Meria mongolina, (Guiglia, 1965)

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 : 161

Komarowia mongolina ( Guiglia, 1965)

( Figs 39–45 )

Meria mongolina Guiglia, 1965 , Annali Mus. civ. St. nat. Genov. 75: 336–340, Holotype, ♂, “ Mongolia = Bajanchongor aimak 5 km. S von somon Bogd, am Tujn gol, 1200 m ”. Synonym of Melaniswara mongolinus by Gorbatovsky, 1980, Nase. Mong. 7: 320.

Iswara mongolinus Guiglia, 1973 , Annali Mus. civ. St. nat. Genov. 79: 103–106. Synonym of Melaniswara mongolinus by Gorbatovsky, 1980, Nase. Mong. 7: 320.

Melaniswara mongolinus: Gorbatovsky, 1977 , Zool. Zhu. 56 (9): 1310; Gorbatovsky, 1980, Nase. Mong. 7: 320–321; Nonnaizab, 1999: 370. Synonym of Komarowia mongolina by Boni Bartalucci, 2004b, Linzer boil. Beitr. 36 (2): 1260.

Komarowia mongolina ( Guiglia, 1965) ; Boni Bartalucci, 2004b, Linzer boil. Beitr. 36 (2): 1260; Boni Bartalucci, 2016, Onyc. 12: 66.

Material examined. 4♂, China, Gansu Province, Zhangye City, Linze County, Banqiao Town , Dongwan village , 39°16′55.1″N, 100°17′13.2″E, 1415 m, 25. VI .2019, Xue Zhang ( CNU) ; 1♂, China, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Yinchuan City , Yongning County, Minning Town , Gushiyao , Helan Montain , 38°13′33.6″N, 105°55′1.2″E, 1257m, 23. VII .2020, Qian Han ( CNU) .

Diagnosis. Male ( Fig. 37 ). Medio-apical margin of clypeus ( Fig. 38 ) with deep notch, clypeus with sparse punctures; vertex ( Fig. 39 ) with moderate and shallow punctures; OOD: POD: OCD: Od = 1: 2.54: 1.57: 1.06; width of head 6× Od, ocelli ( Figs 38, 39 ) conspicuously enlarged, posterior ocelli distinctly convex in frontal view ( Fig. 38 ); pronotum ( Fig. 40 ) without anteriorly transverse carina and sparsely punctate; lateral side of pronotum ( Fig. 41 ) ventrally densely striate; dorsal surface of propodeum ( Fig. 42 ) largely densely strio-punctate; L Tap4 / L Tap5 about 1 or a bit less; each of T1–T6 subapically with a row of punctures and medially absent forming incomplete groove, rest surface with very sparse punctures; T7 ( Fig. 43 ) with deep and moderate punctures, apex smooth and with a V-shaped notch, tipped lobes broadly rounded.

Female. Head smooth and with a few sparse punctures; clypeus apically with sparse and minute punctures; scape of antennae subequal to the length of F1–F3, and length of F5 0.25× length of scape; pronotum with sparse minute punctures medially, punctures on anterior and lateral surface denser and deeper than those on median; dorsum of propodeum with sparse and deep punctures; T1 and T2 laterally with sparse and minute punctures; each of T2–T6 subapically with a row of punctures and medially absent forming incomplete groove. No male specimens were collected in our study, and the description is referred to Guiglia (1973) and Boni Bartalucci (2004b).

Distribution. China (Gansu, Ningxia, Inner Mongolia); Mongolia.

Figures

FIGURES 37–43. Komarowia mongolina, ♂. 37. Habitus, dorsal view; 38. Head, frontal view; 39. Vertex, dorsal view; 40. Pronotum, dorsal view; 41. Pronotum, lateral view; 42. Propodeum, dorsal view; 43. T7, dorsal view.

FIGURES 44–50. Meria aurantiaca, ♂. 44. Habitus, dorsal view; 45. Head, frontal view; 46. Pronotum, dorsal view; 47. Pro- notum, lateral view; 48. T3–T5, dorsal view; 49. T7, dorsal view; 50. T7, lateral view.