Eotrogaspidia oryzae ( Pagden, 1934 )

Okayasu, Juriya, Lelej, Arkady S. & Williams, Kevin A., 2021, Review of Eotrogaspidia Lelej (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae: Trogaspidiini), Zootaxa 4920 (1), pp. 56-90 : 79

Eotrogaspidia oryzae ( Pagden, 1934)

( Figs 3C, 3G, 4A, 4E, 6C, 7F, 9 D–E, 11B, 11E, 12E)

Timulla (Trogaspidia) oryzae Pagden, 1934: 426 , Ƌ ♀, holotype Ƌ ( Simpang Lima , Perak, Malaysia) [ BMNH]; Mickel 1935: 236, Ƌ ♀ .

Timulla (Trogaspidia) amans oryzae: Pagden 1949: 229 , Ƌ ♀.

Eotrogaspidia amans oryzae: Lelej 1996c: 22 , Ƌ ♀; Lelej 2005: 78; Okayasu et al. 2018: 306, ♀.

Eotrogaspidia oryzae: Williams et al. 2019a: 32 , ♀, examined; Pagliano et al. 2020: 245.

Diagnosis. MALE. Clypeus deeply concave ( Fig. 6C); scape ventrally with two parallel carinae; F1 weakly compressed, not wider than F2. Metacoxa flattened with dense erect pale microsetae ( Fig. 7F). Pronotum and propodeum dorsally with dense pale setae obscuring cuticular sculpture ( Fig. 3C). T2 laterally with small sparse punctures; T7 with medial triangular impunctate line not forming tubercle posteriorly; cuspis robust, spatulate in inner view ( Fig. 11B). FEMALE. T2 pale setal spots large, sparsely setose, obscurely defined ( Fig. 4A); distance between T2 spots 0.3–0.5 × spot diameter; pale setal bands on T3–4 complete ( Fig. 4A); pygidial plate entirely with finer micro-reticulation and with irregular sub-rugae anteriorly ( Fig. 12E); lateral margins of pygidial plate subparallel posteriorly.

Material examined. 4Ƌ 9♀. Laos: BOLIKHAMXAI : 1♀, Ban Thabok , 6.III.2003, J. Kantoh leg. [ TUA] . Thailand: CHIANG MAI: 3Ƌ, Chiang Mai , 21.IV.1988, W.J. Pulawski [ CASC, CSCA] ; KANCHANABURI: Lam Ta Pen Riv- er, 5 km NW Lat Ya, 13–16.IV.1989, W.J. Pulawski [ CASC] ; KHON KAEN: 1♀, Ubol , 20.XII.1962, A. Nagatomi leg. [ MNHAH] ; 1♀, Nampong , 11.X.1972, M. Sato leg. [ EUM] ; NAKHON SI THAMMARAT: 1♀, Pakpanang , 14.VII.1961, K. Iwata leg. [ MNHAH] ; PRACHAUB KHIRI KHAN: 1♀, Khao Sam Roi Yot National Park , malaise, 17–24.V.2009, Yai Amnad, T 4831 [ QSBG] . Vietnam: HANOI: 1Ƌ, Tu Liem Co Nhue , 13.XII.2015, P.H. Pham [ CASC] ; 1♀, Hanoi , park, 8.X.1990, S. Belokobylskij leg. [ IBSS] ; 2♀, same place, meadow, 7.X.1990, S. Belokobylskij leg. [ IBSS] ; HOA BINH: 1♀, Yen Thuy District, Lac Thinh, Cuc Phuong National Park , 20°23'N 105°34'E, h= 300 m, 5–6.V.2002, S. Belokobylskij leg. [ IBSS] .

Distribution. Laos *: Bolikhamxai. Malaysia: Perak ( Pagden 1934). Thailand: Chiang Mai, Kanchanaburi *, Khon Kaen, Nakhon Si Thammarat *, Prachaub Khiri Khan. Vietnam: Hanoi, Hoa Binh *.

Remarks. This species was erected as species by Pagden (1934) from Malaysia. Later, Pagden (1949) regarded it as a continental subspecies of E. amans because no difference in male genitalia was found and other morphological differences were “too slight to have specific significance”. Recently, Williams et al. (2019a) resurrected E. oryzae to full species status on the basis of female morphology, together with the difference in punctation of male T2 included in Mickel’s (1935) key. Here, we follow this treatment and diagnostic characters recognized by Mickel (1935) and Williams et al. (2019a) are included in the key below.