Philanthinus integer ( de Beaumont, 1949 )

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 : 159-160

Philanthinus integer ( de Beaumont, 1949)

Fig. 3A–D

Philanthus integer de Beaumont, 1949: 194 , ♀, ♁.

Diagnosis. Body length: 7.0 mm (female).

Body generally black, with the following parts pale yellow: clypeus (except ferruginous spot centrally that does not extend to apex), mandible medially, scape beneath, F1–3 beneath, pronotum, two thin median longitudinal lines, lateral sides of mesoscutum, tegula, upper mesopleuron, two large subquadrate markings on scutellum and smaller lateral spots, posterior margin of scutellum and all postscutellum; T 1 almost ferruginous, remaining terga and sterna with broad pale yellow bands; legs tricolored, with black (especially on femora), yellow and ferruginous; wings hyaline, with veins pale brown to yellowish ( Fig. 3A–D ). Head in frontal view ( Fig. 3C ) with inner eye margins slightly concave, margins slightly convergent above, face with dense, short erect pale brown to yellow pilosity extending to middle ocellus; clypeus broad, densely punctate, with arcuate lamella at apex, concave medially, bearing small tooth; propodeum finely reticulate throughout ( Fig. 3A, D ); mesepimeron smooth and shiny, rest of mesopleuron as well as lateral surface of propodeum densely setose ( Fig. 3B ).

Male: Not available.

Material examined: A photograph from CAS: 1♀, Ain El Sokhna road (29–43 km E Maadi), 13.vii.1991, C.G. Roche collector, det. W. Pulawski , 2009.

Previous Egyptian Records: No specific locality ( de Beaumont 1961; Bohart & Menke 1976; Dollfuss 2017), Ain El Sokhna road (present study).

Extralimital distribution: Algeria, Israel, Morocco, Spain, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates.

Remarks. The characters of the Egyptian specimen agree with de Beaumont’s description (1949: 194).

Figures

FIGURE 3. Philanthinus integer (de Beaumont, 1949) (♀): A, dorsal habitus; B, lateral habitus; C, frontal view of head; D, dorsal view of thorax and gaster.