Tachysphex nitidior de Beaumont, 1940

Abu El-Ghiet, Usama M., Gadallah, Neveen S., Gasib, Abdulmajeed M., Al-Fifi, Zarrag I. A. & Edmardash, Yusuf A., 2023, Further addition to the crabronid fauna of Saudi Arabia (Hymenoptera: Apoidea (Spheciformes): Crabronidae), with new genera and species records, and the description of two new species, Zootaxa 5319 (2), pp. 151-177 : 172

Tachysphex nitidior de Beaumont, 1940

Fig. 15A–I

Tachysphex nitidior de Beaumont, 1940: 175 , ♀, ♁.

Diagnosis. Body length: 6.5 mm.

Male: Body wholly black (including antennae and legs) ( Fig. 15A, B ); mandible yellowish red mesally in most specimens ( Fig. 15D ); scutal and mesopleural sutures well-defined; fore femur with relatively large, glabrous and shiny notch ( Fig. 15I ); T 1–3 silvery fasciate posteriorly ( Fig. 15G ); gastral sterna with well-defined punctures.

Material examined: 1♁, Farasan, Abdulmajeed farm [16 Q 42.07970’N; 42 Q 08.5781’E], 23–30.ix.2022.

Distribution: Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Croatia, Egypt, France, Germany, Greece, Iran, Israel, Italy, Kazakhstan, Libya, Malta, Mongolia, Morocco, Portugal, Russia, Switzerland, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan ( Pulawski 2022), Saudi Arabia (new record).

Comments. The characters of our male specimen agree well with de Beaumont’s key (1940: 162, couplet 30). It also agrees with Pulawski’s recognition (2007: 442).

Figures

FIGURE 15. Tachysphex nitidior de Beaumont, 1940 (♁): A, dorsal habitus; B, D, frontal view of head; C, dorsal view of head and thorax; E, lateral view of head and thorax; F, fore wing; G, dorsal view of gaster (showing silvery fasciae); H, ventral view of gaster (showing bidendate S8); I, fore femur (showing large basiventral notch).