Euodynerus (Euodynerus) disconotatus ( Lichtenstein, 1884 )

Selis, Marco, Fateryga, Alexander V. & Cilia, Giovanni, 2024, The genus Euodynerus Dalla Torre in Europe and the Maghreb (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae), Zootaxa 5537 (2), pp. 151-194 : 169

Euodynerus (Euodynerus) disconotatus ( Lichtenstein, 1884)

( Figs 7A–H ; 14E ; 15I, Y ; 16G, N )

Odynerus disconotatus Lichtenstein, 1884 : L — “Montpellier” (? destroyed).

Lionotus sulfuripes Morawitz, 1885: 169 , ♂ — [ Turkmenistan] “ In territorio transcaspico, Asschabad ” (syntype male ZISP [examined]).

Odynerus kokpeticus Radoszkowski, 1886: 48 , pl. 11, fig. 50, ♀, ♂ (in subgenus Leionotus ) — [ Turkmenistan] “ Askhabad ou environs” (type depository unknown).

Odynerus collariventris Giordani Soika, 1942: 60 , ♂ (in subgenus Rhynchium ) — “ Creta ” (? type lost).

Euodynerus disconotatus albidus Blüthgen, 1951b: 70 (key), 73, ♂ (in subgenus Euodynerus ) — “ Insel Rhodus ” (ZMB [examined]).

Euodynerus disconotatus laniensis Giordani Soika, 1979: 253 , ♂, ♀ — “ Cipro: Lania ” (? holotype male lost, paratypes in MSNVE [examined]).

Distribution. Western and central Palaearctic, ranging from the Iberian Peninsula to Central Asia and descending into the Middle East and Pakistan ( Fateryga et al. 2021).

Notes. Traditionally, two subspecies were recognized in addition to the nominotypical one: laniensis Giordani Soika from Cyprus and sulfuripes (Morawitz) ranging from Turkey and Arabian Peninsula to Central Asia and Pakistan. These subspecies were recently synonymized under the nominotypical one by Fateryga et al. (2021), who considered the differences presented by previous authors as simple intraspecific variability. Specimens ranging from Italy to Central Asia and Cyprus were sequenced not showing any genetic difference ( Fig. 2 ), further confirming the synonymy of these two taxa under nominotypical E. disconotatus .

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FIGURE 2. Phylogenetic tree (Neighbor-Joining) of Euodynerus (Euodynerus) based on the mitochondrial COI gene. Ancistrocerus gazella (Panzer) was used as an outgroup. Numbers adjacent to branches represent bootstrap support (values of <75 are omitted); only the species occurring in the considered area are highlighted. Countries are abbreviated using ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 codes. Continues in Fig. 3.

FIGURE 7. A–H, Euodynerus disconotatus (Lichtenstein). A, male from Azerbaijan. B, E, male from Italy. C, G, female from Italy. D, female from Greece. F, female from Sicily, Italy. H, female from Azerbaijan. I–O, Euodynerus fastidiosus (de Saussure). I, L, male from Italy. J, male from Greece. K, female from Crete, Greece. M, female from Italy. N, female from Crimea, Russia. O, female from Dagestan, Russia.

FIGURE 14. Male genitalia, from left to right: aedeagus in ventral view, aedeagus in lateral view, digitus+volsella. A, Euodynerus bidentatus (Lepeletier). B, E. caspicus (Morawitz). C, E. curictensis Blüthgen. D, E. dantici (Rossi). E, E. disconotatus (Lichtenstein). F, E. fastidiosus (de Saussure). G, E. hellenicus Blüthgen. H, E. semisaecularis (Dalla Torre). I, E. variegatus (Fabricius). J, E. velutinus Blüthgen. K, E. bidentoides (Giordani Soika). L, E. notatus (Jurine). M, E. posticus (Herrich-Schaeffer). N, E. quadrifasciatus (Fabricius).

FIGURE 15. A–E, S2 in lateral view. F–I, propodeum in posterodorsal view (arrowheads indicating dorsal carinae). J–O, vestiture of mesosoma. P–Q, metanotum in anterior view. R–T, male hind tarsus in dorsal view. U–Y, female head in dorsal view (arrowhead in Y indicating foveae not placed in depression). A, F, J, Euodynerus bidentiformis (Giordani Soika). B, V, E. bidentoides (Giordani Soika). C, K, E. quadrifasciatus (Fabricius). D, E. caspicus (Morawitz). E, H, M, T, E. dantici (Rossi). G, P, S, U, E. posticus (Herrich-Schaeffer). I, Y, E. disconotatus (Lichtenstein). L, R, E. notatus (Jurine). N, E. curictensis Blüthgen. O, E. semisaecularis (Dalla Torre). Q, X, E. fastidiosus (de Saussure). W, E. rubrosignatus Gusenleitner.

FIGURE 16. A–B, male mandible in frontal view (arrowhead indicating normal or modified tooth). C–G, tegula in dorsal view. H–I, apex of T2 in dorsal view (arrowhead indicating lamellar margin). J–K, male hind femur in frontal view (arrowhead in J indicating basal expansion). L–N, apex of male metasoma in lateral view. A, Euodynerus notatus (Jurine). B, E. posticus (Herrich-Schaeffer). C, E. caspicus (Morawitz). D, H, E. hellenicus Blüthgen. E, I, E. dantici (Rossi). F, L, E. fastidiosus (de Saussure). G, N, E. disconotatus (Lichtenstein). J, E. velutinus Blüthgen. K, E. curictensis Blüthgen. M, E. semisaecularis (Dalla Torre).