Podalonia turcestanica ( Dalla Torre, 1897 ), 1976

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 : 568-569

Podalonia turcestanica ( Dalla Torre, 1897) , stat. resurr.

Figures 103–110.

Ammophila hirticeps F. Morawitz, 1893: 408 , ♂, holotype, ♂, Tajikistan: “Jagnob Simarch. // к. Ф Моравица [cyrillic] // Psammophila hirticeps ♂ F. Morawitz // Podalonia andrei (F. Morawitz) det. Dollfuss 2009 ♂ // HOLOTYPE ♂ Ammophila hirticeps F. Morawitz, 1893 [red label]” (ZISP), examined. Junior primary homonym of Ammophila hirticeps Cameron, 1889 . Synonymized with Podalonia andrei by Dollfuss, 2010b: 1251; Kohl, 1906: 371; Danilov, 2016: 337.

Ammophila turcestanica Dalla Torre, 1897: 411 . Substitute name for Ammophila hirticeps F. Morawitz.

Podalonia turcestanica: Bohart & Menke, 1976: 145 , 154; Kazenas, 2001: 17.

Podalonia andrei: Dollfuss, 2010b: 1249, 1251 ; Danilov, 2014: 518; Pulawski, 2016.

Note. The holotype of Ammophila hirticeps F. Morawitz, 1893 , described from Tajikistan and synonymized with P. andrei from China and Mongolia by Dollfuss (2010b), clearly differs from the male of P. andrei ; it was labeled as “ andrei ” by H. Dollfuss. Consequently, Podalonia turcestanica ( Dalla Torre, 1897) , its valid name, must be resurrected from synonymy.

Diagnosis. The male of P. turcestanica is similar to P. altaiensis , P. hirsuta , P. nigrohirta , P. andrei , and P. asiatica sp. n. in having the propodeal enclosure with erect setae, and the body erect setae predominantly black. It differs from P. altaiensis by the shape of the penis valve, which in P. altaiensis is slenderer and with only a very small transverse spines (which in P. turcestanica are well defined as in figs 108–110). It differs from P. hirsuta by the shape of the penis valve, and in having the body with only black setae (in P. hirsuta , the penis valve is broader, and the mesosoma with the black and pale setae). It differs from P. andrei in having the body with only black setae and a less extended red color of the metasoma: T1–T2 red (in P. andrei , the metapleuron and the propodeal enclosure have pale setae, and T1–T4 are red). It differs from P. nigrohirta and P. asiatica sp. n. by the shape of the penis valve (in P. asiatica , the penis valve is broader; in P. nigrohirta with only very small transverse spines).

Description. Male. Body length 14.5 mm. Head. Clypeus not elongate, hexagonal; apical margin slightly emarginated. Clypeus, subantennal sclerite, and paraocular area with very sparse appressed silvery setae, microsculptured, and sparsely punctate (punctures 1–3 diameters apart on clypeus). Vertex, occiput, and gena microsculptured, with irregular, coarse punctures. Frons slightly impressed along frontal line; vertex convex. Erect setae black, longer than scape and pedicel combined. Mandible and palpi black. Mesosoma with black erect setae.

Pronotum finely microsculptured, with scattered punctures, shiny. Scutum more or less shiny, slightly rugose anteriorly, its punctures less than one diameter apart anteriorly). Scutellum dull, longitudinally rugose. Mesopleuron, metapleuron, and propodeum coarsely rugose. Propodeal enclosure setose. Tegula black. Wings slightly smoked; veins brown; costal vein dark brown. Legs black. Claws with very small subbasal tooth. Spines black. Metasoma. T1–T2 and S1–S2 (partly) red; petiole, T3–T7, S3–S7 black. Penis valve slenderer than in P. hirsuta , in ventral view with transverse spines (Figs 108–110).

Female. Unknown.

Material examined: Holotype. ♂, TAJIKISTAN. Sughd Province: Yaghnob River Valley, Ayni District, near Rabot [ Jagnob Simarch ] [39°11′N, 68°35′E] ( ZISP).

Distribution: Tajikistan.