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| A. Methocha haaksek Barthélémy & Terayama sp. nov. B & C. M. hongkongensis Barthélémy & Terayama sp. nov. D. M. leleji Barthélémy & Terayama sp. nov. E. M. wilsoni Barthélémy & Terayama sp. nov. F. M. zetetes Barthélémy & Terayama sp. nov. in Barthélémy, Terayama, Poon et Sin. 2026. |
Abstract
Five new species of Methocha Latreille, 1804 are described from Hong Kong: two species based on females only, Methocha haaksek Barthélémy & Terayama sp. nov. and Methocha leleji Barthélémy & Terayama sp. nov.; two on males only, M. wilsoni Barthélémy & Terayama sp. nov. and M. zetetes Barthélémy & Terayama sp. nov.; and one with females and males associated through molecular analysis, M. hongkongensis Barthélémy & Terayama sp. nov. A key to species and a phylogenetic tree of Methocha occurring in the Hong Kong SAR are provided.
Keywords: Thynnoidea, morphometrics, Cicindelinae, DNA barcoding, phylogenetic
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| Holotypes and paratypes, lateral habitus. A. Methocha haaksek Barthélémy & Terayama sp. nov., holotype, ♀, M459.D.Hy.1, CASC. B. M. hongkongensis Barthélémy & Terayama sp. nov., holotype, ♀, M364.C.Hy.2, CASC. C. M. hongkongensis, paratype, ♂, M561CHY3, CBC. D. ♀, M. leleji Barthélémy & Terayama sp. nov., holotype, ♂, M099.C.Hy.2, CASC. E. M. wilsoni Barthélémy & Terayama sp. nov., holotype, ♂, M060.C.Hy.4, CASC. F. M. zetetes Barthélémy & Terayama sp. nov., paratype, ♂, M321.E.Hy.4B, CBC. |
Methocha haaksek Barthélémy & Terayama sp. nov.
M. hongkongensis Barthélémy & Terayama sp. nov.
M. leleji Barthélémy & Terayama sp. nov.;
M. wilsoni Barthélémy & Terayama sp. nov.
M. zetetes Barthélémy & Terayama sp. nov.
Christophe Barthélémy, Mamoru Terayama, Emily Shui Kei Poon and Simon Yung Wa Sin. 2026. The Methocha (Hymenoptera: Thynnidae: Methochinae) of Hong Kong (China), A Preliminary Faunal List with Descriptions of Five New Species and Sexual Associations rendered through Molecular Analysis. European Journal of Taxonomy. 1043(1); 118–151. DOI: doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2026.1043.3213
