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This species can be distinguished from other Asian
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by a combination of the following characters: the punctate ocellar region; the bilobate clypeal process; the incurved clypeal apex; presence of the anterior transverse carina on the pronotal disc; the punctate mesoscutellum by large punctures; the foveolate mesepisternum; presence of the median ridge on the dorsal surface of the propodeum; the infuscate wing; the longitudinally rugose surface around anterior margin of the T1; the infuscate wings; presence of a row of the stout setae on S2S6 respectively; the semicircularly cleft distal apex of the S7.
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Male.
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). Head 0.6 times as long as wide in frontal view; temple weakly rounded in dorsal view; ocelli forming obtuse triangle, POL:AOL:DAO = 1.0: 0.5: 0.3; vertex sparsely punctate: puncture 0.52.0 puncture diameters apart, with smooth interspaces, ocellar region punctate; frons densely punctate: punctures 02.0 puncture diameters apart, with smooth interspaces, slightly excavate and punctate above antennal sockets; surface around clypeal apex with small punctures, clypeal process present, with apex bilobate, anterior fifth translucent, clypeal apex incurved; mandible not distally narrowed, lower tooth longer than upper one; maxillary palpus longer than pronotal disc; ratio of length to width of palpomeres IIIVI: 12:11:10; flagellum conspicuously flattened, ratio of length to width of flagellomeres IIII: 2:2.5:2.4.
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, holotype, male. 109 Dorsal habitus, 110 lateral habitus, 111 mesosoma, dorsal view, the arrow indicating the fovea.
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<emphasis id="B92BEAD6FFB6E0144C93F819FEA1F81F" bold="true" box="[151,363,1928,1952]" pageId="23" pageNumber="326">FIGURES 112116.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B92BEAD6FFB6E0144D77F819FD8EF81F" box="[371,580,1928,1952]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="326">Methocha taiwanica</emphasis>
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, holotype, male. 112 Head, frontal view, 113 head, lateral view, 114 propodeum, 115 hind tarsal claw, 116 T1, dorsal view. Scale bars are given in mm.
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<emphasis id="B92BEAD6FFB9E01B4CC3FF06FEF5FF0F" box="[199,319,151,176]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="327">Mesosoma</emphasis>
(
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). Pronotal disc punctate around anterior half by large punctures, with smooth interspaces, smooth around posterior half, anterior transverse carina developed, surface around anterior margin irregularly transversely rugose, lateral surface punctate around upper half, with smooth interspaces, smooth around lower half, lower surface longitudinally striated; mesoscutum punctate: punctures around anterior two-third larger, 0.51.5 puncture diameters apart, with smooth interspaces, punctures around posterior third smaller, 1.03.0 puncture diameters apart, with smooth interspaces, notauli marked by transversely striated wide depression, reaching posterior fourth of mesoscutum, posterior margin effaced; mesoscutellum slightly bulging, punctate by large punctures, puncture 0.51.0 puncture diameters apart, with smooth interspaces, lateral slope densely punctate by small punctures, with smooth interspaces, lower surface rugulose; mesepisternum medially foveolate, covered with densely large punctures, 0.51.0 puncture diameters apart, with smooth interspaces, punctures on narrow surface above episternal surface denser, with usually smooth, sometimes inconspicuously transversely rugulose interspaces, episternal sulcus deep, precoxal sulcus obscure; metanotum smooth, inconspicuously transversely striated around upper half, coriaceous around lower half in lateral view; metapleural region smooth around anterior half, longitudinally striated around posterior half; propodeum (
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) entirely areolate, median ridge dorsally present; surface smooth.
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<emphasis id="B92BEAD6FFB9E01B4CC3FD1EFECEFD17" box="[199,260,655,680]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="327">Legs.</emphasis>
Hind coxa not carinate dorsally; all tarsal claws (
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) strongly curved around apical half, tridentate, apical tooth sharp, inner margin inconspicuously rounded out around apical two-third, subapical one truncate, shorter than apical one, basal one triangular, slightly longer than half subapical one.
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<emphasis id="B92BEAD6FFB9E01B4CC3FD6AFE89FCAB" box="[199,323,763,788]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="327">Metasoma.</emphasis>
Metasomal terga smooth with sparse small punctures, AMW:MTL:PMW = 1.0:3.5:2.9; T1 (
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) distinctly convex, with pair strong carina before spiracles, surface around anterior margin slightly longitudinally striated, anterior transverse depression of T2T7 smooth, without carina; posterior margins of S2S6 with row of stout setae; S7 covered with sparse small punctures, with smooth interspaces, distal margin semicircularly cleft; hypopygium setose, ventral surface densely longitudinally striated.
