Taiwanomyrme basirufus ( Chen, 1957 )

Tu, Bin-Bin, Lelej, Arkady S. & Chen, Xue-Xin, 2015, Review of the genus Taiw ano my rme Tsuneki, 1993 (Hymenoptera, Mutillidae, Mutillinae), with description of two new species from China, Zootaxa 4020 (3), pp. 588-600 : 590

Taiwanomyrme basirufus ( Chen, 1957)

( Figs 4 A–B, 6–7)

Smicromyrme basirufa (!) Chen 1957: 178 (key, ♂), 181 (key, ♀), 184, fig. 41, ♂, ♀ [holotype, ♂, "Tianmushan [ China: Zhejiang], 28.VIII.1936, T. Maa" (T. Maa’s coll., Taiwan)] (Zhejiang, Fujian, Jiangxi, Sichuan); He 2004: 947, fig. 2843, ♂, ♀ (Zhejiang, Fujian, Jiangxi).

Taiwanomyrme basirufa (!): Lelej 1996: 6, ♂, ♀; 2005: 76.

Diagnosis. MALE. Clypeus preapically with nearly semicircular, transversely concave area. Scape with two well developed carinae, distance between carinae more than 0.5 × scape width; flagellomere 1 subequal to flagellomere 2. Tergum 2 posteriorly and tergum 3 with band of dense yellow setae. Sternum 2 with short lateral felt line (sometimes reduced to a few microsetae). Volsellar cuspis apex with long dense setae; penial valve apically hooklike. Body black; metasomal segments 1–3 ferruginous-red. Body length 8.5–17.0 mm. FEMALE. Gena posteriorly without carina, with short pointed tubercle posterior to insertion of mandible. Scutellar scale very small, pointed. Tergum 2 anteriorly with bilateral circular yellow setal spots. Tergum 3 closed with dense yellow setae. Pygidial area smooth, distinctly carinate laterally. Body black; metasomal segments 1–3 and legs ferruginous-red. Body length 5.0–7.0 mm.

Material examined. CHINA: Zhejiang, Songyang, 13.X.1991, He Junhua, 1♂, No. 915998 [ ZJUH]; Tianmushan, 4.IX.1987, Wang Xingeng, 1♂, No. 876984 [ ZJUH]; Tianmushan, 3.IX.1987, Fan Jinjiang, 4♂, Nos. 875951, 875972, 875973, 875975 [ ZJUH]; Xitianmushan, Kuizhi, Xianrending, 23.VIII.1998, Zhao Mingshui, 1♂, No. 20003568 [ ZJUH]; Xitianmushan, 3.VIII.1984, Sheng Lirong, 1♂, No. 844571 [ ZJUH]; Xitianmushan, Laodian-Xianrending, 1250–1569 m, 1.VI.1989, He Junhua, 1♀, No. 891154 [ ZJUH]; Xitianmushan, Xianrending, 29.VII.2003, Chen Xuexin, 1♀, No. 20040414 [ ZJUH]; Lishui, Fengyangshan, Fengyangjian, 1650 m, 10.VIII.2003, Wu Qiong, 1♂, No. 20043348 [ ZJUH]; Longquan, Fengyangshan, Huangmaojian, 2.VIII.2008, Liu Jingxian, 2♀, Nos. 2008081132, 2008081174 [ ZJUH]; Hunan, Sangzhi, Tianpinshan, 1370–1570 m, 13.VIII.1988, Wang Shuyong, 1♂, No. IOZ(E)1911179 [ IZCAS]; Sichuan, Emeishan, 8.VIII.1980, He Junhua, 1♂,No. 802912 [ ZJUH]; Yunnan, Anning, Wenquan, 18–20.VII.1988, Chen Xuexin, 1♂, No. 881987 [ ZJUH]; Lijiang, Yulongshan, 2700 m, 27.VII.1984, Wang Shuyong, 2♂, Nos. IOZ(E)1911159, 1911160 [ IZCAS]; Yunlong Tianchi, 2570 m, 18.VIII.1982, Du Qian, Malaise trap, 1♂, No. IOZ(E)1911175 [ IZCAS].

Distribution. China (Zhejiang, Fujian, Jiangxi, Sichuan and newly recorded from Hunan and Yunnan).

Figures

FIGURE 4. Genitalia of males. A, B. Taiwanomyrme basirufus (Chen), Zhejiang. C, D. T. friekae (Zavattari), Zhejiang. A, C. Dorsal view. B, D. Ventral view. Scale lines = 0.5 mm.