Ammophila roborowskyi KOHL

Dollfuss, H., 2013, Revision of the Wasps Genus Ammophila KIRBY 1798 (Hymenoptera Apoidea Sphecidae) of the Palearctic Region and India, Linzer biologische Beiträge 45 (1), pp. 383-564 : 478-479

Ammophila roborowskyi KOHL ( Fig. 41 , 113 , 181 )

Ammophila roborowskyi KOHL 1906: 368 , ♀. Lectotype: ♀, Mongolia: Sa-Chou oasis , river Daukhe (= Tau-ho) south of Sa-Chou (NHMW), examined, present designation.

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: lectotype ♀ (NHMW).

R e c o g n i t i o n:Thefemaleof Ammophila roborowskyi has the gastral apex black without metallic shine, the supra-antennal lamellate projection absent, the mesothoracic venter not prominent anteriorly and the episternal sulcus extending to the anteroventral margin of the the pleuron. The female differs from A. pulawskii in having the mandible and the scape yellowish-brown and a larger body (20 mm) ( A. pulawskii has the mandible and the scape black and the body length is 14 mm).

D e s c r i p t i o n: Gastral apex black, without metallic shine, supra-antennal lamellate projection absent, mesothoracic venter not prominent anteriorly, episternal sulcus extending to anteroventral margin of pleuron, arolia large, claws without basal tooth.

♀: 20 mm. Black, with following yellowish-brown: mandible (except apex), clypeus next free margin, scape (partly), legs (except coxae basally), petiole, tergum I (except basally) and gastral segments II and III (partly darkened). In some specimens coxae and trochanters of fore- and midlegs, hindleg (except tibia basally) and petiole black. Clypeus, frons, pronotal lobe, broad band along mesopleural suture, propodeum posterolaterally and hindcoxa dorsally covered with dense, appressed, silvery setae that obscure underlying sculpture. Pronotal collar, scutum, mesothoracic venter and propodeal enclosure pruinose. Clypeus slightly elongate ( Fig. 41 ), disk slightly convex; scutum coarsely punctate. Scutellum coarsely punctate on anterior half, longitudinally ridged on posterior half. Pronotal collar dorsally: Fig. 113 , laterally: Fig. 181 . Flagellomere I: II=1.6; length of petiole = hindtarsomeres I+II+0.3×III.

3 unknown.

G e o g r a p h i c a l d i s t r i b u t i o n: Mongolia, East Iran (GUSSAKOVSKIJ 1933: 274).

Figures

Figs 36-43: clypeus of female.

Figs 110-121: pronotal collar of female in dorsal view.

Figs 172-182: pronotal collar of female in lateral view.