Meria aurantiaca (Guérin, 1837)

Liao, Xiang-Ping, Chen, Bin & Li, Ting-Jing, 2022, A taxonomic revision of the subfamily Myzininae from China, with a key to the Chinese species (Hymenoptera: Tiphiidae), Zootaxa 5154 (2), pp. 152-174 : 163-164

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5154.2.3

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6646981

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scientific name

Meria aurantiaca (Guérin, 1837)
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Meria aurantiaca (Guérin, 1837)

( Figs 44–50 View FIGURES 44–50 )

Myzine aurantiaca Guérin, 1837 , Dict. Pitt. Hist. Nat. V: 582, ♂, Arabia. Synonym of Meria aurantiaca by Guiglia, 1969, Annali Mus. civ. St. nat. Genov. 77: 281.

Meria soikai Guiglia, 1966 , Boll. Mus. civ. Venezia, XVII: 72–74, ♂. Synonym of Meria aurantiaca by Boni Bartalucci, 2001, Annali Mus. civ. Stor. nat. Genov. 93: 8.

Meria paradisiaca Boni Bartalucci, 1992 , Opusc. zool. flumin., 2–7, ♀, Greece. Synonym of Meria aurantiaca by Boni Bartalucci, 1997, Annali Mus. civ. Stor. Nat. G. Doria, Genova: 623.

Meria aurantiaca: Boni Bartalucci, 1997 , Annali Mus. civ. Stor. Nat. G. Doria, Genova: 623–624, ♀, ♂; Boni Bartalucci, 2001, Annali Mus. civ. Stor. nat. Genov. 93: 8.

Material examined. 1♂, CHINA, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Tarbagatay Prefecture, Mongolian Autonomous County of Hoboksar , Motege Town , Motege village , 46°48′54″N, 85°48′18″E, 1181 m, 23. VII GoogleMaps .2019, Tingjing Li ( CNU) .

Diagnosis. Male ( Fig. 44 View FIGURES 44–50 ). Clypeus ( Fig. 45 View FIGURES 44–50 ) wholly with dense punctures; vertex with deep and dense to moderate punctures, POD 1.0× OOD; pronotal anterior carina strongly present but broadly absent at middle, dorsum of pronotum moderately punctate ( Fig. 46 View FIGURES 44–50 ); lateral side of pronotum ( Fig. 47 View FIGURES 44–50 ) ventrally strio-punctate; dorsum of propodeum coarsely and densely punctate, and medially without depression; ventral surface of mid femur smooth, without punctures nor setae; each of T1–T6 except base yellow; T3–T5 ( Fig. 48 View FIGURES 44–50 ) wholly densely punctate; T7 ( Fig. 49 View FIGURES 44–50 ) wholly with moderate punctures, and apex with deep notch and tipped lobes narrowly rounded.

Female. Head 1.3× wider than high in frontal view; anterior margin of clypeus straight; genal bridge absent; posterior width of pronotum 1.8× median length; head and mesosoma largely more or less dark ferruginous; dorsum of propodeum largely striate laterally, and medially with numerous deep punctures and without largely smooth area; pterostigma as small as CSM II and 1/3× CSM I; each of T1–T5 subapically with a row of punctures and medially absent forming incomplete groove; each of T2–T5 medially with dense punctures; lateral light spots on T2–T4 comparatively large, the distance between two lateral spots less than the length of the spot. No female specimens were collected in our study, and the description is referred to Boni Bartalucci (1992).

Distribution. China (Xinjiang); Turkey; Azerbaijan; Armenia; Iran; Jordan; Kazakistan; Russia; Turkenistan; Aribia; Greece.

Remarks. This is the first record of this species in China.

CNU

Capital Normal University, College of Life Sciences

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Tiphiidae

Genus

Meria

Loc

Meria aurantiaca (Guérin, 1837)

Liao, Xiang-Ping, Chen, Bin & Li, Ting-Jing 2022
2022
Loc

Meria aurantiaca:

Boni Bartalucci 1997
1997
Loc

Meria paradisiaca

Boni Bartalucci 1992
1992
Loc

Meria soikai

Guiglia 1966
1966
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