Philanthus variegatus Spinola, 1839

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 : 179

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scientific name	Philanthus variegatus Spinola, 1839
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Philanthus variegatus Spinola, 1839 View in CoL View at ENA

Fig. 19A–E View FIGURE 19

Philanthus variegatus Spinola, 1839: 484 View in CoL , ♀, ♁.

Diagnosis. Body length: 10–12 mm (female), 12–13 mm (male).

Body generally yellow, with some areas black and ferruginous; in female clypeus and face ivory white extending to eye emargination laterally, and reaching middle ocellus above; in male ivory white is replaced by clear yellow, with small black spot just above antennal sockets; head posteriorly ferruginous, the colour not reaching head posterior margin; mesoscutum ferruginous, black posteriorly; gastral terga with ferruginous intersegments ( Fig. 19A–E View FIGURE 19 ); malar space inconspicuous ( Fig. 19A, B View FIGURE 19 ); male clypeal moustache dense, with incurved setae, not joining medially ( Fig. 19B View FIGURE 19 ); apex of clypeus with three inconspicuous teeth in male ( Fig. 19B View FIGURE 19 ); pronotum with slight but distinct emargination anteromedially ( Fig. 19A View FIGURE 19 ); both mesepimeron and mesepisternum densely punctate ( Fig. 19C View FIGURE 19 ); propodeal dorsum smooth and shiny, with rugose middle sulcus ( Fig. 19D, E View FIGURE 19 ); gastral T 2 finely, superficially punctate ( Fig. 19E View FIGURE 19 ). Male genitalia (see Fig. 23D View FIGURE 23 ).

Material examined: 1♁, 1♀, Marsa Matruh, 22–29.viiii.1954 ( FFC) ; 1♁, Marsa Matruh, 10.v.1930, HC. E. & M.I. collectors ( EFC) ; 1♀, Burg , 16–20.iv.1956 ( EFC) ; 1♀, without collecting data ( EFC) ; 2♁, Wadi Degla , 16. iv.1952, Shefix & Pries. collectors ( EFC) ; 2♁, Burg , 16–20.iv.1956, Sh. H. collector ( EFC) ; 1♁, Kafr Hakim , 19.vii.1933, on grasses ( PPDD) ; 1♀, Manshiet Radwan , 9.v.1934, on flowers ( PPDD) ; 1♁, Kafr Hakim , 15.vi.1935 ( PPDD) ; 1♀, Berkash , 24.iii.1935, collector? on Lupinus (PPDD) ; 1♀, Kerdasa , 23.iv.1936 ( PPDD) ; 1♀, Abu Rawash , 18.vii.1925 ( PPDD) ; 1♀, 24.vi.1934 ( PPDD) ; 3♀, 5♁, Marsa Matruh, 15.ix.1957, Aly collector ( ASUA) ; 2♁, Marsa Matruh, 20.viii.1955, Aly collector ( ASUA) .

Previous Egyptian Records: Abu Rawash, Berkash, Burg, Kafr Hakim, Kerdasa, Manshiet Radwan, Marsa Matruh, El Seuf, Wadi Degla, Wadi El Natroun ( Gadallah 1996 as P. variegatus variegatus ), Dahshour, Saqqara ( Honoré 1942), El Gabal El Asfar ( Roche 2007 as P. variegatus variegatus ).

Extralimital distribution: Algeria, Azerbaijan, China, Iran, Israel-Palestine, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Libya, Mali, Morocco, Oman, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Sudan, Syria, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates.

Remarks. Our specimens agree well with de Beaumont’s key (1961: 211, couple 8).