Pachyprotasis flavipes ( Cameron, 1902 )

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 : 28

Pachyprotasis flavipes ( Cameron, 1902)

Figs 187–196

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.

Diagnosis. 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.

Variation. Body length of female 7.0–7.2 mm.

Distribution. China (Qinghai, Sichuan), India.

Non-type material. 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).