Philanthus triangulum ( Fabricius, 1775 )

Gadallah, Neveen S., Abu El-Ghiet, Usama M. & Edmardash, Yusuf A., 2021, New data on the crabronid fauna of Saudi Arabia (Hymenoptera: Apoidea (Spheciformes): Crabronidae) from Jazan Province, with the description of three new species and the hitherto unknown male of Miscophus chrysis Kohl, 1894, Journal of Natural History 55 (27 - 28), pp. 1697-1748 : 1718

Philanthus triangulum ( Fabricius, 1775)

( Figure 10d, e )

Vespa triangulum Fabricius, 1775, p. 373 , sex not indicated.

Diagnosis

With the pronotum, scutellum and postscutellum marked with yellow ( Figure 10 (e)); frons with lotus-shaped white marking just above clypeus ( Figure 10 (d)); propodeum densely punctate, with a deep longitudinal sulcus medially ( Figure 10 (e)).

Records from Saudi Arabia

Abha, Taif ( Guichard 1994a), Jazan (present study).

General distribution

Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Austria, Belgium, Congo, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, England, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iraq, Italy, Jordan, Kuwait, Latvia, Libya, Madagascar, the Netherlands, Oman, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Slovakia, Somalia, Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Yemen.

Material examined

1 ♂, Jazan ( Samba ), 17º02 ʹ 44.8 ʺ N 42º39 ʹ 31.4 ʺ E, 18 .xii .2020, on Citrus aurantiifolia (Christmas) [Malaise trap], leg . Usama Abu El-Ghiet .

Figures

Figure 10. (a–c) Philanthus coarctatus Spinola; (d, e) Philanthus triangulum (Fabricius) (male): (a) Frontal view of head (male); (b) Dorsal view of thorax (part) and gaster (male); (c) Dorsal view of gaster (female); (d) Frontal view of head; (e) Dorsal view of head and thorax.