Tracheliodes quinquenotatus ( Jurine, 1807 )

Divelec, Romain Le, 2022, A taxonomic review of the Tracheliodes quinquenotatus (Jurine, 1807) species complex and some new records of rare European Tracheliodes A. Morawitz, 1866 (Hymenoptera, Crabronidae), Zootaxa 5099 (2), pp. 244-260 : 247-250

Tracheliodes quinquenotatus ( Jurine, 1807)

( Figs 1B, 1E, 1H , 2B, 2E, 2H , 3B, 3E, 3H , 4A, 4C, 4E, 4G, 4I , 6 , 7 , 8 )

Crabro quinquenotatus Jurine, 1807: 212 , pl. 11, fig. 27. Holotype: ♀, Europe, no specific locality (MNHG). Fig. 6 .

Crossocerus luteicollis Lepeletier & Brullé, 1834: 769 . Holotype: ♂, no specific locality (MNHN, lost). Neotype here designated: holotype of Crabro quinquenotatus Jurine, 1807 (MNHG). Fig. 6 .

Crabro bucephalus Smith, 1856: 416 . Holotype: ♂, Italy, Sicily (NHM). Fig. 7 .

Fertonius formicarius Ferton, 1896: 268-270 . Lectotype here designated: ♀, France, Corsica, Bonifacio (MNHN). Fig. 8 .

Types and Synonymy. The holotype of Crabro quinquenotatus Jurine was considered to be lost ( Pulawski 2021). The informations provided by Frei-Gessner et al. (1882) made its location possible. In Jurine’s collection, I have found a unique specimen of the species. It is labeled by Jurine the same way he labeled the specimens he described (only by illustrating them) with a characteristic cross on the species name label. The specimen is also mounted and prepared meticulously as the ones Jurine illustrated. It is a female showing the same whitish spots as in the illustration of Jurine (1807). The label “ Tracheliodes quinquenotatus Type?” was added by de Beaumont. It is without a doubt the holotype and it is now labeled as such. It has no locality label. The work of Jurine (1807) deals mostly with European fauna and I believe this specimen comes from Italy. Its coloration matches that of the Italian populations and it is known that Jurine collection contains specimens from Liguria ( Frei-Gessner et al. 1882).

Crossocerus luteicollis Lepeletier & Brullé was described based on a unique specimen without locality label from the MNHN collections. It was synonymized with C. quinquenotatus Jurine by Kohl (1915: 324). Its type is considered to be lost ( Pulawski 2021). I have thoroughly searched the MNHN collections, but was unable to locate it. It seems safe to assume it is truly lost. The description clearly refers to a species of the quinquenotatus complex, but is not sufficient to identify this taxon. Thus, C. luteicollis could be an available and valid name for one other species of the group. However, C. luteicollis is already synonymized under T. quinquenotatus and is most probably that species according to the description (whitish spots, shiny dorsal area). In order to fix the nomenclature of this group I designate as the neotype of C. luteicollis the holotype of C. quinquenotatus so that C. luteicollis becomes an objective synonym of that species.

Diagnosis. The clypeus free margin is diagnostic because of its wide and short lateral teeth, 1.8–2.5 (usually 2.0) × as wide as long ( Fig. 1B , 2B ) and its wide transverse clypeal process in females ( Fig. 1B ). The clypeal process is sometimes reduced in small specimens but, the clypeus remains conspicuously elevated, with a sharp transition between the horizontal basomedian area and the concave bevel, appearing angulate. The orbital fovea is usually wide, especially widened posteriorly and often shorter than in the other discussed species. The following are ivorywhite to white-yellowish: base of mandible (entirely in males), a line on anterior surface of scape, a spot on lower gena (sometimes absent), a spot on the top of inner orbit up to whole inner orbit, pronotal collar, tegula, scutellum, median spot on tergum I (usually absent in Corsica), a pair of wide lateral spots on tergum III and on tergum V (usually absent in Corsican females and in most males), fore and mid tibiae and parts of associated femora and trochanter, the two upper thirds of hindtibia, fore tarsus and sometimes mid tarsus.

