Podalonia gobiensis (TSUNEKI)

Dollfuss, H., 2010, A Key to Wasps of the Genus Podalonia FERNALD 1927 (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Sphecidae) of the Old World, Linzer biologische Beiträge 42 (2), pp. 1241-1291 : 1256

Podalonia gobiensis (TSUNEKI) Figs 45, 70

Ammophila gobiensis TSUNEKI 1971: 159 ,,. Holotype:, Mongolia: Uvs Aymag: Hödlon gol (TMB).

R e c o g n i t i o n Podalonia gobiensis has a glabrous propodeal enclosure, the claws have a small tooth near the base, and the gaster is red basally and the wings are yellowish.

In the female the scutum is smooth, shiny, sparsely punctate (punctures 2-3 diameters apart). Terga I (except basally) II, III and grand part of IV are yellowish-red, the petiole is longer than hindtarsomere II, and the collar anteriorly and dorsally is smooth and shiny, almost impunctate. Some females of P. gobiensis have sparse punctation and fine micropunctation on the anterior part of scutum. The female of P. gobiensis is similar to P. caucasica and differs only by the criteria given in the key.

The male of P. gobiensis is similar to P. caucasica and differs only in having the yellowish-reddish color of terga I-III and basal half of IV. The penis valve is nearly as in P. caucasica (figs 45 and 70).

G e o g r a p h i c d i s t r i b u t i o n: China, Mongolia.

S p e c i m e n s e x a m i n e d 18, 1 holotype (TMB), 1 (OÖLM).