Eustenancistrocerus (Eustenancistrocerus) askhabadensis ( Radoszkowski, 1886 )

Li, Ting-Jing, Bai, Yue & Chen, Bin, 2022, A revision of the genus Jucancistrocerus Blüthgen, 1938 from China, with review of three related genera (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae), Zootaxa 5105 (3), pp. 401-420 : 412

Eustenancistrocerus (Eustenancistrocerus) askhabadensis ( Radoszkowski, 1886)

( Figs 56–64 )

Odynerus askhabadensis Radoszkowski, 1886: 47 , pl. 11 fig. 49, female, male (in subgenus Leionotus ).

Odynerus leucospilus Cameron, 1909: 133 , female (in subgenus Ancistrocerus ); Meade-Waldo, 1914: 405 (syn.: O. quettaensis ).

Odynerus quettaensis Cameron, 1909: 133 , female (in subgenus Ancistrocerus ); Meade-Waldo, 1914: 405 (syn. of O. leucospilus ).

Odynerus sarykorum Kostylev, 1929: 111 , fig. 1, female (in subgenus Lionotus ).

Stenancistrocerus askhabadensis: Blüthgen, 1939: 253–256 (syns.: sarykorum , quettaensis and leucospilus ;? also = Odynerus tegularis Morawitz, 1895 , var.).

Eustenancistrocerus askhabadensis: Blüthgen, 1957: 165 (designation of lectotype); 1966: 202; Giordani Soika, 1970: 97; van der Vecht and Fischer, 1972: 59 (cat.); Kurzenko, 1977: 551; Rahmani et al., 2020: 43.

Material examined. 1♂, China, Xinjiang, Bole County, Queshiyu , 14.VII.2015, Zhaohui Luo .

Diagnosis. Body black, with the following yellow markings ( Figs 56–64 ): clypeus, a band along lower inner margin of eye to sinus connecting big frontal and interantennal spot, antenna except dorsal surfaces of A3-A11, mandible except apex, a small band of gena, pronotum except posterior apex, two large spots of scutellum, narrow band of metanotum laterally, tegula, parategula, lateral-dorsal surface of propodeum, legs almost, lateral side connecting apical band of T1, two big lateral spots at base connecting apical band of T2 and apical bands of T3–T5 or T3–T6, apical half of S2 and apical interrupted band of S3–S5; body coarsely punctate, those on head relatively sparser than those on remaining parts; clypeus ( Fig. 57 ) a bit wider than long, moderately punctate and apically with deep and rounded emargination; male A13 elongated and hooked ( Fig. 64 ); propodeal margin between dorsal and lateral surfaces with distinct tooth-like protuberance; punctures on T1 a little coarser than T2, punctures on apexes of T2–T3 bigger and denser than those at base, each of metasomal segments T2–T3 apically with a row of punctures ( Figs 62–63 ).

Distribution. China (new record: Xinjiang); Iran; Pakistan; Turkmenistan; Mongolia.

Figures

FIGURES 56–64. Eustenancistrocerus (Eustenancistrocerus) askhabadensis, ♂. 56. Habitus, dorsal view; 57. Head, frontal view; 58. Vertex and pronotal carina, frontal view; 59. T1, dorsal view; 60. Tegula, dorsal view; 61. Propodeum, dorsal view; 62. Metasoma, dorsal view; 63. Metasoma, ventral view; 64. Antenna.