Type material examined. Holotype Crabro quinquenotatus Jurine / Neotype Crossocerus luteicollis Lepeletier & Brullé : ♀. 5-notatus X // Tracheliodes quinquenotatus type? // MHNG ENTO 00013827 // Crabro quinquenotatus Jurine, 1807 — Holotype desig. Le Divelec R. 2019 // Crossocerus luteicollis Lepeletier & Brullé 1834 — Neotype desig. Le Divelec R. 2019. Holotype Crabro bucephalus Smith : ♂. 140// Type // Sicily // Bucephalus // Tracheliodes —J. Leclercq det. 1944 // B.M. Type Hym. 21.986 // Holotype male Crabro bucephalus Smith 1856 , nec Smith 1864—Teste C. O’Toole Teste Bohart & Menke 1976 // NHMUK010576276 // = T. 5-notatus (Jurine)— Le Divelec det. 2019. Lectotype Fertonius formicarius Ferton : Fertonius formicarius n.sp. ♀ —Bonifacio 15/9 95 // Collection Ch. Ferton // Lectotype desig. Le Divelec, R. 2019 // = Tracheliodes quinquenotatus (Jurine) ♀ —Le Divelec, R. det. 2019 // MNHN Paris EY24585. Paralectotypes Fertonius formicarius Ferton : Fertonius formicarius n.sp. ♀ —Bonifacio 15/9 95 // Museum Paris—Coll. C. Ferton // Paralectotype desig. Le Divelec, R. 2019 // = Tracheliodes quinquenotatus (Jurine) ♀ —Le Divelec, R. det. 2019 // MNHN Paris EY24583; Fertonius formicarius Ferton ♀ —Bonifacio 31/7 95 // Museum Paris—Coll. C. Ferton // Paralectotype desig. Le Divelec, R. 2019 // = Tracheliodes quinquenotatus (Jurine) ♀ // MNHN Paris EY29213; Fertonius formicarius Ferton ♀ —Bonifacio 4/8 95—Dans nid, page 23 // Museum Paris—Coll. C. Ferton // Paralectotype desig. Le Divelec, R. 2019 // = Tracheliodes quinquenotatus (Jurine) ♀ // MNHN Paris EY29206; Fertonius formicarius Ferton ♀ —Bonifacio 3/6 95 // Museum Paris—Coll. C. Ferton // Paralectotype desig. Le Divelec, R. 2019 // = Tracheliodes quinquenotatus (Jurine) ♀ // MNHN Paris EY29205; Fertonius formicarius Ferton ♀ —Bonifacio 26/6 95 // Museum Paris—Coll. C. Ferton // Paralectotype desig. Le Divelec, R. 2019 // = Tracheliodes quinquenotatus (Jurine) ♀ // MNHN Paris EY29210; Fertonius formicarius Ferton ♀ —Bonifacio 21/7 95 // Museum Paris—Coll. C. Ferton // Paralectotype desig. Le Divelec, R. 2019 // = Tracheliodes quinquenotatus (Jurine) ♀ // MNHN Paris EY29226; Fertonius formicarius Ferton ♀ —Bonifacio 21/7 95 // Museum Paris—Coll. C. Ferton // Paralectotype desig. Le Divelec, R. 2019 // = Tracheliodes quinquenotatus (Jurine) ♀ // MNHN Paris EY29230; Fertonius formicarius n.sp. ♂ —Bonifacio 14/8 95 // Collection Ch. Ferton // Paralectotype desig. Le Divelec, R. 2019 // = Tracheliodes quinquenotatus (Jurine) ♂ —Le Divelec, R. det. 2019 // MNHN Paris EY24584; Fertonius formicarius Ferton ♂ —Bonifacio 21/7 95 // Museum Paris—Coll. C. Ferton // Paralectotype desig. Le Divelec, R. 2019 // = Tracheliodes quinquenotatus (Jurine) ♂ —Le Divelec, R. det. 2019 // MNHN Paris EY29202; Fertonius formicarius Ferton ♂ —Bonifacio 5/6 95 // Museum Paris—Coll. C. Ferton // Paralectotype desig. Le Divelec, R. 2019 // = Tracheliodes quinquenotatus (Jurine) ♂ —Le Divelec, R. det. 2019 // MNHN Paris EY29203; Fertonius formicarius Ferton ♂ —Bonifacio 3/6 95 // Museum Paris—Coll. C. Ferton // Paralectotype desig. Le Divelec, R. 2019 // = Tracheliodes quinquenotatus (Jurine) ♂ —Le Divelec, R. det. 2019 // MNHN Paris EY29227; Fertonius formicarius Ferton ♂ —Bonifacio 4/8 95 // Museum Paris—Coll. C. Ferton // Paralectotype desig. Le Divelec, R. 2019 // = Tracheliodes quinquenotatus (Jurine) ♂ —Le Divelec, R. det. 2019 // MNHN Paris EY29229.

