Ctenagenia vespiformis (Klug, 1834)

Schmid-Egger, Christian, 2022, The genus Ctenagenia Saussure, 1892 (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) in Oman with description of a new species, Zootaxa 5154 (1), pp. 93-96 : 94

Ctenagenia vespiformis (Klug, 1834)

( Figs 1–2 , 9 )

Material examined. Oman: Dhofar prov.: 1♀ 07.ix.2013, Jabal al Qamar, Wadi al Mughsayi 16.749 N 53.225 E, leg. M. Halada (CSE) ; 1♂ 06.x.2013, Rakhyut 16.75 N 53.40 E, leg. M. Halada (CSE) ; 1♀ 12.x.2021, 60 km W Salalah 16.818 N 53.620 E, leg. M. Halada (CSE); 1 ♀ 07.x.2021, 90 km W Salalah 16.969 N 53.355 E, leg. M. Halada (CSE) ; 4♂ 1♀ 12.x.2021, 80 km SSW Salalah 16.857 N 53.420 E leg. M. Halada (CSE) ; 1♂, 1.ix.2019, Taqah, Ain Athum , 17.117N 54.365E (leg. et coll. Al Jahdhami) ; 1♀, 8.ii.2018, Rakhyut mountain 16.723N 53.291E (leg. et coll. Al Jahdhami); Northern Oman: 1♀ 08.iii.2015, 2 km S Al Ayshi 23.02 N 57.12 E, leg. M. Halada (OLL) ; 2♂ 6♀ 15.iii.2015, 17 km W Sur 22.53 N 59.37 E; leg. M. Halada (OLL) ; 1♀ 12.iii.2022, 9 km W Jebel Shams 1800 m NN 23.232 N 57.173 E, (leg et coll. CSE) ; 2♀ 1♂, 5.iv. 2017, Alghubaira 22.805N 58.023E (leg. et coll. Al Jahdhami) ; 1♀, 20.vi.2019, 1♀, 14.iii.2020, Samed Ashan 22.849N 58.155E (leg. et coll. Al Jahdhami) .

Variation. The female from Jebel Shams has a reduced yellow band on T2, which covers only the apical half of the tergite ( Fig. 1 ). T2 is all yellow in the remaining specimens, apart from the black apex ( Fig. 2 ).

Distribution in the Arabian peninsula. The species was previously found in Yemen, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates ( Gadallah et al. 2020; Schmid-Egger 2017). Ctenagenia vespiformis is new to the fauna of Oman and was recorded from both the northern provinces and Dhofar province in the extreme south of Oman.

Figures

FIGURES 1–3. 1. Ctenagenia vespiformis ♀ dark colour pattern, body length 19.5 mm; 2.Ctenagenia vespiformis ♀ usual coulour pattern, boldy length 20.0 mm; 3. Ctenagenia wahisi ♀ holotype, body length 20.0 mm.

FIGURES 4–9. 4–8. Ctenagenia wahisi;4. ♂, body length 11.5 mm; 5. ♀ face; 6. ♀ ocelli; 7. ♀ tarsus of right foreleg; 8. ♂ S8; 9. Ctenagenia vespiformis ♂ S8.