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Blank, Shinohara &amp; Wei
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, 
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, 
<figureCitation id="13572A71FFDDFF9CFC32FA7FFC2EFA00" box="[922,970,1432,1458]" captionStart="Fig. 13" captionStartId="38.[189,232,1752,1778]" captionTargetBox="[189,1398,270,1714]" captionTargetId="figure@38.[189,1399,264,1714]" captionTargetPageId="38" captionText="Fig. 13. Species of Megaxyela Ashmead, 1898, penis valves (A – F) and genitalia capsules (G – I). A. M. euchroma Blank, Shinohara &amp; Wei sp. nov. (DEI-GISHym 22513, NSMT). B. M. fulvago Blank, Shinohara &amp; Wei sp. nov. (5239, NSMT). C. M. gigantea Mocsáry, 1909 (708, NSMT). D. M. parki Shinohara, 1992 (710, NSMT). E. M. pulchra Blank, Shinohara &amp; Sundukov sp. nov. (18503, NSMT). F. M. togashii Shinohara, 1992 (22521, NSMT). G – H. M. gigantea, genitalia capsule in dorsal / ventral view (18507, NSMT). I. M. pulchra sp. nov., genitalia capsule in dorso-posterior view (22349, NSMT). Arrow heads in Fig. 13 H – I indicate lobe of upper side of valviceps coiled laterally. Images not to same scale." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/1042693/files/figure.png" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">13B</figureCitation>
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– 
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: 484 (misidentification). ― 
<bibRefCitation id="EFFD4B05FFDDFF9CFC6CFA3BFBDBFA44" author="Maa T." box="[964,1087,1500,1526]" journalOrPublisher="Chinese Journal of Zoology" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" pagination="30 - 42" part="3" refString="Maa T. 1949. A synopsis of Chinese sawflies of the superfamily Megalodontoidea (Hymenoptera). Chinese Journal of Zoology 3: 30 - 42." title="A synopsis of Chinese sawflies of the superfamily Megalodontoidea (Hymenoptera)" type="journal article" year="1949">Maa 1949</bibRefCitation>
: 30 (misidentification). 
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sp. 2 – 
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Shinohara 
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2017
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: fig. 15 (phylogenetic analysis). — 
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Blank 
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. 2017
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: 115.
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The Latin noun 
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<typeStatus id="54D78856FFDDFF9CFF42F887FEB8F8C8" box="[234,348,1888,1914]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" type="holotype">
<emphasis id="B918EAE6FFDDFF9CFF42F887FEB8F8C8" bold="true" box="[234,348,1888,1914]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Holotype</emphasis>
</typeStatus>
</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BD336F4FFDDFF9CFF15F862FDE6F859" blockId="12.[189,1399,1888,2027]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">
CHINA: 
<specimenCount id="9D6AFD7DFFDDFF9CFE82F861FEA0F812" box="[298,324,1926,1952]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" type="male">♂</specimenCount>
: “[
<collectingCountry id="F37B7664FFDDFF9CFEC9F862FE2CF82D" box="[353,456,1925,1951]" name="China" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">CHINA</collectingCountry>
: 
<collectingRegion id="49A8F816FFDDFF9CFE7BF862FDC0F812" box="[467,548,1925,1952]" country="China" name="Hunan" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Hunan</collectingRegion>
] 
<collectingMunicipality id="6BB7AC8EFFDDFF9CFD9BF861FD2CF82D" box="[563,712,1925,1952]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Mt. Yunshan</collectingMunicipality>
<quantity id="4C949B11FFDDFF9CFD78F862FCCDF812" box="[720,809,1925,1952]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.25" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" unit="m" value="1250.0">
<elevation id="0041D1C7FFDDFF9CFD78F862FCCDF812" box="[720,809,1925,1952]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.25" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" unit="m" value="1250.0">1250 m</elevation>
</quantity>
[alt.] 
<geoCoordinate id="EE585033FFDDFF9CFCD9F863FC39F812" box="[881,989,1924,1952]" direction="north" orientation="latitude" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" precision="925" value="26.65">26°39′ N</geoCoordinate>
, 
<geoCoordinate id="EE585033FFDDFF9CFC42F863FBBAF812" box="[1002,1118,1924,1952]" direction="east" orientation="longitude" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" precision="925" value="110.61667">110°37′ E</geoCoordinate>
<location id="8EB3602FFFDDFF9CFBCDF861FB09F812" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:03C587E2FFDDFF9FFE4AFAABFCF2F8B5:8EB3602FFFDDFF9CFBCDF861FB09F812" box="[1125,1261,1926,1952]" country="China" latitude="26.65" longLatPrecision="1241" longitude="110.61667" municipality="Mt. Yunshan" name="nr. Wugang" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" stateProvince="Hunan">nr. Wugang</location>
<date id="FFD21034FFDDFF9CFB5DF862FA93F82D" box="[1269,1399,1925,1951]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" value="2012-04-12">
<collectingDate id="EF96E9DCFFDDFF9CFB5DF862FA93F82D" box="[1269,1399,1925,1951]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" value="2012-04-12">12.IV.2012</collectingDate>
</date>
[leg.] 
<collectorName id="26995322FFDDFF9CFEAFF84CFE4AF877" box="[263,430,1963,1989]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">A. Shinohara</collectorName>
”; “ 
<specimenCode id="DBCA9E8FFFDDFF9CFE7BF84CFD23F874" box="[467,711,1963,1990]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">DEI-GISHym 5236</specimenCode>
”; [red:] “Holotype 
<taxonomicName id="4C6C4D77FFDDFF9CFC10F84CFB7AF877" authorityName="Stephan M. Blank &amp; Katja Kramp &amp; David R. Smith &amp; Yuri N. Sundukov &amp; Meicai Wei &amp; Akihiko Shinohara" authorityYear="2017" box="[952,1182,1963,1989]" class="Insecta" family="Xyelidae" genus="Megaxyela" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="fulvago">
<emphasis id="B918EAE6FFDDFF9CFC10F84CFB7AF877" box="[952,1182,1963,1989]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Megaxyela fulvago</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
det. SMBlank &amp; AShinohara 2015” (
<collectionCode id="ED7DAE31FFDDFF9CFE00F836FE12F859" box="[424,502,2001,2027]" country="0" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/v7y6-jtmy" name="California State University, Turlock" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">CSCS</collectionCode>
).
