Portschinskia gigas, (PORTSCHINSKY, 1901)

PORTSCHINSKIA GIGAS ( PORTSCHINSKY, 1901) View in CoL

Microcephalus gigas Portschinsky, 1901: 414 . Type locality: Russia: Khabarovsk region, Bureinsky ridge (‘Bureja’ from labels of the holotype).

Portschinskia gigas View in CoL : Grunin (1965: 53); Zumpt (1965: 192); Soós & Minář (1986: 245); Colwell et al. (2006: 262).

Diagnosis: Postpronotal lobe with black setae in anterior half and yellow setae in posterior half. In male, abdomen with yellow setae anteriorly and reddish setae on the last two segments, and in female the abdomen with black setae anteriorly followed by yellow setae on the last two segments. Wing hyaline.

Redescription: Male: Body length 18.1 mm; wing length and width 14.5 mm × 5.0 mm (N = 1). Large compound eye, height relative to head ≥ 1/2 ( Grunin, 1965: 53). Antennal pedicel longer than broad, with a distinct concavity in the middle of the distal margin ( Fig. 5C View Figure 5 ). Hair-like setae on frons and facial ridge dark brown or black ( Fig. 5C View Figure 5 ), on presutural area of scutum, anepisternum and scutellum yellow, and on postalar callus and on meron dark brown or black. Postpronotal lobe with black setae in anterior half and yellow setae in posterior half. Abdomen with yellow setae anteriorly, reddish setae on the last two segments ( Figs 1C View Figure 1 , 3C View Figure 3 ). Wing hyaline; vein M strongly curved after dm-cu; cell r +

4

5 closed with a short petiole ( Fig. 9C View Figure 9 ).

Female: Differing from the male as follows: body length 20 mm; wing length and width 17.4 mm × 6.5 mm (N = 1). Width of frons ~1/3 width of head in dorsal view. Abdomen with black setae anteriorly followed by yellow setae on the last two segments ( Grunin, 1965: 53).

Type material examined: Lectotype of Microcephalus gigas (designated by Grunin 1965: 53): ♂ [head missing], RUSSIA: Khabarovsk region, Bureinsky ridge at the lower Amur River, 1858, Radde leg. ( ZIN) . Paralectotype: one ♀ [abdomen missing], RUSSIA: Khabarovsk region, Bureinsky ridge at the lower Amur River, [no date, probably 1858], Radde leg. ( ZIN) .