Podalonia hirsutaffinis (TSUNEKI)

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 : 1258

Podalonia hirsutaffinis (TSUNEKI) Figs 25, 49, 74, 108

Ammophila hirsutaffinis TSUNEKI 1971: 154 ,. Holotype:, Mongolia: Uvs Aymag: Höndlon gol (TMB).

R e c o g n i t i o n Podalonia hirsutaffinis has a glabrous propodeal enclosure, a penis valve which in ventral view has a pair of transverse spines (fig. 25), in lateral view fig. 49, in dorsal view fig. 74 and in apical view fig, 108. In addition, terga I-III of the gaster are reddish brown, the legs are black, the erect setae on the head and thorax are black, and the petiole is longer than hindtarsomere I (80: 65). Podalonia hirsutaffinis differs from P. atrocyanea and P. chalybea by the presence of a small tooth near the base of claws, although this tooth is tiny and hard to see.

Female unknown.

G e o g r a p h i c d i s t r i b u t i o n: China, Mongolia, Kazakhstan.

S p e c i m e n s e x a m i n e d 1 holotype examined (TMB), 1 (OÖLM).