Pachyprotasis citrinipicta Malaise, 1945

Zhong, Yihai, Li, Zejian & Wei, Meicai, 2021, Review of the Pachyprotasis flavipes group (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) from China with descriptions of two new species, Zoologia (e 59733) 38, pp. 1-50 : 9

Pachyprotasis citrinipicta Malaise, 1945

Figs 47–64

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; Xiao et al. 1992: 109, figs 215, 219.

Diagnosis. Female ( Figs 47–56). Body length 9.0 mm.This species can be distinguished from other similar species of the P. flavipes group by the following characters: ventral part of body yellowish-white, lower part of mesepisternum with narrow and short black horizontal band, dorsal part of body black, lateral part of median mesoscutal lobe with broad yellowish-white “V” spot; terga without distinct white spot, deflexed lateral sides yellowish-white; punctures on mesepisternum large, deep and distinct; mesoscutellum prismatically elevated, lateral carina acute.

Male ( Figs 57–64). Male. Body length 7.5 mm. Color and structure similar to female, except: median mesoscutal lobe yellowish-white only on apex; mesepisternum white, upper corner black, lower part with a broad black band, metapleuron black, posterior part yellowish-white; ventral side of metacoxa with a large black spot, outer part of metacoxa and metafemur with black lines; mesoscutellum flat; antennomeres strongly compressed.

Variation. Body length of female 8.5–10.0 mm and male 7.5–8.0 mm.

Distribution. China (Tibet), India, Nepal.

Non-type material. 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).