Podalonia albohirsuta Tsuneki, 1971

Danilov, Yuriy N., 2017, Taxonomic notes on Palearctic Podalonia Fernald, 1927 (Hymenoptera, Sphecidae), with descriptions of four new species, Zootaxa 4320 (3), pp. 554-570 : 555-556

Podalonia albohirsuta Tsuneki, 1971

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Ammophila albohirsuta Tsuneki, 1971: 153 , ♂, holotype: ♂, Mongolia: Bayanhongor Aymag: Tsagan Bogd ul (TMB). Podalonia albohirsuta: Bohart & Menke, 1976: 144 ; Dollfuss, 2010a: 542, 2010b: 1249; Pulawski, 2016.

Diagnosis. Large species. The male of P. albohirsuta is similar to P. luffii ( E. Saunders, 1903) and P. mauritanica ( Mercet, 1906) in having the mesosoma with pale erect setae, but differs in having the clypeus anteriorly narrowed and more extended red color on the metasoma: only T6–T7 are black, and by the shape of the penis valve (in P. luffii and P. mauritanica , the clypeus is elongated and broadly produced, and at least T5–T7 are black). It differs from P. fera (Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau, 1845), P. tydei ( Le Guillou, 1841) , P. flavida ( Kohl, 1901) , and P. pungens ( Kohl, 1901) first of all by the shape of the penis valve ( Figs 6–8 ). The males of P. fera and P. tydei differ from P. albohirsuta in having the mesosoma with appressed silvery setae (no appressed setae in P. albohirsuta ).

The female of P. albohirsuta is similar to P. luffii and P. mauritanica in having a distinctly asymmetrical foretarsus, long spines of the tarsal rake, and partly red mandible, but differs in having an all red metasoma, very small arolia, and all pale setae of the mesopleuron (in P. luffii and P. mauritanica , at least T5–T6 are black, the arolia welldeveloped, and the setae of mesopleuron are black and pale). It resembles P. pungens in having a red metasoma (however, S6 is black in P. pungens ) and rudimentary arolia, but differs in having a distinctly asymmetrical foretarsus, a punctatorugose mesopleuron, the scutum slightly rugose anteriorly, and in the absence of appressed silvery setae on the clypeus, mesopleuron, and metapleuron (in P. pungens , the foretarsus is slightly asymmetrical, the mesopleuron and the scutum are with large, sparse punctures, and the scutum is not rugose). It differs from P. tydei in having the metasoma all red and in the absence of appressed silvery setae on the body. The female of P. albohirsuta differs from P. fera in having a denser punctation of the scutum: the punctures are at most one diameter apart anteriorly, in the distinctly asymmetrical foretarsus, the long spines of the tarsal rake, and in having the rudimentary arolia (in P. fera , the scutal punctures are 3–5 diameters apart, the foretarsus is only slightly asymmetrical, with short spines, and the arolia are well defined).

Description. Male. Body length 16–19 mm. Head. Clypeus flattened and narrowed anteriorly; apical margin shallowly emarginated. Clypeus, subantennal sclerite, and paraocular area with dense, appressed silvery setae. Vertex, occiput, and gena microsculptured, with scattered punctures. Erect setae on gena as long as or longer than scape, pale. Mandible dark, partly dark amber; palpi dark brown. Mesosoma. Pronotum microsculptured, dull, and punctate. Scutum muddy shiny with dense punctures (less than one diameter apart) and slightly rugose, with erect pale setae as long as scape (in some specimens setae missing: it can be a result of an old age). Scutellum dull, with scattered punctures, longitudinally ridged posteriorly. Mesopleuron densely punctate (punctures less than one diameter apart) and rugose. Metapleuron and propodeum rugose. Propodeal enclosure setose. Erect setae as long as or longer than scape, pale. Tegula dark, partly amber. Wings hyaline; veins amber; costal vein brown. Legs black. Claws without subbasal tooth. Spines black. Metasoma. T1–T5, S1–S5 (excluding petiole) red; T5 sometimes blackish posteriorly; petiole, T6–T7, S6–S7 black. Penis valve slender, characteristically shaped ( Figs 6–8 ).

Female (hitherto unknown). Body length 20–23 mm. Head. Clypeus slightly convex medially. Clypeus, subantennal sclerite, and frons without appressed silvery setae; paraocular area only slightly pruinose. Vertex, occiput, and gena microsculptured, dull, with scattered punctures; occiput and gena slightly pruinose. Erect setae of head black, setae of gena and mandible as long as or longer than flagellomere I. Mandible dark, partly amber; palpi brown. Mesosoma. Pronotum dull, punctate. Scutum shiny, with punctures about one diameter apart, slightly longitudinally rugose anteriorly, and smooth, polished, sparsely punctate posteriorly (punctures three and more diameters apart). Scutellum shiny, polished with irregular punctures anteriorly, and densely longitudinally ridged posteriorly. Mesopleuron punctatorugose. Metapleuron and propodeum rugose. Propodeal enclosure setose. Erect setae of mesosoma as long as scape (on scutum about 0.5 × scape length), pale, except black on propleuron. Tegula dark, partly amber. Wings hyaline; veins amber; costal vein brown. Legs black. Arolia rudimentary. Claws without subbasal tooth. Spines black. Setae black; on coxae black and pale. Metasoma all red (excluding black petiole). Setae of petiole pale; setae of S6 black.

Material examined: KAZAKHSTAN. Mangystau Province: Karakiya District [43°39′N, 52°07′E], 18.VI.1961, V. Kazenas (1 ♀, ZISP); Kyzylorda Province : Aral District , Barsa-Kelmes [45°38′N, 59°52′E], 5.VII.1983, D. Pirulin (1 ♀, ZISP); Aral District , Tastiubek [45°10′N, 59°23′E], 20.VI. 1 933 (1 ♂, ZISP); Shieli District , Baygekum [44°18′N, 66°28′E], 11–30.V.1913, Koshantschikow (6 ♂, 23 ♀, ZISP); Zhambyl Province : Moiynkum district , Balchash Lake [45°25′N, 73°40′E], 10.VI.1952, Bajtenov (1 ♀, ISEN) . MONGOLIA. Övörkhangai: Baruun Bayan-Ulaan [45°10′N, 101°25′E], 2–4.VIII.1969, M. Kozlov (1 ♀, ZISP).

Distribution. * Kazakhstan, Mongolia.

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 14. Podalonia albohirsuta Tsuneki, 1971. ♂: 1 – 8. ♀: 9 – 14. 1, 9 — general view, labels; 2, 10 — face; 3, 11 — head lateral; 4, 12 — mesosoma lateral; 5, 13 — mesonotum; 6 — genitalia ventral; 7 — genitalia dorsal; 8 — genitalia lateral; 14 — foretarsus.