnan province, Lushui, Fengxueyakou, 26°00'N, 98°37'E, alt. 3500 m, 4-VI-2009, Yihai ZHONG leg.; 1♀, China, Yunnan province, Jingfu, Mt. Wuliang, Qincaitang, 24°16'N, 100°42'E, alt. 2197 m, 14-VII-2006, Qing YANG leg.; 1♀, China, Yunnan province, Tianquan, River Laba, 30°01'N, 102°47'E, alt. 1800–2000 m, 12-VII-2003, Wei XIAO leg.; 2♀, China, Sichuan province, Luding, Valley Hailuo, 29°22'N, 102°00'E, alt. 2200 m, 3-VII-2009, Zejian LI leg.; 2♀, China, Yunnan province, Deqin, 29°22'N, 99°00'E, alt. 2120 m, 2-VII-2009, Blank & Liston & Teager leg.; 1♀, China, Yunnan province, Tengchong, 24°50'N, 98°46'E,alt. 2200 m, 2-VI-2009, Blank & Liston & Teager leg.; 1♀, China, Tibet Autonomous Region, Motuo, 29°42'N, 93°34'E, alt. 2750 m, 13-VII-2013, Wei XIAO & Tao LI leg. (ASMN).
Pachyprotasis maesta , female: (317) dorsal view; (318) lateral view; (319) mesonotum and metanotum, dorsal view; (320) mesopleuron and metapleuron, lateral view; (321) head, frontal view; (322) head, dorsal view; (323) ovipositor sheath, lateral view; (324) lance; (325) lancet; (326) middle serrulae of lancet.
Thirty-four species of the P. flavipes group have been recognized (including two newly described species), one species (P. variegata) was found to be widespread throughout Europe and Siberia, twenty-five were originally described from China and Burma-Yunnan frontier: P. variegata (Fallén, 1808); P. flavipes (Cameron, 1902); P. sanguinipes Malaise, 1931; P. maesta Malaise, 1934; P. citrinipicta Malaise, 1945; P. corallipes Malaise, 1945; P. subulicornis Malaise, 1945; P. subtilis Malaise, 1945; P. subtilissima Malaise, 1945; P. validicornis Malaise, 1945; P. acutilabria Wei, 1998; P. magnilabria Wei, 1998; P. parasubtilis Wei, 1998; P. rufinigripes Wei & Nie, 1998; P. weni Wei, 1998; P. wui Wei & Nie, 1998; P. lineatifemorata Wei & Nie, 1999; P. shengi Wei & Nie, 1999; P. henanica Wei & Zhong, 2002; P. xanthotarsalia Wei & Nie, 2003; P. zuoae Wei, 2005; P. zhengi Wei & Zhong, 2006; P. longipetiolata Zhong, Li & Wei, 2018; P. rufodorsata Zhong, Li & Wei, sp. nov. and P. nigritarsalia Zhong, Li & Wei, sp. nov.; thirteen from India: P. flavipes (Cameron, 1902); P. maesta Malaise, 1934; P. citrinipicta Malaise, 1945; P. subulicornis Malaise, 1945; P. subtilissima Malaise, 1945; P. subtilis Malaise, 1945; P. validicornis Malaise, 1945; P. manaliensis Singh, 1987; P. ramgarhensis Saini & Kalia, 1989; P. mandalensis Saini & Kalia, 1989; P. punctulatis Saini & Vasu, 1995; P. cephalopunctata Saini & Vasu, 1998; P. kulwantae Saini & Vasu, 1998; and four from Japan: P. variegata (Fallén, 1808); P. shishikuensis Togashi, 1963; P. malaisei Togashi, 1963; P. sanguinitaris Togashi, 1963.
The Chinese species of the P. flavipes group were mostly distributed (Fig.
This research was supported by the National Special Construction Agriculture Technology System of China (CARS-44-SYZ 13) and the Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang province (LY18C040001).