</paragraph>
</materialsCitation>
<paragraph id="8BD336F4FFDCFF9DFF42FEEBFDF2FE94" blockId="13.[189,1399,267,611]" box="[234,534,267,294]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">
<heading id="D09B8198FFDCFF9DFF42FEEBFDF2FE94" bold="true" box="[234,534,267,294]" fontSize="11" level="2" pageId="13" pageNumber="14" reason="6">
<materialsCitation id="3B043CA9FFDCFF9DFF42FEEBFDF2FE94" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="1699357644" box="[234,534,267,294]" collectingDate="2012-04-12" collectionCode="SDEI, NSMT" collectorName="A. Shinohara" country="China" elevation="1250" latitude="26.65" location="Mt. Yunshan, nr. Wugang" longLatPrecision="1241" longitude="110.61667" pageId="13" pageNumber="14" specimenCode="DEI-GISHym 5235, 5237-5239, 5751-5752" specimenCount="6" specimenCount-female="1" specimenCount-male="5" stateProvince="Hunan" typeStatus="paratype">
<emphasis id="B918EAE6FFDCFF9DFF42FEEBFE83FE94" bold="true" box="[234,359,268,294]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">
<typeStatus id="54D78856FFDCFF9DFF42FEEBFE83FE94" box="[234,359,268,294]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14" type="paratype">Paratypes</typeStatus>
</emphasis>
(6 ♀♀, 6 ♂♂)
</materialsCitation>
</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BD336F4FFDCFF9DFF15FEC8FE42FDD0" blockId="13.[189,1399,267,611]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">
<collectingCountry id="F37B7664FFDCFF9DFF15FEC8FEFBFEFB" box="[189,287,303,329]" name="China" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">CHINA</collectingCountry>
: 
<specimenCount id="9D6AFD7DFFDCFF9DFE85FEC8FEB8FEFB" box="[301,348,303,329]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14" type="female">1 ♀</specimenCount>
, 
<specimenCount id="9D6AFD7DFFDCFF9DFEC6FEC9FE51FEFB" box="[366,437,302,329]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14" type="male">5 ♂♂</specimenCount>
, same collecting data as 
<typeStatus id="54D78856FFDCFF9DFD40FEC9FCB6FEFA" box="[744,850,302,328]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
, 
<specimenCode id="DBCA9E8FFFDCFF9DFCC9FEC8FA93FEFB" box="[865,1399,302,329]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">DEI-GISHym 5235, 5237–5239, 5751–5752</specimenCode>
(5237, 5239, 5751–5752 used for barcoding) (SDEI, NSMT)
<materialsCitation id="3B043CA9FFDCFF9DFC3AFEB5FD38FE3D" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="1699357629" collectingDate="1985-05-01" collectionCode="CSCS" collectorName="Jinniang" latitude="32.06" location="Nanjing" longLatPrecision="727" longitude="118.78" municipality="Jiangsu Sheng" pageId="13" pageNumber="14" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-female="1" typeStatus="paratype">
; 
<specimenCount id="9D6AFD7DFFDCFF9DFC37FEB5FC28FEDE" box="[927,972,338,364]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14" type="female">1 ♀</specimenCount>
, 
<collectingMunicipality id="6BB7AC8EFFDCFF9DFC74FEB5FB6CFEDE" box="[988,1160,338,364]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Jiangsu Sheng</collectingMunicipality>
, 
<location id="8EB3602FFFDCFF9DFB3DFEB5FB13FEDE" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:03C587E2FFDDFF9FFE4AFAABFCF2F8B5:8EB3602FFFDCFF9DFB3DFEB5FB13FEDE" box="[1173,1271,338,364]" latitude="32.06" longLatPrecision="727" longitude="118.78" municipality="Jiangsu Sheng" name="Nanjing" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Nanjing</location>
, 
<geoCoordinate id="EE585033FFDCFF9DFAACFEB5FA96FEDE" box="[1284,1394,338,364]" direction="north" orientation="latitude" pageId="13" pageNumber="14" precision="555" value="32.06">32.06° N</geoCoordinate>
, 
<geoCoordinate id="EE585033FFDCFF9DFF15FE92FED7FE3D" box="[189,307,373,399]" direction="east" orientation="longitude" pageId="13" pageNumber="14" precision="555" value="118.78">118.78° E</geoCoordinate>
, 
<date id="FFD21034FFDCFF9DFEE8FE92FE34FE22" box="[320,464,373,400]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14" value="1985-05-01">
<collectingDate id="EF96E9DCFFDCFF9DFEE8FE92FE34FE22" box="[320,464,373,400]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14" value="1985-05-01">1 May 1985</collectingDate>
</date>
, 
<collectorName id="26995322FFDCFF9DFE74FE92FDDBFE3D" box="[476,575,373,399]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Jinniang</collectorName>
leg. (CSCS);
</materialsCitation>
<materialsCitation id="3B043CA9FFDCFF9DFD4BFE92FD0CFE67" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="1699357631" collectingDate="1918-04-24" collectingDateMax="1918-05-01" collectingDateMin="1918-04-24" collectionCode="IZCAS" latitude="32.2" location="Zhenjiang" longLatPrecision="727" longitude="119.43" municipality="Jiangsu Sheng" pageId="13" pageNumber="14" specimenCount="3" specimenCount-female="2" specimenCount-male="1" typeStatus="paratype">
<specimenCount id="9D6AFD7DFFDCFF9DFD4BFE92FCC2FE3D" box="[739,806,373,399]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14" type="female">2 ♀♀</specimenCount>
, 
<specimenCount id="9D6AFD7DFFDCFF9DFC9CFE92FC85FE3D" box="[820,865,373,399]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14" type="male">1 ♂</specimenCount>
, 
<collectingMunicipality id="6BB7AC8EFFDCFF9DFCC6FE92FBF2FE3D" box="[878,1046,373,399]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Jiangsu Sheng</collectingMunicipality>
[“Prov. Kiangsu”], 
<location id="8EB3602FFFDCFF9DFB57FE92FA92FE3D" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:03C587E2FFDDFF9FFE4AFAABFCF2F8B5:8EB3602FFFDCFF9DFB57FE92FA92FE3D" box="[1279,1398,373,399]" latitude="32.2" longLatPrecision="727" longitude="119.43" municipality="Jiangsu Sheng" name="Zhenjiang" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Zhenjiang</location>
[“Chinkiang”], 
<geoCoordinate id="EE585033FFDCFF9DFEDBFE7FFE04FE01" box="[371,480,408,435]" direction="north" orientation="latitude" pageId="13" pageNumber="14" precision="555" value="32.2">32.20° N</geoCoordinate>
