Pamirospila pamira (Haupt, 1930)

Loktionov, Valery M., 2024, Review of the genus Pamirospila Wolf, 1970 (Hymenoptera, Pompilidae), with description of a new species, Zootaxa 5481 (5), pp. 573-581 : 577

Pamirospila pamira (Haupt, 1930)

( Figs 9, 13, 17, 18, 25 , 29)

Psammochares pamirus Haupt, 1930a: 226 , ♀ nec ♂. Lectotype, ♀, designated here "West-Pamir / VII. X. 28 / leg. Reinig // Dschailgan / 8.X. 1850 m // Type [red label] // Psammochares / pamirus Hpt. / det. Haupt, 1930. ♀ // P. pamirus Hpt / Lectotypus / design. Lelej 2011 [red label] // Pamirospila / pamira (Hpt) / ♀ / Lelej det. 2011" [ Tajikistan, Dzhailgan] ( Fig. 29) [MNHU], designated here.

Arachnospila (Arachnospila) binaeva : Zonstein 1989: 41 (♂ nec ♀).

Arachnospila (Pamirospila) pamira : Zonstein 1996: 377.

Pamirospila pamira : Zonstein 2000: 182, ♀ ♂; 2002a: 116; 2002b: 135; Enayatnia et al. 2018: 467.

Arachnospila pamira : Wolf 1998: 335; Yildirim & Wahis 2011: 685.

Diagnosis. Female differs from those of other species by the combination of the following characters: flagellomere 1 3.0–3.1 times as long as wide, spines of tarsal comb flattened, plantula rounded apically, ocellar triangle 100°, tergum 1 black, terga with light-grayish pubescence. Male differs from those of other species by the combination of the following characters: hypopygium nearly flat and uniformly hirsute ventrally ( Fig. 18 ), its apical margin slightly concave or straight ( Fig. 17 ), volsella lanceolate ( Fig. 27 ).

Material examined. Type material. Lectotype, ♀ (see above) [ MNHU]. Additional material. Kyrgyzstan: 2 ♀, Zaalai Mt. Ridge, Berk-Su gorge, 3300 m, 39°26'N 72°02'E, 12.VII.1995 (S.L. Zonstein); 2 ♀, Zaalai Mt. Ridge, Berk-Su gorge, 2600 m, 39°28'N 72°01'E, 9.VII.1995 (S.L. Zonstein). Tajikistan: 2 ♂, Alai Mountain ridge, southern slope, Karamyk pass, 3100 m, 13.VIII.1985 (E. Budris) [ ZISP] .

Distribution. Turkey ( Yildirim & Wahis 2011), Iran ( Enayatnia et al. 2018), Afghanistan ( Wolf 1970), Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan ( Zonstein 2000).

Remarks. The type series of Psammochares pamirus Haupt, 1930 consists of three specimens (syntypes) ( Haupt 1930a) of which 2 ♀ belong to this species and 1 ♂ belongs to Arachnospila (Arachnospila) sogdiana koenigsmanni Wolf, 1970 (= Arachnospila (Arachnospila) sogdiana ( Morawitz, 1893)) . H. Wolf (1970: 72) listed examined material on Psammochares pamirus Haupt, 1930 , including 1 ♀ from the type series. None of the above mentions of a type or lectotype fulfil the relevant Code requirements (Articles 74.3, 74.5 and 74.6 (ICZN 1999)), and I therefore hereby designate the same specimen formally as the lectotype.

Figures

FIGURES 9–28. Pamirospila species (from Zonstein 2000, 2002a). 9, 13, 17, 18, 25. P. pamira (Haupt). 10, 14, 19, 20, 26. P. stjenkarasini (Wolf) (=P. hetaera Zonstein, ♂ nec ♀). 11, 15, 21, 22, 27. P. baghira Zonstein. 12. P. magiana Zonstein. 16, 23, 24, 28. P. yeti Zonstein. 9–16. The head, frontal view. 17–24. The hypopygium (17, 19, 21, 23 in ventral view; 18, 20, 22, 24 in lateral view). 25–28. The genitalia (ventral/dorsal views). 9–12. Females. 13–28. Males.

FIGURES 29–33. 29. The labels of the lectotype of Pamirospila pamira (Haupt) (photo by A.S. Lelej). 30–33. Pamirospila stjenkarasini, holotype, ♂ (from Wolf 1977). 30. The head, frontal view. 31, 33. The hypopygium (31 in ventral view, 33 in lateral view). 32. The genitalia (ventral/dorsal views).