New Species And New Records Of Xiphydriid Woodwasps (Hymenoptera: Xiphydriidae) From Southeastern Asia
Author
Smith, David R.
text
Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington
2020
2020-02-29
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journal article
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Gryponeura quadrimaculata
(Cameron)
(
Figs. 17–21
)
Xiphydria quadrimaculata
Cameron 1899: 4
,
Maa 1949: 76
(unplaced species).
Gryponeura quadrimaculata
:
Benson 1954: 162
,
Smith 1978: 109
(in catalog).
Diagnosis.—Female (
Fig. 17
). Length, 14.0 mm. Black with base of mandible, lateral posterior margin of pronotum, basal ¼ to 1/3 of hind tibia, mid and hind basitarsi, and lateral spot on abdominal tergite 4 white. Antenna with 11 antennomeres short, slightly incrassinated at middle, about 0.8 X head width. Head (
Figs. 20, 21
) entirely sculptured. Labial palpus with 3 palpomeres; 1
st
and 3
rd
long, subequal; 2
nd
short. Maxillary palpus with 4 palpomeres; 2
nd
and 4
th
long, subequal in length; 1
st
shorter than 2
nd
; 3
rd
very short. Hind tarsal claw with small inner tooth, slightly less than half length of outer tooth; fore and mid claws more slender, inner tooth slightly more than half length of outer tooth. Sheath (
Fig. 17
) short, about 0.8X length of basal plate.
Male. Length 8.0 mm. Similar to female.
Specimens examined.—
Lao
,
Hua Phan Prov
.,
Ban Saleui
,
Phou Pan Mt.
,
20
°
13'30"N
,
103
°
59'26"E
,
1350 - 1900 m
,
06.05.2011
, leg.
C. Holzschuh
+ locals (
2 ♀
,
OML
,
USNM
), same except
13.05.2011
(
1 ♀
,
OML
),
10.05.2011
(
1 ♀
,
OML
),
04.05.2011
(
3 ♀
, 2
OML
, 1
USNM
).
Lao
,
Prov. Hua Phan
,
Phou Pan
,
Umg. Ort Ban Saleui
,
20
°
13'30"N
,
103
°
59'26"E
,
1350 - 1900 m
,
21.05.2011
, leg
C. Holzshuh
+ locals (
1 ♀
,
OML
), same except
27.04.2012
(
1 ♀
,
OML
)
.
China
, 1000 0
1300 m
,
Shaanxi
,
Qinling Mts.
,
Xunyangba
(
6 km
E
),
23.V- 13.VI.1998
,
I. H. Marshal
leg. (
1 ♀
,
OML
).
Remarks.—Two species of
Gryponeura
are known,
G. quadrimaculata
described from Khasia Hills,
India
, and
G. orientalis
(
Westwood 1874
)
described from
Sri Lanka
. Both are very similar. According to
Benson (1954)
they can be separated by the length of the pubescence on the head and thorax.
Gryponeura orientalis
has longer pubescence on the temples and mesonotum, some of it longer than the diameter of the hind ocellus.
Gryponeura quadrimaculata
has this pubescence only half to three-quarters this length. In the specimens examined, the pubescence compares to the latter. These are the first records of
G. quadrimaculata
from
Laos
and
China
.