Odynerus (Spinicoxa) albopictus de Saussure, 1856

Fateryga, Alexander V., Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu., Maharramov, Mahir M. & Astafurova, Yulia V., 2021, New records of solitary vespid wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Masarinae and Eumeninae s. l.) from the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic of Azerbaijan, Zootaxa 5027 (1), pp. 36-60 : 50-51

Odynerus (Spinicoxa) albopictus de Saussure, 1856

Odynerus albopictus de Saussure, 1856: 312 , ♂ (type locality: “L’île de Rhodes ” [ Greece]).

Hoplomerus calcaratus Morawitz, 1885: 153–155 , ♀ ♂ (type locality: “Transcaucasia. Eriwan ” [ Armenia]), syn. nov.

Hoplomerus rufospinosus Morawitz, 1895: 435–436 , ♂ (type locality: “ Transcaucasia : Ordubad ” [ Azerbaijan]).

Odynerus rufospinosus var. argivus von Schulthess Rechberg in Friese & von Schulthess Rechberg, 1924: 290 (type locality: “Griechenland ( Olympia , Corfu)” [ Greece]).

Odynerus albopictus kazakhstanicus Kurzenko, 1977: 688 , ♀ ♂ (type locality: “Центральный КаЗахстан, Каркаралинск [ Central Kazakhstan, Karkaralinsk]”), syn. nov.

Published records. Morawitz (1895): 535 (Ordubad), as Hoplomerus rufospinosus ; Aliyeva (2010): 56, as Odynerus calcaratus .

Material examined. Julfa, Teyvaz, 39°15′N, 45°46′E, 1645 m, 15. VI .2019, 1 ♀ [ FSCV] ; Shakhbuz, Gomur, 39°27′N, 45°44′E, 1790 m, 18. VI .2019, 1 ♀ [ CAFK]; Sharur, Akhura , 39°33′N, 45°13′E, 1640 m, 13. VI .2019, 1 ♀, 1 ♂ [ FSCV] .

Distribution. Western, Southern, and Eastern Europe,?North Africa, Russia (European part), Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkey, Syria, Jordan, Israel, Iraq, Iran, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan.

Remarks. Two subspecies of Odynerus albopictus de Saussure, 1856 were recognized besides the nominotypical one ( van der Vecht & Fischer 1972; Kurzenko 1977; Gusenleitner 1998b, 2013). The subspecies O. albopictus calcaratus ( Morawitz, 1885) was based on the coloration only, i.e., a largely developed yellow pattern (particularly, the presence of yellow spots on the scutellum). This character is, however, variable even within the same population (a large sample from the Crimea with 115 specimens was examined). The subspecies O. albopictus kazakhstanicus Kurzenko, 1977 has whitish pattern instead of the yellow one that is obviously not taxonomically important. Therefore, O. albopictus = O. albopictus calcaratus , syn. nov. = O. albopictus kazakhstanicus , syn. nov.