Philanthus triangulum abdelcader Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau, 1845

Malash, Alyaa A., Edmardash, Yusuf A. & Gadallah, Neveen S., 2023, The genera Philanthus Fabricius, 1790 and Philanthinus de Beaumont, 1949 (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae: Philanthinae) in Egypt, with a new record and the description of a new species, Zootaxa 5249 (2), pp. 151-189 : 178-179

Philanthus triangulum abdelcader Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau, 1845

Fig. 18A–E

Philanthus abdelcader Lepeletier, 1845: 33 , ♀, ♁.

Diagnosis. Body length: 9–12 mm (female); 12–17 mm (male).

This subspecies varies greatly in body size and colour. Body generally black and yellow; head with clypeus and face ivory white extending to eye emargination in both sexes ( Fig. 18A, B ); ivory white area just above clypeus bifurcate in females ( Fig. 18A ), trifurcate in males ( Fig. 18B ); head with two ferruginous bands postero-laterally ( Fig. 18C, D ); antenna thickened medially ( Fig. 18A, C ); malar space very short ( Fig. 18A, C ); male clypeal moustache long and dense, joining medially ( Fig. 18B ); female clypeus with 4–5 distinct teeth at apex, with two teeth in male and fringed with long reddish setae; mesopleuron entirely densely punctate ( Fig. 18C ); propodeum densely punctate dorsally ( Fig. 18D, E ); gastral terga punctate ( Fig. 18E ), while sterna almost smooth. Male genitalia (see Fig. 23C ).

Material examined: 12♁, Maadi , 19.iv.1912, LHS collector ( PPDD) ; 5♀, 2♁; Giza , 1.iii.1913 ( PPDD) ; 10♁, Maadi , 6.iii.1913, LHS collector ( PPDD) ; 2♁, Pyramids , 17.iv.1914 ( PPDD) ; 1♁, Hadaiq El Kuba, 16.v.1914, Naguib collector ( PPDD) ; 4♁, Abu Rawash , 4.x.1914 ( AUCE) ; 2♁, Banha , 30.v.1914 ( PPDD) ; 1♁, Wadi Nesour , 23.x.1925 ( PPDD) ; 1♀, El Gabal El Asfar , 25.x.1925 ( PPDD) ; 3♁, 1♀, Kafr Hakim , 30.i.1926 ( PPDD) ; 1♁, Zinein , 6.vii.1930, on sugarcane ( PPDD) ; 1♁, Nubia , 23.vii.1930, on sugarcane ( PPDD) ; 1♀, Embaba , 13.viii.1930, on sugarcane ( PPDD) ; 1♁, Gebel Elba , 30.i.1933 ( PPDD) ; 2♀, 1♁, Abu Rawash , 23.vii.1933 ( PPDD) ; 1♀, Helwan , 1.iii.1934, Farag collector ( EFC) ; 1♁, Wadi Garawi (Helwan), 10.iii.1934 ( PPDD) ; 1♀, Helwan , 27.xii.1934, Farag collector ( EFC) ; 1♀, Helwan , 22.i.1935, Farag collector ( EFC) ; 2♁, Abu Rawash , 24.ii.1935, on flowers ( PPDD) ; 1♀, Helwan , 21.xii.1935, Farag collector ( EFC) ; 1♀, Helwan , 21.i.1936, Farag collector ( EFC) ; 1♁, Abu Rawash , 11.iv.1939, Shaaban collector ( EFC) ; 1♁, Abu Rawash , 12.v.1951, Roh. collector ( ASUA) ; 1♀, Embaba , 13.xii.1952, Aly collector ( ASUA) ; 2♁, Fayoum , 5.v.1952, Saleh collector ( ASUA) ; 1♁, 1♀, El Gabal El Asfar , 1.i.1953, Aly collector ( ASUA) ; 1♁, 1♀, Cairo , 2.i.1953, Aly collector ( ASUA) ; 1♀, Ain Shams , 5.i.1953 ( EFC) ; 2♁, Giza , 5.i.1953 ( EFC) ; 1♁, Cairo , 13.i.1953, Aly collector ( ASUA) ; 2♀, 1♁, Giza , 15.i.1953 ( EFC) ; 2♀, 5♁, Pyramids , 19.i.1953, Aly collector ( ASUA) ; 1♁, Giza , 7.ii.1953 ( EFC) ; 1♀, 10.ii.1953, El Kharga ( New Valley ), Aly collector ( ASUA) ; 1♀, Giza , 14.ii.1953 ( EFC) ; 1♁, Barrage , 2.iii.1953 ( EFC) ; 1♀, Giza , 15.iii.1953 ( EFC) ; 1♀, 1♁, 3.v.1953 ( EFC) ; 2♁, Girza (Giza), 9.v.1953 ( EFC) ; 1♀, 1♁, Giza , 13.v.1953 ( EFC) ; 1♁, Berkash , 10.x.1953, Aly collector ( ASUA) ; 1♁, Giza , 2.i.1955, Dawlatly collector ( EFC) ; 1♀, Burg El Arab , 12.ix.1955, Abdalla collector ( EFC) ; 1♀, Giza , 8.xi.1955, Abdalla collector ( EFC) ; 21♀, 2♁, Burg El Arab , 16–20.vi.1956, Shafix collector ( EFC) ; 3♀, Burg El Arab , 10.vi.1960, Abdalla collector ( EFC) ; 1♁, Burg El Arab , 10.iii.1961, Shafix collector ( EFC) ; 1♀, Suez , 14.ii.1962, Dawlatli collector ( EFC) ; 1♁, Magadlah , 7.iii.1978 ( PPDD) ; 1♁, Mansoura , 16.ii.1986 ( PPDD) ; 1♁, Wadi El Natroun (rest house), 2.vii.1996 ( EFC) ; 1♀, Giza , 26.iii, ??? on flowers ( EFC) ; 1♁, Maadi , 7.v.1913 ( AUCE) ; 1♁, Ezbet Hulayil , 29.v.1913 ( AUCE) ; 1♀, Kerdasa , 12.iv.1914 ( AUCE) ; 3♁, Helwan , 29.x.1920 ( AUCE) ; 3♁, Abu Rawash , 4.x.1924 ( AUCE) ; 2♁, 1♀, Kerdasa , 8.ix.1926 ( AUCE) ; 1♀, El Gabal El Asfar , 14.i.1931 ( AUCE) ; 1♁, El Gabal El Asfar ( AUCE) ; 2♁, El Gabal El Asfar , 4.ii.1934 ( AUCE) ; 2♁, Fayoum , 29.iv.1935, A. Rabinovitch collector ( AUCE) ; 1♁, Magadlah , 24.iii.1936 ( AUCE) ; 2♁, El Gabal EI Asfar, 14.i.1936 ( AUCE) ; 1♁, El Gabal El Asfar , 29.i.1936 ( AUCE) ; 1♁, El Gabal El Asfar , 19.ii.1936 ( AUCE) ; 2♁, Kafr Farouk , 19.ii.1939 ( AUCE) ; 2♁, 1♀, without collecting data ( EFC) ; 1♀, Giza , v.2022, Yusuf Edmardash collector ( EFC) .

