Monsoma pallipes (Matsumura, 1912) Matsumura, 1912

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Monsoma pallipes (Matsumura, 1912) comb. n.

Poecilosoma pallipes Matsumura, 1912: 61-62.

Type locality.

Japan, Hokkaido, Sapporo. Lectotype (here designated) female (Fig. 37), EIHU. Labelled: "Maruyama 5/24", "7", "Poecilosoma pallipes Mats., Type".

Taxonomic affinities.

Monsoma pallipes can most easily be differentiated from the other Monsoma species, Monsoma pulveratum (Retzius, 1783), Monsoma inferentium (Norton, 1868), and Monsoma faustum Zhelochovtsev, 1961, by the colouration of the head capsule: temples, genae, facial orbits, paraantennal field laterally, and area between toruli and lateral to median ocellus are pale brown in Monsoma pallipes , while in the other three species the head capsule is black.

Host plants.

Unknown, but could be associated with Alnus as for Monsoma pulveratum and Monsoma inferentium ( Smith 1979; Pieronek 1980; Chevin 2004).

Distribution.

East Palaearctic. Specimens studied are from Japan (Hokkaido) and Russia (Primorsky Krai).

Notes.

Male unknown. Matsumura (1912) did not give the number of specimens he used for the original description. A female syntype bearing a red type label is hereby designated as the lectotype.