Minagenia fulvifemoralis Ji et Ma, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Ji, Xiao-Ling
name: Li, Chong-Yang
name: Ma, Li
name: Li, Qiang
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Pompilidae
Minagenia
Minagenia fulvifemoralis

description: Minagenia fulvifemoralis Ji et Ma, sp. nov.
(Figs 1–21)
Diagnosis. The new species clearly differs from similar Minagenia montisdorsa Dreisbach, 1953 and other congeners by combination of characters: pronotum anteriorly not vertical; gonostylus stout, with long setae apically and medially, inner margin with right angle and long setae medially (Figs 18, 19); mid and hind femorae reddish-brown.
Description. Female (Figs 1–7). Body length 5.5–7.0 mm. Clypeus slightly elevated, anterior border nearly truncate medially (Fig. 1), with dense, small punctures; labrum shortly produced, anterior border slightly convex; mandible apically bidentate (Fig. 1); frontal line shiny, reaching to median frons (Fig. 1), frons and vertex with dense, small punctures; ocelli in right triangle (Fig. 2), ocellar area slightly elevated; A3 three times longer its width; ratio POD: OOD: Od: OCD = 10: 5: 4: 6; HW: HL = 35: 27; relative length in dorsal view of A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A8, A11, A12 = 10, 5, 11, 11, 10, 8, 7, 8.
Ratio length pronotum and mesoscutum medially = 3: 7, pronotum with dense, small punctures, posterior margin of pronotum slightly angulate medially; mesoscutum with dense, small punctures, parapsids nearly complete, reaching close to pronotum; relative length scutellum, metanotum, metapostnotum and propodeum medially = 12, 5, 5, 25, scutellum elevated, with dense small punctures; metanotum as long as metapostnotum (Fig. 3), metanotum with dense small punctures; metapostnotum transversally striate, anterior and posterior border medially almost parallel, distinctly longer than laterally, posterad nearly arcuate (Fig. 3); propodeum densely punctate, without line (Fig. 3). Second and third radiomedial veins convex and parallel (Fig. 4), Cu of fore wing reaching apical margin (Fig. 4). Relative length fore, mid and hind femur/tibia = 54/48, 65/60, 90/96; claws symmetric, bifid, inner teeth obliquely truncate (Fig. 7); tarsal segment 5 beneath without spines.
Metasoma not petiolate, sternum 2 without transverse furrow; sternum 6 strongly compressed, with a distinct longitudinal ridge ventrally (Fig. 6).
Black; mandible apically reddish-brown, labial and maxillar palpi brown, scape ventrally with yellowish stripe, fore coxae apically pale yellowish-brown, mid and hind femorae reddish-brown, inner side of mid tibia and basal half of hind tibia inconspicuously brown. Head, mesosoma, metasoma and legs with short whitish setae, metasomal sternum 6 with long, whitish setae.
Male (Figs 8–21). Differs from female by follows: body length 6.0 mm. A1, A2 and fore tarsus mostly brown, fore femora apically, fore tibia and fore tarsus fulvous, hind femora except apical part reddish-brown. Propodeum with long whitish setae. Head as in Figs 8, 9. A1 carinate beneath; ratio POD: OOD: Od: OCD = 8: 5: 3: 4; HW: HL = 5: 4; relative length of A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A8, A12, A13 = 9, 4, 9, 9, 9, 9, 7, 9. Relative length pronotum and mesoscutum medially = 15: 32; parapsids fine, near complete; relative length scutellum, metanotum, metapostnotum, and propodeum medially = 15, 6, 6, 26; propodeum with shiny inconspicuous longitudinal median line (Fig. 10). Wing as in Figs 11, 12. Relative length fore, mid and hind femur/tibia = 45/32, 50/50, 72/80; fore claws asymmetric (Figs 13, 14), inner claw bifid (Fig. 13); mid and hind claws symmetric, mid claws bifid (Fig. 15), hind claws simple (Figs 16, 17). Metasomal sternum 7 strongly compressed; gonostylus stout, with long setae apically and medially, inner margin with right angle and long setae medially (Figs 18, 19); hypopygium (sternum 8) with tuft of long setae (Figs 20, 21).
Material examined: Holotype: ♀, CHINA: Yunnan: Puer City, Simao County; 20. ix. 2007, coll. Xueyan Shi. Paratypes: 1♀, CHINA: Yunnan: Puer City, Simao County, 14. ix. 2007, coll. Xueyan Shi; 1♀, Puer City, Simao County; 30. ix. 2007, coll. Xueyan Shi; 1♂, Xishuangbanna Prefecture, Mengla County, Yao Town, 8. v. 2005, coll. Peng Wang; 1♂, Dehong Prefecture, Yingjiang County, Tongbiguan Town, Sanhe Village, 2. v. 2013, coll. Xiaoling Ji.
Distribution. China (Yunnan).
Etymology. The specific name fulvifemoralis is derived from Latin fulvus, reddish-brown, and femoralis, femur, with reference to reddish-brown mid and hind femorae.
description: Published as part of Ji, Xiao-Ling, Li, Chong-Yang, Ma, Li & Li, Qiang, 2014, A new species of Minagenia Banks, 1934 (Hymenoptera, Pompilidae) from China, with the key to species, pp. 585-589 in Zootaxa 3795 (5) on pages 586-588, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3795.5.8, http://zenodo.org/record/228369