Erythropompilus thailandensis Pitts & Shimizu, 2021

Wu, Haiying, Li, Qiang & Ma, Li, 2023, The spider wasp genus Erythropompilus Shimizu & Pitts, 2021 (Hymenoptera Pompilidae) in China, with description of two new species and an updated key to world species, Zootaxa 5244 (2), pp. 160-172 : 169

Erythropompilus thailandensis Pitts & Shimizu, 2021

Figs 5 (A–E)

Erythropompilus thailandensis Pitts & Shimizu, 2021 in Shimizu et al. 2021: 348, ♀ ♁. Holotype, ♀, Thailand, Nakhon Nayok Khao Yai NP near Training Center 2, Pan trap, 5–6.II.2007, Wirat Sukho; deposited in the Queen Sirikit Botanic Gardens, Chiang Mai, Thailand; not examined.

Material examined. China: Yunnan: 2♀, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden , rainforest, 21°54′N 101°16′E, 599 m, Malaise trap, 15.V–18.VI.2018, coll. Ling Zhao (YNAU); 1♀, same locality, habitat as previous, 13.VII– 13.VIII.2021, coll. Yong-sheng Pu (YNAU); 1♀, same locality, rainforest, 21°54′N 101°16′E, 606 m, Malaise trap, 24.IV–31.V.2019, coll. Ling Zhao (YNAU); 1♀, same locality, rubber forest, 21°55′N 101°16′E, 543 m, Malaise trap, 25.X–22. XI.2019, coll. Ling Zhao (YNAU) ; China: Guangxi: 1♀, Guilin, Xingan, Huajiang , 110°28′E 25°47′N, 26.VI–27.VI.2011, No. 20020143, coll. Zaifu Xu (SCAU) .

Diagnosis: Female. clypeus as long as LID ( Fig. 5D ); gena, in dorsal view, thin but roundly receding posteriorly ( Fig. 5B ); lateral margin of pronotal dorsum, in dorsal view, scarcely narrowing anteriorly ( Fig. 5D ); mid and hind femora with small spines set in pits apicodorsally ( Fig. 5E ).

Distribution: China (Yunnan, Guangxi) (new record), Thailand ( Shimizu et al. 2021).

Figures

FIGURE 5. A–E. Erythropompilus thailandensis Pitts & Shimizu, 2021. female; A habitus, lateral view; B head, pronotum and mesoscutum, dorsal view; C head and mesosoma, lateral view; D head, frontal view; E right mid femur (right) and right hind femur (left), dorsal view. Scale bars: 1.0 mm.