Review of the Pachyprotasis flavipes group (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) from China with descriptions of two new species Author Zhong, Yihai Environment and Plant Protection Institute, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences. Haikou, Hainan, & Bee Industry Technology Research Center, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences. Haikou, Hainan, Author Li, Zejian Postdoctoral Work Station, Scientific Research and Management Center of East China Pharmaceutical Botanical Author Wei, Meicai College of Life Science, Jiangxi Normal University. Nanchang, Jiangxi, 330027, China. text Zoologia 2021 e 59733 2021-04-19 38 1 50 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zoologia.38.e59733 journal article 10.3897/zoologia.38.e59733 1984-4689 81692349-2697-4BF9-B380-042309B0E257 Pachyprotasis maesta Malaise, 1934 Figs 317–326 Pachyprotasis maesta Malaise, 1934: 465–466 ; Saini & Kalia, 1989: 152–153 , figs 140, 145, 155, 166, 176; Saini, 2007: 80 , figs 159, 163, 169, 176, 180, 196, 202. Diagnosis. Female. Body length 8.0 mm. This species can be distinguished from othersimilar species of the P.flavipes group by the following characters: mesopleuron black, anterior part sometimes with a white spot; lateral part and apex of median mesoscutal lobe each with a white spot; terga black, without distinct white spot; hind legs reddish-brown, apex of femur and tibia black, coxa sometimes with black, without white; punctures on dorsal part of head and mesepisternum large, deep and distinct; median fovea pit-like, not extending to median ocellus. Male. Unknown. Variation. Body length of female 6.5–8.0 mm. Distribution. China ( Sichuan , Tibet , Yunnan ), Burma , India . Non-type material. 1♀ , China , Yunnan province , Lijiang , Mt. Yulong Snow , 27°08’N , 100°12’E , 11-VIII-1979 , Jianming CUI leg .; 1♀ , China , Yunnan province , Lijiang , Mt. Yulong Snow , Yongping , 100°12’E , 26°49’N , 7-VI-1996 , Leyi ZHENG leg .; 1♀ , China , Yunnan province , Lushui , Fengxueyakou , 26°00’N , 98°37’E , alt. 3500 m , 4-VI-2009 , Yihai ZHONG leg .; 1♀ , China , Yunnan province , Jingfu , Mt. Wuliang , Qincaitang , 24°16’N , 100°42’E , alt. 2197 m , 14-VII-2006 , Qing YANG leg .; 1♀ , China , Yunnan province , Tianquan , River Laba , 30°01’N , 102°47’E , alt. 1800–2000 m , 12-VII-2003 , Wei XIAO leg .; 2♀ , China , Sichuan province , Luding , Valley Hailuo , 29°22’N , 102°00’E , alt. 2200 m , 3-VII-2009 , Zejian LI leg. ; 2♀ , China , Yunnan province , Deqin , 29°22’N , 99°00’E , alt. 2120 m , 2-VII-2009 , Blank & Liston & Teager leg. ; 1♀ , China , Yunnan province , Tengchong , 24°50’N , 98°46’E ,alt. 2200 m , 2-VI-2009 , Blank & Liston & Teager leg. ; 1♀ , China , Tibet Autonomous Region , Motuo , 29°42’N , 93°34’E , alt. 2750 m , 13-VII-2013 , Wei XIAO & Tao LI leg. (ASMN).