Ammophila rubripes Spinola, 1839

Khedher, Hassib Ben, Yildirim, Erol, Braham, Mohamed & Ljubomirov, Toshko, 2020, First checklist of Tunisian sphecid wasps (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae) with new and additional records, Zootaxa 4801 (2), pp. 301-327 : 307

Ammophila rubripes Spinola, 1839

( Figure 1 h ; Map 19 )

Ammophila rubripes Spinola, 1839 . Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, 7: 465.

Ammophila propinqua: von Schulthess, 1926: 209 (Gafsa, Kairouan); Roth, 1928: 207 (Kairouan).

New records (Total 1 ♂). Sidi Bouzid: West Sidi Bouzid, Elnouamer , 333 m, 23.VII.2018, 1 ♂ .

Additional records (Total 3 ♂). Kairouan: South Kairouan, Barouta , 95 m, 27.VIII.2018, 2 ♂ .

General distribution. Africa, Arabian Peninsula, Jordan, Israel, Syria ( Dollfuss 2013a).

Figures

FIGURE 1. Male of Ammophila species: a. A. electa; b. A. erminea; c. A. gracillima; d. A. guichardi; e. A. guesenleitneri; f. A. haimatosoma; g. A. quadraticollis; h. A. rubripes; i. A. terminata.

MAPS 17–32. Distribution maps of: 17. Ammophila producticollis; 18. Ammophila quadraticollis; 19. Ammophila rubripes; 20. Ammophila strumosa; 21. Ammophila terminata; 22. Eremochares dives; 23. Eremochares luteus; 24. Parapsammophila errabunda; 25. Podalonia atrocyanea; 26. Podalonia flavida; 27. Podalonia hirsuta; 28. Podalonia marismortui; 29. Podalonia mauritanica; 30. Podalonia minax; 31. Podalonia tydei tydei; 32. Chlorion maxillosum.