Polynema (Polynema) elegantissimum Soyka 1956

Polynema (Polynema)? elegantissimum Soyka, 1956 Fig. 9 Polynema elegantissima Soyka, 1956: 48–49. Polynema elegantissimum Soyka: Trjapitzin 1978: 536. Material examined. China, Xinjiang: • 1 ♀, Hetian, 36°54'36"N, 81°24'35"E, 3.VIII.2021, Zhulidezi Aishan et al., sweeping; • 1 ♀, Ruoqiang, 38°40'05"N, 87°18'16"E, 29.VII.2021, Zhulidezi Aishan et al., sweeping. (All in ICXU). Diagnosis. Female. Body length 700–800 μm (n = 2). Body (Fig. 9 A) dark brown, scape and pedicel yellow, clava dark brown, petiole yellowish-brown, legs pale brown. Antenna (Fig. 9 B) with scape smooth, clava longer than combined length of three preceding flagellomeres, with eight mps. Mesoscutum (Fig. 9 C) with indistinct reticulate sculpture. Propodeum (Fig. 9 C) without a median carina. Forewing (Fig. 9 D) with longest marginal seta 0.9–1.3 × as long as the greatest width of the wing; forewing with hypochaeta extending to posterior margin of forewing. Metacoxa (Fig. 9 E) and petiole in lateral view subequal in length. Ovipositor (Fig. 9 E) exserted from gastral gaster by 0.1 × its own total length. Male. Unknown. Hosts. Unknown. Distribution. China (Xinjiang); Greece, Netherlands. Comments. The features of these tentatively identified specimens from Xinjiang are similar to those described by Soyka (1956); however, there are differences between them, as follows: the body color in the specimens from Xinjiang is dark brown whereas Soyka described his specimens as pale yellow-brown (however, that could be due to slide-mounting); the clava length is longer than the combined length of F 1 – F 3 and also longer than the combined length of F 4 – F 6 in our specimens, whereas in Soyka’s description, the length of the clava is shorter than the combined length of F 1 – F 3 and slightly shorter than the combined length of F 4 – F 6.