A systematic study of Ichneumonosoma de Meijere, Pelmatops Enderlein Pseudopelmatops Shiraki and Soita Walker (Diptera: Tephritidae)
Author
Chen, Xiao-Lin
Author
Norrbom, Allen
Author
Freidberg, Amnon
Author
Chesters, Douglas
Author
Islam, Md Sajedul
Author
Zhu, Chao-Dong
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Zootaxa
2015
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journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.4013.3.1
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1175-5326
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Pseudopelmatops continentalis
Zia & Chen, 1954
(
Figs.87–88
; 95, 104)
Pseudopelmatops nigricostalis continentalis
Zia & Chen, 1954
: 310
. Type-locality:
China
: Zhejiang, Tianmushan; (LT
♂
IZCAS).
Lectotype
male designated by
Wang, 1996
.
Pseudopelmatops continentalis
:
Hardy, 1977
: 76
;
Wang, 1996
: 112
;
Chen
et al.,
2010
:9
.
Description
(supplement to the species description of
Chen
et al.,
2010
). Compound eye somewhat rough, with distinct projection; ommatidia not same size, which situating on projection bigger (
Fig. 95
). Occipital protuberance in male shaped as inverted trapezoid and somewhat bifid, distinctly delimited from occiput (
Fig. 104
); setae on posterior margin medium-sized and sparse.
FIGURES 87–88.
Pseudopelmatops continentalis
. 87–88. Habitus (male) photos taken in Zhejiang, China (by Yong Wang)
Distribution
.
China
(Henan, Hunan, Hubei, Zhejiang, Fujian, Sichuan, Yunnan, Guangxi, Guizhou and Shaanxi). Henan, Guangxi, Guizhou and Shaanxi are new province records for this species.
Specimens examined.
CHINA
: Fujian: Chongan,
24 July 1944
, 1PT ♂. Guangxi, Maoershan, Tieshanlin,
1980m
,
12 July 2006
, F.J. Liao,
1
♂
. Guizhou: Kuankuoshui natural reserve, SonglinYakou,
7–8 August 2013
, in yellow trap,
1
♂
. Henan: Songxian, Baiyunshan,
18 July 2004
, K.Y. Zhang,
1
♂
(
BAU
). Hubei: Shennongjia,
900m
,
11 August 2004
, Z. Wang,
1
♂
. Hunan: Sangzhi,
1200m
,
14 August 2001
, J. Wen & N.T. Huang,
1
♂
. Shaanxi: Huayin, Huashanzhongfeng,
2030m
,
11 July 2012
, M.C. Wei & G.Y.Niu,
1
♂
. Sichuan: Mt. Emei,
27 July 1957
, Y.C. Lu,
1
♂
. Yunnan: Kunming,
1200 m
,
7 July 1956
, K.R. Huang,
1
♂
. Zhejiang: Tianmushan, Xianrending,
1500m
,
14–30 June 2013
, Y.Wang,
6
♂
; Tianmushan,
8 July 1936
, 1 LP ♂, 1PT ♂; Tianmushan,
20 July 1936
, 1PT ♂. All material deposited in
IZCAS
except for that mark ‘
BAU’.
Biology.
The Zhejiang collection site of this species was very similar to that of
P. angustifasciatus
. These two species were often observed in the same place and on the same day, and the behaviour of
P. continentalis
was also very similar to that of
P. angustifasciatus
.