Podalonia marismortui (Bytinski-Salz in de Beaumont & Bytinski-Salz, 1955)

Dollfuss, H., 2010, A Key to Wasps of the Genus Podalonia FERNALD 1927 (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Sphecidae) of the Old World, Linzer biologische Beiträge 42 (2), pp. 1241-1291 : 1260-1261

Podalonia marismortui (BYTINSKI- SALZ) Figs 33, 57, 82, 95

Ammophila maris-mortui BYTINSKI- SALZ in de BEAUMONT & BYTINSKI- SALZ 1955: 33,,. Holotype:, Israel: Old Jericho road (originally H. BYTINSKI- SALZ coll., now Tel Aviv Univ.).

R e c o g n i t i o n Podalonia marismortui has a propodeal enclosure covered with erect setae and a black gaster.

The female is similar to the black form of P. hirsuta . I examined a paratype of P. marismortui , but I could not separate it from P. hirsuta .

The male of P. marismortui is also similar to the black form of P. hirsuta , but it differs in the shape of penis valve as in figs 33, 57, 82 and 95. In addition, the clypeus and frons have appressed silver setae, the petiole is as long as or longer than hindtarsomere I, and the erect setae on head are black, on thorax greyish. The mesopleuron does not have appressed silver setae.

G e o g r a p h i c d i s t r i b u t i o n Israel, Egypt, Iraq, Oman,CanaryIslands.

S p e c i m e n s e x a m i n e d 1 paratype (MZL), 1, det. de BEAUMONT 1968.