Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica, 31 (3): 617- 620 (July, 2006) ISSN1000(cid:1)0739 动物分类学报 ON THE GENUS CASIPTERYX TAEGER (HYMENOPTERA, TENTHREDINIDAE) WITH DESCRIPTION OF A NEWSPECIES FROM CHINA WEI Mei(cid:1)Cai CentralSouthForestry University, Changsha(cid:1) 410004, China; weimc@126. com Abstract(cid:1) Anew species of Casipteryx Taeger isdescribed fromSichuan, China: Casipteryx maculatina sp. nov. The new speciesdiffers fromthe twoknownspeciesof the genusin the supra(cid:1)antennal tubercles, scape, pedicel, basal half of the third antennalsegment, anterior half of clypeus, dorsal side of each mandible, tegulae and the third abdominal tergite reddish yellow, the forewing with a narrow infuscate cross band below stigma, cell 2Rs longer than 1R1 and 1Rs together, lateral furrowsof postocellararea deep, flagellumlonger than headbreadth, the distance betweeneyesbelowas longas height of an eye, and the tergitesof abdomenwithdistinctmetallicbronze tinge. The genericcharactersof Casipteryx Taegerareredefined basedonresearch on the three known species of the genus. Akey to species of the genus isprovided. The type specimen is depositedinInsectCollection of CentralSouth ForestryUniversity, Changsha, China. Key words(cid:1) Hymenoptera, Tenthredinidae, Casipteryx, newspecies, China. (cid:1) (cid:1) Casipteryx Taeger is a very small sawfly genus occipital carina developed and complete, lateral erected by A. Taeger in 1991 based on a single furrows of frons distinct; eyes medium(cid:1)sized, distance specimen of Allantus roborowskyi Jakovlev collected in between them below as long as or slightly longer than Tibet, China, which is the only specimen for the height of an eye, inner margins strongly convergent species till then. Nie and Wei (1997) described the downwards; supraclypeal suture absent; supra(cid:1) second species of the genus from North China and also antennal tubercles strongly protruding, distance the unknown male of Casipteryx roborowskyi between antennal sockets slightly broader than shortest (Jakovlev) from Sichuan. Thethirdspecies of the rare breadth of inner orbit; frons flat; antenna short and sawfly genus is described here. Based on new material stout, slightly longer than head width, pedicel longer the generic characters of Casipteryx Taeger are than broad, third segment much longer than fourth redefined and a keytoknown species is alsoprovided. segment, outer side of 4th(cid:1)9th segments with a distinct The distributionpatternof the genus is Pattern (cid:2) furrow; breadth of anterior lobe of pronotum more 4of the Eastern Asian Pattern (Wei and Nie, 1997). than 4 times diameter of an ocellus and with a sharp The typespecimen isdeposited in InsectCollection submarginal carina, dorsal(cid:1)lateral carina of pronotum of Central South Forestry University, Changsha, also quitedistinct; ventral sides of prepleura (cervical China. sclerites) meet broadly, ventral side of mesepisternum with a thorn, katepimeron with a deep fovea; Casipteryx Taeger, 1991 metepimeron small and narrow, without appendage; Casipteryx Taeger, 1991. Entomol. Abh. Mus. Tierk., 54 (3): 72. mesoscutellum elevated, usually with an acute peak; Type species: Allantus roborowskyi: Jakovlev cenchri small, distancebetweenthem2 timesas longas 1887. Original designation. breadth of a cenchrus (CD= 2); metascutellum with a Diagnosis. Bodyrobust. Clypeus and labrumflat, short but quite broad anterior basin; first tergite of clypeus emarginated, labrum very short and abdomen elevatedandstrongly shiningwith averyfine transverse, truncated or emarginated on anterior middlesuture; inner tibial spur of front leg broad and margin; malar space as longas diameter of an ocellus; furcated; hindtibiadistinctlylonger thanfemur andas each mandible with 5(cid:1)6 teeth, right mandible with a long as tarsus, apical spurs about half as long as dorsal tooth; mentum and palpi very short, labial basitarsus, basitarsus as long as following3 tarsomeres palpus stout and maxillary palpus slender; head together; claw cleft, inner tooth shorter than outer broader than long and weakly elongated behind eyes, ThisresearchwassupportedbytheNational ScienceFoundationofChina(30371166, 30571504), alsopartlysupportedbyFOK YINGTUNG EducationFoundation(81023) andTrans(cid:1)centuryTrainingProgrammeFoundationfor Talents, EducationMinistryofChina (2003). Received20 Feb. 2006, accepted11 May2006. 