Hoplisoides craverii (A. Costa, 1867)

Mokrousov, Mikhail V., Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. & Maharramov, Mahir M., 2020, Digger wasps of the genus Hoplisoides Gribodo (Hymenoptera, Crabronidae, Bembicinae) from the Palaearctic region, with description of two new species, Journal of Hymenoptera Research 79, pp. 213-233 : 213

1. Hoplisoides craverii (A. Costa, 1867)

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Hoplisus craverii A. Costa, 1867: 67, ♀, ♂ (syntypes: Italy, Piemonte, Brà [Museo zoologico, Napoli, Italy]).

Hoplisus ottomanus Mocsáry, 1879: 136, ♀ (holotype or syntypes: ♀, Asia Minor [now Turkey], no specific locality [ Természettudományi Múzeum, Budapest, Hungary]). Synonymized by de Beaumont, 1952a: 223.

Gorytes merceti de Beaumont, 1950: 63, ♀, ♂ (holotype: ♂, Spain, El Escorial [Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Madrid, Spain]), syn. nov.

Hoplisoides craverii merceti : de Beaumont, 1952: 223-224; Bitsch et al. 2020: 271.

Material examined.

Russia: Crimea, Pervomaisky Distr., near Voikovo, 45.51°N, 33.9°E, 25.V.2016, (3 ♀, 1 ♂), leg. A. Fateryga [MMPC]; Dagestan: 8 km SW Magaramkent, 41.573°N, 48.247°E, 10.VI.2017, (3 ♀), leg. MM; Narat-Tyube Mt. , 20 km W Makhachkala, 42.978°N, 47.242°E, 31.V.2019, (1 ♀), leg. MM; Kumtorkala Distr. , Barkhan Sarykum , 43.002°N, 47.237°E, 29.V.2019, (1 ♀), leg. KF; near Talgi vill., 42.878°N, 47.432°E, 29.V.2019, (1 ♀), leg. KF [MMPC]; SPAIN: Burgos, Fuentespina, 24.VI.1985, (1 ♂), leg. P. Sanza [FSCV]; Escurial, [18]65, (1 ♂), leg. G. Seidlitz [FSCV]; AZERBAIJAN: Zuvant, 1200-1500 m, 9.VI.1985, (3 ♀), leg. V. Tobias [FSCV]; TURKEY: 10 km E Karakurt, 1.VI.1988, (2 ♂), leg. K. Warncke [FSCV]; TURKMENISTAN: 5 km N Firjuza, Vanovsky , 10.V.1990, (1 ♀, 1 ♂), leg. AL [FSCV]; UZBEKISTAN: Chatkalsky Nature Reserve , 1400-1800 m, 18.V.1980, (3 ♂), leg. D. Kasparyan [FSCV]; KAZAKHSTAN: 30 km W Almaty, 6.VI.1979, (1 ♀), leg. D. Kasparyan [FSCV] .

Distribution.

Portugal, Spain, Italy, France, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Russia (*Crimea, *Dagestan, Rostov Prov., Volgograd Prov., Orenburg Prov.), Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Mongolia.

Remark.

De Beaumont (1952a: 223) changed the state of Gorytes merceti de Beaumont to rank of subspecies of Hoplisoides craverii (A. Costa). As the only differences between these forms, he cited coloring features of the clypeus and legs. The study of the material from Spain, Russia (Crimea, Dagestan), Azerbaijan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan showed a high variability of these characteristics. We consider Hoplisoides craverii ssp. merceti de Beaumont is only a color variation of a rather variable species with a range of color geographic forms.

Figures

Figure 8. Hoplisoides craverii (A. Costa), female (A-C), and H. punctuosus (Eversmann), female, from Dagestan, Russia [MMPC] (D-F): A, D head, frontal view B, E metasoma, ventral view C, F scutellum, metanotum and propodeum, posterolateral view.