Dinetus (Venustidinetus) venustus de Beaumont, 1957

Jacobs, Hans-Joachim, 2021, A review of Dinetus Panzer, 1806 with descriptions of five new species and keys to world species (Hymenoptera, Crabronidae), Zootaxa 5061 (1), pp. 69-94 : 89

Dinetus (Venustidinetus) venustus de Beaumont, 1957

(Figs 11, 35–38)

Dinetus venustus de Beaumont, 1957: 140 , ♀, ♂. Holotype: ♂, Morocco: Tafraout (Musée Cantonal de Zoologie, Lausanne).

Description female. Dorsal and lateral view: figs 35, 36.

Colour. Black with yellow and ivory markings. Head black, malar space with small yellow spot. Mandible black with yellow median part. Antenna black, scape with yellow lateral stripes, antennomeres 2‒4(5) with yellow upper side. Pronotum black with ivory anterior and posterior parts. Pronotal lobe ivory. Scutum black, scutellum and postscutellum ivory. Mesopleuron black with ivory spot below the wing insertion. Propodeum black. Metasoma: tergum I black with reddish, II black with two big lateral spots posteriorly and blurred reddish spot in the middle, III‒IV black, V black with ivory central spot posteriorly, VI yellow with red apex. Legs: Coxae and trochanters of all legs black, fore and mid femora black with ivory spot on the underside distally, hind femur black with very small spot distally, hind and mid tibiae orange with dark underside, hind tibia orange with dark underside and ivory upper side, all tarsi orange.

Morphology. Head shiny, with fine microsculpture, vertex with fine puncture. Antennomere 3 about 4× as long as broad. Outside of mandible with conspicuous tooth. Pronotal collar medially incised. Scutum and scutellum strongly shiny, with very fine microsculpture (fig. 11). Mesopleuron shiny, with fine microsculpture. Lateral parts of propodeum with stronger microsculpture than mesopleuron. Propodeal enclosure dull, distinctly reticulated. Fore tarsal rake with five long spines, longer than tarsomere 2. Frons, vertex and metasoma without long erect setae. Clypeus, upper anterior part of mesopleuron, propodeum (except propodeal enclosure), hind coxa and lateral parts of posterior margin of tergum II with appressed silver pubescence. Outer vein of subdiscoidal cell (cu) vertical, parallel with the nervulus (cu-a) (see fig. 1). Body length 4 mm.

Description male. Dorsal and lateral view: figs 37, 38.

Colour. Like female, but yellow markings more extensive. Head yellow, central part of frons, vertex and occiput black. Scape yellow with black upper side, flagellum black. Mesopleuron yellow, posterior part black. Metasoma: Tergum I with small ivory spots, II‒III with big ones, VII brown. Coxae and trochanters of all legs with yellow markings. Fore basitarsus brown, remaining tarsomeres black. Basal tarsomeres of mid and hind tarsi brown, apical tarsomeres darker.

Morphology. Antennomere 3 about 3× as long as broad, antennomeres cylindrical. Sculpture of head and scutum stronger than in female, with distinct puncture. Propodeal enclosure reticulated with indistinct striae on the central area. Body without long erect setae, appressed pubescence like in female. Body length 3.5 mm.

Distribution. Morocco (type locality).

Examined material. MOROCCO: 1 ♂ Agadir , Tifnite, 30.193N 9.636W, 15.04.2015, Schmid-Egger leg., GBOL 15144 ( CSE) ; 1 ♂ Sous-Tal , Qulad-Teima, E Agadir, 20.05.1995, C. Neumann leg. ( CSE) ; 1 ♂ Dulad-Berrehil, H. Atlas , 25.04.1990, M. Halada leg. ( OLML) ; 1 ♂ Essaouria 09.05.1995 M. Halada leg. ( OLML) ; 1 ♂ 1 ♀ Tamri , 70 km N Agadir, 08.05.1995. (photo ♂ ♀) M. Halada leg. ( OLML) .