Pseudepipona (Pseudepipona) lativentris (de Saussure, 1855)

Figs 46-52

Odynerus lativentris de Saussure 1855: 275; Berland, 1928: 37 (key), 52, fig. 69.

Pseudepipona lativentris; Blüthgen 1938 (1937): 279; 1951: 171, 193; 1952: 353; Giordani Soika 1953: 247; Blüthgen 1953: 6; 1956: 7; Giordani Soika 1970: 143; van der Vecht and Fischer 1972: 84; Castro 1986: 295; Yildirim and Gusenleitner 2004: 133; Castro and Dvořák 2009: 298.

Pseudepipona lativentris lativentris; Castro 1992: 27.

Material examined.

2♀♀, CHINA, Ningxia, Zhongwei City, Zhongning County, Majialiang Township, Shagou Village, 37.353°N, 105.572°E, 28.VII.2020, Qian Han & Qianchen Wang (CNU) ; 1♀, CHINA, Ningxia, Yinchuan City, Helan County, Yueyahu Township, Near the Gobi Desert in Beier Village, 106.643°N, 38.627°E, 22.VII.2020, Qian Han (CNU) ; 1♀, CHINA, Inner Mongolia, Hohhot, Hasuhai .

Diagnosis.

Female body length 10.0-11.0 mm, body largely ferruginous (Fig. 46), this species greatly similar to P. kozhevnikovi (Kostylev, 1927) in coloration except mesoscutum without two curved comma-shaped ferruginous spots and metasomal segment 2 mostly black (Figs 47-52); clypeus (Fig. 48) as wide as long; in female apex of clypeus truncate, not emarginate (Fig. 48); lateral carina of propodeum obviously tooth-shaped (Fig. 50), horizontal carina between dorsal and posterior surfaces of propodeum strong and distinct; T1 basally with lateral short raised carina (Fig. 52).

Distribution.

China (Ningxia, Inner Mongolia); Portugal; Spain, including Balearic Islands; Italy, including Sardinia; Switzerland; Morocco; Turkey; Armenia; Russia; Israel; Lebanon; Iran; Turkmenistan; Kyrgyzstan; Tajikistan.