Tachycines (Gymnaeta) proximus (Gorochov, Rampini & Di Russo, 2006)

(Fig. 29)

Diestrammena (Gymnaeta) ferecaeca proxima Gorochov, Rampini & Di Russo, 2006 . Russian Entomol. J., 15(4): 358–359, Figs. 24–27.

Diestrammena (Gymnaeta) aspes Rampini, Di Russo & Cobolli, 2008 . Monografie Naturallistiche, 3: 139–140, Figs. 21–24; Zhang & Liu, 2009. Zootaxa, 2272: 28, Fig. 30. (syn. n.)

Distribution. China (Guizhou: Libo)*.

Discussion. The species is elevated here to independent species level from a subspecies of D. (G.) ferecaeca . Reasons: for the number of spines on hind tibiae differs greatly from those in T. (G.) ferecaecus (Gorochov, Rampini & Di Russo, 2006), the male genitalia are also enough different to support a separation into two valid species. Furthermore, we think that T. (G.) aspes (Rampini, Di Russo & Cobolli, 2008) can be regarded as a synonym of Tachycines (Gymnaeta) proximus (Gorochov, Rampini & Di Russo, 2006) as judging from their original descriptions and the male genitalia are almost the same.

Specimen not studied.