Podalonia kozlovii ( Kohl, 1906 )

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 : 564-566

Podalonia kozlovii ( Kohl, 1906)

Figures 74–87 .

Ammophila (Psammophila) Kozlovii Kohl, 1906: 272 , ♀, ♂, lectotype, designated here, ♀ “Уланбулак, хр Гумбольта Наньшан Роб Козлов к. VI. 94 [cyrillic] // Ammophila Kozlovii n. sp. det. Kohl. ♀” (ZISP), examined. Podalonia kozlovii: Bohart & Menke, 1976: 144 ; Dollfuss, 2010b: 1244, 1247, 1259; Danilov, 2016: 345; Wang et al., 2016: 448, 449; Pulawski, 2016.

Note. I recently found the type material (♀, ♂) of P. kozlovii (Kohl) in ZISP whose depository was previously unknown (Danilov, 2016). According to Dollfuss (2010b), the penis valve of P. kozlovii lacks the transverse spines, but such spines are present in the syntype male (as in P. atrocyanea , P. chalybea , P. gussakovskii sp. n., and P. hirsutaffinis ).

Diagnosis. The male of P. kozlovii closely resembles P. ebenina ( Spinola, 1839) in having the body all black, but differs by the shape of the penis valve (penis valve simple in P. ebenina , and with transverse spines in P. kozlovii ).

The female of P. kozlovii closely resembles P. arcuaticlypeata Wang et Ma, 2016 in having the body all black, a glabrous propodeal enclosure, and a similar sculpture, but differs by the absence of the distinct tooth of the forecoxa. It is similar to P. atrocyanea , P. affinis (black form), P. ebenina , and P. moczari ( Tsuneki, 1971) in having an all black body and a glabrous propodeal enclosure. P. atrocyanea differs from P. kozlovii in having the forecoxa with an apical tooth, the blue reflections of the metasoma, the claws without a subbasal tooth, a coarser and denser punctation of the scutum, and a coarsely rugose mesopleuron (in P. kozlovii , the forecoxa has no apical tooth, the metasoma has no blue reflections, the claws have a small subbasal tooth, and the mesopleuron dull, finely rugose, and sparsely punctate). P. affinis (black form) differs from P. kozlovii in having a distinctly microsculptured scutum, and a more coarsely rugose and punctate mesopleuron (in P. kozlovii , the scutum is more or less shiny, the mesopleuron dull, finely rugose, and sparsely punctate). P. ebenina differs from P. kozlovii in having the forecoxa with an apical tooth, a more coarsely rugose and punctate mesopleuron, and a darker wings (in P. kozlovii , the forecoxa is without apical tooth, the mesopleuron dull, finely rugose, and sparsely punctate). P. moczari differs from P. kozlovii in having the claws without a subbasal tooth, and in having an obliquely, finely, and densely striate mesopleuron (in P. kozlovii , the claws are with a small subbasal tooth, the mesopleuron dull, finely rugose, and sparsely punctate).

Description. Male. Body length 13 mm. Head. Clypeus slightly elongate; apical margin slightly emarginated. Clypeus, subantennal sclerite, and paraocular area with appressed silvery setae. Vertex, occiput, and gena microsculptured, with scattered punctures. Erect setae longer than scape, black. Mandible and palpi black. Mesosoma. Pronotum and scutum finely microsculptured, sparsely punctate (punctures 1–3 diameters apart), more or less shiny. Mesopleuron dull, distinctly microsculptured, with punctures 1–2 diameters apart. Propodeal enclosure glabrous, dull, finely obliquely rugose. Metapleuron and propodeum dull, punctatorugose. Erect setae mainly black, on meso- and metapleuron partly whitish. Tegula black. Wings slightly darkened; veins dark brown; costal vein black. Legs black. Claws with small subbasal tooth. Forecoxa without distinct tooth. Spines black. Metasoma all black, pruinose, without blue reflections. Penis valve in ventral view with transverse spines ( Figs 79– 81 ).

Female. Body length 13–14 mm. Head. Clypeus slightly convex medially. Clypeus, subantennal sclerite, and frons without appressed silvery setae. Vertex, occiput, and gena finely microsculptured, with scattered punctures, shiny. Erect setae black. Mandible and palpi black. Mesosoma. Pronotum and scutum finely microsculptured, with punctures 2–5 diameters apart, more or less shiny. Mesopleuron dull, distinctly microsculptured, with punctures 2– 5 diameters apart, slightly rugose posteriorly. Propodeal enclosure glabrous, dull, finely transversely rugose. Metapleuron and propodeum microsculptured, more or less shiny, punctatorugose. Erect setae black. Tegula black. Wings slightly darkened; veins dark brown; costal vein black. Legs black. Foretarsus slightly asymmetrical. Arolia well defined. Claws with small subbasal tooth. Forecoxa without distinct tooth. Spines black. Metasoma all black, without blue reflections.

Material examined: Lectotype. ♀, CHINA. Gansu: Jiuquan , Subei Mongol Autonomous County [Уланбулак] [39°13′N, 95°30′E], VI.1894, V.I. Roborovsky, P.K. Kozlov ( ZISP) . Paralectotypes. Same data as lectotype (1 ♂, ZISP) ; CHINA. Qinghai: Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture , Dulan County, Lake Alag Hu [35°35′N, 97°07′E], V.1900, P.K. Kozlov (2 ♀, ZISP) ; Golog Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Madoi County, E coast of Ngoring Lake [34°56′N, 97°50′E], V–VI.1901, P.K. Kozlov (2 ♀, ZISP) .

Distribution: China (Gansu, Qinghai).

Figures

FIGURES 74 – 87. Podalonia kozlovii (Kohl, 1906). Paralectotype ♂: 74 – 81. Lectotype ♀: 82 – 87. 74, 82 — general view, labels; 75, 83 — face; 76, 84 — head lateral; 77, 85 — mesosoma lateral; 78, 86 — mesonotum; 79 — genitalia ventral; 80 — genitalia dorsal; 81 — penis valve lateral; 87 — foretarsus.