Bembecinus jebelhafitensis, Schmid, 2024

Schmid, Christian, 2024, Description of nine species of the genus Bembecinus A. COSTA, 1859 and revision of the B. acanthomerus species group (Hymenoptera, Spheciformes), Linzer biologische Beiträge 56 (1), pp. 313-336 : 318-319

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14681733
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/E70FF62E-FFF1-FFCE-FF34-CA6BFCE3FD6E
treatment provided by	Felipe (2025-01-18 01:56:32, last updated 2025-01-18 02:03:52)
scientific name	Bembecinus jebelhafitensis
status	nov. sp.

Treatment

Bembecinus jebelhafitensis SCHMID- EGGER nov. sp. (figs 32-36)

Holotype: UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: ♁, 19.iii.09 Jebel Hafit/ S Al Ain 24,07 N 55,75 E (leg. & coll. CSE) [Barcoding reg. number: ZSM-HYM-23165] GoogleMaps . Paratypes: OMAN: 3♁♁, 11.iii.2022 14 km SW Nakhal 23,318 N 57,694 E GoogleMaps ; 8♁♁, 11.iii.2022 5 km E Al Awabi 23,317 N 57,587 E GoogleMaps ; 1♁, 08.iv.83 W Agran 17,091 N 54,334 E (leg. CSE) GoogleMaps ; 1♁, 13.iii.2022 17 km SSE Bidbid 23,268 N 58,180 E GoogleMaps ; 2♁♁ 2♀♀, 21.iii.2022 20 km SE Sur 22,454 N 59,625 E GoogleMaps ; 1♁, 18.iii.2022 7 km S Mahda 24,348 N 55,978 E GoogleMaps ; 11♁, 14.iii.2022 Al Ajal, 30 km SW Seeb 23,531 N 57,975 E GoogleMaps ; 1♁, 24.iii.2022 Hazam , 23 km NNE Ar Rustaq 23,558 N 57,496 E (leg. Halada) GoogleMaps ; 6♁♁, 04.iv.201995 Oman, 40 km NE Nizwa 23.131 N 57.836 E (leg. Wittmann) GoogleMaps ; 1♁, 18.iv.87 S Huwayyah 17,091 N 54,334 E (leg. Hamer) GoogleMaps . UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: 1♀ 30.iv.2014 ; 1♁, 10, iv.2014.iv. Jebel Hafit /S Al Ain 24,07 N 55,75 E (leg. Roberts) GoogleMaps ; 5♁♁, 19.iii.09 Wadi Wurayah 25,40 N 56,28 E (leg. CSE) GoogleMaps ; coll CSE and OLL.

D i a g n o s i s: For recognition see key.

D e s c r i p t i o n m a l e: Body length 9.2 mm. Color: Black, with the following parts pale yellow: labrum, clypeus, space above clypeus, inner eye margin, scape and flagellomeres ventrally, narrow band on pronotum, pronotal lobe, band on mesoscutum laterally, small spots on scutellum laterally, band on metanotum, small spot on mesopleuron, narrow and double indented bands on T 1-6, lateral spots on S2-6 (of S2 large), medially connected by a thin band. Legs yellow, trochanters with black, femora with black band in basal half dorsally. Size of mesopleural and scutellar spots variable, these on mesopleuron may lack. Morphology: Spine of inner hindfemur 0,8x-1x as long as hindocellar diameter. Hindfemur see fig. 33, T 7 see fig. 34.

D e s c r i p t i o n f e m a l e: Body length 8.5-9.0 mm. Color: Black, with the following parts lemmon yellow: labrum, clypeus, space above clypeus, inner eye margin, scape and flagellomeres ventrally, narrow band on pronotum, pronotal lobe, band on mesoscutum laterally, large triangular spots on scutellum laterally, band on metanotum, narrow and double indented bands on T 1-5, lateral spots on S2-5, in first tergites medially connected by a thin band. Legs black, fore- and midfemora with black spots dorsally, hindfemur black except its apex. Face see fig. 36.

E t y m o l o g y: The species is named after the type location, the Jebel Hafit, a mountain situated on the border between the United Arab Emirates and Oman near Al Ain.

D i s t r i b u t i o n: Northern Oman, United Arab Emirates.