Eoferreola alwahaibii, 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 : 410

Eoferreola alwahaibii SCHMID- EGGER & AL- JAHDHAMI nov.sp., figs 61-63

Holotype: Oman, female 10.xi.2017 Dhufar, Taqa, Ein Hamran, 17°05'55.0"N 54°16'58.0"E, leg. Ali Al-Jahdhami ( ZSM).

Diagnosis: The species is unique amoung western palaearcic species of Eoferreola by the colour pattern. Greater part of head, pronotum, mesoscutum and scutellum medially are orange yellow, remaing body is black, wings are black with violett shimmer. The male is unknown. See WAHIS & SCHMID- EGGER (2002) for key of species in the western Palaearctic region.

Description of female: Bodylength 11 mm. Colour: Orangeyelloware: Face below antennal base, except black spot around ocelli, vertex, lower part of gena, pronotum except lateral lower margin, mesoscutum, medial part of scutellum. Antenna dark red with some black, clypeus laterally dark red, otherwise black. Remaining body black, wings black infuscate with violett shimmer. Morphology: General habitus similar to Eoferreola manticata . Clypeus apically widely emarginated. Malar space and vertex narrower than midocellar diameter, gena also narrow, ca. 2x midocellar diameter.

Geograf ic distribution: SouthernOman.

Etymology: The species is named in honour of Dr. Ali Khalfan Al-Wahaibi, assitant professor of Entomology, Department of crop science, Collage of Agriculture and marine science, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman.

Figures

Figs 61-63: (61) Eoferreola alwahaibii, holotypus; (62) Eoferreola alwahaibii, face; (63) Eoferreola alwahaibii, head laterally.