Parapiagetia erythropoda (Cameron, 1889)

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 : 1714

Parapiagetia erythropoda (Cameron, 1889)

( Figure 9 a-f) Tachytes erythropoda Cameron, 1889: 135 , ♀.

Diagnosis

Male body (including antenna) black, with posterior margins of T1-5 golden yellow to orange ( Figure 9 (a)); apical margin of clypeal lobe sharply pointed medially ( Figure 9 (c,d)); antennal F1 somewhat shorter than F2, last two flagellomeres deeply excavated, above on penultimate flagellomere, and beneath on terminal flagellomere ( Figure 9 (b)); propodeal dorsum slightly longer than scutellum ( Figure 9 (a)); metapleuron finely, obliquely striated; vein M of fore wing postfurcal by very small distance beyond cu-a; outer claws of mid and hind tarsi distinctly longer than inner claws; pygidial plate with dense, thick golden setae ( Figure 9 (e)); S7 long, narrowly parallel-sided, rounded apically; S8 narrowly relatively long, narrowly rounded at apex, without lateral carina ( Figure 9 (f)).

Figures

Figure 9. Parapiagetia erythropoda Cameron (male): (a) Dorsal habitus; (b) Male antenna (flagellum); (c) Frontal view of head (clypeal protrution indicated); (d) Lateral view of head (clypeal protrution indicated); (e) Last gastral terga; (f) Last gastral sterna.