Previous Egyptian Records: Abu Rawash, Abu Sir, Dakhla Oasis (Tineida), Fayoum (Hawarah, Karanis, Kom El Atl), El Gabal El Asfar, Helwan, Ismailia, Kerdasa, Kom Oshiem, El Minya, Saqqara, Rafah (N. Sinai), ( Roche 2007), Abukir ( de Beaumont 1966), between Fayoum and Nile (A. Costa 1875 as P. Abdelkader ), Heliopolis and Hor Tamanib ( Walker 1871 as P. Abdelkader ), Ramla near Alexandria ( Lucas 1880 as P. abdelcader ), Sinai Peninsula ( Roche & Zalat 1994), Embaba, Pyramids, Berkash, Kharga, Wadi El Natroun, Giza, Wadi Nesour, Nubia, Mansoura, Wadi Garawi (10 km south east Helwan), Zinein, Banha, Maadi, Hadaiq El Kuba, Magadlah, Gebel Elba (present study).

Extralimital distribution: Algeria, Cameroon, Iraq, Israel-Palestine, Italy, Libya, Madagascar, Morocco, Oman, Spain, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Ukraine.

Figures

FIGURE 18. Philanthus triangulum abdelcader Lepeletier, 1845: A, frontal view of head (♀); B, frontal view of head (♁); C, lateral view of head and thorax (♀); D, dorsal view of head and thorax (♀); E, dorsal view of gaster.

FIGURE 23. Male genitalia of some Philanthus species:A, Philanthus ammochrysus W. Schulz, 1905; B, Phialnthus coarctatus Spinola, 1838; C, Philanthus triangulum abdelcader Lepeletier, 1845; D, Philanthus variegatus Spinola, 1839