Hoplisoides punctuosus (Eversmann, 1849)

Mokrousov, Mikhail V., Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. & Maharramov, Mahir M., 2020, Digger wasps of the genus Hoplisoides Gribodo (Hymenoptera, Crabronidae, Bembicinae) from the Palaearctic region, with description of two new species, Journal of Hymenoptera Research 79, pp. 213-233 : 213

8 . Hoplisoides punctuosus (Eversmann, 1849)

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Hoplisus punctuosus Eversmann, 1849: 393, ♀, ♂ (lectotype: ♀, designated by Nemkov, 1995: 134, Russia, Spasskoye, 120 km east of Orenburg [ZISP]).

Hoplisus punctatus Kirschbaum, 1853: 45, ♀ (holotype or syntypes: ♀, Germany, Herzogtum Nassau, MainzMombach [Natural History State Collection in Museum Wiesbaden, Wiesbaden, Germany]). Synonymized by Handlirsch, 1888: 395, synonymy confirmed by Pulawski, 1965: 571.

Hoplisus crassicornis A. Costa, 1859: 53, ♂ (syntypes: ♂♂, Italy, Calabria, Aspromonte and Sangiovannifiore [Museo zoologico, Napoli, Italy]). Synonymized with Gorytes punctuosus by Handlirsch, 1888: 395 and with Hoplisoides punctatus by de Beaumont, 1952a: 219.

Hoplisus maculipennis Giraud in von Frauenfeld, 1861: 103, 106, ♂ (holotype or syntypes: ♂, Croatia, Dalmatia, no specific locality [Naturhistorisches Museum, Wien, Austria]). Synonymized by Handlirsch, 1888: 395.

Gorytes ibericus Mercet, 1906: 117, ♀, ♂ (syntypes: Spain, Madrid, Escorial and Montarco; and Valladolid, Jaramiel, Vaciamadrid, Villaverde [Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Madrid, Spain]). Synonymized by de Beaumont, 1950: 63, synonymy confirmed in 1952a: 219.

Material examined.