617 (cid:1) (cid:1)6(cid:1)18(cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) ActaZootaxonomica Sinica动物分类学报(cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) Vol. 31(cid:1) No. 3 tooth, basal lobe absent; vein cu(cid:1)a in forewing joining mandible, tegulae and third abdominal tergite reddish yellow; forewingwith a narrow infuscate cross bandbelow stigma, cell 2Rs cell 1M at its basal 1/3, anal cell with a short and longerthan1R1 and1Rstogether; lateral furrowsofpostocellar area erectcross vein; anal cell in hind wing sessile, cell M deep; flagellum longer thanheadbreadth; tergites of abdomenwith much shorter than cell Rs; each annulus of lancetwith distinctmetallicbronze tinge; distancebetweeneyes belowas long as 2pores; penisvalvesimple; hindwingin male without heightofaneye C. maculatina sp. nov. Antenna, clypeus, dorsal side of mandible black, third tergite of marginal vein; headand thorax denselypunctured. abdomenyellow white; forewing without infuscate cross band, cell Distribution. China. 2Rsshorter than1R1 and1Rs together; lateral furrows of postocellar Goulet(1996) briefly discussed the relationships areaquiteshallowandindistinct; flagellumshorterthanheadbreadth; among the genera of Tenthredinini and merged many tergitesofabdomenwithoutbronzetinge; distancebetweeneyesbelow longerthanheightofaneye 2 genera into the jumbo genus Tenthredo L. In my 2. Head distinctlynarrowed behind eyes and the inner orbits distinctly opinion his analysis on the monophyletic groups and protruding in dorsal view; clypeus with two acute processes and lineages in Tenthredinini was too simplified, and without rounded lateral lobe; anterior margin of labrum truncate; mostly just a guess. It is too early to say or to do thirdantennal segment shorter than following 2 segments together; bodyhairs about 2 times as long as diameter of anocellus; cell 2M anything about the position of many genera related to longer than broad; stigma black and narrow, 3 times longer than Tenthredo before thorough investigations on the broad; ventral side of mesepisternum with an acute thorn, morphology and cladistic phylogeny of the tribe mesoscutellumstrongly elevatedwithacute peak; head dorsally and Tenthredinini being undertaken. Tenthredo is really thoraxcoarsely and densely punctuated without shining interspaces; secondtergite of abdomenwithout white spot laterally; serrulae flat toolarge for anything. It is a better choice at present with23(cid:1)25fineteeth C. roborowskyi (Jakovlev) to retain those genera, such as Jermakia, Propodea, Headdistinctlydilatedbehindeyesandtheinnerorbitsnot protruding Casipteryx, Metallopeus andPeus, etc.. indorsalview; clypeuswithoutacuteprocessesbutwithroundedlateral This genus is endemic to China at present. Three lobes; anterior margin of labrum incised; third antennal segment longer than following 2 segments together; body hairs shorter than species have been described including the new species diameter of anocellus; cell 2M as long as broad; stigma pale and described herein. They can be easily recognized using broad, about2timeslongerthanbroad; ventralsideofmesepisternum thefollowing key. withanobtusethorn, mesoscutellumweaklyelevated, apexnot quite acute; headdorsallyandthoraxdenselypunctuatedwithfine shining Keytospecies of the genus Casipteryx Taeger inter spaces; second tergite of abdomen with a large white spot 1. Supra(cid:1)antennal tubercles, scape, pedicel, basal half of the third laterally; serrulaeobliquewith12fineteeth antennal segment, anterior half of clypeus, dorsal side of each C. stigma Nieet Wei Figs. 1(cid:1)5. Casipteryx maculatina sp. nov. 1. Headindorsalview. 2. Clypeusandlabrum. 3. Mesepisternuminlateral view. 4. Sheathinlateralview. 