Podalonia andrei ( F. Morawitz, 1889 )

Danilov, Yuriy N., 2017, Taxonomic notes on Palearctic Podalonia Fernald, 1927 (Hymenoptera, Sphecidae), with descriptions of four new species, Zootaxa 4320 (3), pp. 554-570 : 557-558

Podalonia andrei ( F. Morawitz, 1889)

Figures 15–28 .

Ammophila (Psammophila) Andréi F. Morawitz, 1889: 126 –127, ♀, lectotype, designated here, ♀ “ Kansu, Donkyr. Pot.[anin] // к. Ф Моравица [cyrillic] // Ammophila Andrei ♀ F. Morawitz” (ZISP), examined; Dalla Torre, 1897: 395; Kohl, 1906: 280; Gussakovskij, 1934: 4; Tsuneki, 1971: 150.

Podalonia andrei: Bohart & Menke, 1976: 144 ; Wu & Zhou, 1996: 297; Li & Yang, 2005: 884; Dollfuss, 2010a: 542 , 2010b:1245, 1251; Danilov, 2014: 518, 2016: 336; Wang et al., 2016: 449; Pulawski, 2016.

Note. A male syntype in ZISP, bearing a label by F.F. Morawitz: “ Psammophila Andrei ♂ F. Morawitz” and collected by G. Potanin ( Fig. 15 ) closely resembles the female of this species: it has a similar color of the metasoma and of the setae. The specimen clearly differs from the males described as andrei by Kohl, 1906 and by subsequent authors ( Tsuneki, 1971; Dollfuss, 2010a, 2010b) by the shape of the penis valve ( Figs 20–22 ). Moreover, the type specimen of Ammophila hirticeps F. Morawitz, 1893 (= Podalonia turcestanica ( Dalla Torre, 1897)) synonymized with P. andrei by Dollfuss, 2010, also clearly differs from this specimen, which leads to resurrecting P. turcestanica (Dalla Torre) as a valid species. Podalonia andrei of Kohl, 1906 is described below as P. asiatica sp. nov.

A female syntype with labels “Monasterium Utai. Potanin // к. Ф Моравица [cyrillic] // Psammophila Andrei ♀ F. Morawitz var. a.” is conspecific with Podalonia hirsuta ( Scopoli, 1763) .

Diagnosis. The male of P. andrei is similar to P. hirsuta , P. altaiensis ( Tsuneki, 1971) , P. nigrohirta ( Kohl, 1888) , P. turcestanica ( Dalla Torre, 1897) , and P. asiatica sp. n. in having the propodeal enclosure with erect setae and predominantly black erect setae of the body, but differs by the shape of the penis valve, in having T1–T4 red (at most T1- 1/2 of T4 red in the other species). P. altaiensis , P. turcestanica , and P. asiatica sp. n. differ from P. andrei in having the entire mesosoma with black erect setae (propodeum with pale erect setae in P. andrei ). The male of P. andrei differs from P. flavida , P. luffii , P. tydei , P. pungens , P. fera , and P. albohirsuta by the shape of the penis valve and in having the mesosoma with black setae only (except on the propodeum).

The female of P. andrei closely resembles P. hirsuta and P. nigrohirta in having the body with black setae and the rudimentary arolia, but differs in having T1–T4 red (at most T1–T3 red in P. hirsuta and P. nigrohirta ), in having scutal punctures 1–2 diameters apart anteriorly and polished scutum posteriorly (punctures at most one diameter apart in P. hirsuta and punctures mostly elongated posteriorly or the scutum longitudinally ridged in P. nigrohirta ). The wings in P. nigrohirta are darker. The female of P. andrei differs from P. flavida , P. luffii , P. tydei , P. pungens , and P. kaszabi in the absence of the pale setae on the whole body and some other features (in P. flavida , P. luffii , and P. tydei , the arolia are well defined; in P. tydei , the body is covered with appressed silvery setae; in P. pungens , the metasoma is with red color more extended; in P. luffii , the foretarsus is more asymmetrical and the mandible is reddish).

Description. Male. Body length 17 mm. Head. Clypeus elongate, narrowed anteriorly; apical margin slightly emarginated. Clypeus, subantennal sclerite, and paraocular area with dense appressed silvery setae. Vertex, occiput, and gena microsculptured, with scattered punctures. Erect setae of head black. Mandible and palpi black. Mesosoma. Pronotum microsculptured, sparsely punctate (punctures about 1.0–1.5 diameters apart), more or less shiny; with black erect setae. Scutum with black, erect setae; scutal punctures anteriorly less than one diameter apart, 1–2 diameters apart on disk, interspaces shiny. Mesopleuron punctatorugose, with black, erect setae. Scutellum longitudinally ridged posteriorly. Metapleuron rugose, with black and some pale erect setae. Propodeum rugose, with pale erect setae. Tegula black. Wings slightly smoked, brownish; veins brown; costal vein dark brown. Legs black. Claws without subbasal tooth. Spines black. Metasoma. T1–T4, S1–S4 (excluding petiole) red; petiole, T5–T7, S5–S7 black. Penis valve slender, in ventral view with small transverse spines ( Figs 20–22 ).

Female. Body length 16–18 mm. Head. Clypeus convex medially. Clypeus, subantennal sclerite, and frons without appressed setae. Vertex, occiput, and gena microsculptured, with scattered punctures. Erect setae black. Mandible and palpi black. Mesosoma. Pronotum finely microsculptured, with scattered punctures, shiny. Scutum shiny, sparsely punctate anteriorly (punctures 1–3 diameters apart), polished and with impunctate area posteriorly. Mesopleuron coarsely punctatorugose, rugose posteriorly. Propodeal enclosure rugose, with black erect setae. Metapleuron and propodeum rugose. Erect setae black. Tegula black. Wings slightly smoked, brownish; veins brown; costal vein dark brown. Legs black. Foretarsus slightly asymmetrical. Arolia rudimentary. Claws without subbasal tooth. Spines of legs black. Metasoma. T1–T4, S1–S4 (excluding petiole) red; petiole, T5–T6, S5–S6 black.

Material examined: Lectotype . ♀, CHINA. Qinghai: Huangyuan [= Donkyr ] [36°38′ N, 101°9′ E], G. Potanin ( ZISP). Paralectotypes . Same data as lectotype (1♀, 1♂, ZISP).

Distribution: Mongolia, China (Gansu, Qinghai).

Figures

FIGURES 15 – 28. Podalonia andrei (F. Morawitz, 1889). Paralectotype ♂: 15 – 22. Lectotype ♀: 23 – 28. 15, 23 — general view, labels; 16, 24 — face; 17, 25 — head lateral; 18, 26 — mesosoma lateral; 19, 27 — mesonotum; 20 — genitalia ventral; 21 — genitalia dorsal; 22 — penis valve lateral; 28 — foretarsus.