Polynema ( Polynema ) elongatum Soyka, 1956

Polynema ( Polynema) elongatum Soyka, 1956 View in CoL

Fig. 10 View Figure 10

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

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

Material examined.

China, Xinjiang: • 2 ♀♀, Hetian : 36°21'3"N, 81°27'03"E, 12.VII.2021, Zhulidezi Aishan et al., sweeping GoogleMaps ; • 1 ♀, 36°54'36"N, 81°24'35"E, 3. VIII. 2021, Zhulidezi Aishan et al., sweeping GoogleMaps ; • 1 ♀, Kashi , 39°24'35"N, 76°12'36"E, 8.VIII.2021, Zhulidezi Aishan et al., sweeping. (All in ICXU) GoogleMaps .

Diagnosis.

Female. Body length 860–910 μm ( n = 4). Body (Fig. 10 A View Figure 10 ) dark brown, scape and pedicel yellow, clava pale brown, petiole yellow, legs yellowish-brown. Antenna (Fig. 10 B View Figure 10 ) with scape smooth, longer than pedicel, 1.9–2.3 × as long as pedicel; clava with seven mps; pronotum with eight setae on each side along the anterior margin (Fig. 10 C View Figure 10 ); propodeum (Fig. 10 C View Figure 10 ) with a short median carina. Forewing (Fig. 10 D View Figure 10 ) 5.0 × as long as wide, the longest marginal seta as long as the greatest width of wing. Ovipositor (Fig. 10 E View Figure 10 ) exserted beyond apex of gaster by ~ 0.1 × its own total length; ovipositor 1.4–1.5 × length of metatibia.

Male. Unknown.

Hosts.

Unknown.

Distribution.

China ( Xinjiang); Netherlands.

Comments.

The specimens from Xinjiang have eight setae on each side along the anterior margin of the pronotum. Other, more or less similar, species typically have 4–6 such setae.