Miscophus cappadocicus de Beaumont, 1967, 2019

Schmid-Egger, Christian & Straka, Jakub, 2019, Miscophus Jurine, 1807 (Hymenoptera, Crabronidae) in Central, Northern, and Eastern Europe, Zootaxa 4571 (3), pp. 334-346 : 340-341

Miscophus cappadocicus de Beaumont, 1967 , stat. nov.

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Miscophus mavromoustakisi cappadocica de Beaumont, 1967:333 , female, incorrect original termination. Holotype female, Turkey: Kayseri: Erciyes Dagi ( BMNH) . Paratype examined by CSE.

Diagnosis. M. cappadocicus is a member of the M. nicolai group sensu Schmid-Egger & Bitsch (2007) and is close to M. nicolai from southwestern Europe. It can be recognized by a shorter propodeal dorsum, compared with M. nicolai . The species can be distinghuished from M. mavromoustakisi from Cyprus by a less dense punctation of scutum and vertex. Punctures in M. cappadocicus are more than a diameter apart on average, whereas in M. mavromoustakisi punctures are less than a diameter apart. See de Beaumont (1967) for a complete description. Specimens from Slovakia and other European origins agree with Turkish specimens and with the type description. Geographic distribution. Bulgaria, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Slovakia, Turkey.

Material examined: BULGARIA: 1 ♀ 18.v.1979 Sandanski (OLL), ITALY: 1 ♂ 15.vi.2002 Sicily, Madonie, 4 km E of Coliesano ( Schmid-Egger 2003), GREECE: Peleponnes: 2 ♀♀ 20.v.1996, 4 ♀♀ 7.vii.1996 Kalogria; Katheri, 1 ♀ 24.vi.1996 Stymph. lake (Arens)— 1 ♀ 18.v.1982 Santorini, Akrotiri (CSE)— 1 ♀ 29.76.1983 Cykladen, Paros (Leiden). GREECE /RHODOS: 1 ♀ 1 ♂ 25.ix.1958 Xixia (MZL, M. mavromoustakisi ssp. det . de Beaumont 1965)— 1 ♀ 19.vi.2001 Haraki (CSE), 1 ♀ 19.vi.2001 Kolimbia (CSE)— 9 ♀♀ 20.vii.1999 Faliraki (Schlaefle). GREECE / CRETE 1 ♂ 25.v.1963 Heraklion (MZL, sp. det de. Beaumont)— 1 ♂ 25.v.1963, Heraklion (Schwarz). SLOVAKIA: 1 ♀ August 1961 Slov. mer, Chotin (OLL). HUNGARY: 4 ♀♀ 4 ♂♂ 9.viii.2004 50 km SE Budapest (OLL); 1 ♀ 8 ♂♂ 7.vi.2015 Örkeny 47.11021,19.394447 (JSPC); 1 ♀ 20.–21.vii.2015 Oktatasi Központ, Fülophaza env., sand dunes 46.87225,19.400792 (Benda). TURKEY: 1 ♀ 1.viii.1960 Amasiya, 30km Amasya-Mecitozu (MZL, M. mavromoustakisi cappadocia det. de Beaumont 1964, paratype— 2 ♂♂ 13.vi.2000 30 km N Kuthaya; ♀ 17.vi.1998 Bolu, 17 km S Seben (OLL).

Comment. Specimens from Hungary formerly identified by us as M. mavromoustakisi Andrade (1953) with the key of Andrade (1960), differ genetically from M. mavromoustakisi from Cyprus. De Beaumont (1967) described a subspecies M. mavromoustakisi cappadocicus from Turkey, and his recognition characteristics also agree with the specimens from Europe. Consequently, we elevate M. cappadocicus to the rank of valid species (stat. nov.) ranging from Turkey to southeastern and central-eastern Europe, whereas M. mavromoustakisi s. str. occurs in Cyprus only. Specimens from Greece mentioned as M. nicolai in Schmid-Egger & Bitsch (2007) refer also to M. cappadocicus . M. nicolai occurs only in southwest Europe and northwest Africa. See also Schmid-Egger (2003).

Figures

FIGURES 6–11. 6. Miscophus minutus ♀, propodeum. 7. Miscophus spurius ♀, propodeum. 8. Miscophus postumus ♀, propodeum. 9. Miscophus cappadocicus ♀, propodeum. 10. Miscophus johni ♀, propodeum. 11. Miscophus albufeirae ♀, foreleg.