, 
<geoCoordinate id="EE585033FFDCFF9DFE44FE7FFD86FE01" box="[492,610,408,435]" direction="east" orientation="longitude" pageId="13" pageNumber="14" precision="555" value="119.43">119.43° E</geoCoordinate>
, 
<date id="FFD21034FFDCFF9DFDC7FE7FFC86FE00" box="[623,866,408,435]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14" value="1918-04-24" valueMax="1918-05-01" valueMin="1918-04-24">
<collectingDate id="EF96E9DCFFDCFF9DFDC7FE7FFC86FE00" box="[623,866,408,435]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14" value="1918-04-24" valueMax="1918-05-01" valueMin="1918-04-24">24 Apr.–1 May 1918</collectingDate>
</date>
(IZCAS) (
<bibRefCitation id="EFFD4B05FFDCFF9DFC48FE7FFB76FE00" author="Takeuchi K." box="[992,1170,408,434]" journalOrPublisher="Notes d'Entomologie Chinoise" pageId="13" pageNumber="14" pagination="463 - 486" part="7" refString="Takeuchi K. 1940. Chinese sawflies and woodwasps in the collection of the Musee Heude in Shanghai. Notes d'Entomologie Chinoise 7: 463 - 486." title="Chinese sawflies and woodwasps in the collection of the Musee Heude in Shanghai" type="journal article" year="1940">Takeuchi 1940</bibRefCitation>
; 
<bibRefCitation id="EFFD4B05FFDCFF9DFB36FE7EFAF3FE00" author="Maa T." box="[1182,1303,408,435]" journalOrPublisher="Chinese Journal of Zoology" pageId="13" pageNumber="14" pagination="30 - 42" part="3" refString="Maa T. 1949. A synopsis of Chinese sawflies of the superfamily Megalodontoidea (Hymenoptera). Chinese Journal of Zoology 3: 30 - 42." title="A synopsis of Chinese sawflies of the superfamily Megalodontoidea (Hymenoptera)" type="journal article" year="1949">Maa 1949</bibRefCitation>
; images for re-identification provided by Yang Ganyan);
</materialsCitation>
<materialsCitation id="3B043CA9FFDCFF9DFD46FE5CFCB0FDAE" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="1699357633" collectingDate="2014-04-10" collectionCode="CSCS" collectorName="Liu Ting &amp; Yu Xinjie" elevation="1140" latitude="30.343" location="Kaishan Laodian, Tianmushan, Lin'an" longLatPrecision="72" longitude="119.435" municipality="Zhejiang Province" pageId="13" pageNumber="14" specimenCode="CSCS14012, DEI- GISHym 30882" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-female="1" typeStatus="paratype">
<specimenCount id="9D6AFD7DFFDCFF9DFD46FE5CFCFDFE64" box="[750,793,443,470]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14" type="female">1 ♀</specimenCount>
, 
<collectingMunicipality id="6BB7AC8EFFDCFF9DFC8FFE5CFBE5FE67" box="[807,1025,443,469]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Zhejiang Province</collectingMunicipality>
, 
<location id="8EB3602FFFDCFF9DFBA3FE5CFEEAFE4A" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:03C587E2FFDDFF9FFE4AFAABFCF2F8B5:8EB3602FFFDCFF9DFBA3FE5CFEEAFE4A" latitude="30.343" longLatPrecision="72" longitude="119.435" municipality="Zhejiang Province" name="Kaishan Laodian, Tianmushan, Lin'an" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Kaishan Laodian, Tianmushan, Lin’an</location>
, 
<geoCoordinate id="EE585033FFDCFF9DFEB0FE38FE76FE4B" box="[280,402,479,505]" direction="north" orientation="latitude" pageId="13" pageNumber="14" precision="55" value="30.343">30.343° N</geoCoordinate>
, 
<geoCoordinate id="EE585033FFDCFF9DFE34FE39FDFBFE4B" box="[412,543,478,505]" direction="east" orientation="longitude" pageId="13" pageNumber="14" precision="55" value="119.435">119.435° E</geoCoordinate>
, 
<quantity id="4C949B11FFDCFF9DFD82FE38FD64FE4B" box="[554,640,479,505]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.14" pageId="13" pageNumber="14" unit="m" value="1140.0">
<elevation id="0041D1C7FFDCFF9DFD82FE38FD64FE4B" box="[554,640,479,505]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.14" pageId="13" pageNumber="14" unit="m" value="1140.0">1140 m</elevation>
</quantity>
alt., 
<date id="FFD21034FFDCFF9DFD1FFE38FCABFE4B" box="[695,847,479,505]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14" value="2014-04-10">
<collectingDate id="EF96E9DCFFDCFF9DFD1FFE38FCABFE4B" box="[695,847,479,505]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14" value="2014-04-10">10 Apr. 2014</collectingDate>
</date>
, 
<collectorName id="26995322FFDCFF9DFCF1FE39FC58FE4A" box="[857,956,478,504]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Liu Ting</collectorName>
and 
<collectorName id="26995322FFDCFF9DFC59FE38FB84FE4A" box="[1009,1120,478,505]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Yu Xinjie</collectorName>
leg., 
<specimenCode id="DBCA9E8FFFDCFF9DFB36FE38FAD6FE4B" box="[1182,1330,479,505]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">CSCS14012</specimenCode>
, 
<specimenCode id="DBCA9E8FFFDCFF9DFA94FE38FE9CFDAE" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">DEI- GISHym 30882</specimenCode>
(specimen used for barcoding) (CSCS);
</materialsCitation>
<materialsCitation id="3B043CA9FFDCFF9DFCF4FDE5FE42FDD0" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="1699357651" collectingDate="2016-04-14" collectionCode="CSCS" collectorName="Liu Mengmeng &amp; Chen Zhiwei" elevation="1110" latitude="30.343" location="Li Zejian" longLatPrecision="72" longitude="119.435" municipality="Li Zejian" pageId="13" pageNumber="14" specimenCode="CSCS16143, DEI-GISHym 30883" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-female="1" typeStatus="paratype">
<specimenCount id="9D6AFD7DFFDCFF9DFCF4FDE5FC6CFDAE" box="[860,904,514,540]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14" type="female">1 ♀</specimenCount>
, same locality, 
<quantity id="4C949B11FFDCFF9DFBEAFDE5FB7DFDAE" box="[1090,1177,514,540]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.1099999999999999" pageId="13" pageNumber="14" unit="m" value="1110.0">
<elevation id="0041D1C7FFDCFF9DFBEAFDE5FB7DFDAE" box="[1090,1177,514,540]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.1099999999999999" pageId="13" pageNumber="14" unit="m" value="1110.0">1110 m</elevation>
