Ammophila terminata turkestana KOHL

Dollfuss, H., 2013, Revision of the Wasps Genus Ammophila KIRBY 1798 (Hymenoptera Apoidea Sphecidae) of the Palearctic Region and India, Linzer biologische Beiträge 45 (1), pp. 383-564 : 496

Ammophila terminata turkestana KOHL

Ammophila apicalis var. turkestana KOHL 1906: 333 , sex not indicated. Holotype or syntypes: Turkestan (deposity unknown, not in NHMW).

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: China: Boro Horo Shan Jining Ining H-Sien 44°06’N 81°56’E (233 OÖLM), Kazakhstan: 10 Km E Djambul (1♀ OÖLM).

R e c o g n i t i o n Ammophila terminata turkestana differs from Ammophila terminata terminata only in having the mesopleuron without appressed silvery setae and the bodylength 19-22 mm.

Maybe this subspecies is only an individual variation.

G e o g r a p h i c a l d i s t r i b u t i o n: China, Kazakhstan.