Meria sanguinicollis Morawitz, 1893

Liao, Xiang-Ping, Chen, Bin & Li, Ting-Jing, 2022, A taxonomic revision of the subfamily Myzininae from China, with a key to the Chinese species (Hymenoptera: Tiphiidae), Zootaxa 5154 (2), pp. 152-174 : 168-170

Meria sanguinicollis Morawitz, 1893

( Figs 71–79 )

Meria sanguinicollis Morawitz, 1893 , Horae Soc. ent. Ross., Moscow 27: 398, ♀, Samarkand; Gorbatovsky, 1980, Nas. Mon., 7: 316; Boni Bartalucci, 2001, Annali Mus. civ. Stor. nat. Genov. 93: 19.

Material examined. 2♀ 2♂, CHINA, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Ili Kazak Autonomous Prefecture , Gongliu County, Tieermutu , 43°25′58.8″N, 82°1′58.8″E, 1060 m, 28. VII .2019, Lingzhi Zhao ( CNU) .

Diagnosis. Female ( Fig. 71 ). Head 1.2× wider than high in frontal view ( Fig. 73 ); anterior margin of clypeus ( Fig. 73 ) rounded; genal bridge absent; OOD: POD = 1; pronotum sometimes red and only anteriorly with a few dense punctures, and width of posterior margin 1.4× length of anterior to posterior margin; dorsum of propodeum ( Fig. 76 ) largely smooth, laterally and upper portion of side with dense striae; T1 ( Fig. 77 ) subapically with a complete row of punctures forming complete groove; each of T2–T5 subapically with a row of punctures and medially a bit absent forming almost complete groove; T2–T4 ( Fig. 77 ) laterally with small light spots, the distance between two lateral spots more than the length of the spot.

Male ( Fig. 72 ). Clypeus with moderate to sparse punctures; vertex with deep and moderate to sparse punctures, POD 1.1× OOD; pronotal transverse carina present but medially minutely absent, dorsum of pronotum moderately to sparsely punctate; lateral side of pronotum ( Fig. 75 ) ventrally densely strio-punctate; ventral surface of mid femur smooth, without punctures nor setae; each of T1–T6 with apically yellowish band; two-thirds of T3–T5 ( Fig. 78 ) basally with dense punctures and apical one-third smooth and impunctate; T7 ( Fig. 79 ) moderately punctate, apex with deep notch and tipped lobes pointed.

Distribution. China ( Xinjiang); Mongolia; Kazakistan; Uzbekistan; Turkestan.

Figures

FIGURES 71–79. Meria sanguinicollis, 71, 73, 76–77, ♀; 72, 74–75, 78–79, ♂. 71–72. Habitus, dorsal view; 73. Head, frontal view; 74. Head, ventral view; 75. Pronotum, lateral view; 76. Propodeum, dorsal view; 77. Metasoma, dorsal view; 78. T3–T5, dorsal view; 79. T7, dorsal view.