</quantity>
alt., 
<date id="FFD21034FFDCFF9DFB7DFDE5FA96FDAE" box="[1237,1394,514,540]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14" value="2016-04-14">
<collectingDate id="EF96E9DCFFDCFF9DFB7DFDE5FA96FDAE" box="[1237,1394,514,540]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14" value="2016-04-14">14 Apr. 2016</collectingDate>
</date>
, 
<collectingMunicipality id="6BB7AC8EFFDCFF9DFF15FDC2FEC8FD8D" box="[189,300,549,575]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Li Zejian</collectingMunicipality>
, 
<collectorName id="26995322FFDCFF9DFE9FFDC2FE09FD8D" box="[311,493,549,575]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Liu Mengmeng</collectorName>
and 
<collectorName id="26995322FFDCFF9DFD8DFDC2FD59FD8D" box="[549,701,549,575]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Chen Zhiwei</collectorName>
leg., 
<specimenCode id="DBCA9E8FFFDCFF9DFD55FDC2FC75FD8D" box="[765,913,549,575]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">CSCS16143</specimenCode>
, 
<specimenCode id="DBCA9E8FFFDCFF9DFC34FDC2FB75FD8D" box="[924,1169,549,575]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">DEI-GISHym 30883</specimenCode>
(specimen used for barcoding) (CSCS).
</materialsCitation>
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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<paragraph id="8BD336F4FFDCFF9DFF15F86FFA93F85B" blockId="13.[189,1399,1928,2026]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">
<emphasis id="B918EAE6FFDCFF9DFF15F86FFEEFF810" bold="true" box="[189,267,1928,1954]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Fig. 4.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="4C6C4D77FFDCFF9DFEBAF86FFCFEF810" authority="Blank, Shinohara &amp; Wei" authorityName="Stephan M. Blank &amp; Katja Kramp &amp; David R. Smith &amp; Yuri N. Sundukov &amp; Meicai Wei &amp; Akihiko Shinohara" authorityYear="2017" box="[274,794,1928,1955]" class="Insecta" family="Xyelidae" genus="Megaxyela" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="13" pageNumber="14" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="fulvago" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B918EAE6FFDCFF9DFEBAF86FFE16F810" box="[274,498,1928,1954]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Megaxyela fulvago</emphasis>
Blank, Shinohara &amp; Wei
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A22B579DFFDCFF9DFC89F86EFC9FF811" box="[801,891,1929,1955]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
<emphasis id="B918EAE6FFDCFF9DFC2AF86FFC73F810" bold="true" box="[898,919,1928,1954]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">A</emphasis>
. Habitus lateral (♀, DEI-GISHym 5752, NSMT). 
<emphasis id="B918EAE6FFDCFF9DFE81F84BFED9F874" bold="true" box="[297,317,1964,1990]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">B</emphasis>
. Metatarsus lateral (♀, 5752, NSMT). 
<emphasis id="B918EAE6FFDCFF9DFCA7F84CFCA3F877" bold="true" box="[783,839,1963,1989]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">C–D</emphasis>
. Metatarsus lateral/ventral (♂, holotype, 5236, CSCS). 
<emphasis id="B918EAE6FFDCFF9DFEB3F828FEAAF85B" bold="true" box="[283,334,1999,2025]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">E–F</emphasis>
. Habitus dorsal/lateroventral (♂, holotype, 5236, CSCS). 
<emphasis id="B918EAE6FFDCFF9DFC40F828FC1BF85B" bold="true" box="[1000,1023,1999,2025]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">G</emphasis>
. Head frontal (♂, 5239, NSMT).
</paragraph>
</caption>
<subSubSection id="C376657FFFDFFF9FFF15FEECFDD4FE20" lastPageId="15" lastPageNumber="16" pageId="14" pageNumber="15" type="description">
<paragraph id="8BD336F4FFDFFF9EFF15FEECFEAAFE97" blockId="14.[189,334,267,293]" box="[189,334,267,293]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">
<heading id="D09B8198FFDFFF9EFF15FEECFEAAFE97" bold="true" box="[189,334,267,293]" fontSize="11" level="2" pageId="14" pageNumber="15" reason="2">
<emphasis id="B918EAE6FFDFFF9EFF15FEECFEAAFE97" bold="true" box="[189,334,267,293]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Description</emphasis>
</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BD336F4FFDFFF9EFF42FEDDFEA1FEE6" blockId="14.[189,1399,314,730]" box="[234,325,314,340]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">
<heading id="D09B8198FFDFFF9EFF42FEDDFEA1FEE6" bold="true" box="[234,325,314,340]" fontSize="11" level="2" pageId="14" pageNumber="15" reason="6">
<emphasis id="B918EAE6FFDFFF9EFF42FEDDFEA1FEE6" bold="true" box="[234,325,314,340]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Female</emphasis>
</heading>
</paragraph>
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COLOR. Body red brown with black-and-white pattern, black parts partly with bronze tinge (
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). Head and thorax red brown (specimen 30882 with diffuse transverse stripe on vertex – artifact?), posterior half of metanotum and ventral half of metepisternum infuscate. Scape red brown, pedicel black, flagellum dark brown. Abdomen in dorsal view black with continuous white bands laterally on terga 2–4, each 0.15–0.20 × as wide as tergal width, tergum 8 with narrower lateral white band, ventral portions of terga 2–4 and 8 completely white, terga 5–6 narrowly and tergum 7 broadly white along ventral margin, terga 9+10 brown with small dark spot dorsolaterally. Sterna white. Valvifer 2 and valvula 3 red brown, membrane between valvifer 2 and valvula 3 pale (
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). Fore and mid legs pale red brown. On hind leg, coxa red brown, infuscated laterally in middle and dorsally, trochanter and trochantellus pale red brown, femur brown dorsally and red brown ventrally, tibia and tarsus brown. Wings weakly yellow stained, venation and pterostigma yellow brown.
