Parammobatodes, Popov, 1931

ROZEN, JEROME G. & ÖZBEK, HIKMET, 2003, Oocytes, Eggs, and Ovarioles of Some Long-Tongued Bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea), American Museum Novitates 3393, pp. 1-36 : 19-20

‘‘ Parammobatodes ’’ orientana (Warnke)

This species was originally described by K. Warnke as Pasites (Parammobatodes) orientanus . Its generic name here is placed in quotes because the species is thought to belong to a new genus, yet to be named, species of which attack the nests of Nomioides , as mentioned by Michener (2000: 643). Females of this species were entering burrows of N. minutissimus (Rossi) , kindly identified by Yuriy A. Pesenko.

MATURE OOCYTE (figs. 41–43): Length 0.48–0.50 mm; maximum diameter 0.16– sclerotized than that of P. maculatus , with several indistinct tubercles; under SEM examination, opercular surface (figs. 42–43) with distinct polygonal pattern with fine pits scattered within each polygon; chorion elsewhere smooth.

MATERIAL STUDIED: Two females, Turkey: Erzurum, Atatürk University Campus , VI­ 29–2001 (J.G. Rozen) .

REMARKS: See Remarks under Pasites maculatus , below.

0.19 mm; egg index 0.52 (small). Shape as described for Pasites maculatus ; micropyle a single median pore near anterior edge of operculum (figs. 42, 43), similar to that of P. maculatus except on slight mound. Chorion clear, untinted, appearing thinner and less