5. The8th(cid:1)9th serrulae. July, 2005 魏美才: 沟角叶蜂属分类研究 (膜翅目, 叶蜂科) 并记一新种 619 (cid:1) Casipteryx maculatina sp. nov. (Figs. 1(cid:1)6) mostly of each leg, anterior side of front femur mostly, apices of middle and hind femora, each tibia !. Body length 10(cid:2)5mm. Black, abdominal mostly and tarsus yellow brown; wings sub(cid:1)hyaline, tergites with distinct metallic bronze tinge; supra(cid:1) forewing with a narrow infuscate cross band below antennal tubercles, scape, pedicel, basal half of the stigma, vein C and stigma mostly pale brown, other third antennal segment, anterior half of clypeus, veins and extremebaseofstigma brownishblack. Body dorsal side of each mandible, tegulae and third hairs silvery. abdominal tergite reddish yellow; second trochanter Figs. 6(cid:1)8. Adult. 6. Casipteryx maculatina sp. nov. 7. Casipteryx stigma Nie et Wei. 8. Casipteryx roborowskyi (Jakovlev, 1887). (cid:1) (cid:1) Headin dorsal view as in Fig. 1; head distinctly deep middle furrow, hind apex of prescutum quite and roundly narrowed behind eyes, inner orbits acute; mesoscutellum strongly elevated with an acute slightly protruding; clypeus with two acute processes, peak; posttergite slightly elevated with an obtuse anterior margin of labrum shallowly incised (Fig. 2); middlecarina; mesepisternumstronglyconvexinlower postocellar area weakly elevated, longer than broad, part, its ventral side with an acute thorn (Fig. 3). lateral furrows quite distinct and slightly curved, Stigma narrow and about 3 times longer than broad, interocellar and postocellar furrows fine; postorbit in cell 2Rsslightlylonger than1R1and1Rstogether, cell lateral viewaboutas broadas eye; eyeslarge, distance 2M longer than broad; cell M in hindwing about half between eyes below as long as height of an eye; sizeof cell Rs. Body hairs mostly slightly longer than flagellum of antenna distinctly longer than head diameter of an ocellus. Head dorsally and thorax breadth, third antennal segment about as long as coarsely and densely punctuated without impunctate fourth and fifth segments together, each of sixth to shining interspaces, clypeus and labrum sparsely ninth segments broader than long. Prescutum with punctured and strongly shining, posttergite shallowly (cid:1) (cid:1)6(cid:1)20(cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) ActaZootaxonomica Sinica动物分类学报(cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) Vol. 31(cid:1) No. 3 and sparsely punctured, metascutellum polished, Distribution. China, Hebei, Shanxi, Inner impunctate; mesepimeron densely microsculptured; Mongolia, Ningxia. first abdominal tergite impunctate, strongly shining, Casipteryx roborowskyi (Jakovlev, 1887) (Fig. 8) second and third tergites sparsely punctured with fine Allanthus (recte Allantus) roborowskyi: Jakovlev, 1887. Horae Soc. microsculptures, other tergites densely punctured and Ent. Ross., 21: 160. microsculptured, less shining. Sheath inlateral view as Casipteryxroborowskyi: Taeger, 1991. Entomol. Abh. Mus. Tierk., 54 (3): 72. in Fig. 4. Lancet with 22 serrulae, annular spines bands broad, middle serrulaeoblique, each with about Specimens examined. 1!, Miyaluo, Li County, 8(cid:1)9 outer subbasal teeth, 8th to9thserrulae as in Fig. Sichuan, 2800 m, 15 Sep. 1963; 1 ∀ , Kangding, 5. Sichuan, 12 Sept. 1938, ZHOU Yao; 1!, Pengta, ∀. Unknown. Kangding, Sichuan, 28 Aug. 2005, SHI Fu(cid:1)Ming. Holotype !, Paomashan (30#03∃N, 101#58∃E, Distribution. 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Entomotaxonomia, 19 (Suppl.): 45(cid:1)157. 沟角叶蜂属分类研究 (膜翅目, 叶蜂科) 并记一新种 魏美才 中南林业科技大学(cid:1) 湖南长沙(cid:1) 410004, [email protected] 摘(cid:1) 要(cid:1) 修订了沟角叶蜂属的属征, 编制了已知种分种检索 等, 与本属已知2种均明显不同; 此外, 新种中胸腹板具强 表。记述沟角叶蜂属 3 种, 含 1 新种: 红斑沟角叶蜂 腹刺突, 侧板刻纹粗糙不平, 无光滑间隙, 小盾片尖锥型隆 Casipteryx maculatina sp. nov., 新种触角窝上突、触角基部 起, 后头两侧显著收缩, 唇基前缘两侧亚中部具 1尖刺突, 2节全部、第3节基半部、唇基端半部、上颚背侧大部、翅 腹部第2 背板两侧黑色, 无白斑, 前翅2M室长大于宽等与 基片、腹部第3背板桔褐色, 前翅翅痣下具烟色横带, 2Rs C. stigma Nie et Wei不同; 上唇端部具弧形缺口, 内眶背面 室稍长于1R1+ 1Rs室之和, 腹部背板具金属铜色光泽, 单 观不明显突出于复眼之外等, 与C. roborowskyi (Jakovlev) 也 眼后区侧沟显著, 触角鞭节长于头宽, 第3 节约等于其后2 不相同。新种模式标本保存于中南林业科技大学昆虫标本 节之和, 复眼下缘间距等宽于复眼高, 体毛稍长于单眼直径 馆。 关键词(cid:1) 膜翅目, 叶蜂科, 沟角叶蜂属, 新种, 中国. 中图分类号(cid:1) Q969(cid:2)542(cid:2)6