Pelmatops fukienensis Zia & Chen, 1954

Chen, Xiao-Lin, Norrbom, Allen, Freidberg, Amnon, Chesters, Douglas, Islam, Md Sajedul & Zhu, Chao-Dong, 2015, A systematic study of Ichneumonosoma de Meijere, Pelmatops Enderlein Pseudopelmatops Shiraki and Soita Walker (Diptera: Tephritidae), Zootaxa 4013 (3), pp. 301-347 : 317-318

Pelmatops fukienensis Zia & Chen, 1954

( Figs. 57–62 , 89 , 98 )

Pelmatops fukienensis Zia & Chen, 1954: 307 ; Hardy, 1977: 76; Wang, 1996: 111; Chen et al., 2010: 3 . Type-locality: Shaowu [Shao-Woo], Fujian [Fukien], China. (HT ♂ IZCAS)

Description (supplement to the species description of Chen et al., 2010). Compound eye wholly smooth and rounded, without projection; ommatidia similar in size ( Fig. 89 ). Occipital protuberance in female flat, rectangular, not clearly delimited from occiput, setae on its posterior margin short and numerous ( Fig. 98 ). Male terminalia: epandrium large and broad in posterior view; lateral surstylus small and short, apex rounded in lateral view; medial surstylus with 1 black prensiseta ( Fig. 61 ).

Distribution. China (Fujian, Sichuan, Shaanxi (new record), Taiwan), Burma (new record).

Specimens examined. BURMA: Chin Hills, Mt Victoria, 2400–2800m, May 1938, G. Heinrich, 2♀ (BMNH, checked by D.L.Hancock, pers. comm.). CHINA: Fujian: Chongan, 750 m, 24 June 1960, Y. R. Cheng, 1♀ (IZCAS); Shaowu, 20 April 1943, C.C. Maa, HT ♂ (IZCAS, head missing, male genetalia are shown in Fig. 61 ), 1 PT♀ (IZCA S). Sichuan: Mt. Emei, 21 July 1957, K.R. Huang; 26 May 1957, L.Y. Zheng, 2♀ (IZCAS). Taiwan: Alishan, Chiayi Hsien, 2270m, 8–9 April 1965, C.M. Yoshimoto, 1♀ (BPBM). Shaanxi: Ningshan, Huoditang, 1600m, July 2013, J.Z. Wang, 1♀ (NAFU, Figs. 57–60, 62 ).

Remarks. The record from Shaanxi extends the known distribution of Pelmatops northward to the Oriental- Palearctic transition zone, and that from Burma extends the known southern limit of the range.

Figures

FIGURES 57 – 62. Pelmatops fukienensis. 57. Head and Thorax, lateral view (female); 58. Head, dorsal view (female); 59. Habitus, dorsal view (female); 60. Aculeus, dorsal view (female); 61. Genitalia, lateral posterior view (male); 62. Abdomen, dorsal view (female).

FIGURES 89 – 97. Compound eye of Pelmatops and Pseudopelmatops. 89. Pe. fukienensis female; 90. Pe. ichneumoneus female; 91. Pe. ichneumoneus male; 92. Pe. tangliangi male; 93. Ps. angustifasciatus female; 94. Ps. angustifasciatus female; 95. Ps. continentalis male; 96. Ps. indiaensis female; 97. Ps. angustifasciatus male.

FIGURES 98 – 105. Occiput protuberance of Pelmatops and Pseudopelmatops. 98. Pe. fukienensis female; 99. Pe. tangliangi male; 100. Pe. ichneumoneus female; 101. Pe. ichneumoneus male; 102. Ps. angustifasciatus female; 103. Ps. angustifasciatus male; 104. Ps. continentalis male; 105. Ps. indiaensis female.