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MORPHOLOGY. Body 11.4–13.0 mm, fore wing 
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long. POL: OOL: OCL = 1.0: 2.2–2.4: 2.2–2.3. Interantennal distance 1.0–1.1 × as wide as distance between torulus and eye margin, malar space 0.4–0.5 × as wide as interantennal distance. Eye 1.3–1.4 × as long as wide, frons at dorsal edge of antennal toruli 1.7–1.8 × as wide as maximum diameter of eye. Synantennomere 3 
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, filament 
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, with 8–9 articles.Article 3 of maxillary palp 
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long. Ovipositor sheath 
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long, valvula 3 1.9–2.3 × as long as wide. On hind leg, femur 4.9–5.0 mm, tibia 5.6–6.0 mm, tarsus 
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, tarsomere 1 4.5–5.1 × as long as wide, longer distal spur of tibia 0.70 × as long as tarsomere 1, subapical tooth of claw stout and little shorter than apical tooth (
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; similar to 
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: fig. 4D). Face and vertex with areolate surface microsculpture, dull, interantennal area and frons above antennal toruli with scattered, shallow, 50 µm large pits (similar to 
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), gena weakly coriarious, shining. Mesoscutum and mesoscutellum homogeneously areolate. Mesepisternum weakly coriarious and shining, with scattered pits. Metatarsomere 1 dorsally and dorsolaterally very sparsely setose, ventrally and ventrolaterally densely setose, setae 150–200 µm long ventrally (
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). Pulvilli absent on article 1 of metatarsus, present on articles 3–4, presence ambiguous for article 2, on article 4 pulvillus 50 µm long. Basal and medial sections of valvula 3 of ovipositor sheath convex dorsally, almost straight ventrally, preapical section concave on dorsal and ventral edge, medial to preapical section of dorsal margin with setae up to 200 µm long, ventral margin with setae up to 100 μm long (
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). Ovipositor about 
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long, weakly curved ventrally, valvula 1 and valvula 2 with bulbous areas in middle, without ctenidia (
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). Valvula 
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distal 0.7 with very narrowly spaced, subparallel, straight, vertical annuli, ventral margin in distal 0.3 bearing small serrulae. Valvula 
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distal 0.6 with narrowly spaced annuli, distal 0.3 of dorsal edge of valvula 1 with small denticles.
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<emphasis id="B918EAE6FFDFFF9EFF42F9EEFECEF991" bold="true" box="[234,298,1545,1571]" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Male</emphasis>
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COLOR. Similar to female (
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). Metepimeron red brown or predominantly infuscate. Ventral portions of terga 5–7 predominantly white. Subgenital plate and genitalia red brown. On hind leg, coxa sometimes completely black laterally, trochanter and trochantellus red brown, femur black dorsally and medially, dark red brown ventrally and laterally, tibia and tarsus black (
<figureCitation id="13572A71FFDFFF9EFBAAF970FB67F903" box="[1026,1155,1687,1713]" captionStart="Fig. 4" captionStartId="13.[189,232,1928,1954]" captionTargetBox="[189,1399,660,1886]" captionTargetId="figure@13.[189,1399,660,1886]" captionTargetPageId="13" captionText="Fig. 4. Megaxyela fulvago Blank, Shinohara &amp; Wei sp. nov. A. Habitus lateral (♀, DEI-GISHym 5752, NSMT). B. Metatarsus lateral (♀, 5752, NSMT). C – D. Metatarsus lateral / ventral (♂, holotype, 5236, CSCS). E – F. Habitus dorsal / lateroventral (♂, holotype, 5236, CSCS). G. Head frontal (♂, 5239, NSMT)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/1042673/files/figure.png" pageId="14" pageNumber="15">Fig. 4C–D</figureCitation>
).
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MORPHOLOGY. Body 
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, fore wing 
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long. POL: OOL: OCL = 1.0: 1.6–1.7(– 1.9): 1.7–1.9(–2.0). Interantennal distance 0.9–1.1 × as long as distance between torulus and eye margin, malar space 0.5 × as wide as interantennal distance. Eye 1.3–1.4 × as long as wide, frons at dorsal edge of antennal toruli 1.6–1.8 × as wide as maximum diameter of eye. Synantennomere 3 (3.6–)4.0– 
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, filament 1.0– 
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and with 8–9 articles (one male with left filament 
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long, 6 articles, right filament 1.0 mm long, 8 articles). Article 3 of maxillary palp 0.4–0.5 μm long. On hind leg, femur 
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, tibia 
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, tarsus (3.8–) 
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, tarsomere 1 4.9–5.5 × as long as wide, longer distal spur of tibia 0.60 × as long as tarsomere 1. Claws and microsculpture similar to female (
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).
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Subgenital plate bluntly pointed at apex. Valviceps of penis valve distally parabolically rounded, basal 0.3 of upper side expanded to a round lobe coiled laterally, medial 0.3–0.8 of upper edge shallowly convex, with numerous small teeth. Distal 0.7 of valviceps with long setae, most dense in medial lower portion of valviceps (
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).
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<emphasis id="B918EAE6FFDEFF9FFF15FE5DFECBFE66" bold="true" box="[189,303,442,468]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Remarks</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B918EAE6FFDEFF9FFF15FE0DFE47FDB6" box="[189,419,490,516]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Megaxyela fulvago</emphasis>
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is most similar to 
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<emphasis id="B918EAE6FFDEFF9FFCACFE0DFC7CFDB1" box="[772,920,490,515]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">M. gigantea</emphasis>
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regarding color and structure. In both species, terga 2–4 are extensively white on the dorsolateral and ventral portion. This pattern is absent in 
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<emphasis id="B918EAE6FFDEFF9FFF76FDD4FE98FDFE" box="[222,380,562,588]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">M. euchroma</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A22B579DFFDEFF9FFE2FFDD5FE01FDFE" box="[391,485,562,588]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
and in most of the Nearctic species. White is present on the dorsal side of only terga 
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<taxonomicName id="4C6C4D77FFDEFF9FFE3BFDB0FE1EFDC2" authorityName="Shinohara" authorityYear="1992" box="[403,506,598,624]" class="Insecta" family="Xyelidae" genus="Megaxyela" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="parki">
<emphasis id="B918EAE6FFDEFF9FFE3BFDB0FE1EFDC2" box="[403,506,598,624]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">M. parki</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
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<emphasis id="B918EAE6FFDEFF9FFDA2FDB0FD6AFDC2" box="[522,654,598,624]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">M. pulchra</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A22B579DFFDEFF9FFD3FFDB0FD10FDC3" box="[663,756,599,625]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
and 
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<emphasis id="B918EAE6FFDEFF9FFC98FDB0FC5CFDC2" box="[816,952,598,624]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">M. togashii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, as well as in the Nearctic 
<taxonomicName id="4C6C4D77FFDEFF9FFAA8FDB0FA8BFDC2" authorityName="Det. D. Burdick" baseAuthorityName="Cresson" baseAuthorityYear="1880" box="[1280,1391,599,624]" class="Insecta" family="Xyelidae" genus="Megaxyela" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="major">
<emphasis id="B918EAE6FFDEFF9FFAA8FDB0FA8BFDC2" box="[1280,1391,599,624]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">M. major</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. 
