Sphex umtalicus, Strand, 1916
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https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2022.796.1665 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6359748 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C20928-FF85-FFB5-40C5-14D0393A0F1E |
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Felipe |
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Sphex umtalicus |
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Key G: Species of the Sphex umtalicus group
1. Male: appressed clypeal setae black ........................................................................ S. hades sp. nov.
– Male: appressed clypeal setae silvery...............................................................................................2
2. Wings with distinct green iridescence; erect propodeal setae entirely black ( Fig. 63 View Figs 63–71. 63, 67 ). 26–32 mm long .......................................................................................................... S. caeruleanus Drury, 1773
– Wings with violet or blue iridescence, or without any. If greenish, then erect propodeal setae at least partially silvery ( Figs 64–65 View Figs 63–71. 63, 67 ). Smaller.......................................................................3
3. Female: erect setae at posterior propodeal margin silvery ( Fig. 64 View Figs 63–71. 63, 67 ). Male: free clypeal margin ferruginous or black; erect propodeal setae largely silvery ( Fig. 65 View Figs 63–71. 63, 67 ); broad placoids cover entire length of at least flagellomeres V and VI ............. S. mweruensis ( Arnold, 1947)
– Female: erect propodeal setae uniformly black ( Figs 69 View Figs 63–71. 63, 67 , 72–73 View Figs 72–78. 72 ). Male: free clypeal margin black; erect propodeal setae black, if silvery then placoids narrow...............................................4
4. Female: clypeus black ( Fig. 33 View Figs 33–40. 33–37 ), at most lower half ferruginous; legs black, rarely ferruginous ( Fig. 72 View Figs 72–78. 72 ); appressed clypeal setae dark brown; appressed lateroclypeal and paraocular setae without ferruginous-golden luster ( Fig. 33 View Figs 33–40. 33–37 ); at most basal half of flagellomere I ferruginous. Male: legs black or dark ferruginous, or rarely all tibiae and most of mid- and hindtarsi ferruginous; basal half of mandible black or ferruginous; mesosomal vestiture uniformly black ................... ............................................................................................................. S. umtalicus Strand, 1916
– Female: clypeus and legs largely ferruginous, if clypeus predominantly black then appressed lateroclypeal and paraocular setae with ferruginous-golden luster ( Fig. 34 View Figs 33–40. 33–37 ); flagellomeres black or partially ferruginous. Male: basal half of mandible bright ferruginous; hindtibia bright ferruginous with the remainder of the legs black; mesosomal vestiture silvery or black..............................5
5. Female: appressed lateroclypeal and paraocular setae with ferruginous-golden luster ( Fig. 34 View Figs 33–40. 33–37 ). Male: cellular area of fore- and hindwing only slightly fuscous; erect setae at least on scutum partially silvery ( Fig. 70 View Figs 63–71. 63, 67 ); narrow placoid on flagellomere V with at most small placoid structures on neighboring flagellomeres ...................................................... S. haemorrhoidalis Fabricius, 1781
– Female: appressed lateroclypeal and paraocular setae with silvery luster ( Fig. 35 View Figs 33–40. 33–37 ). Male: wings conspicuously fuscous; erect setae on thoracical dorsum black ( Fig. 74 View Figs 72–78. 72 ); broad placoids cover entire length of flagellomeres IV–VI ...................................................................... S. victoria sp. nov.
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