Pseudepipona (Pseudepipona) przewalskyi (Morawitz, 1885)

Figs 53-64

Lionotus przewalskyi Morawitz 1885: 161.

Odynerus tripunctatus; Giordani Soika 1935: 184, 192.

Odynerus tripunctatus var. convergens Giordani Soika 1935: 184, 192; Giordani Soika 1943: 36; 1973: 35; Borsato and Ratti 1999: 86 (syn. of P. przewalskyi (Morawitz).

Pseudepipona nekt; Blüthgen 1938 (1937): 295; Giordani Soika 1943: 37 ( O. nekt = Odynerus tripunctatus sensu Giordani Soika 1935; 1952: 8, 39; Blüthgen 1952b: 19; Giordani Soika 1958 (1957): 131-132; van der Vecht and Fischer 1972: 85; Guichard 1986 (1985): 213, 221.

Pseudepipona przewalskyi; van der Vecht and Fischer 1972: 85; Gusenleitner 1991: 631, 636; 1994: figs 7, 9.

Odynerus tripunctatus convergens; Giordani Soika 1973: 14; Borsato and Ratti 1999: 77.

Material examined.

2♀♀, CHINA, Xinjiang, Akesu Prefecture, Kuche County to Baicheng County S307 4-5 km, 41.883°N, 82.801°E, 30.VII.2019, Jie Chen (CNU) ; 1♀, CHINA, Xinjiang, Akesu Prefecture, Baicheng County, Jinhui industrial area, Ruifeng, 41.741°N, 81.643°E, 30.VII.2019, Lingzhi Zhao (CNU) ; 2♀♀, CHINA, Gansu, Zhangye City, Linze County, Near Banqiao Town, 39.309°N, 100.409°E, 29.VI.2019, Xue Zhang (CNU) ; 1♂, CHINA, Gansu, Zhangye City, Linze County, Near Banqiao Town, 39.309°N, 100.409°E, 29.VI.2019, Xue Zhang (CNU) ; 1♂, CHINA, Xinjiang, Akesu Prefecture, Kuche County to Baicheng County S307 4-5 km, 41.883°N, 82.801°E, 30.VII.2019, Jie Chen (CNU) ; 5♂♂, CHINA, Xinjiang, Akesu Prefecture, Baicheng County, Jinhui industrial area, Ruifeng, 41.741°N, 81.643°E, 30.VII.2019, Lingzhi Zhao (CNU) ; 1♂, CHINA, Xinjiang, Akesu Prefecture, Baicheng County, Near the Charzi Town S 307, 30.VII.2019, Lingzhi Zhao (CNU) .

Diagnosis.

Female body length 10.5-12.0 mm, male body length 9.0-11.5 mm; body mostly ferruginous (Figs 53-54), with the following parts black: inner margin and apex of mandible, two oblique narrow stripes on frons, vertex (Fig. 56), in male A6-A13 (A13 dark ferruginous) (Fig. 55), mesoscutum, anterior margin of scutellum, ventral side of mesosoma (Fig. 61), posterior face of propodeum medially (in female black area smaller) (Figs 59-60), a transverse spot on the base of T2 and metasomal segments 3-7 (in some specimens S3 basally ferruginous) (Figs 62-64); apex of fore wing dark; clypeus as wide as long; pronotal carina medially prominent and flat tooth-shaped (Figs 59-60); T1 moderately punctate, basally without lateral carina; T2 largely with few sparse and minute shallow punctures, and apically with denser minute punctures (Figs 63-64).

Distribution.

China (Gansu, Xinjiang); Egypt; Israel; United Arab Emirates; Mongolia.