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<emphasis id="B918EAE6FFDEFF9FFF15FD9DFE45FD26" box="[189,417,634,660]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Megaxyela fulvago</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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and 
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<emphasis id="B918EAE6FFDEFF9FFDE5FD9CFD3BFD26" box="[589,735,635,660]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">M. gigantea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
share the dull, minutely areolate and shallowly pitted face. A rugose surface structure is absent from the frons, which has been observed in the other East Asian species. 
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<emphasis id="B918EAE6FFDEFF9FFEC5FD25FDA9FD6E" box="[365,589,706,732]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Megaxyela fulvago</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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and 
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<emphasis id="B918EAE6FFDEFF9FFD41FD24FC9CFD6E" box="[745,888,707,732]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">M. gigantea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are primarily discriminated by color: head, prothorax and mesothorax are completely red brown in 
<taxonomicName id="4C6C4D77FFDEFF9FFCCEFD00FC0CFCB3" authority="Stephan M. Blank &amp; Katja Kramp &amp; David R. Smith &amp; Yuri N. Sundukov &amp; Meicai Wei &amp; Akihiko Shinohara, 2017" authorityName="Stephan M. Blank &amp; Katja Kramp &amp; David R. Smith &amp; Yuri N. Sundukov &amp; Meicai Wei &amp; Akihiko Shinohara" authorityYear="2017" box="[870,1000,743,769]" class="Insecta" family="Xyelidae" genus="Megaxyela" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="fulvago" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B918EAE6FFDEFF9FFCCEFD00FC0CFCB3" box="[870,1000,743,769]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">M. fulvago</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A22B579DFFDEFF9FFC5BFD00FBB7FCB3" box="[1011,1107,743,769]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
, but these parts bear an extensive dark brown to black pattern in 
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<emphasis id="B918EAE6FFDEFF9FFD1AFCEBFCA7FC97" box="[690,835,780,805]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">M. gigantea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. The antennal filament of females is longer in 
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<emphasis id="B918EAE6FFDEFF9FFF15FCD7FED9FCFB" box="[189,317,815,841]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">M. fulvago</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A22B579DFFDEFF9FFEEDFCC8FE44FCFB" box="[325,416,815,841]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
(
<quantity id="4C949B11FFDEFF9FFE19FCC8FDEAFCFB" box="[433,526,815,841]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.1" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" unit="mm" value="1.1">1.1 mm</quantity>
) than in 
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<emphasis id="B918EAE6FFDEFF9FFDDEFCD7FCE1FCFB" box="[630,773,816,841]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">M. gigantea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<quantity id="4C949B11FFDEFF9FFCBDFCC8FC91FCFB" box="[789,885,815,841]" metricMagnitude="-4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="8.0" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" unit="mm" value="0.8">0.8 mm</quantity>
), and sometimes it is subdivided into fewer articles in 
<taxonomicName id="4C6C4D77FFDEFF9FFE9DFCB3FE50FCDF" authority="Stephan M. Blank &amp; Katja Kramp &amp; David R. Smith &amp; Yuri N. Sundukov &amp; Meicai Wei &amp; Akihiko Shinohara, 2017" authorityName="Stephan M. Blank &amp; Katja Kramp &amp; David R. Smith &amp; Yuri N. Sundukov &amp; Meicai Wei &amp; Akihiko Shinohara" authorityYear="2017" box="[309,436,851,877]" class="Insecta" family="Xyelidae" genus="Megaxyela" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="fulvago" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B918EAE6FFDEFF9FFE9DFCB3FE50FCDF" box="[309,436,851,877]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">M. fulvago</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A22B579DFFDEFF9FFE12FCB3FDF0FCDC" box="[442,532,852,878]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
(
<specimenCount id="9D6AFD7DFFDEFF9FFD8FFCB4FDD9FCDF" box="[551,573,851,877]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">♀</specimenCount>
: 8–9; 
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: usually 8–9) than in 
<taxonomicName id="4C6C4D77FFDEFF9FFC3DFCB3FBC6FCDF" authorityName="Mocsary" authorityYear="1909" box="[917,1058,852,877]" class="Insecta" family="Xyelidae" genus="Megaxyela" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="gigantea">
<emphasis id="B918EAE6FFDEFF9FFC3DFCB3FBC6FCDF" box="[917,1058,852,877]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">M. gigantea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<specimenCount id="9D6AFD7DFFDEFF9FFB9DFCB4FBAFFCDF" box="[1077,1099,851,877]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">♀</specimenCount>
: 9; 
<specimenCount id="9D6AFD7DFFDEFF9FFBDCFCB3FB6AFCDC" box="[1140,1166,852,878]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">♂</specimenCount>
: 9–10). The relative distance of POL: OOL: OCL differs weakly in males (1.0: 1.6–1.7[–1.9]: 1.7–1.9[–2.0] and 1.0: 1.8–2.0: 2.0–2.2, respectively). The metatarsomere 1 of males is 4.9–5.5 × as long as wide in 
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<emphasis id="B918EAE6FFDEFF9FFB51FC7BFA92FC07" box="[1273,1398,923,949]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">M. fulvago</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A22B579DFFDEFF9FFF15FC27FEF3FC68" box="[189,279,960,986]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
but 4.6–5.0 × in 
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<emphasis id="B918EAE6FFDEFF9FFE72FC27FD8CFC6B" box="[474,616,960,985]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">M. gigantea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. The female of 
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<emphasis id="B918EAE6FFDEFF9FFCB5FC27FC7FFC6B" box="[797,923,959,985]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">M. fulvago</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A22B579DFFDEFF9FFC09FC27FC1FFC68" box="[929,1019,960,986]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
falls into the range of variability of 
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<emphasis id="B918EAE6FFDEFF9FFF75FC03FE8FFC4F" box="[221,363,996,1021]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">M. gigantea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
regarding these two characters.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BD336F4FFDEFF9FFF15FBC1FD19FB63" blockId="15.[189,1399,1062,1233]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">
The COI sequences group the specimens identified as 
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<emphasis id="B918EAE6FFDEFF9FFCEAFBC0FC26FBF2" box="[834,962,1062,1088]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">M. fulvago</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A22B579DFFDEFF9FFC63FBC1FBC3FBF2" box="[971,1063,1062,1088]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
by morphology into a clade which is supported by a bootstrap of 97%. This clade additionally includes a specimen of 
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<emphasis id="B918EAE6FFDEFF9FFB49FBACFA8BFBD6" box="[1249,1391,1099,1124]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">M. gigantea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Supposedly this placement is an artefact caused by the short sequence length (261 bp) of this specimen. The maximum intraspecific variation within 
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<emphasis id="B918EAE6FFDEFF9FFD64FB74FCA8FB1E" box="[716,844,1170,1196]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">M. fulvago</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A22B579DFFDEFF9FFCFCFB74FC4BFB1F" box="[852,943,1171,1197]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
is 0.8%. 
