Ferreola elegans (Priesner, 1955)

Schmid-Egger, Rnold Christian, 2018, New species of Ferreola L, 1845 and Eoferreola A, 1935 with key to Ferreola species from the Palaearctic region (Hymenoptera, Pompilidae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 50 (1), pp. 389-412 : 402

Ferreola elegans ( PRIESNER, 1955), figs 31-34

Platyderes elegans PRIESNER, 1955, 187. Male and female, type specimens and type location not indicated. Egypt, several locations.

Re c o rd s: Tunisia: 1 male 11.ix.2007 2 km W Gabes, Chenini, on Tamarix ( CSE).

Diagnosis: (Description of female taken from PRIESNER 1955): The species is characterized by colour pattern with pronotum, mesoscutum and scutellum red, and head all black. In the examined male the is anterior part of mesopleuron is also red. Tergites I- III have a large greyish band of pubescence basally. Female pronotum is prolonged, however in the original description ( PRIESNER 1955) is not detailed information about length. Tergite Iis prolonged, and wings are transparent in basal half and strongly infuscate in apical half. The examined male has all wings transparent. The crossing between propodeal dorsum and declivity is rounded, and malar space is short. From this description the female of F. elegans has some similarities with F. alraeesii from Arabia and F. haladai from Central Asia. Both species differ clearly by colour pattern, wing colour and by body length (female of P. elegans 9-15 mm, F. alraeesii 18 -20 mm), see description. The examined male of P. elegans measures 7.5 mm, subgenital plate is simple and without any process (with long process in F. alreesii and F. haladai ).

Geograf ic distribution: Egypt, Tunisia.

Figures

Figs 31-36: (31) Ferreola elegans, male; (32) Ferreola elegans, male, head and mesosoma dorsally; (33) Ferreola elegans, male, subgenital plate; (34) Ferreola elegans, male, genital; (35) Ferreola haladai, female paratype; (36) Ferreola haladai, male holotype.