Celonites laetus Panfilov, 1968

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 : 522

Celonites laetus Panfilov, 1968

( Figs 9H , 10D, H )

Celonites laetus Panfilov, 1968: 40 , fig. 3, ♀ (type locality: “ Нахичевань, окрестности Джульфы, пустынные предгорьЯ” [ Azerbaijan, Nakhchivan, vicinity of Julfa, desert foothills]), holotype, ♀, ZMMU (examined).

Celonites phlomis Gusenleitner, 1973: 63 , figs 3c, 4c, 5, ♀ ♂ (type locality: “Türkei, Urfa ” [ Turkey]), holotype, ♀, OLML

(examined), synonymized by Fateryga 2025b: 210.

Material examined. HOLOTYPE: ♀, labeled “ Нахичевань [ Nakhchivan] 3.VI.62 / ОКР. ДжУЛьфы / Д. ПанфиЛОв [vicinity of Julfa, D. Panfilov] // МОСКва / ЗООЛОГичеСКий / МУЗей МГУ [Moscow, Zoological Museum MSU] // Holotypus ♀ 1968 / Celonites / laetus Panf. [red label]” [ ZMMU] . ADDITIONAL MATERIAL: AZERBAIJAN. Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic : Ordubad, Bilav , 39°02'43"N, 45°49'07"E, 1050 m, on Stachys inflata , 22.V.2025, 1 ♀, leg. M. Proshchalykin, M. Maharramov [ CAFK] .

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

Trophic relationships. One female was collected in the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic of Azerbaijan at Stachys inflata Benth. ( Lamiaceae ). In Turkey, females and males of this species were collected at flowers of Phlomis sp. ( Lamiaceae ) ( Gusenleitner 1973). Probably broadly oligolectic (sensu Müller & Kuhlmann 2008) on Lamiaceae .

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.