Oxybelus phyllophorus Kohl, 1898

Gadallah, Neveen S., Abu El-Ghiet, Usama M. & Edmardash, Yusuf A., 2021, New data on the crabronid fauna of Saudi Arabia (Hymenoptera: Apoidea (Spheciformes): Crabronidae) from Jazan Province, with the description of three new species and the hitherto unknown male of Miscophus chrysis Kohl, 1894, Journal of Natural History 55 (27 - 28), pp. 1697-1748 : 1711

Oxybelus phyllophorus Kohl, 1898

( Figure 7b, c ) Oxybelus phyllophorus Kohl, 1898: 355 , ♀, ♂.

Diagnosis

Frons and clypeus densely clothed with dense, relatively thick white setae masking integument behind ( Figure 7 (c)); scutellum and metanotum carinated centrally; squama simple; mucro foliaceus, with large rectangular yellow area medially ( Figure 7 (b)), deeply emarginate apically, obliquely striated; gastral T1 and T2 densely coarsely punctate, T3 and T4 densely finely punctate ( Figure 7 (b)); S2 sparsely punctate, with large interspaces (may be more than 3 puncture diameter apart), especially medially.

Figures

Figure 7. Oxybelus spp.: (a) Oxybelus diphyllus A. Costa (male) Dorsal view of thorax and gaster; (b, c) Oxybelus phyllophorus Kohl (female): (b) Dorsal habitus; (c) Frontal view of head; (d, e) Oxybelus tinklyi Guichard (female): (d) Dorsal habitus; (e) Frontal view of head.