<taxonomicName id="4C6C4D77FFDEFF9FFBB7FB75FAE3FB1E" authorityName="Shinohara" authorityYear="1992" box="[1055,1287,1170,1196]" class="Insecta" family="Xyelidae" genus="Megaxyela" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="togashii">
<emphasis id="B918EAE6FFDEFF9FFBB7FB75FAE3FB1E" box="[1055,1287,1170,1196]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Megaxyela togashii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is placed at a minimum pairwise distance of 7.6% (
<figureCitation id="13572A71FFDEFF9FFD0EFB51FD0AFB63" box="[678,750,1206,1233]" captionStart="Fig. 2" captionStartId="7.[189,232,1789,1815]" captionTargetBox="[189,1399,903,1752]" captionTargetId="figure@7.[189,1399,902,1756]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="Fig. 2. Phylogenetic hypothesis of Megaxyela Ashmead, 1898, based on a Maximum Likelihood analysis of the barcoding region (COI- 5 P) applying the the Jukes-Cantor model. Two specimens of Macroxyela ferruginea (Say, 1824) have been included as outgroup. See Material and Methods for details. Bootstrap values above 50 % are shown next to the concerning nodes. The labels of the individual specimens consist of species name, voucher number (for Megaxyela identical with the DEI-GISHym numbers used in the text, for Macroxyela GenBank accession number), sex (♀ for females, ♂ for males) or larva, country and province of origin, and sequence length." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/1042669/files/figure.png" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Fig. 2</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C376657FFFDEFF9FFF15FB1EFAE0FA5E" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" type="biology_ecology">
<paragraph id="8BD336F4FFDEFF9FFF15FB1EFAE0FA5E" blockId="15.[189,1399,1273,1516]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">
The specimens from Mount Yunshan were collected on a sunny day flying around birch trees with lots of catkins shedding pollen. Pollen feeding of adults is well known for 
<taxonomicName id="4C6C4D77FFDEFF9FFC44FAFAFBCBFA85" authorityName="Dalman" authorityYear="1819" box="[1004,1071,1309,1335]" class="Insecta" family="Xyelidae" genus="Xyela" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B918EAE6FFDEFF9FFC44FAFAFBCBFA85" box="[1004,1071,1309,1335]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Xyela</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species, which bear distally modified and usually extended maxillary palps (
<bibRefCitation id="EFFD4B05FFDEFF9FFD45FAA6FC77FAEE" author="Burdick D. J." box="[749,915,1345,1372]" journalOrPublisher="University of California Publications in Entomology" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" pagination="285 - 355" part="17" refString="Burdick D. J. 1961. A taxonomic and biological study of the genus Xyela Dalman in North America. University of California Publications in Entomology 17: 285 - 355." title="A taxonomic and biological study of the genus Xyela Dalman in North America" type="journal article" year="1961">Burdick 1961</bibRefCitation>
). A similar behavior is unknown for adult 
<taxonomicName id="4C6C4D77FFDEFF9FFF15FA82FE95FACD" authorityName="Ashmead" authorityYear="1898" box="[189,369,1381,1407]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Malvaceae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="subFamily" subFamily="Macroxyelinae">Macroxyelinae</taxonomicName>
. Although 
<taxonomicName id="4C6C4D77FFDEFF9FFE58FA81FDB9FACD" authorityName="Det. D. Burdick" baseAuthorityName="Cresson" baseAuthorityYear="1880" box="[496,605,1382,1407]" class="Insecta" family="Xyelidae" genus="Megaxyela" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="major">
<emphasis id="B918EAE6FFDEFF9FFE58FA81FDB9FACD" box="[496,605,1382,1407]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">M. major</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has been caught from catkins of willow (
<bibRefCitation id="EFFD4B05FFDEFF9FFBE8FA82FB08FA32" author="Bridwell J. C." box="[1088,1260,1381,1408]" journalOrPublisher="Entomological News and Proceedings of the Entomological Section of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" pagination="94" part="17" refString="Bridwell J. C. 1906. A second species of the hymenopterous genus Odontophyes Konow (Xyelidae). Entomological News and Proceedings of the Entomological Section of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 17 (3): 94." title="A second species of the hymenopterous genus Odontophyes Konow (Xyelidae)" type="journal article" year="1906">Bridwell 1906</bibRefCitation>
) and pollen has been identified from the intestine of two fossil 
<taxonomicName id="4C6C4D77FFDEFF9FFCA3FA6EFC5FFA11" authorityName="Ashmead" authorityYear="1898" box="[779,955,1417,1443]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Malvaceae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="subFamily" subFamily="Macroxyelinae">Macroxyelinae</taxonomicName>
species (
<bibRefCitation id="EFFD4B05FFDEFF9FFB8DFA6EFA8EFA16" author="Krasilov V. A. &amp; Rasnitsyn A. P." box="[1061,1386,1417,1444]" journalOrPublisher="[A unique find: Pollen in the intestine of early Cretaceous sawflies.] Paleontologicheskij Zhurnal [1982]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" pagination="83 - 96" part="4" refString="Krasilov V. A. &amp; Rasnitsyn A. P. 1982. Unikal'naja nahodka: pyl'ca v kishechnike rannemelovyh pilil'shhikov. [A unique find: Pollen in the intestine of early Cretaceous sawflies.] Paleontologicheskij Zhurnal [1982] (4): 83 - 96. [In Russian.]" title="Unikal'naja nahodka: pyl'ca v kishechnike rannemelovyh pilil'shhikov" type="journal article" year="1982">Krasilov &amp; Rasnitsyn 1982</bibRefCitation>
