Philoctetes mongolicus

Rosa, Paolo, Wei, Na-Sen, Notton, David & Xu, Zai-Fu, 2015, The genus Philoctetes Abeille de Perrin, 1879 from China, with description of two new species (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae), Zootaxa 4040 (4), pp. 433-444 : 436-438

Philoctetes mongolicus (du Buysson, 1901)

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Ellampus horvathi var. mongolicus du Buysson, 1901: 98. Lectotype, ♂, designated by Móczár 1967: 186); Mongolia: North Mongolia (NHMW) (examined).

Ellampus horwathi (!) var. mongolicus : du Buysson 1911: 219; Bischoff 1913: 8.

Ellampus (Notozus) cupratus Mocsáry, 1911: 443 . Holotype ♀; Kyrgyzstan: Naryn (HNHM) (examined), nom. praeocc., nec Mocsáry, 1889. Syn. nov.

Notozus mongolicus : Tsuneki 1948: 116, 128.

Omalus (Notozus) mongolicus: Trautmann, 1927: 29 ; Linsenmaier 1959: 16, 23.

Philoctetes mongolicus: Rosa et al. 2014: 33 .

Material examined. KYRGYZSTAN: 1♀, Turkestan Almásy 1906 // Naryn // cupratus Mocs. typ. det. Mocsáry // Typus cupratus Mocs. // Holotypus ♀ cupratus Mocsáry (L.D. French) // 134901 HNHM Hym.coll. MONGOLIA: 1♀: N. Mongolei Leder 92, Ellampus Horvathi Mocs. var. mongolicus Buyss. var. nov . R. du Buysson det. 1901, ♂, Lectotype v. mongolicus Buysson det. L. Móczár ( NHMW); 2♀♀: N. Mongolei Leder 92, Ellampus Horvathi Mocs. var. mongolicus Buyss. var. nov . R. du Buysson det. 1901 ♂, Paralectotype v. mongolicus Buysson det. L. Móczár ( NHMW). MONGOLIA: 1♀, SE Mongolia, 200 km SSE Baruun-Urt Moltsoy Els, 1250m, 27.VII.2007, M. Kadlecová ( PRC), 1♂, Mongolia, 50 km N Ulaanbaatar riv. E of Mandal, 1180 m, 8–13.VIII.2007, M. Kadlecová ( PRC). CHINA: 2♀♀, Inner Mongolia, Helanshan (38°53'39"N 105°59'32"E), 30.VII.2010, J. Zeng ( SCAU); 1♀, same place, 31.VII.2010, C-j. Yan ( SCAU); 1 ♀, same place, 31.VII.2010, H-f. Chai ( SCAU); 1♀, same place, 3.VIII.2010, J. Zeng ( SCAU); 1♀, same place, 10.VIII.2010, C-j. Yan ( SCAU); 1♀, Hebei, Xiaowutaishan Nature Reserve (40°0'47"N 115°3'32"E), 20–23.VIII.2005, J-x. Liu & L-q. Weng ( SCAU). PAKISTAN: 2♀♀, South Pakistan, [Gilgit-Baltistan] Mush Bar (Dalti), 9.IX.1954, Klapperich ( NMLS).

Diagnosis. Philoctetes mongolicus (du Buysson, 1901) is similar to P. horvathi ( Mocsáry, 1889) for general habitus and red colouration. However, it can be easily separated from the latter by: metanotum distinctly projected backward with apex U-shaped ( Fig. 2 C) (conical to slightly projected in P. horvathi ); apex of T3 with deep median notch ( Fig. 2 F) (shallow in P. horvathi ); colouration on head and mesosoma with large black areas ( Figs 2 A–2C) (uniform in P. horvathi ); tegula metallic red ( Figs 2 A, 2C, 2D) (without metallic reflection in P. hovathi ).

Distribution. China (Inner Mongolia, Hebei, Shanxi), Kyrgyzstan, Russia and Mongolia ( Rosa et al. 2014), Pakistan (new record).

Remarks. P. mongolicus was erroneously included into the genus Elampus (= Notozus) due to its distinct metanotal projection ( Fig. 2 C). However, the metanotal projection is also present in other Philoctetes species (e. g. P. putoni (du Buysson)). Kimsey & Bohart (1991: 256) placed P. mongolicus under P. horvathi , even if Tsuneki (1948) and Linsenmaier (1959) already considered it as a valid species. Type examination has also confirmed that Ellampus (Notozus) cupratus Mocsáry, 1911 is a junior synonym of P. mongolicus (du Buysson). E. cupratus was listed in the check-list of the genus Elampus by Kimsey & Bohart (1991: 167), but also considered as Philoctetes in the general discussion ( Kimsey & Bohart 1991: 254). E. cupratus was described based on a specimen from Naryn ( Kyrgyzstan), therefore P. mongolicus appears widely distributed from China and Mongolia to Russia ( Trautmann 1927).

Figures

FIGURE 2. Philoctetes mongolicus (du Buysson), ♀, Inner Mongolia. A. Habitus, lateral view; B. Head, frontal view; C. Head, pronotum and mesonotum, dorsal view; D. Mesoscutum, mesoscutellum and metanotum, dorsal view; E. Metasoma, dorsal view; F. Apex of T 3, posterior view.