Ammophila laevigata F. SMITH

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 : 452-454

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Ammophila laevigata F. SMITH ( Figs 39 View Figs 36-43 , 219 View Figs 216-226 , 264 View Figs 262-276 , 377 View Figs 374-389 , 447 View Figs 444-460 , 512 View Figs 509-526 , 566 View Figs 563-596 )

Ammophila laevigata F. SMITH 1856: 215 , ♀. Syntypes: India: Tamil Nadu: Madras: Gujarat: no specific locality (BMNH), syntype examined.

Ammophila laevigata ab. bicellularis STRAND 1915: 97, 3. Holotype: 3, Sri Lanka: Vurelia ( DEI), not examined. Synonymized with Ammophila laevigata by BOHART & MENKE 1976: 152.

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: 20♀♀, 2133 (OÖLM), 6♀♀, 333 (NHMW), 23♀♀, 2233 (ZMHU), 19♀♀, 1633 (BMNH).

R e c o g n i t i o n Ammophila laevigata has a gastral apex black, pruinose and without a metallic shine, the supra-antennal lamellate projection absent, the mesothoracic venter not prominent anteriorly, the episternal sulcus extending to the anteroventral margin of the pleuron, the arolia well developed and the claws without basal tooth. The wings are slightly yellowish-brown. The appressed silvery setae are forming spots on the thorax and propodeum. The female of A. smithii differs from A. laevigata in having the mesopleuron, the metapleuron and the propodeum laterally evenly covered with appressed silvery setae. The female of A. erminea differs from A. laevigata in having the mesopleuron, the metapleuron and the propodeum (including propodeal enclosure) evenly covered with appressed silvery setae. The male of A. smithii differs from A. laevigata in having a penis valve with backward directed acuminate process that is sharply bent outward ( Fig. 612 View Figs 609-619 ). The male of A. heydeni differs from A. laevigata in having the scutum transversely rugose, the propodeal enclosure all covered with erect setae and a differently shaped penis valve ( Figs 446 View Figs 444-460 , 511 View Figs 509-526 ) ( A. laevigata has the scutum punctate and the propodeal enclosure glabrous laterally). The male of A. iliensis differs from A. laevigata in having the head and the thorax evenly covered with appressed silvery setae and a differently shaped penis valve ( Fig. 641 View Figs 620-641 ).

D e s c r i p t i o n: Gastral apex black, pruinose, without metallic shine, supra-antennal lamellate projection absent, mesothoracic venter not prominent anteriorly and episternal sulcus extending to anteroventral margin of pleuron. Arolia well developed, claws without basal tooth, wings slightly yellowish-brown.

♀: 17-21 mm. Black, with following red: legs (except coxa and trochanter), hidtibia black but in some specimens basal one-fourth red, petiole (in some specimens dorsally black), tergum I (except for black dorsal stripe), gastral segments II and III (basally). Reddish collour of legs variable. Clypeus, frons, pronotal lobe, patch along mesopleural suture, propodeum posterolaterally and hindcoxa (dorsally) covered with appressed silvery setae. Clypeus slightly elongate ( Fig. 39 View Figs 36-43 ), disk dull and nearly flat. Head, pronotum and scutum smooth and shiny or slightly dull, scutum sparsely irregularly punctate (punctures 0-3 diameters apart). Scutellum on anterior half smooth and punctate, on posterior half longitudinally striate. Propodeal enclosure along midline coarsely reticulate, covered with sparse, appressed silvery setae and erect white setae, laterally coarsely, transversely rugose and glabrous. Mesopleuron, metapleuron and propodeum ventrolaterally densely punctate (punctures 0-1 diameter apart). Terga V and VI pruinose. Flagellomere I: II=1.6-1.7; length of petiole = hindtarsomeres I+II.

3: 17-18 mm. Black, with following red: fore- and midlegs (femora and tibiae in some specimens partly darkened), hindfemur ventrally, petiole, tergum I and gastral segment II (all dorsally black); hindtibia in all specimens black. Clypeus, frons, pronotal lobe, mesopleuron along mesopleural suture, propodeum posterolaterally and coxa dorsally covered with appressed silvery setae. Clypeus elongate ( Fig. 219 View Figs 216-226 ), disk flat. Vertex dull and impunctate, pronotal collar dull, pruinose and also impunctate. Scutum smooth, distinctly punctate (punctures 0-2 diameters apart); scutellum smooth and punctate on anterior half, longitudinally striate on posterior half. Propodeal enclosure along midline coarsely reticulate and covered with white erect setae, laterally glabrous. Mesopleuron, metapleuron and propodeum laterally distinctly punctate (punctures 0-2 diameters apart). Pronotal collar laterally: Fig. 264 View Figs 262-276 . Genitalia: penis valve characteristically shaped: acuminate process directed ventrad: Figs 447 View Figs 444-460 , 512 View Figs 509-526 , apically: Fig. 566 View Figs 563-596 ; gonostyle laterally: Fig. 377 View Figs 374-389 . Flagellomere I: II=1.4-1.6; length of petiole = hindtarsomeres I+II+0.5×III.