), 
<taxonomicName id="4C6C4D77FFDEFF9FFF15FA49FEDAFA7A" authorityName="Ashmead in Dyar" authorityYear="1898" box="[189,318,1454,1480]" class="Insecta" family="Xyelidae" genus="Megaxyela" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B918EAE6FFDEFF9FFF15FA49FEDAFA7A" box="[189,318,1454,1480]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Megaxyela</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is not specialized in pollen feeding but is facultatively palynivorous, because the labiomaxillar complex exhibits no particular modifications for the uptake of pollen as in 
<taxonomicName id="4C6C4D77FFDEFF9FFB3BFA35FAE5FA5E" authorityName="Newman" authorityYear="1834" box="[1171,1281,1490,1516]" class="Insecta" family="Xyelidae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subFamily" subFamily="Xyelinae">Xyelinae</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C376657FFFDEFF9FFF15F9F3FCF2F8B5" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="8BD336F4FFDEFF9FFF15F9F3FCF2F8B5" blockId="15.[189,1399,1556,1800]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">
<bibRefCitation id="EFFD4B05FFDEFF9FFF15F9F3FE9AF99C" author="Takeuchi K." box="[189,382,1556,1582]" journalOrPublisher="Notes d'Entomologie Chinoise" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" pagination="463 - 486" part="7" refString="Takeuchi K. 1940. Chinese sawflies and woodwasps in the collection of the Musee Heude in Shanghai. Notes d'Entomologie Chinoise 7: 463 - 486." title="Chinese sawflies and woodwasps in the collection of the Musee Heude in Shanghai" type="journal article" year="1940">Takeuchi (1940)</bibRefCitation>
and 
<bibRefCitation id="EFFD4B05FFDEFF9FFE12F9F2FDA1F99C" author="Maa T." box="[442,581,1556,1583]" journalOrPublisher="Chinese Journal of Zoology" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" pagination="30 - 42" part="3" refString="Maa T. 1949. A synopsis of Chinese sawflies of the superfamily Megalodontoidea (Hymenoptera). Chinese Journal of Zoology 3: 30 - 42." title="A synopsis of Chinese sawflies of the superfamily Megalodontoidea (Hymenoptera)" type="journal article" year="1949">Maa (1949)</bibRefCitation>
referred to the specimens of 
<taxonomicName id="4C6C4D77FFDEFF9FFC0BF9F2FBD6F99C" authorityName="Mocsary" authorityYear="1909" box="[931,1074,1557,1582]" class="Insecta" family="Xyelidae" genus="Megaxyela" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="gigantea">
<emphasis id="B918EAE6FFDEFF9FFC0BF9F2FBD6F99C" box="[931,1074,1557,1582]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">M. gigantea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
collected in “Chinkiang [= Zhenjiang], Prov. Kiangsu [= Jangsu Sheng]” deposited in the collection of the Musée Heude, Shanghai at that time. Major parts of this collection have been incorporated into IZCAS, Beijing (Yang Ganyan, personal communication). The two females and one male collected in “Chinkiang” in 1918 could be identified as 
<taxonomicName id="4C6C4D77FFDEFF9FFEFFF941FE3CF90D" authority="Stephan M. Blank &amp; Katja Kramp &amp; David R. Smith &amp; Yuri N. Sundukov &amp; Meicai Wei &amp; Akihiko Shinohara, 2017" authorityName="Stephan M. Blank &amp; Katja Kramp &amp; David R. Smith &amp; Yuri N. Sundukov &amp; Meicai Wei &amp; Akihiko Shinohara" authorityYear="2017" box="[343,472,1701,1727]" class="Insecta" family="Xyelidae" genus="Megaxyela" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="fulvago" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B918EAE6FFDEFF9FFEFFF941FE3CF90D" box="[343,472,1701,1727]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">M. fulvago</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A22B579DFFDEFF9FFE49F942FDDAF90D" box="[481,574,1701,1727]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
with help of photos kindly provided by Yang Ganyan. An additional female from “Chinkian” (
<date id="FFD21034FFDEFF9FFE42F92EFD9DF951" box="[490,633,1737,1763]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" value="1936-05-03">3 May 1936</date>
, E. Suenson leg.), which we identified as 
<taxonomicName id="4C6C4D77FFDEFF9FFBC8F92DFB0AF951" authorityName="Mocsary" authorityYear="1909" box="[1120,1262,1738,1763]" class="Insecta" family="Xyelidae" genus="Megaxyela" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="gigantea">
<emphasis id="B918EAE6FFDEFF9FFBC8F92DFB0AF951" box="[1120,1262,1738,1763]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">M. gigantea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
prior to the recognition of 
<taxonomicName id="4C6C4D77FFDEFF9FFEC2F909FE0DF8B5" authority="Stephan M. Blank &amp; Katja Kramp &amp; David R. Smith &amp; Yuri N. Sundukov &amp; Meicai Wei &amp; Akihiko Shinohara, 2017" authorityName="Stephan M. Blank &amp; Katja Kramp &amp; David R. Smith &amp; Yuri N. Sundukov &amp; Meicai Wei &amp; Akihiko Shinohara" authorityYear="2017" box="[362,489,1773,1799]" class="Insecta" family="Xyelidae" genus="Megaxyela" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="fulvago" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B918EAE6FFDEFF9FFEC2F909FE0DF8B5" box="[362,489,1773,1799]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">M. fulvago</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A22B579DFFDEFF9FFE58F909FDA9F8BA" box="[496,589,1774,1800]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
, is kept at INHS.
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