Zaischnopsis pacis Jiang & Peng, 2022

Li, Zixuan, Xu, Shirui, Wang, Zongying, Chen, Pengfei, Wu, Jianqin & Peng, Lingfei, 2025, Species of Eupelmidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) from the Fujian Tianbaoyan National Nature Reserve, China, Zootaxa 5665 (3), pp. 349-373 : 366-367

5.2 Zaischnopsis pacis Jiang & Peng, 2022

Fig. 12

Zaischnopsis pacis Jiang & Peng in Tang et al., 2022: 15–18 .

Diagnosis. See Tang et al. (2022).

Material examined. CHINA: 1♀, Dashuikeng, Fujian Tianbaoyan National Natural Reserve, Sanming City , Fujian Province, 28 July 2021, 1070m, Malaise trap, DNA 851 ( FAFU) ; 1♀, Dashuikeng, Fujian Tianbaoyan National Natural Reserve, Sanming City , Fujian Province, 30 August 2022, 1050m, Malaise trap, DNA 1083 ( FAFU) .

Distribution. China (* Fujian, Zhejiang).

Remarks. Two females we identify as Z. pacis were collected from the Tianbaoyan National Natural Reserve, but with two distinct colour patterns. One female ( Fig. 12C–E ) is as dark as the holotype, but the other one ( Fig. 12A,B ) is dark with a strong bluish green metallic luster, which differs significantly from the holotype. Upon examining additional specimens, including the paratypes, both the black form and the bluish green form were observed. Females of this species, therefore, exhibits two different colour forms: a dark form and a bluish green form.

DNA barcodes. Although the two females have very different colour patterns, their DNA barcodes are identical (0% p-distance). It is also worth noting that the barcode sequence (GenBank: MZ867997 ) uploaded by Tang et al. (2022) under the name Z. pacis was incorrect. Our analysis indicates that the sequence actually belongs to Anastatus japonicus , rather than Z. pacis . We have submitted a correction to NCBI to address this error, and so, these are the first DNA barcodes of this species.

Figures

FIGURE 12. Zaischnopsis pacis blue type (DNA851): A, body, dorsal; B, body, lateral. Z. pacis dark type (DNA1083): C, body, dorsal; D, body, lateral; E, mesonotum, dorsal. Z. pacis blue type (DNA851): F, mesonotum, dorsal.