Asicimbex eous Yan &amp; Yan &amp; Deng &amp; Wei 2022, comb. nov.
Creators: name: Yan, Yu-Chen
name: Yan, Wen-Long
name: Deng, Tie-Jun
name: Wei, Mei-Cai
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Hymenoptera
Cimbicidae
Asicimbex
Asicimbex eous

description: Asicimbex eous (Semenov, 1935) comb. nov. Fig. 6 Agenocimbex eoa Semenov, 1935, 15. 9-11. Material examined. 1 female, &amp;YAcy;&amp;kcy;o&amp;vcy;&amp;lcy;o&amp;vcy;&amp;kcy;&amp;acy; &amp;Scy;&amp;tscy;&amp;acy;&amp;scy;. &amp;ucy;. &amp;Ucy;&amp;scy;&amp;scy;&amp;rcy;, &amp;kcy;&amp;rcy;, 23 May 1926, &amp;Dcy;&amp;hardcy;&amp;yacy;&amp;kcy;o&amp;ncy;&amp;vcy; &amp;Fcy;&amp;icy;&amp;lcy;&amp;icy;&amp;ncy;&amp;pcy;&amp;hardcy;&amp;iecy;&amp;vcy;; <i>Agenocimbex eoa</i> Sem., &amp;female;, Gussakovskij, det.; <i>Asicimbex eous</i> (Semenov, 1935), Det. M.C. Wei, 2022 (Fig. 6K) (NHRS). Diagnosis. <i>A. eous</i> (Semenov, 1935) is close to <i>A. maculotegularis</i> Yan &amp; Wei sp. nov., but differs from the latter by the following characters: tegula entirely yellow brown; the lateral side of the first abdominal tergum black; the 4th abdominal tergum with a large middle black macula; the middle and hind tibiae yellowish brown; the middle of first abdominal tergum not produced; the female lancet with 55 serrulae, distance between the middle serrulae 2.6 × basal breadth of serrulae. Description. <b>Not type, female.</b> Body length 16-18 mm (Fig. 6A). <b> <i>Color</i>.</b> Head brown, dorsum with a quadrate black macula covering ocellar area, frons, inner half of inner orbit, lateral and middle foveae, clypeus and mouthparts largely yellow brown (Fig. 6D), antenna dark reddish brown (Fig. 6C); thorax black, pronotum largely, tegula, mesoscutellum, dorsum of metascutellum, posterior half of mesepisternum and of katepimeron, posterior stripe of metapleuron yellowish brown (Fig. 6H); abdomen yellowish brown, dorsal side of terga 1-3 black, broad middle macula on tergum 4 black and laterally yellow brown, tergum 5 yellow brown except for a small triangular macula at middle anteriorly, lateral part of terga 6-8 dark brown, pale macula at middle of terga 6-8 of gradually shortened (Fig. 6M); fore wing smoky, outer margin of fore wing without narrow smoky maculae, cells 3Rs, 2M, 3M, 1Cu, 2Cu and 2A largely subhyaline, veins and pterostigma pale brown; hind wing very feebly infuscate; legs largely yellowish brown, middle and hind coxae, trochanters and femora largely black (Fig. 6A). <b> <i>Head</i>.</b> Dorsum of head with minute punctures, clypeus smooth, with strong luster (Fig. 6B, D). Clypeus elevated, anterior margin roundly incised; labrum small and triangular, slightly longer than broad; malar space 2 × diameter of middle ocellus; postocellar area 2.1 × broader than long, middle furrow weak; lateral furrows distinct, divergent backwards; POL: OOL: OCL = 3: 5: 6; head behind eyes weakly enlarged (Fig. 6B). Antenna 1.4 × head breadth, club breadth 2.3 × apical breadth of antennomere 3, club length 1.2 × as long as antennomere 3 (Fig. 6C), antennomere 3 as long as longest axis of eye. <b> <i>Thorax</i>.</b> Mesonotum densely punctured (Fig. 6I); scutellum strongly elevated, sparsely and minutely punctured, with a broad and deep longitudinal furrow occupying middle 1/4; mesepisternum above carina densely punctured mixed with microsculptures, oblique carina on mesopleuron sharp, mesepimeron largely polished, shiny (Fig. 6H); cenchri narrow, distance between inner margin of cenchri 2.5 × the longest axis of a cenchrus (Fig. 6I). <b> <i>Abdomen</i>.</b> Abdominal tergum 1 minutely punctured mixed with microsculptures, without lateral smooth patch; lateral carina obtuse, anterior corner blunt but distinct, posterior corner roundish; posterior margin with broad and deep incision, bottom round (Fig. 6I, M); middle process of sternum 7 narrow and triangular, basal breadth about 1/6 breadth of sternite 7; lance long and slender, subapical annuli clearly broadened, total length of annuli 5 × height of 13th annulus, first annulus 1.8 × as high as broad (Fig. 6L); lancet with 56 annuli and 55 serrulae (Fig. 6L), middle serrulae weakly narrowed toward truncate apex, each side with 4-5 large subbasal teeth, distance between middle serrulae 2.6 × basal breadth of serrulae (Fig. 6N). <b>Male.</b> Unknown. Distribution. Russia (Ussuri, Vladivostok). Host plant. Unknown.
description: Published as part of <i>Yan, Yu-Chen, Yan, Wen-Long, Deng, Tie-Jun &amp; Wei, Mei-Cai, 2022, Asicimbex Yan, Deng &amp; Wei, a new genus with eight new species and four new combinations (Hymenoptera, Cimbicidae), pp. 265-308 in Journal of Hymenoptera Research 91</i> on page 265, DOI: 10.3897/jhr.91.83710