Sericocampsomeris flavomaculata Gupta & Jonathan 1989
Creators: name: Taylor, Christopher
name: Barthélémy, Christophe
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Scoliidae
Sericocampsomeris
Sericocampsomeris flavomaculata

description: Sericocampsomeris flavomaculata Gupta & Jonathan, 1989
Figs 2A–B, 9G, 13G, 17G, 21G, 25G, 29G, 33G, 37G, 39G, 40G, 41G, 42G
Sericocampsomeris flavomaculata Gupta & Jonathan, 1989: 55, figs 1–2 (holotype ZSI, ♂, type locality = Meghalaya, India).
Material examined
CHINA – Hong Kong • 1 ♂; Pak Sha O; 22°26′59″ N, 114°19′04″ E; 70 m; 7–13 Jun. 2004; C. Barthélémy leg.; Malaise trap, ref.: M018.C.Hy.17; CBC.
Description
Male
STANDARD RATIOS (n = 1). Genitalia were dissected and total length not acquired; CR: 1.25; OOR: 1.67; CLR: 0.58; MER: 1.01; OMR: 0.95; FRR: 1.68; MSR: 0.82; TER: 1.65.
HEAD. Head with clypeus broadly impunctate anteriorly and medially, densely punctate posteriorly (Fig. 17G); frontal spatium densely and finely punctate (Fig. 17G); frons moderately sparsely punctate, not distinctly impunctate in front of anterior ocellus, more densely punctate in ocellar sinuses; declivous part of vertex densely punctate (Fig. 21G); frontal spatium well defined posteriorly (Fig. 17G); frontal fissura present between anterior of frontal spatium and anterior ocellus; anterior ocellus distinctly larger than posterior ocelli and set in a shallow pit (Fig. 21G).
MESOSOMA. Dorsum of pronotum, mesoscutum and scutellum moderately densely punctate, punctures on mesoscutum becoming more widely separated medially, scutellum with narrow triangular impunctate region present posteriorly (Fig. 25G); metanotum and dorsolateral and median areas of propodeum densely and finely punctate with narrow sparsely punctate to impunctate medial band through both (Fig. 29G). Mesopleuron densely and finely punctate medially, broadly impunctate anteriorly and posteriorly; metapleuron largely impunctate; lateral panel of propodeum moderately but finely impunctate. Scutellum and metanotum without median longitudinal carina (Fig. 29G). Dorso-median area of propodeum without distinct tubercule medially (Fig. 29G).
METASOMA. Metasoma with distinct angle between anterior and ventral faces of S 2 in lateral view (Fig. 33G); tergites uniformly and moderately punctate, punctures more widely spaced on disc of T2 and T3 (Figs 33G, 37G). T2 with no basal elevation (gradulus) (Fig. 37G).
WINGS. Fore wing with two submarginal cells and two recurrent veins; second recurrent vein reaching submarginal cell. Fore wing with short setae mainly in the marginal and first submarginal cells.
COLOUR AND VESTITURE. Integument mostly black (Figs 9G, 13G), with scapula yellow; metasoma with broad yellow bands across apical margins of T1–T5 (very faint yellowish band also visible on T6), those of T1, T2 and T5 occupying more than half tergite length (Figs 9G, 33G, 37G); band on T5 broadly interrupted medially, those on remaining tergites constricted medially and may be narrowly interrupted; lateral triangular yellow patches also present on S2–S6 (Fig. 33G). Vestiture on head, mesosoma and metasomal segments 1–5 mostly white with apical fringes of T4 and T5 partially black (Figs 9G, 13G), vestiture on T6 black, that on T7 and S6 and S7 interspersed pale (off-white or pale reddish) or black. Wings yellowish.
GENITALIA. Ventral side of paramere mostly glabrous, a few setae on the lateral side (Fig. 40G), dorsal side with dense long setae on most of its surface (Fig. 39G, 41G); volsella and cuspis volsellaris with sparse setae on entire surfaces (Figs 40G, 42G); volsella bearing a few sensory cones on basal margin (Fig. 42G) and a narrow lamella on inner margin (Fig. 39G). External margin of paramere moderately angled medially, rounded apically (Figs 39G, 40G); aedeagus with six teeth, the first apical teeth much reduced, serrated margin substraight, (Fig. 42G).
Distribution (Fig. 2A–B)
Nepal; India (Meghalaya), * China (Hong Kong). [Gupta & Jonathan 1989].
Notes
This species was not listed by Osten (2005). The identity of this specimen with Sericocampsomeris flavomaculata has been confirmed by comparison with a photograph of the holotype supplied by P. Girish Kumar (Zoological Survey of India). This species has previously been recorded in northeastern India (Meghalaya State) and Nepal, and its collection in Hong Kong represents a significant increase in range.
In its bright yellow rather than reddish-yellow maculations and overall robust habitus, S. flavomaculata is readily distinguished from other Sericocampsomeris species known from China (Liu et al. 2021a, 2021b). Unfortunately, the female of this species remains unknown. Sericocampsomeris has been included in our key based on females of other species of the genus but the provided details require confirmation.
description: Published as part of Taylor, Christopher & Barthélémy, Christophe, 2021, A review of the digger wasps (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Scoliidae) of Hong Kong, with description of one new species and a key to known species, pp. 1-92 in European Journal of Taxonomy 786 (1) on pages 20-21, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607, http://zenodo.org/record/5817778