Polynema ( Polynema )? elegantissimum Soyka, 1956

Polynema ( Polynema)? elegantissimum Soyka, 1956 View in CoL

Fig. 9 View Figure 9

Polynema elegantissima Soyka, 1956: 48–49. View in CoL

Polynema elegantissimum Soyka View in CoL : Trjapitzin 1978: 536.

Material examined.

China, Xinjiang: • 1 ♀, Hetian , 36°54'36"N, 81°24'35"E, 3.VIII.2021, Zhulidezi Aishan et al., sweeping GoogleMaps ; • 1 ♀, Ruoqiang , 38°40'05"N, 87°18'16"E, 29.VII.2021, Zhulidezi Aishan et al., sweeping. (All in ICXU) GoogleMaps .

Diagnosis.

Female. Body length 700–800 μm ( n = 2). Body (Fig. 9 A View Figure 9 ) dark brown, scape and pedicel yellow, clava dark brown, petiole yellowish-brown, legs pale brown. Antenna (Fig. 9 B View Figure 9 ) with scape smooth, clava longer than combined length of three preceding flagellomeres, with eight mps. Mesoscutum (Fig. 9 C View Figure 9 ) with indistinct reticulate sculpture. Propodeum (Fig. 9 C View Figure 9 ) without a median carina. Forewing (Fig. 9 D View Figure 9 ) with longest marginal seta 0.9–1.3 × as long as the greatest width of the wing; forewing with hypochaeta extending to posterior margin of forewing. Metacoxa (Fig. 9 E View Figure 9 ) and petiole in lateral view subequal in length. Ovipositor (Fig. 9 E View Figure 9 ) exserted from gastral gaster by 0.1 × its own total length.

Male. Unknown.

Hosts.

Unknown.

Distribution.

China ( Xinjiang); Greece, Netherlands.

Comments.

The features of these tentatively identified specimens from Xinjiang are similar to those described by Soyka (1956); however, there are differences between them, as follows: the body color in the specimens from Xinjiang is dark brown whereas Soyka described his specimens as pale yellow-brown (however, that could be due to slide-mounting); the clava length is longer than the combined length of F 1 – F 3 and also longer than the combined length of F 4 – F 6 in our specimens, whereas in Soyka’s description, the length of the clava is shorter than the combined length of F 1 – F 3 and slightly shorter than the combined length of F 4 – F 6.