Additional material examined. France (Corsica): Aléria ( Mouth of Tavignano ) 09.VII.1974 3♀ ( MNHN) , 05.VI.1975 2♀ ( MNHN) ; Ajaccio 23-24.V.1933 1♀ ( MZL) ; Bonifacio 23.V.1895 2♀ ( MNHN) , 03.VI.1895 1♂ ( MNHN) , 09.VI.1895 5♀ 2♂ ( MNHN) , 23.VI.1895 4♀ ( MNHN) , 26.VI.1895 2♀ ( MNHN) , 29.VI.1895 4♀ 3♂ ( MNHN) , 06.VII.1895 4♀ ( MNHN) , 10.VII.1895 1♂ ( MNHN) , 11.VII.1895 1♀ ( MNHN) , 15.VII.1895 9♀ 1♂ ( MNHN) , 15.VII.1895 1♀ ( NHMW) , 16.VII.1895 2♀ ( MNHN) , 20.VII.1895 1♀ ( MNHN) , 21.VII.1895 15♀ ( MNHN) , 31.VII.1895 1♀ ( MNHN) , 03.VIII.1895 2♀ ( MNHN) , 04.VIII.1895 2♀ ( MNHN) , 06.VIII.1895 3♀ 3♂ ( MNHN) , 08.VIII.1895 3♀ ( MNHN) , 09.VIII.1895 1♀ ( MNHN) , 14.VIII.1895 7♂ ( MNHN) , 04.IV.1896 1♂ ( MNHN) , 23.V.1896 1♀ 1♂ ( MNHN) , 14.VIII.1896 1♀ ( MNHN) , 17.VIII.1896 1♀ ( MNHN) , 19.VIII.1896 1♀ ( MNHN) , 26.VIII.1896 1♀ ( MNHN) , 13.IX.1896 3♀ ( MNHN) , 11.VI.1897 2♀ ( MNHN) , 20.VI.1897 1♀ 1♂ ( MNHN) , 25.VII.1897 2♀ 1♂ ( MNHN) , 29.VII.1897 1♀ ( MNHN) , 11.IX.1897 1♀ ( MNHN) , 29.VIII.1898 1♂ ( MNHN) , 29.X.1898 1♂ ( MNHN) , 19.VIII.1900 4♀ 1♂ ( MNHN) , 23.VIII.1900 3♀ 1♂ ( MNHN) , 25.VIII.1900 1♀ ( MNHN) , 29.VIII.1900 2♀ ( MNHN) , 13.III.1902 1♀ ( MNHN) , 08.V.1902 1♀ ( MNHN) , 28.V.1902 1♂ ( MNHN) , 18.VI.1902 1♀ ( MNHN) , 19.VI.1902 1♂ ( MNHN) , 03.IX.1902 1♀ ( MNHN) , 08.IX.1903 1♀ ( MNHN) , 17.VII.1904 1♂ ( MNHN) , 01.VI.1905 1♀ 1♂ ( MNHN) , 18.VI.1905 1♀ ( MNHN) , 06.VII.1905 1♀ ( MNHN) , 09.VII.1905 1♀ ( MNHN) , 12.VII.1905 1♂ ( MNHN) , 20.VII.1905 1♀ ( MNHN) , 24.VI.1921 1♀ ( MNHN) , 27-28.V.1933 7♀ 1♂ ( MZL) , 10♀ ( MNHN) , Bonifacio ( Bastion ) 18.V.2017 3♀ ( MNHN) , 13.VI.2017 3♀ ( MNHN) , 27.VII.2017 1♀ ( MNHN) , 08.VIII.2017 1♀ ( MNHN) , 10.VIII.2017 2♀ ( MNHN) , 05.IX.2017 7♀ ( MNHN) , 09.IX.2017 1♀ ( RLD) , 01-03.X.2017 1♀ ( MNHN) , Bonifacio ( Pertusato ) 07.VI.2016 1♂ ( MNHN) , Bonifacio ( Saint-Julien ) 05.VI.2016 2♀ ( MNHN) , 26.IV.2017 3♀ 2♂ ( MNHN) , 27.IV.2017 1♂ ( MNHN) , 02.V.2017 1♀ 1♂ ( MNHN) , 16.V.2017 1♀ 1♂ ( MNHN) , 25.V.2017 1♀ ( MNHN) , 30.V.2017 1♀ 1♂ ( MNHN) , 08.VI.2017 2♀ 2♂ ( MNHN) , 13.VI.2017 4♀ 10♂ ( MNHN) , 14.VI.2017 3♀ 23♂ ( MNHN) , 29.VI.2017 1♂ ( MNHN) , 13.VII.2017 1♀ ( MNHN) , 06.IX.2017 1♀ ( MNHN) , 07.IX.2017 1♀ 1♂ ( MNHN) , 18-20.IX.2017 2♂ ( MNHN) , 02.X.2017 1♀ ( MNHN) , 03.X.2017 2♀ ( MNHN) , Bonifacio ( Santa Manza ) 26.VI.1903 1♀ ( MNHN) , 02.V.2017 1♀ ( MNHN) ; Cervione 04.VI.1973 1♂ ( MNHN) ; Farinole 16.VI.2020 1♀ ( LPR 2019-2022 ) ; Figari (dam) 08.IX.2017 9♀ ( RLD) ; Ghisonaccia 18.V.2021 1♂ ( LPR 2019-2022 ) , 22.V.2021 1♀ 2♂ ( LPR 2019-2022 ) ; Ile Rousse 17-18.V.1933 1♂ ( MZL) ; Lecci ( Oso ) 11.IX.2017 2♀ 8♂ ( RLD) ; Patrimonio 15.VI.2020 2♀ ( LPR 2019-2022 ) , 19.VI.2020 1♀ ( LPR 2019-2022 ) ; Porto- Vecchio 26.V.2021 1♂ ( LPR 2019-2022 ) , Propriano 04.VIII.1900 1♀ ( MNHN) , 25.V.1933 1♀ 1♂ ( MZL) ; Saint- Florent VIII.1957 1♀ ( MNHN) ; Ventiseri 21.V.2021 2♀ ( LPR 2019-2022 ) , 25.V.2021 2♀ ( LPR 2019-2022 ) , Zonza 20.V.2021 1♀ 3♂ ( LPR 2019-2022 ) , uncertain locality 2♀ 3♂ ( MNHN) . Greece (Rhodes): Kremasti 07.VI.1958 1♀ ( MZL) , 15.VI.1958 1♂ ( MZL) ; uncertain locality 1883 1♀ ( NHMW) . Istria [Istria is a peninsula divided between Croatia, Slovenia, and Italy]: 1♀ 1♂ ( NHMW) . Italy (mainland): Antignano 15.VIII.1948 1♀ 3♂ ( MSNM) , 22.VIII.1948 1♂ ( MNHN) , 25.VII.1952 2♀ 1♂ ( MSNM) , 15.VIII.1948 2♂ ( NHMW) ; Archi VI.1941 1♀ 1♂ ( MSNM) ; Calenzano VIII.1942 1♀ ( MSNM) ; Firenze 16.VIII.1946 1♀ ( MSNM) ; Lido Venezia 15.VIII.1931 1♀ ( MZL) ; Miramare Forli’ 15-30.VII.1962 1♀ 1♂ ( MZL) ; Naples 1♀ ( NHM) ; Pontassieve 22.VIII.1948 1♂ ( MSNM) ; Roma 30.VIII.2004 1♂ ( MHNG) ; Rovezzano 20.VIII.1949 2♀ 1♂ ( MSNM) , 21.VIII.1948 2♀ ( NHMW) ; Sesto Fiorentino 16.VI.1946 1♀ ( MSNM) . Italy (Sicily): Acireale 30.V.1950 2♀ ( MZL) , 14.VI.1950 1♂ ( MZL) ; uncertain locality 2♀ 2♂ ( MHNG) , 1858 1♀ ( NHMW) , 1883 1♀ ( NHMW) . Turkey: Aydin 20-23.IX.1951 2♀ 1♂ ( MZL) .