Russia: Crimea, Evpatoria , near Mirniy vill., 5.VI.2016, (1 ♂), leg. A. Fateryga [MMPC]; ibid, 15.VI.2016, (1 ♀), leg. S. Ivanov [MMPC]; ibid, 17.VI.2017, (1 ♀), leg. V. Zhydkov [MMPC]; Dagestan , Narat-Tyube Mt. , 20 km W Makhachkala, 42.978°N, 47.242°E, 2.VI.2017, (1 ♀), leg. MM; ibid, 24.VI.2018, (1 ♀), leg. MM, KF [MMPC]; 8 km SE Staroterechnoe, 43.792°N, 47.527°E, 19.VI.2018, (2 ♀), leg. YuA, KF, VL, MM, MP [MMPC]; 3 km SW Novoterechnoe, 43.996°N, 47.326°E, 20.VI.2018, (1 ♀), leg. YuA, KF, VL, MM, MP [MMPC]; Kumtorkala Distr. , Barkhan Sarykum , 43.002°N, 47.237°E, 30.V.2017, (1 ♂), leg. MM; ibid, 5.VII.2018, (2 ♀), leg. YuA, KF, VL, MM, MP; ibid, 29.V.2019, (1 ♂), leg. MM [MMPC]; Magaramkent Distr. , Samur reserve , 41.866°N, 48.555°E, 4.VI.2017, (1 ♂), leg. MM [MMPC]; Krasnodar Terr., Sennoi Vill., 23, 25.VI.2012, (2 ♀, 1 ♂), leg. MM [MMPC]; 4 km E of Starotitarovskaya Cossack vill., 24.VI.2012, (3 ♀) leg. MM [MMPC]; Anapa , Verkhnee Dzhemete vill., 11.VI.2014, (1 ♂), leg. MM [MMPC]; Astrakhan Prov. , Lapas vill., 46.955°N, 47.836°E, 24.V.2019, (1 ♂), leg. KF [MMPC]; Rostov Prov., W Grekovo-Stinichniy vill., 48.843°N, 40.419°E, 21.VI.2014, (3 ♀), leg. MM [MMPC]; Nizhny Novgorod Prov. , near Dzerzhinsk city, 27.VIII.2000 (1 ♀), leg. MM [MMPC]; Vacha Distr. , Bazarovo vill., 19.VII.2014, (1 ♀), leg. MM [MMPC]; Orenburg Prov. , Kuvandyk Distr. , Aytuarskaja steppe, 5.VII.2010, (1 ♂), leg. V. Nemkov [MMPC]; Altai Terr., 15 km S Blagoveschenka, Kuchukskoe lake , 52.69°N, 79.876°E, 21.VII.2017, (1 ♂), leg. MP [MMPC]; Amur Prov. , 27 km E Arkhara, 12-13.VIII.2013, (1 ♀); 24 km W Arkhara, 15.VIII.2012, (4 ♀); ibid, 17-18.VII.2013, (1 ♀, 3 ♂), leg. DK [DKPC]; GEORGIA: Kakheti Reg., David Gareja monastery, 41.448°N, 45.377°E, 24.VI.2016, (1 ♀), leg. MM [MMPC]; ARMENIA: Khosrovsky Nature Reserve , 22.VI.1985, (1 ♂), leg. V. Tobias [FSCV]; AZERBAIJAN: Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic , Babek , Goynuk , 39°18'N, 45°40'E, 1680 m, 12.VI.2019, (2 ♀, 11 ♂), leg. MP, Kh. Aliyev, M. Maharramov [MMPC]; Sharur, Akhura, 39°33'N, 45°13'E, 1640 m, 13.VI.2019, (1 ♂), leg. MP, Kh. Aliyev, M. Maharramov [MMPC]; Shakhbuz, Zarnatun, 39°31'N, 45°46'E, 1550 m, 18.VI.2019, (3 ♂), leg. MP, Kh. Aliyev, M. Maharramov [MMPC]; Shakhbuz, Gomur, 39°27'N, 45°44'E, 1790 m, 18.VI.2018, (1 ♂), leg. MP, Kh. Aliyev, M. Maharramov [MMPC]; CYPRUS: Paphos, Peyia vill., 34.895°N, 32.3311°E, 21, 25.V.2018 (2 ♀, 1 ♂), leg. MM [MMPC]; TURKEY: Kayseri, Göreme, 1000 m, 9.VI.1988, (1 ♂), leg. C. Schmid-Egger [FSCV]; Muradye, 1750 m, 9.VI.1988, (1 ♂), leg. C. Schmid-Egger [FSCV]; UZBEKISTAN: Kashkadarya Prov. , Karshy city, 38.888°N, 65.8317°E 7, 5.V.2015, (1 ♂), MM, MP, K. Samartzev [MMPC]; ibid, 1-6.VI.2015, (1 ♂), V. Gromenko [MMPC]; TAJIKISTAN: Kondara, 13.VI.1939, (2 ♀, 1 ♂), leg. V. Gussakovskij [FSCV]; KYRGYZSTAN: Fergana valley , Taran-Bazar vill., 15-18.V.1997, (1 ♂), V. Gromenko [MMPC]; Tchatkal valley , Chandalash riv., 41°44'23"N, 70°52'22"E, 19-20.VI.1999, (1 ♀, 1 ♂), MM [MMPC]; KAZAKHSTAN: Zharma, 9.VIII.1970, (1 ♀), V. Tobias [FSCV]; 9 km S Aksu vill., 43°10'51"N, 74°03'55"E, 11.VI.1999, (1 ♀), MM [MMPC]; MONGOLIA: Dornod Aimag, 60 km ENE Bayan-Burda, Derkhin-Chagan-Obo Mt., 21.VII.1971, (1 ♂), leg. M. Kozlov [FSCV]; Khalkhin Gol, 31.VII.1976, (1 ♂), leg. I. Kerzhner [ZISP] .

Distribution.

Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Portugal, Spain, France, United Kingdom, Switzerland, Italy, Germany, Austria, Czech Republic, Slovenia, Croatia, Albania, Greece, Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Russia (Crimea, *Dagestan, Krasnodar Terr., Astrakhan Prov., Volgograd Prov., Rostov Prov., Belgorod Prov., Nizhny Novgorod Prov., Orenburg Prov., Novosibirsk Prov., Kemerovo Prov., Altai Terr., *Amur Prov.), *Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Cyprus, Turkey, Syria, Israel, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Mongolia.

Remark.

Gorytes curtulus A. Costa, 1893: 100 (= Hoplisoides punctuosus curtulus (A. Costa) according to de Beaumont 1952a: 222) was described based on slight differences of the colour of femurs and antenna and the breadth of apical metasomal hair bands. These characters vary with the climatic conditions the wasps live in and usually are unsuitable for a taxonomic differentiation. This taxon is probably synonym of Hoplisoides punctuosus (Eversmann), but for the final conclusion it is necessary to study the types or specimens from the type locality (Tunisia).

Figures

Figure 8. Hoplisoides craverii (A. Costa), female (A-C), and H. punctuosus (Eversmann), female, from Dagestan, Russia [MMPC] (D-F): A, D head, frontal view B, E metasoma, ventral view C, F scutellum, metanotum and propodeum, posterolateral view.