Gilpinia Benson 1939
Creators: name: Wang, Hannan
name: Smith, David R.
name: Xiao, Wei
name: Niu, Gengyun
name: Wei, Meicai
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Diprionidae
Gilpinia

description: Key to the Chinese species of Gilpinia Benson
(females; examined species are marked with *)
1. Inner spur of hind tibia scale like......................................................................... 2
- Inner spur of hind tibia simple........................................................................... 4
2. Annuli 2 and 3 divergent downwards (Fig. 2B); pronotum entirely yellow; only posterior margin of mesoscutellum black. China (Heilongjiang), Finland ....................................................... * G. fennica (Forsius, 1911)
- Annuli 2 and 3 parallel (Figs. 2A, C); pronotum yellow with black marks; both anterior and posterior margins of mesoscutellum black............................................................................................ 3
3. Serrulae 3–5 broader than the ctenidium bear them (Fig. 2A); head with a dark band on ocellar area, not reaching inner margins of eyes; apical margin of clypeus straight; ocellar area with 3 small brownish marks; pronotum pale with anterior margin black. China (Inner Mongolia)............................................... G. baiyinaobaoa G. Xiao & X. Huang, 1985
- Serrulae 3–5 equal to the ctenidium bear them (Fig. 2C); head with a dark band on ocellar area, reaching inner margins of eyes; apical margin of clypeus slightly incised; ocellar area without brownish marks; pronotum black with lateral corners pale. China (Heilongjiang, Jilin), Siberia, Europe.................................................... * G. virens (Klug, 1812)
4. Head black at least between ocellar area and toruli........................................................... 5
- Head pale with black at most on ocellar area above toruli..................................................... 10
5. Head black at least above toruli, but dorsally more or less pale.................................................. 6
- Head black with labrum, clypeus, supraclypeal area and dorsal margin of head more or less pale....................... 8
6. Scape, pedicel and flagellomere 1 black and each basally pale; lateral mesoscutal lobe black with anterior and lateral margins pale; mesoscutellum pale with a central longitudinal black line; legs whitish yellow. Lancet in Fig. 2E. China (Sichuan, Yunnan)................................................................ G. yongrenica G. Xiao & X. Huang, 1984
- Scape and pedicel pale, flagellomere 1 black; lateral mesoscutal lobe black with lateral margins pale; mesoscutellum pale with posterior margin black; legs yellow with black marks or dirty yellow............................................. 7
7. Pectus, lower anterior margin of mesepisternum, lower mesepimeron, and most of metepimeron black; legs yellow with black marks; lancet with basal annuli straight, subparallel (Smith 1974: Fig. 1). China (Fujian), Thailand ................................................................................................... * G. marshalli (Forsius, 1931)
- Pectus, mesepisternum, mesepimeron, metepimeron pale; legs dirty yellow. Lancet with basal annuli curved, annuli 1 and 2 distinctly divergent (Fig. 2F). China (Heilongjiang)............................. G. pinicola G. Xiao & X. Huang, 1985
8. Body entirely black; wings strongly smoky; lancet with 11 distinct annuli; length of basal ctendium to lancet apex about 2.0× maximum width of lancet; maximum length of annulus 2 about 2.1× minimum; annulus 1 narrow and about 0.4× length of annulus 2 (Fig. 2H). China (Jiangxi).......................................... * G. infuscalae Wang & Wei, sp. nov.
- Body black with pale marks; wings transparent; lancet with 9 or 10 distinct annuli; length of basal ctendium to lancet apex at least 2.5× maximum width of lancet; maximum length of annulus 2 at most 1.6× minimum; annulus 1 about at least 0.7× length of annulus 2 (Fig. 2D, G).......................................................................... 9
9. Head black with labrum and ventral margin of clypeus yellow; median mesoscutal lobe and mesoscutellum black; legs yellow, coxae, trochanters and femora basally dark brown, tibiae basally more or less whitish; annuli 2 and 3 divergent downwards, annulus 1 about 0.7× length of annulus 2 (Fig. 2G). China (Heilongjiang), Japan (Hokkaido)......... G. tohi Takeuchi, 1940
- Head black with labrum, clypeus, supraclypeal area and dorsal margin of head pale; median mesoscutal lobe black with posterior lateral margin pale, mesoscutellum black with a central horizontal pale band; coxae and trochanters black, tarsi, hind femur and apex of tibiae reddish brown, tibiae basally yellow; annulus 2 parallel with 3, annulus 1 about 1.1× length of annulus 2 (Fig. 2D). China (Anhui)................................................... * G. massoniana G. Xiao, 1992
10. Annulus 1 with a distinct serrula (Fig. 2 I)................................................................. 11
- Annulus 1 without serrula (Figs. 2 J-M)................................................................... 12
11. Body reddish brown; ocellar area with a short dark band; mesoscutellum, central part of pronotum and most of lateral mesoscutal lobes black (median mesoscutal lobes sometimes with black triangular marks); tergum 1 black. Lancet in Fig. 2 I. China (Gansu).................................................................... * G. tabulaeformis G. Xiao, 1992
- Body yellowish brown; ocellar area pale without black marks; pronotum, median mesoscutal lobe, lateral mesoscutal lobe and tergum 1 pale; mesoscutellum black. China (Hebei).............................. G. funingensis Wen, Sun & Li, 1991
12. Ctenidium 1 broken at middle (Fig. 2M); lateral mesoscutal lobe entirely pale. China (Anhui, Guangxi).......................................................................................* G. lipuensis G. Xiao & X. Huang, 1985
- Ctenidium 1 entire; lateral mesoscutal lobe pale with dark marks or entirely black................................. 13
13. Annuli 1 and 2 straight and parallel (Fig. 2J); body yellow; mesoscutellum entirely pale; sheath with lateral margin of scopa slenderly protruding. China (Yunnan).................................................. * G. hebedentata Xu, 1997
- Annuli 1 and 2 curved and divergent downwards (Fig. 2K, L); body reddish brown, mesoscutellum entirely black or pale with posterior margin black; sheath with lateral margin of scopa more or less flat...................................... 14
14. Annuli 1 and 2 distinctly divergent ventrally, basal serrulae acute (Fig. 2K); labrum black; flagellomeres dorsally reddish brown, ventrally black; dorsal mesonotum mostly pale, median mesoscutal lobe pale, both lateral mesoscutal lobes with central longitudinal dark stripes; mesoscutellum with posterior margin black. China (Yunnan).................................................................................................. G. jinghongensis G. Xiao & X. Huang, 1984
- Annuli 1 and 2 weakly divergent ventrally, basal serrulae truncate (Fig. 2L); labrum reddish brown; flagellomeres black; dorsal mesonotum mostly black; both median mesoscutal lobe with posterior dark marks; lateral mesoscutal lobes and mesoscutellum entirely black. China (Yunnan, Guizhou)......................................* G. jingxii G. Xiao & X. Huang, 1984
description: Published as part of Wang, Hannan, Smith, David R., Xiao, Wei, Niu, Gengyun & Wei, Meicai, 2019, Gilpinia infuscalae Wang & Wei, sp. nov. and a key to the Chinese Gilpinia species (Hymenoptera: Diprionidae), pp. 589-596 in Zootaxa 4571 (4) on page 591, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4571.4.11, http://zenodo.org/record/10072942