Distribution. It probably occurs across all southern Mediterranean Europe from Italy up to Turkey. Its westernmost records are in Corsica ( France).

Figures

FIGURE 1. Female clypeus. A-C—Clypeus in front view; D-F—Clypeal process in dorsal view; G-I—Clypeal process in lateral view; A, D, G—Tracheliodes herinaceus; B, E, H—Tracheliodes quinquenotatus; C, F, I—Tracheliodes trochantericus.

FIGURE 2. Male clypeus. A-C—Clypeus in front view; D-F—Clypeal process in dorsal view; G-I—Clypeal process in lateral view; A, D, G—Tracheliodes herinaceus; B, E, H—Tracheliodes quinquenotatus; C, F, I—Tracheliodes trochantericus.

FIGURE 3. A-C—Female prepectus; D-F—Metanotum and propodeum of females; G-I—Metanotum and propodeum of males; A, D, G—Tracheliodes herinaceus; B, E, H—Tracheliodes quinquenotatus; C, F, I—Tracheliodes trochantericus.

FIGURE 4. A-B—Female right mandibule; C-D—Male right mandibule; E-F—Female frons in dorsal view; G-H—Female pronotum; I-J—Male pronotum; A, C, E, G, I—Tracheliodes quinquenotatus; B, D, H, J—Tracheliodes herinaceus; F—Tracheliodes trochantericus.

FIGURE 6. Holotype of Crabro quinquenotatus Jurine (Neotype of Crossocerus luteicollis Lepeletier & Brullé). A—Habitus in dorsal view with labels; B—Habitus in profil; C—Face in front view [© B. Landry, MHNG]. Black scale = 1mm.

FIGURE 7. Holotype of Crabro bucephalus Smith. A—Habitus in dorsal view with labels; B—Habitus in profil. Black scale = 1mm.

FIGURE 8. Lectotype of Fertonius formicarius Ferton. A—Habitus in dorsal view with labels; B—Habitus in profil; C—Face in front view. Black scale = 1mm.