Oxybelus sp.

Dollfuss, H., 2008, The Crabronid Wasps of the Genera Oxybelus LATREILLE 1796 and Brimocelus ARNOLD 1927 of " Biologiezentrum Linz " Collection in Linz, Austria (Hymenoptera, Apoidea, Crabronidae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 40 (1), pp. 463-505 : 502

Oxybelus sp. 10 (2, 6)

: 5.5 mm. Black with the following yellow: pronotal collare and lobes, inner margin of squama, spots on tergites I-IV, large spots on femora I and II. Mandible and scapus yellow-brownish. Flagellum dorsally nearly comlete brown, yellowish beneath. Axillary sclerites black. Pygidial area black. Anterior margin of clypeus with 7 short teeth, in the middle with a short carina and a tubercle. Mesonotum very coarsely and densely punctate, scutellum similar. Mesopleuron coarsely reticulate, on the lower part with a longitudinal carina before mesosternum. Metanotal squama bifid. Mucro short, canaliculate, deeply emarginate with two acute spines. Tergites sparsely punctate. Pygidial area distinctly longer than basally broad. The oblique carina on temple below distinct.

: 4.5-5.0 mm. Black with the following parts yellow: Scape, pronotal collare and lobes, inner margin of squama, lateral spots on tergites I-V, large spots on femora I and II, all tibiae except inside and all tarsi. Mandible yellow-brownish. Flagellum darkbrown. Axillary sclerite black. Pygidial area brown. Anterior margin of clypeus slightly tridentate, the margin thick, forming a distinctly polished underside. Mesonotum very coarsely and densely punctate, scutellum similar. Mesopleuron coarsely reticulate, on the lower part with longitudinal carina before mesosternum. Metanotal squamae bifid. Mucro short, canaliculate, deeply emarginate with two acute and moderate spines. Tergites distinctly and densely punctate, dorsal more sparsely. Lateral teeth of abdominal tergites on segments III-VI. Sternites polished and sparsely punctate. The oblique carina on temple below distinct.

M a l a y s i a - W:2, 6, Ipoh, 5 km E Tanjong Rambutan, 3.-15.IV.2000, leg. Snizek.