Polynema (Polynema)? neofuscipes (Soyka, 1950)

Fig. 13

Maidliella neofuscipes Soyka, 1946 b: 178 .

Polynema neofuscipes (Soyka): Trjapitzin 1978: 533.

Polynema (Polynema) neofuscipes (Soyka): Triapitsyn and Fidalgo 2006: 61.

Material examined.

China, Xinjiang: • 1 ♀, Huocheng, 43°58'00"N, 80°52'55"E, 5.VII.2021, Qin Li et al., sweeping ; • 1 ♀, Shaya, 41°44'24"N, 82°45'03"E, 15.VIII.2021, Qin Li et al., sweeping ; • 1 ♀, Yining, 43°52'59"N, 81°22'05"E, 7.VII.2021, Qin Li et al., sweeping. (All in ICXU) .

Diagnosis.

Female. Body length 870–1060 μm (n = 3). Body (Fig. 13 A) dark brown, scape and clava pale brown, pedicel yellowish-brown; petiole and legs pale brown. Antenna (Fig. 13 B) with scape with indistinct cross-ridges, clava with seven mps. Propodeum (Fig. 13 C) with a short median carina. Forewing (Fig. 13 D) 3.9–4.0 × as long as wide; longest marginal seta 0.6–0.8 × as long as the greatest width of wing, with discal microtrichia short, uniformly arranged; dark microtrichia on disc beginning behind stigmal vein. Metacoxa (Fig. 13 E) in lateral view shorter than petiole.

Male. Unknown.

Hosts.

Unknown.

Distribution.

China (Xinjiang); Netherlands.

Comments.

The morphological characteristics of this specimen show a high degree of consistency with Soyka’s (1946) original description of P. neofuscipes . Key shared diagnostic features include: identical body coloration; scape with transverse striations; F 2 being the longest funicular segment while F 1 is the shortest; mesoscutum with reticulate sculpture; propodeum bearing a relatively short median carina; and conspicuously protruding ovipositor. Minor variations observed include: forewing length-to-width ratio of 3.7–4.1 in this specimen vs 4.5 in the original description; clavomeres bearing seven mps compared to eight in the type specimen (likely due to observational differences); and the longest marginal fringe seta to maximum wing width ratio being 0.7–0.9 × vs 0.64 × in the original description. Considering these relatively minor discrepancies in conjunction with the fundamental consistency in all critical diagnostic characteristics, this specimen is provisionally identified as P. neofuscipes .