Ferreola purpureopruinosa (Cameron, 1912)

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 : 408

Ferreola purpureopruinosa (CAMERON, 1912), figs 51-53

Homontus purpureo-pruinosa CAMERON, 1912: 394. Female, holotype female, Dima ( Kongo).

Records: Kenya: 1 female 2 males 2.xii.1996 Voi ( OLL).

Remark: Thespecieshasanafrotrocialdistributionandreachesinthenorthnorthern Kenya. It is included in the key, because it may also be occur in southern Arabia or in southern Egypt.

Diagnosis: F. purpureopruinosa is characterized by colour pattern (head, pronotum, mesoscutum, and scutellum red, remaining body black with distinct blue shimmer) in combination with a long malar space (half as long as POL), and a smoth and finely grainlike sculptured propodeal declivitiy with distinct blue shimmer. Propodeal declivity is below separated by prominent edge from propodeal dorsum. Examined female measure 12 mm, males 8-10 mm. The males have face partly black, and the propodeal transverse egde carry a dense row of long and fine yellow setae.

Ge o g r a f i c d i s t r i b u t i o n: Widespread in tropical Africa.

Figures

Figs 49-54: (49) Ferreola pseudodenticulata, male paratype, subgenital plate; (50) Ferreola pseudodenticulata, male paratype, genital; (51) Ferreola purpureopruinosa, male; (52) Ferreola purpureopruinosa, female, head and mesosoma dorsally; (53) Ferreola purpureopruinosa, female, face; (54) Ferreola tunesiensis, female holotype.