Pamphilius qinlingicus Wei, 2010

Pamphilius qinlingicus Wei in Xin & Wu, 2010: 11.

Specimens examined. Gansu Province: ♀ (holotype), “Xiaolongshan, Dangchuan Linchang, 2009. 6. 1, Ma Hai- Yan, 1700m alt., E. 106°08'03.2” N.34°21'41.3” “ Holotype, Pamphilius qinlingicus Wei, 2010 ” (CSCS). Zhejiang Province: 12♂, Kaishan Laodian, 1150m, Tianmushan, 10. IV. 2014, A. Shinohara (NSMT); 1♂, same data but 14. IV. 2014 (NSMT); 2♂, same data but 15. IV. 2014 (NSMT); 3♂, same data but 12. IV. 2015 (NSMT); 1♀, “Longquan, Fengyangshan, Shangyuqiao, Alt. 1638m, N. 27°53.064' E.119°10.436', 2009. iv. 23, Nie Shuai-Guo” (CSCS). Shaanxi Province: 16♂, Kaitianguan, 2000m, 34.00N 107.51E, Mt. Taibaishan, Qinling Mts., 21. V. 2005, A. Shinohara (NSMT); 3♂, same data but 23. V. 2005 (NSMT); 19♂, same data but 24. V. 2005 (NSMT); 13♂, same data but 27. V. 2005 (NSMT); 5♂, same data but 30. V. 2005 (NSMT); 8♂, same data but 1. VI. 2005 (NSMT); 1♂, same data but 29. V. 2006 (NSMT); 1♀, same data but 30. V. 2006 (NSMT); 1♂, same data but 31. V. 2006 (NSMT); 1♂, same data but 2. VI. 2007 (NSMT); 1♀, “Jialingjiang, Yuantou, 2007. V. 26, Zhu Xun, E. 106°59.026' N.34°13.177', altitude: 1570 m ” (CSCS); 1♀, “Zhouzhi, 2009. 5. 5, Wang Pei-Xin” (CSCS).

Distribution. China (Gansu, Shaanxi, Zhejiang [new record]).

Host plant. Unknown.

Remarks. Xin & Wu (2010) listed nine names of Pamphiliidae with “Wei sp. nov. ” Of these, eight are unavailable manuscript names because only names and collection records were given. However, for P. qinlingicus, a comparison with a related species, P. foveatus Shinohara, Dong & Naito, 1998, from Yunnan, China, was made and distinguishing characters were noted in addition to the collection record of one female specimen. Pamphilius qinlingicus Wei, 2010, is an available and valid taxon. The specific epithet of this species is apparently after Qinling Mountains in Shaanxi Province and the distribution of the species is “Shaanxi (Qinling), Gansu (Xiaolongshan)” (Xin & Wu 2010, p.11), though the only specimen listed (holotype) is from Gansu Province. Wei’s comments (in Xin & Wu 2010, p.11; original in Chinese) read: “This species is very similar to P. foveatus Shinohara, Dong et Naito, but [in P. qinlingicus] the mesoscutellum is black, the abdominal terga 2–4 are white, the short diameter of the eye is about 2.4 times the length of the malar space, the cell C of the forewing is smooth and glabrous, and the two species are different.”

Pamphilius qinlingicus differs from P. foveatus as follows: In P. qinlingicus, the mesoscutellum is entirely black, the tibiae are black on apical 1/4–1/3, the cell C of the forewing is usually entirely glabrous (rarely sparsely pilose), and the abdomen has the 2nd to 4th terga, the anterolateral parts of the 5th tergum and the 2nd to 4th sterna usually entirely creamy white, whereas in P. foveatus, the mesoscutellum is largely marked with yellow, the cell C of the forewing is pilose, the tibiae are blackish only at the extreme apices, and the abdomen has the 3rd and 4th terga orange above and the 2nd laterotergite and the 3rd and 4th sterna largely orange or pale yellow. This is the first record of P. qinlingicus from Zhejiang Province.