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<emphasis id="B92BEAD6FFB9E01B4CC3FC3EFEC7FC76" box="[199,269,943,969]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="327">Color.</emphasis>
Black, expect apical fifth of mandible reddish brown, maxillary palpus testaceous, tegula dark brown, wings infuscate, legs dark brown.
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Measurements. BL
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, HL
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, HW
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, WF 1.0, EL
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, ML
<quantity id="4CA79B21FFB9E01B4858FC66FB7FFBAE" box="[1116,1205,1015,1041]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.7" pageId="24" pageNumber="327" unit="mm" value="2.7">2.7 mm</quantity>
, MW
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, FWL
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.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B92BEAD6FFB9E01B4CC3FBF3FEABFBC3" bold="true" box="[199,353,1122,1148]" pageId="24" pageNumber="327">Distribution.</emphasis>
Eastern
<collectingCountry id="F3487654FFB9E01B4DC6FBF2FDD2FBC2" box="[450,536,1123,1149]" name="Taiwan" pageId="24" pageNumber="327">Taiwan</collectingCountry>
.
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<subSubSection id="C345654FFFB9E01B4CC3FB16FD4CFA8E" pageId="24" pageNumber="327" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="8BE036C4FFB9E01B4CC3FB16FD4CFA8E" blockId="24.[151,1437,151,1329]" pageId="24" pageNumber="327">
<emphasis id="B92BEAD6FFB9E01B4CC3FB16FEF1FB1E" bold="true" box="[199,315,1159,1185]" pageId="24" pageNumber="327">Remarks.</emphasis>
This species is characterized by the following characters: the bilobate clypeal process; the developed anterior transverse carina of the pronotum; the foveolate mesoscutum; the infuscation of the wings. These characters are also shown among
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<emphasis id="B92BEAD6FFB9E01B4D9CFB5EFDCAFB56" box="[408,512,1231,1257]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="327">M. heveli</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFCE4B35FFB9E01B4E03FB5EFD0BFB56" author="Krombein, K. V." box="[519,705,1231,1257]" pageId="24" pageNumber="327" pagination="1 - 121" refId="ref15541" refString="Krombein, K. V. (1982) Biosystematic studies of Ceylonese wasps, IX: A monograph of the Tiphiidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 374, 1 - 121. https: // doi. org / 10.5479 / si. 00810282.374" type="journal article" year="1982">Krombein, 1982</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="B92BEAD6FFB9E01B4EC8FB5EFC81FB56" box="[716,843,1231,1257]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="327">M. litoralis</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFCE4B35FFB9E01B4F55FB5EFBC6FB56" author="Krombein, K. V." box="[849,1036,1231,1257]" pageId="24" pageNumber="327" pagination="1 - 121" refId="ref15541" refString="Krombein, K. V. (1982) Biosystematic studies of Ceylonese wasps, IX: A monograph of the Tiphiidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 374, 1 - 121. https: // doi. org / 10.5479 / si. 00810282.374" type="journal article" year="1982">Krombein, 1982</bibRefCitation>
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,
<taxonomicName id="4C5F4D47FFB9E01B4813FB5EFA91FB56" authority="Krombein, 1982" authorityName="Krombein" authorityYear="1982" box="[1047,1371,1231,1257]" class="Insecta" family="Tiphiidae" genus="Methocha" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="24" pageNumber="327" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ubiquita">
<emphasis id="B92BEAD6FFB9E01B4813FB5EFB53FB56" box="[1047,1177,1231,1257]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="327">M. ubiquita</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFCE4B35FFB9E01B48A4FB5EFA91FB56" author="Krombein, K. V." box="[1184,1371,1231,1257]" pageId="24" pageNumber="327" pagination="1 - 121" refId="ref15541" refString="Krombein, K. V. (1982) Biosystematic studies of Ceylonese wasps, IX: A monograph of the Tiphiidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 374, 1 - 121. https: // doi. org / 10.5479 / si. 00810282.374" type="journal article" year="1982">Krombein, 1982</bibRefCitation>
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, from
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, and
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<emphasis id="B92BEAD6FFB9E01B4D44FB62FE3CFAB2" box="[320,502,1267,1293]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="327">M. uchinanensis</emphasis>
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from
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. These species are similar to each other, but can be distinguished by the propodeal sculpture.
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