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Revision of Neocolochelyna Malaise (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae)
Gengyun Niu1, Meicai Wei1, Akihiko Shinohara2
1Key Laboratory of Cultivation and Protection for Non-Wood Forest Trees (Central South University of Forestry and Technology), Ministry of Education, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, 498 South Shaoshan Road, Changsha 410004, P. R. China.;
Abstract:
Neocolochelyna Malaise, 1937 is revised. Curvatapenis Wei, 2002 is treated as a subgenus of Neocolochelyna. The genus and its type species, N. montana Konow, 1898, as well as N. (C.) itoi Takeuchi, 1951 and N. (C.) testaceoa Wei, 2002 are redescribed based on types and new material. N. (N.) acutilabria Niu & Wei sp. nov., N. (C.) hyalina Niu & Wei sp. nov. and N. (C.) wui Niu & Wei sp. nov. are described. Neocolochelyna hakusana Togashi, 1995 is a new synonym (syn. nov.) of N. itoi Takeuchi, 1951. Neocolochelyna (Curvatapenis) testaceoa (Wei, 2002) is a new combination (comb. nov.). A key to species of Neocolochelyna is provided.
