Ferreola barrei (Radoszkowski, 1893)

Schmid-Egger, Rnold Christian, 2018, New species of Ferreola L, 1845 and Eoferreola A, 1935 with key to Ferreola species from the Palaearctic region (Hymenoptera, Pompilidae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 50 (1), pp. 389-412 : 397-399

Ferreola barrei (RADOSZKOWSKI, 1883), figs 16-19

Pseudoferreola barrei RADOSZKOWSKI, 1893: 61. Male, holotype male, Serax (Berlin). Examined. New combination.

Records: Turkmenistan: male holotype, Serakhs, 36.53N 61.22E without date (Berlin). Afghanistan 1 male SW Afg., Hilmend River, Lashkar Gar 14.v.1957 (CSE). Iran 1 male 9.vi.2010 Fars prov., Komher 30’47’’N 51’86’’E, 2380 m; 1 male 23.v.2005 Elburz, Mayamey (OLL).

Remark: In the coll. Berlin is an old Ferreola male with an handwritten label " barrei " and a red printed " type " label. It agree perfect with the (short) original description of Pseudoferreola barrei by RADOSZKOWSKI (1893). For that reason we treat it as the holotype of Ferreola barrei . The species is valid and represent a hitherto unknown Central Asian Ferreola species close to F. orchesica from the western Mediterranean area. The female is still unknown, but we can assign some males from Iran and Afghanistan with the type of F. barrei . The type location "Serax" is now Serakhs or Sarahs in southern Turkmenistan at 36.53N 61.22E (A. Antropov pers. comm.). A. Antropov also agree that the label most probably is from O. Radoszkowski.

Diagnosis: Ferreola barrei is characterized by the following character combination: short malar space, short vertex and pronotum, crossing between propodeal declivity and propodeal dorsum with prominent and sharp edge, declivity with distinct striation. Pronotum is red or black. Body length measures 11-13 mm. The female is unknown. The species is similar to F. orchesica and can be recognized by smaller size ( F. orchesica male measures 13-16 mm), by a somewhat more irregular striation of propodeal declivity and by a distinctive colour pattern of upper face: red band of inner eye margin is not connected with red band of vertex, whereas it is connected in all examined F. orchesica . Two of the examined males (type specimen and male from Fars prov.) have pronotum and medial spot on mesoscutum red, the remaining have pronotum and mesoscutum all black.

Geograf ic distribution: Afghanistan, Iran, Turkmenistan.

Figures

Figs 13-18: (13) Ferreola alreesii, male holotype, face; (14) Ferreola alreesii, male holotype, subgenital plate; (15) Ferreola alreesii, male holotype, genital; (16) Ferreola barrei, male holotype; (17) Ferreola barrei, male holotype, propodeum from behind; (18) Ferreola barrei, male from Iran, subgenital plate.

Figs 19-24: (19) Ferreola barrei, male from Iran, genital; (20) Ferreola denticulata, female from Sudan; (21) Ferreola denticulata, male from Greece, Peloponnes, by H. Wiesbauer; (22) Ferreola denticulata, male from Greece, head and mesosoma dorsally; (23) Ferreola denticulata, male from Greece, head laterally; (24) Ferreola denticulata, male from Greece, subgenital plate.