Taeniogonalos tricolor Chen

Figs 17-19

Poecilogonalos tricolor Chen 1949: 16.

Diagnosis.

Female: Length 7.0 mm. Reddish brown and black, with black maculae and color similar to Figs 17-19. Head mostly reddish brown with black on occiput and frons. Mesosoma reddish brown with black maculae on each lobe and most of pleurae and sterna black. Legs reddish brown to black. Metasoma black with broad reddish-brown apical bands on tergites. Metasomal sternite 2 without medio-apical process. Male: Similar to female.

Specimens examined.

CHINA: Szechuen [Sichuan], Behluhdin, 6000 ft., VII.25-IX.1.1932, DCGraham (1 ♀, USNM); Szechuen [Sichuan], ShinKaiSi, Mt. Omei, 4400 ft., 8.16-20.34, DCGraham (1 ♀, USNM), same except without date (1 ♀, USNM); Szechuen [Sichuan], O-Er26mi N Li Fan, 9000 ft., 1933, DCGraham (1 ♀, USNM). LAOS: Phongsaly pr., Phugsaly env., ~1500 m, N21°41', E102°06', Pacholátko lg., 06/2008 (1 ♀, OLML); Hua Phan Prov., Ban Saleui, Phou Pan- Mt., 20°13'30"N, 103°59'26"E, 1350-1900 m, 07.05.2011, leg. C. Holzschuh + locals (1 ♀, OLML), same except 10.05.2001 (1 ♀, OLML), same except 10.04.2010 (1 ♀, OLML). THAILAND: Chiangmai, 4-VI-52 (1 ♀, USNM).

Distribution.

China, Thailand, Korea (Chen et al. 2014). Recorded from Thailand by Carmean and Kimsey (1998) and Chen et al. (2014), but no localities given. Chen et al. (2013) recorded 11 provinces in China but not Sichuan.

Comments.

The largely reddish-brown color and lack of a medio-apical process on the second metasomal sternite will help separate this species. We examined only one specimen from Thailand, but the species seems widespread in Asia.