Pachyprotasis versicolor Cameron , 1876

Zhong, Yihai & Wei, Meicai, 2010, The Pachyprotasis formosana group (Hymenoptera, Tenthredinidae) in China: identification and new species, Zootaxa 2523, pp. 27-49 : 47

Pachyprotasis versicolor Cameron, 1876

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Pachyprotasis versicolor Cameron, 1876: 465 , fig. 465; [female]; type locality: North India.

Pachyprotasis versicolor: Kirby (1882: 279) , Malaise (1945: 138), Saini & Kalia (1989: 133, 139, figs. 140, 145, 166, 176), Saini (2007: 60, 117, figs. 159, 163, 166, 172, 178, 195, 198).

Material examined. 1 female Mt. Gongshan, Gaoli, Yunnan Province (98°06΄E, 27°07΄N alt. 1600m), 3. 0 7. 2000, Lin Yang leg.

Distribution. China (Yunnan); Burma ( Malaise, 1945), India ( Cameron, 1876).

Diagnosis. Body length 10 mm. Black, yellow-white are: distinct spots on dorsal parts of thorax, large Lshaped spot on middle part of mesepisternum, pectus, anterior margins of tergites 4–7, whole of tergites 8 and 9, anterior spots on deflexed lateral sides of tergites 4–7, deflexed lateral sides of tergites 8 and 9, whole of sternites; whole of tergites 2 and basal half of tergites 3 red-brown; antennae black, white are: whole of flagellomeres 4 and 5, basal half of flagellomere 6; flagellomere 1 shorter than flagellomere 2; legs redbrown, all coxae and trochanters yellow-white, pro- and mesotibiae and tarsi yellow brown, pro- and mesolegs with black posterior stripes on apex of femora to claw; spots on outer of metecoxa and metatrochanter, spots on inner of apex of metafemur black. Supra-antennal tubercles distinctly raised. Punctures on frontal area and inner orbits scattered, indistinct, sculpture nearly absent, strongly shining; punctures on upper part of mesepisternum large, coarse, on lower part dense (figs. 11a, 11b). Lancet with 26 annuli, middle serrula having 2 anterior and 18–19 posterior subbasal teeth, the 9th to 10th serrulae as in Fig. 11 c.

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FIGURES 11. Pachyprotasis versicolor Cameron, 1876. specimen from Mt. Gongshan, (a). Female, dorsal view; (b). Female, lateral view; (c). Serrulae 9 – 10 of ovipositor.