Cerceris tricolorata Spinola, 1839, 2000

Malash, Alyaa A., Edmardash, Yusuf A. & Gadallah, Neveen S., 2024, A revision of bupresticida species group of Cerceris Latreille, 1802 (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae: Philanthinae) of the Western Palearctic region, with the description of Cerceris ammonia, a new species from Egypt, Zootaxa 5448 (1), pp. 1-28 : 22

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5448.1.1
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Cerceris tricolorata Spinola, 1839 View in CoL

Figs 18 View FIGURE 18 (A–C), 19(A–D), 20(A, B), 21(A–D)

Cerceris tricolorata Spinola, 1839:493 View in CoL , ♀. Holotype or syntypes ♀ ♀, Egypt (no specific locality).

Brief description. Female ( Figs 18A, B View FIGURE 18 ; 19 View FIGURE 19 A-D): Head and thorax black with yellow markings ( Fig. 19A, B View FIGURE 19 ), gaster predominantly black, with yellowish white bands ( Figs 18A, B View FIGURE 18 , 19A View FIGURE 19 ); legs with coxae, trochanters and femora (except pale apices) dark reddish, tibiae whitish (except a black streak ventrally) ( Fig. 18A, B View FIGURE 18 ); antenna reddish brown (scape yellow beneath) ( Fig. 19A View FIGURE 19 ); mandible reddish brown with dark tip, yellowish at base ( Fig. 19A View FIGURE 19 ).

Clypeus without lamella, free margin of middle lobe wavy, with lateral minute tooth on each side ( Fig. 19A View FIGURE 19 ); scutum densely punctate ( Fig. 18B View FIGURE 18 ); propodeal enclosure smooth and shiny, sparsely punctate adjacent to propodeal enclosure ( Fig. 19B View FIGURE 19 ); hindcoxa with distinct keel along its inner side; T 1 distinctly long ( Fig. 18B View FIGURE 18 ); S 5 distinctly emarginate postero-medially ( Fig. 19D View FIGURE 19 ); pygidial plate distinctly long, oval, gradually narrowed, with narrowly rounded apex, with dense pale setae along lateral sides ( Fig. 19C View FIGURE 19 ).

Male ( Figs 18C View FIGURE 18 ; 20A, B View FIGURE 20 ; 21 View FIGURE 21 A-D): Body slenderer than in female, black with clear whitish markings, T 1 ferruginous ( Figs 18C View FIGURE 18 , 20A, B View FIGURE 20 ); clypeus with black lamella, with two teeth, clypeal brush extending on lateral lobe but not meeting at middle ( Fig. 21A View FIGURE 21 ); propodeal enclosure coarsely longitudinally striated, rest of propodeum densely punctate ( Figs 20A View FIGURE 20 , 21B View FIGURE 21 ); T 1 and T 2 elongate ( Fig. 20A View FIGURE 20 ), T 2 conical, slightly constricted at base ( Fig. 20A View FIGURE 20 ); T 6 and S 6 each with lateral tooth ( Fig. 21D View FIGURE 21 ).

Material examined: Egypt: 1♀, Aswan (west bank), 24.iv.1993, W.J. Pulawski collector ( CAS) ; 1♂, Near Madinet Habu temple (30 km W Luxor), 19.iv.1993, W.J. collector ( CAS) ; 1 ♂, Wadi Degla , 4. vi. 2022, Alyaa Adel collector ( EFC) .

Distribution: AF: Chad, Djibouti, Somalia, Sudan, Yemen; PA: Algeria, Iran, Iraq, Israel-Palestine, Jordan, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates.

Comments. Cerceris tricolorata resembles C. hathor except for some characters mentioned in the comments under C. hathor .