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Taiwanomyrme impressus Chen 1957

Description

Taiwanomyrme impressus (Chen, 1957)

(Figs 2B, D, F, 3C–D, 7)

Smicromyrme impressa (!) Chen 1957: 178 (key), 186, ♂ [holotype, ♂, "Kuling [Guling, Jiangxi], 18.ix.1934, O. Piel" (Heude Museum, Shanghai)].

Taiwanomyrme impressa (!): Lelej 1996: 6, ♂; 2005: 76.

Diagnosis. MALE. Clypeus preapically with short transversely concave area. Both carinae on scape well developed, distance between carinae more than 0.5 × scape width; flagellomere 1 slightly longer than flagellomere 2. Metasomal tergum 2 posteriorly and tergum 3 with band of dense yellow setae. Felt line on tergum 2 about 3 × as long as that on sternum 2. Volsellar cuspis apex with short sparse setae; penial valve apically hook-like. Head and metasoma black; mesosoma ferruginous-red, except sterna and inferior part of mesopleuron black; legs black. Body length 10.0– 15.3 mm. FEMALE unknown.

Material examined. CHINA: Fujian, Wuyishan, 7.IX.1989, Wang Jiashe, 1♂, No. 964046 [ZJUH]; Wuyishan, 1.X.1989, Wang Jiashe, 1♂, No. 964294 [ZJUH]; Jiangxi, Guling, VIII.1936, 3 ♂, O. Piel, Nos. 34023241, 34023244, 34023245 [SEMS]; Sichuan, Emeishan, 8.VIII.1980, He Junhua, 1♂, No. 802912 [ZJUH].

Distribution. China (Jiangxi and newly recorded from Fujian and Sichuan).

Remarks. It is quite possible that the above three males collected at the type locality by O. Piel are paratypes of Smicromyrme impressus Chen.

Notes

Published as part of Tu, Bin-Bin, Lelej, Arkady S. & Chen, Xue-Xin, 2015, Review of the genus Taiw ano my rme Tsuneki, 1993 (Hymenoptera, Mutillidae, Mutillinae), with description of two new species from China, pp. 588-600 in Zootaxa 4020 (3) on page 591, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4020.3.10, http://zenodo.org/record/245481

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Biodiversity

Family
Mutillidae
Genus
Taiwanomyrme
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Hymenoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Chen
Species
impressus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Taiwanomyrme impressus Chen, 1957 sec. Tu, Lelej & Chen, 2015

References

  • Chen, C. - W. (1957) A revision of the velvety ants or Mutillidae of China. Quarterly Journal of the Taiwan Museum, 10 (3 - 4), 135 - 224.
  • Lelej, A. S. (1996) To the knowledge of the East Asian species of tribe Trogaspidiini Bischoff, 1920 (Hymenoptera, Mutillidae) with description of eight new genera and two new species. Far Eastern Entomologist, 30, 1 - 24.