Katamenes tauricus tauricus (de Saussure, 1855)

Dvořák, Libor & Castro, Leopoldo, 2007, New and noteworthy records of vespid wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) from the Palaearctic region, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 47, pp. 229-236 : 232

Katamenes tauricus tauricus (de Saussure, 1855)

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= Katamenes sesquicinctus sesquicinctus (Lichtenstein, 1796) , name suppressed by plenary powers of the ICZN

(1995)

Material examined. MONGOLIA: ÖVÖRKHANGAY [= OVORHANGAY] PROVINCE, 139 km SW Arvaykheer [= Arvayheer], 1430 m a.s.l., small canyon in lava, 45°17′ N, 101°41′ E, 4.vii.2004, 1♀, J. Straka leg., L. Castro det., L. Dvořák coll. RUSSIA: EASTERN SIBERIA, TUVA [= TYVA] REPUBLIC, Tannu Ola mountains ( SW), Sagly, 2000 m a.s.l., 3.vii.2003, 1 ♀, S. Vastchenko leg., L. Castro det. & coll.

Distributed mainly in central Asia ( Afghanistan, south-eastern Kazakhstan, Mongolia and the Chinese territory of Xinjiang and province of Hebei), with populations in south-eastern European Russia, southern Ukraine (from where it was described) and northern Iran (GUSEN- LEITNER 1972, KURZENKO 1977). The Iranian population is known as ssp. viratus (Giordani Soika, 1949) , while the form traditionally considered as ssp. baicalensis (Kokuyev, 1927) was synonymised by KURZENKO (1977) with the nominotypical subspecies, the only formal taxon now generally recognised outside Iran. First record from Tuva.

Figures

Figs. 1-6. 1 – Euodynerus reflexus (Brullé, 1839), ♀ from Gran Canaria, Spain; 2 – Hemipterochilus bicoloricornis (Giordani Soika, 1952), ♀ from Antalya province, Turkey; 3 – Katamenes tauricus tauricus (de Saussure, 1855), ♀ from the Tuva Republic, Russia; 4 – Microdynerus latro Blüthgen, 1955, ♁ from Dimashq province, Syria; 5 – Pseudepipona tricolor Gusenleitner, 1976,♀ from Batys Qazaqstan province, Kazakhstan; 6 – Polistes rubellus Gusenleitner, 2006, ♀ from the Gandaki area, Nepal. 1, 4, 6 – photo: L. Dvořák; 2, 3, 5 – photo: L. Castro.