Review of the genus Promecidia Lelej, 1996, with description of two new species from China (Hymenoptera, Mutillidae, Trogaspidiini)

Arkady S Lelej; Hu-Ting Zhou; Valery M Loktionov; Zai-Fu Xu

doi:10.3897/zookeys.641.10765

Review of the genus Promecidia Lelej, 1996, with description of two new species from China (Hymenoptera, Mutillidae, Trogaspidiini)

Zookeys. 2016 Dec 16:(641):103-120. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.641.10765. eCollection 2016.

Authors

Arkady S Lelej¹, Hu-Ting Zhou², Valery M Loktionov¹, Zai-Fu Xu²

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Biology and Soil Science, Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok-22 690022, Russia.
² Department of Entomology, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510640, P. R. China.

Abstract

Eleven species of Promecidia Lelej, 1996 are reviewed and keyed, and the diagnosis of the genus is given. The genus Promecidia is newly recorded from China and Promecidia abnormis Lelej, sp. n. (China: Guangdong, Hainan) and Promecidia chui Lelej & Xu, sp. n. (China: Yunnan, Hainan) are described and illustrated. New combination is proposed for Promecidia boopis (Kohl, 1882), comb. n. (from the genus Petersenidia Lelej, 1996). New status is proposed for Promecidia saturnia (Mickel, 1935), stat. n. and Promecidia samawangensis (Mickel, 1935), stat. n.

Keywords: Key to species; Oriental; Trogaspidiini; mutillid wasps; new combination; new species.

Publication types

Review