Ammophila sareptana KOHL

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 : 484-485

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5341134
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scientific name	Ammophila sareptana KOHL
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Ammophila sareptana KOHL ( Figs 75 View Figs 74-84 , 170 View Figs 161-171 , 240 View Figs 240-252 , 292 View Figs 292-306 , 425 View Figs 414-429 , 491 View Figs 491-508 , 546 View Figs 546-562 , 597 View Figs 597-608 )

Ammophila sareptana KOHL 1884: 378 , 3. Lectotype: 3, Russia: Sarepta, now Krasnoarmeysk near Volgograd (NHMW), examined, present designation.

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d Lectotype 3, 13 ( NHMW), 7♀♀, 933 ( OÖLM), 13 (coll. Schmid-Egger).

R e c o g n i t i o n Ammophila sareptana has a glabrous propodeal enclosure, the submarginal cell III not petiolate, the episternal sulcus extending to the anteroventral margin of the pleuron and the supra-antennal lamellate projection absent. Additionally, the mesothoracic venter is not prominent anteriorly and the gaster apex is black, in most specimens with a slight metallic shine. The female of A. adelpha differs from A. sareptana in having the episternal sulcus ending at the level of the scrobe and a characteristically elongate clypeus with a deep emargination medially ( Fig. 74 View Figs 74-84 ). The female of A. sareptana shares with A. terminata the glabrous propodeal enclosure, but differs in having a different pattern of appressed silvery setae and a more coarsely rugose propodeal enclosure. The male of A. sareptana differs from all other species in having characteristically shaped penis valve and gonostyle.

D e s c r i p t i o n: Propodeal enclosure glabrous, episternal sulcus extending to anteroventral margin of pleuron, supra-antennal lamellate projection absent, mesothoracic venter not prominent anteriorly, arolia distinctly developed and claws without basal tooth. Gaster apex black, in most specimens with slight metallic shine.

♀: 17-22 mm. Black except petiole, tergum I and gastral segments II-III (IV) red (in some specimens these partly black). Following covered with dense appressed silvery or brassy setae: dorsal half of clypeus, two lateral spots on upper frons, pronotal lobe, large spot on mesopleuron, posterolateral surface of propodeum and hindcoxa. Pronotal collar and scutum covered with fine, short appressed setae that do not obscure underlying sculpture; metapleuron without appressed setae. Erect setae on head, prothorax and forleg black nearly as long as scape, on mesopleuron and propodeum laterally white and short. Clypeus slightly elongate, median lobe with lateral tooth ( Fig. 75 View Figs 74-84 ), disk markedly convex. Pronotal collar dorsally not striate, pronotum laterally transversely striate. Scutum transversely, scutellum longitudinally striate. Propodeal enclosure irregularly, coarsely transversely striate (distinctly more so than in A. terminata ), mesothoracic venter coarsely transversely rugose. Flagellomere I: II=1.7-2.1; length of petiole = hindtarsomeres I+0.5×II to I+0.75×II.

3: 17-20 mm. Black except terga I-III (IV) red, petiole in most specimens black. Clypeus, frons, pronotal lobe, mesopleuron and propodeum posterolaterally covered with appressed silvery or brassy setae. Pronotal collar, scutum, mesothoracic venter and legs covered with fine, short, appressed silvery setae. Mandible broad, clypeus slightly elongate, medially emarginate ( Fig. 240 View Figs 240-252 ), disk with conspicuous gibbosity basally. Pronotal collar microstriate, pronotum laterally transversely striate. Scutum transversely, scutellum longitudinally striate. Propodeal enclosure coarsely transversely rugose; mesothoracic venter dull, sparsely punctate. Pronotal lobe laterally: Fig. 292 View Figs 292-306 . Genitalia large (2 mm) and characteristically shaped: gonostyle laterally: Fig. 425 View Figs 414-429 ; penis valve laterally: Fig. 491 View Figs 491-508 , ventrally: Fig. 546 View Figs 546-562 , apically: Fig. 597 View Figs 597-608 . Sternum VIII emarginate apically. Flagellomere I: II=1.6-2.0; length of petiole = hindtarsomeres I+0.75×II to I+II+0.3×III.