Ammophila guichardi DE BEAUMONT

Dollfuss, H., 2013, Revision of the Wasps Genus Ammophila KIRBY 1798 (Hymenoptera Apoidea Sphecidae) of the Palearctic Region and India, Linzer biologische Beiträge 45 (1), pp. 383-564 : 434-435

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5341134
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scientific name	Ammophila guichardi DE BEAUMONT
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Ammophila guichardi DE BEAUMONT ( Figs 14, 17 View Figs 11-17 , 172 View Figs 172-182 , 221 View Figs 216-226 , 380 View Figs 374-389 , 450 View Figs 444-460 , 514 View Figs 509-526 , 568 View Figs 563-596 )

Ammophila guichardi DE BEAUMONT 1956: 176 , ♀, 3. Holotype: ♀, Libya: n. Tripolitania : Giado (BMNH), examined.

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Holotype ♀, allotype 3 ( BMNH). Israel: SW shore of Dead Sea 5 km N Massada 31°23’N 35°20’E (13 coll. Schmid-Egger). Tunisia: 5 km W Douz 33°29’N 08°59’E (1♀ coll. Schmid-Egger), Gasfa (1♀ coll. Schmid-Egger). GoogleMaps

R e c o g n i t i o n Ammophila guichardi has the gastral apex black without metallic shine and the mesothoracic venter is not prominent anteriorly. Additionally, the episternal sulcusis extending to the anteroventral margin of the pleuron. The head, thorax, coxa, trochanters and propodeum laterally are covered with dense, appressed silvery setae that obscure most of the underlying sculpture. The female of A. guichardi differs from all Palearctic species in having the outer margin of foretarsomere I with a distinct basal tooth ( Fig. 14 View Figs 11-17 ). The male of A. guichardi differs from the similar A. producticollis in having a clypeal disk not so convex and a pronotal collar more convex ( Fig. 266 View Figs 262-276 ). The male of A. induta differs from A. guichardi in having a differently shaped penis valve ( Fig. 469 View Figs 461-470 ).

D e s c r i p t i o n: Gastral apex black, without metallic shine, wings hyaline, supraantennal lamellate projection absent and mesothoracic venter not prominent anteriorly. Episternal sulcus extending to anteroventral margin of pleuron, arolia well developed, claws without basal tooth. Head, thorax, coxae, trochanters and propodeum laterally covered with dense appressed silvery setae that obsure most of underlying sculpture.

♀: 18.5-20 mm. Black, with following yellowish-brown: mandible (except apex), ventral half of clypeus, scape, tegula, legs (except coxae basally and hindfemur basally), petiole and gaster (partly darkened and terga V-VI dorsally dark-brown). Inner margin of mandible with one subapical tooth. Clypeus elongate and truncate ( Fig. 17 View Figs 11-17 ), disk markedly convex. Pronotal collar elongate ( Fig. 172 View Figs 172-182 ) and slightly punctate, scutum punctate (punctures 0-2 diameters apart). Outer margin of foretarsomere I with distinct basal tooth ( Fig. 14 View Figs 11-17 ), foretarsal rake with slender spines. Propodeal enclosure covered with dense appressed silvery setae along midline, obliquely striate and glabrous laterally. Flagellomere I: II=1.5-1.9; length of petiole = hindtarsomeres I+II+0.5×III.

3: 19-19.5 mm. Black, with following yellowish-brown: mandible (except apex), clypeus adjacent to free margin, anterior half of scape, fore- and midlegs (except coxa partly), tegula, tergum I (except basally), gastral segments II-IV, terga V-VII dorsally black. Clypeus elongate and truncate ( Fig. 221 View Figs 216-226 ). Gonostyle laterally: Fig. 380 View Figs 374-389 ; penis valve laterally: Fig. 450 View Figs 444-460 , ventrally: Fig. 514 View Figs 509-526 , apically: Fig. 568 View Figs 563-596 . Flagellomere I: II=1.8; length of petiole = hindtarsomeres I+II+III. The length of the clypeus is slightly variably, therefore this species is included twice in the key.

G e o g r a p h i c a l d i s t r i b u t i o n Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Israel, Libya, Tunisia.

Ammophila gusenleitneri DOLLFUSS nov.sp. (Figs 18, 33, 177, 217, 263, 375, 445, 510,