Contribution to the knowledge on the spider wasps genus Morochares Banks, 1934 (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) from China Author Loktionov, Valery M. Author Lelej, Arkady S. Author Liu, Jing-Xian text Zootaxa 2018 2018-08-29 4462 4 497 510 journal article 29387 10.11646/zootaxa.4462.4.3 321f64c9-b238-4e12-bb3a-376618d0091c 1175-5326 1441803 452FE48A-28D8-4991-B9D1-5C63B8050D9D Morochares Banks, 1934 Morochares Banks, 1934 : 84 , 98, ♀; Pate 1946 : 95 ; Baltazar 1966 : 321 , ♀; Tsuneki 1989 : 3 , 4, 100, ♀; Tsuneki 1990 : 3 , 4, ♀; Yamane et al . 1999 : 325 , 359, ♀ ♂; Shimizu & Terayama 2016 : 218 , 221, 242, 508, 599 ♀ ♂. Type species . Morochares fascipennis Banks, 1934 , by monotypy and original designation. Diagnosis . Female . Scape 1.1–2.0 times as long as F1. Protarsi shortened, protarsomere 1 longer than protarsomere 2–4 combined. Tarsomere 5 without spines ventrally. Claws bifid, inner tooth broad and truncate apically ( Fig. 24 ). Male . Flagellomeres serrate ventrally. Pronotum with narrow transverse band along posterior margin. Propodeum with silver pubescence. Meso- and metaclaws bifid, inner tooth broad and truncate apically. Spurs ivory. Species (subspecies) included . Six species (including new ones described below) and three subspecies: Morochares fascipennis Banks, 1934 , ♀ (Philippines: Luzon and Samar); M. nigripennis nigripennis Tsuneki, 1989 , ♀ (China: Taiwan); M. nigripennis okinawana Tsuneki, 1990 , ♀ (Japan: Ryukyus); M. nigripennis yayeyamana Tsuneki, 1990 , ♀ ♂ (Japan: Ryukyus); M. sinica Loktionov & Lelej , sp. nov . , ♀ (China: Guangdong and Hainan); M. wahisi Loktionov & Lelej , sp. nov . (China: Hainan), ♀; M. wolfi Loktionov & Lelej , sp. nov . , ♀ (China: Guangdong); and M. xuzaifui Loktionov, Lelej & Liu , sp. nov . , ♀ (China: Zhejiang and Guangdong). Distribution . China : Taiwan ( Tsuneki 1989 ), Zhejiang , Guangdong and Hainan (new records); Japan : Ryukyus ( Tsuneki 1990 , Shimizu & Terayama 2016 ); Philippines : Luzon and Samar ( Banks 1934 ). Remarks . The diagnosis of the male is based on Yamane et al . (1999) and Shimizu and Terayama (2016) . The status of the subspecies of Morochares nigripennis Tsuneki needs to be clarified.