Ferreola haladai, Schmid-Egger, 2018

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 : 402-404

Ferreola haladai SCHMID- EGGER nov.sp., figs 36-40

Holotype: Uzbekistan male 12.v.1994 Papngan, 20 km NW Kokand 41.2N 70.6E, leg. Ma.Halada / OLL). [id. as Homonotus collaris by H. Wolf, 1987].

Paratype: Tajikistanfemaleviii.2000 Varzobriv., Zogar – Varzob, leg. V. Gurko ( OLL).

Di a g n o s i s: H. haladai is characterized by a slender body (pronotum and tergite I at least as long as wide), pronotum medio-laterally with wide emargination (pronotum is basally and apically wider than medially) and with a basal process on male subgenital plate. By these characters is it similar to F. alreesii n.sp. and both species form a separate species group without doubt. However, the subgenital process is rounded in F. haladai , and spine-like and pointed in F. alressii. Also, F. alreseeii is much larger than F. haladei (see description). F. haladai is also characterized by colour pattern. It is all black with pronotum red. Wings are transparent, and crossing between propodeal dorsum and declivity is rounded.

Description of male, holotype: Bodylength 7.5 mm. Colour: Black, pronotum red, with medial black longitidunal spot in apical half. Head and mesosoma covered with fine and scattered silver pubescence, propodeal dorsum without pubescence. Declivity of tergite I, base of tergite II and III with narrow band of greyish pubescence, band on tergite II as large as length of AS III. Wings transparent. grey. Morphology: Apical clypeal margin widely rounded. Malar space very short, as long as half midocellar diameter. Gena and vertex short. crossing between propodeal dorsum and declivity rounded, declivity with dense striation. Subgenital plate with large, U-shaped process basally below.

Description of female: Bodylength 10 mm. Colour: Black, pronotum red, tegula and basal sclerite of fore wing reddish. Tergite I-II with grey band of pubescence, as large as half length of tergite. Wings brownish, and transparent (darker than in male). Morphology: Apical clypeal margin widely rounded. Malar space present, someone shorter than midocellar diameter. Gena and vertex long, genae 0,6x as long as width of eye. Crossing between propodeal dorsum and declivity rounded, declivity with dense pubescence, structure not visible due to preparation of specimen.

Geograf ic distribution: Uzbekistan, Tajikistan.

Etymology: The species is named in honour to Marek Halada, a Czech entomologist, who collected the holotype specimen.

Figures

Figs 31-36: (31) Ferreola elegans, male; (32) Ferreola elegans, male, head and mesosoma dorsally; (33) Ferreola elegans, male, subgenital plate; (34) Ferreola elegans, male, genital; (35) Ferreola haladai, female paratype; (36) Ferreola haladai, male holotype.

Figs 37-42: (37) Ferreola haladai, male holotype, head and mesosoma dorsally; (38) Ferreola haladai, male holotype, propodeum, from behind; (39) Ferreola haladai, male holotype, subgenital plate; (40) Ferreola haladai, male holotype, genital; (41) Ferreola orchesica, female; (42) Ferreola orchesica, male; head and mesosoma dorsally.