Philoctetes mongolicus
Creators: name: Rosa, Paolo
name: Wei, Na-Sen
name: Notton, David
name: Xu, Zai-Fu
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Chrysididae
Philoctetes
Philoctetes mongolicus

description: Philoctetes mongolicus (du Buysson, 1901)
(Figs 2 A–2F)
Ellampus horvathi var. mongolicus du Buysson, 1901: 98. Lectotype, ♂, designated by Móczár 1967: 186); Mongolia: North Mongolia (NHMW) (examined).
Ellampus horwathi (!) var. mongolicus: du Buysson 1911: 219; Bischoff 1913: 8.
Ellampus (Notozus) cupratus Mocsáry, 1911: 443. Holotype ♀; Kyrgyzstan: Naryn (HNHM) (examined), nom. praeocc., nec Mocsáry, 1889. Syn. nov.
Notozus mongolicus: Tsuneki 1948: 116, 128.
Omalus (Notozus) mongolicus: Trautmann, 1927: 29; Linsenmaier 1959: 16, 23.
Philoctetes mongolicus: Rosa et al. 2014: 33.
Material examined. KYRGYZSTAN: 1♀, Turkestan Almásy 1906 // Naryn // cupratus Mocs. typ. det. Mocsáry // Typus cupratus Mocs. // Holotypus ♀ cupratus Mocsáry (L.D. French) // 134901 HNHM Hym.coll. MONGOLIA: 1♀: N. Mongolei Leder 92, Ellampus Horvathi Mocs. var. mongolicus Buyss. var. nov. R. du Buysson det. 1901, ♂, Lectotype v. mongolicus Buysson det. L. Móczár (NHMW); 2♀♀: N. Mongolei Leder 92, Ellampus Horvathi Mocs. var. mongolicus Buyss. var. nov. R. du Buysson det. 1901 ♂, Paralectotype v. mongolicus Buysson det. L. Móczár (NHMW). MONGOLIA: 1♀, SE Mongolia, 200 km SSE Baruun-Urt Moltsoy Els, 1250m, 27.VII.2007, M. Kadlecová (PRC), 1♂, Mongolia, 50 km N Ulaanbaatar riv. E of Mandal, 1180 m, 8–13.VIII.2007, M. Kadlecová (PRC). CHINA: 2♀♀, Inner Mongolia, Helanshan (38°53'39"N 105°59'32"E), 30.VII.2010, J. Zeng (SCAU); 1♀, same place, 31.VII.2010, C-j. Yan (SCAU); 1 ♀, same place, 31.VII.2010, H-f. Chai (SCAU); 1♀, same place, 3.VIII.2010, J. Zeng (SCAU); 1♀, same place, 10.VIII.2010, C-j. Yan (SCAU); 1♀, Hebei, Xiaowutaishan Nature Reserve (40°0'47"N 115°3'32"E), 20–23.VIII.2005, J-x. Liu & L-q. Weng (SCAU). PAKISTAN: 2♀♀, South Pakistan, [Gilgit-Baltistan] Mush Bar (Dalti), 9.IX.1954, Klapperich (NMLS).
Diagnosis. Philoctetes mongolicus (du Buysson, 1901) is similar to P. horvathi (Mocsáry, 1889) for general habitus and red colouration. However, it can be easily separated from the latter by: metanotum distinctly projected backward with apex U-shaped (Fig. 2 C) (conical to slightly projected in P. horvathi); apex of T3 with deep median notch (Fig. 2 F) (shallow in P. horvathi); colouration on head and mesosoma with large black areas (Figs 2 A–2C) (uniform in P. horvathi); tegula metallic red (Figs 2 A, 2C, 2D) (without metallic reflection in P. hovathi).
Distribution. China (Inner Mongolia, Hebei, Shanxi), Kyrgyzstan, Russia and Mongolia (Rosa et al. 2014), Pakistan (new record).
Remarks. P. mongolicus was erroneously included into the genus Elampus (= Notozus) due to its distinct metanotal projection (Fig. 2 C). However, the metanotal projection is also present in other Philoctetes species (e. g. P. putoni (du Buysson)). Kimsey & Bohart (1991: 256) placed P. mongolicus under P. horvathi, even if Tsuneki (1948) and Linsenmaier (1959) already considered it as a valid species. Type examination has also confirmed that Ellampus (Notozus) cupratus Mocsáry, 1911 is a junior synonym of P. mongolicus (du Buysson). E. cupratus was listed in the check-list of the genus Elampus by Kimsey & Bohart (1991: 167), but also considered as Philoctetes in the general discussion (Kimsey & Bohart 1991: 254). E. cupratus was described based on a specimen from Naryn (Kyrgyzstan), therefore P. mongolicus appears widely distributed from China and Mongolia to Russia (Trautmann 1927).
description: Published as part of Rosa, Paolo, Wei, Na-Sen, Notton, David & Xu, Zai-Fu, 2015, The genus Philoctetes Abeille de Perrin, 1879 from China, with description of two new species (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae), pp. 433-444 in Zootaxa 4040 (4) on pages 436-438, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4040.4.3, http://zenodo.org/record/233986