Pachyprotasis fulvocoxis Wei & Zhong 2002

Pachyprotasis fulvocoxis Wei & Zhong, 2002

(Figs. 34, 35, 44, 60, 78, 117, 121, 126)

Pachyprotasis fulvocoxis Wei & Zhong, 2002: 229 –230, fig. 225. ♂, type locality: Mt. Baiyun, Songxian (34°15′N, 112°06′E, alt. 1800 m), Henan, China.

Pachyprotasis fulvocoxis: Wei et al. 2006: 535; Taeger et al. 2010: 569.

Distribution. China (Henan, Hubei and Shaanxi) (Fig. 126).

Material examined. Holotype, Henan: ♂, Mt. Baiyun, Songxian (34°15′N, 112°06′E, alt. 1800 m), 24.07.2001, Yihai Zhong leg.; non-type material: 1 ♂, Mt. Baiyun, Songxian (34°15′N, 112°06′E, alt. 1500 m), 24.07.2003, Yingke He leg.; 7 ♂, Baotianman, Neixiang (33°05′N, 111°83′E, alt. 1300–1900 m), 22– 24.07.2004, Shaobin Zhang, Weixing Liu leg.; 19 ♂, Mt. Baiyun, Songxian (34°15′N, 112°06′E, alt. 1500–1600 m), 15– 17.07.2004, Shaobin Zhang, Weixing Liu leg.; 1 ♂, Baotianman, Neixiang (33°05′N, 111°83′E, alt. 1300 m), 23.06.2006, Qing Yang leg.; Hubei: 4 ♂, Honghuaduo, Shennongjia (31°43′N, 110°43′E, alt. 1200 m), 0 3.07.2007, Meicai Wei; Shaanxi: 1 ♂, Jiwozi, Changan (33°51′N, 108°49′E, alt. 2077 m), 28.06.2008, Xun Zhu leg.

Discussion. This species is similar to P. x i be i and P. m a c ul o pl eu r i t a, and may be distinguished as follows (P. xibei and P. maculopleurita in parentheses): apex of median mesoscutal lobe with a white arrow-shaped spot, lateral part completely black (apex of median mesoscutal lobe without white arrow-shaped spot, lateral part anteriorly white); mesoscutellum, mesoscutellar appendage and metascutellum white (mesoscutellum black, or medially with white spots, mesoscutellar appendage and metascutellum completely black); mesepisternum completely black (lower part of mesepisternum with white stripes); upper part of hind coxa with a large brown spot (hind coxa black or white, without brown). Except for the gonoforceps and penis valve, reliable morphological differences between these three species were not found.