Jugurtia irana Kostylev, 1935

Fateryga, Alexander V., Mauss, Volker, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. & Maharramov, Mahir M., 2025, Taxonomic review of the pollen wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Masarinae) from the Caucasus, with the description of two new species, new nest and flower-visiting records, and a key to the species, Zootaxa 5716 (4), pp. 514-540 : 527

Jugurtia irana Kostylev, 1935

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Jugurtia irana Kostylev, 1935: 99 , ♀ (type locality: “Kuusha-Larumba, Bampur, S.-O. Persien ” [ Iran]), lectotype ( Fateryga 2025b: 222 ), ♀, ZISP (examined).

Material examined. AZERBAIJAN. Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic : Julfa, Dize , 39°01'N, 45°45'E, 880 m, 20.VI.2019, 3 ♀ (dbM 6341), leg. M. Proshchalykin, Kh. Aliyev, M. Maharramov [ CAFK, CVMM, FSCV] .

Distribution. Azerbaijan ( Nakhchivan AR) ( Fig. 11 ); Iran.

Figures

FIGURE 9. Characters of pollen wasps. A, D, Ceramius caucasicus André, 1884, ♂,Azerbaijan; B, Jugurtia eurycara Kostylev, 1935, ♀, Azerbaijan; C, J. irana Kostylev, 1935, ♀, Azerbaijan; E, J. eurycara, ♂,Azerbaijan; F, G, Celonites osseus Morawitz, 1888, ♀, Armenia; H, C. laetus Panfilov, 1968, ♀, holotype; I, C. tauricus Kostylev, 1935, ♀, Azerbaijan; J, C. tudesculptus Kostylev, 1935, ♀, Azerbaijan. A, clypeus; B, C, F, head in frontal view; D, E, antenna; G–J, head in lateral view. Scale bars 1 mm.

FIGURE 10. Characters of pollen wasps. A, I, Celonites tauricus Kostylev, 1935, ♀, Azerbaijan; B, C. ivanovi Mauss & Fateryga, 2022, ♀, Dagestan; C, J, C. tudesculptus Kostylev, 1935, ♀, Azerbaijan; D, H, C. laetus Panfilov, 1968, ♀, holotype; E, C. osseus Morawitz, 1888, ♀, Armenia; F, C. tauricus, ♂, Dagestan; G, C. osseus, ♂, Iran; K, C. ivanovi, ♂, paratype; L, Jugurtia eurycara Kostylev, 1935, ♀, Azerbaijan; M, J. irana Kostylev, 1935, ♀, Azerbaijan. A–C, emargination between lateral lamella and postero-lateral process of propodeum; D, E, tegula; F, G, apex of metasoma in dorsal view; H, metasomal terga II–VI; I–K, metasoma in dorsal view; L, M, metasomal terga II–IV. Scale bars 1 mm.

FIGURE 11. Distribution of pollen wasps in the Caucasus. A, Celonites cagrii Mauss & Yildirim, 2022; B, C. carpenteri Fateryga & Mauss, sp. nov.; C, C. ivanovi Mauss & Fateryga, 2022; D, C. laetus Panfilov, 1968; E, C. osseus Morawitz, 1888; F, C. tauricus Kostylev, 1935; G, C. tudesculptus Kostylev, 1935; H, Ceramius caucasicus André, 1884; I, Jugurtia eurycara Kostylev, 1935; J, J. irana Kostylev, 1935; K, Quartinia aliyevi Fateryga, Mauss, Proshchalykin & Maharramov, sp. nov.; L, Q. araxana Giordani Soika, 1960.