Oxybelus diphyllus (A. Costa, 1882 )

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 diphyllus (A. Costa, 1882)

( Figure 7a ) Alepidaspis diphyllus A. Costa, 1882: 23 , 35, ♀.

Diagnosis

Legs mostly yellow; scutellum and metanotum each with median carina; squama simple, pointed; mucro foliaceus, transparent, with black line medially, deeply emarginate apically, finely obliquely striated; gastral T2 and T3 finely punctate with interspaces between punctures; T3-6 with lateral apophyses; apical tergum terminates with two spines; S2 densely punctate, with short interspaces, less than a puncture diameter.

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.