Ammophila strumosa KOHL

Dollfuss, H., 2013, Revision of the Wasps Genus Ammophila KIRBY 1798 (Hymenoptera Apoidea Sphecidae) of the Palearctic Region and India, Linzer biologische Beiträge 45 (1), pp. 383-564 : 492-493

Ammophila strumosa KOHL ( Figs 44 , 116 , 139 , 198 , 268 , 307 , 333 , 391 , 457 , 519 )

Ammophila quadraticollis var. strumosa KOHL 1906: 355 , ♀. Lectotype: ♀, Jordan, no specific locality (NHMW) examined, present designation.– As Ammophila strumosa: ROTH 1928:

200 (new status). M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: 7♀♀, 13 (OÖLM), 2♀♀ (NHMW), 6♀♀ (coll. Schmid-Egger).

R e c o g n i t i o n Ammophila strumosa has the gastral apex with metallic shine, the pronotal collar with a prominent median tubercle (laterally with two slight tubercles, so that, viewed from above, it is bluntly trituberculate), the mesothoracic venter not prominent anteriorly, the episternal sulcus extending to the anteroventral margin of the pleuron. The female of A. strumosa differs from A. exsecta in having the gastral apex with a metallic shine, the pronotal collar bluntly tritubercular and the metapleuron not covered with appressed silvery setae ( A. exsecta has a pronotal collar with a concave anterior surface in the lateral view and the thorax evenly covered with appressed silvery setae). The male of A. horni differs from A. strumosa in having a distinct tooth on the hypostomal carina and in the shape of gonostyle ( Fig. 390 ) and penis valve.

D e s c r i p t i o n: Gastral apex with metallic shine, pronotal collar with prominent median tubercle (laterally with two slight tubercles, so viewed from above, bluntly trituberculate), mesothoracic venter not prominent anteriorly, episternal sulcus extending to anteroventral margin of pleuron, arolia distinctly, claws without basal tooth. Propodeal enclosure medially irregularly rugose, rugosity becoming regular laterally, covered with white erect setae (except narrow stripe laterally glabrous). Mesopleuron punctato-rugose, mesothoracic venter coarsely transversely rugose and metapleuron punctato-rugose and not covered with appressed silvery setae.

♀: 19-22 mm. Black, with following yellowish-brown: fore- and midlegs (except coxae and trochanters), tegula, basal third of hindtibia, petiole (partly or all), tergum I (basally black), gastral segments II, III and basal half of IV; wings slightly infumate. Clypeus (except ventral half), frons, pronotal lobe, mesopleuron, propodeum posterolaterally covered with appressed silvery setae. Gena, pronotal collar (except dorsal tubercle), scutum and coxae pruinose; erect setae white. Scutum transversely striate and punctate, scutellum longitudinally striate and punctate. Clypeus distinctly elongate ( Fig. 44 ), ventral half shiny, glabrous, sparsely punctate, disk convex. Supra-antennal lamellate projection slightly developed (as in A. sabulosa Fig. 20). Pronotal collar dorsally: Fig. 116 , laterally: Fig. 139 . Flagellomere I: II=1.8-2.0; length of petiole = hindtarsomeres I+II.

3: 21 mm. Black, with following yellowish-brown: fore- and midlegs (except coxae and trochanters), tegula, basal third of hindtibia, petiole (partly or all), tergum I (basally black), gastral segments II, III and basal half of IV; wings slightly infumate. Clypeus (except ventral half), frons, pronotal lobe, mesopleuron, propodeum posterolaterally covered with appressed silvery setae. Gena, pronotal collar (except dorsal tubercle), scutum and coxae pruinose; erect setae white. Scutum transversely striate and punctate, scutellum longitudinally striate and punctate. Clypeus distinctly elongate ( Fig. 198 ), clypeal disk concave on ventral half, convex on dorsal half ( Fig. 333 ). Pronotal collar laterally: Fig. 268 . Genitalia characteristically shaped: gonostyle laterally: Fig. 391 , penis valve laterally: Fig. 457 , ventrally: Fig. 519 . Flagellomere I: II=1.6; length of petiole = hindtarsomeres I+II+0.5×III.

G e o g r a p h i c a l d i s t r i b u t i o n Jordan, Israel, Egypt (Sinai Peninsula), Algeria, Morocco, Western Sahara.

Ammophila tekkensis GUSSAKOVSKIJ ( Figs 53 , 109 , 120 , 144 , 234 , 285 , 322 , 419 , 481 ,

Figures

Figs 44-54: clypeus of female.

Figs 110-121: pronotal collar of female in dorsal view.

Figs 138-148: pronotal collar of female in lateral view.

Figs 198-205: male clypeus.

Figs 262-276: pronotal collar of male in lateral view.

Figs 307-319: pronotal collar of male in dorsal view.

Figs 332-356: male clypeus in lateral view.

Figs 390-397: male genitalia: gonostyle in lateral view.

Figs 444-460: male genitalia: penis valve in lateral view.

Figs 509-526: male genitalia: penis valve in ventral view.

Figs 85-109: clypeus of female in lateral view.

Figs 227-239: male clypeus.

Figs 277-291: pronotal collar of male in lateral view.

Figs 320-331: pronotal collar of male in dorsal view.

Figs 414-429: male genitalia: gonostyle in lateral view.

Figs 471-490: male genitalia: penis valve in lateral view.