Stenodynerus kaszabi Giordani Soika, 1976

Zeng, Xin, Chen, Bin & Li, Ting-Jing, 2024, The genus Stenodynerus de Saussure, 1863 (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae) from China: a new species, new records, and key to the species, Zootaxa 5514 (4), pp. 385-400 : 390

Stenodynerus kaszabi Giordani Soika, 1976

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Stenodynerus kaszabi Giordani Soika, 1976: 273 , ♀, ♂ (holotype, ♀, deposited in Természettudományi Múzeum , Budapest, Hungary; type locality: Bayanhongor, Mongolia).

Material examined. China, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region : 7♀, Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture, Manas County, Manas National Wetland Park , 44°22′26″N, 86°04′10″E, 10.VIII.2010, Hongying Hu ( XJU) ; 1♀, Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture , Jimusar County, 43°30′N, 88°30′E, 19.VII.2019, Linzhi Zhao ( CNU) ; 1♀, Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Kuitun City , 44°19’N, 84°47′E, 21.VIII.2014, Hongying Hu ( XJU) ; 1♀, Shihezi City , 44°27′N, 85°58′E, 19.VII.2012, Hongying Hu ( XJU) ; 1♀, Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghe Town, Sartokhai Village , 46°2′38″N, 90°8′45″E, 19.VII.2019, Qian Han ( CNU) .

Diagnosis. Female and male. Body length: female 5.0–7.0 mm, male 5.0–5.5 mm; black, following parts yellow ( Fig. 26 ): entire or half of clypeus in female, clypeus in male, interantennal spot on lower frons, scape ventrally, a small spot on upper gena, two large and separated spots on pronotum anteriorly, tegula, parategula, metanotum, apical wide bands on T1–T2 and S2, and legs largely. Cephalic foveae distinct, its width almost equal to the distance between posterior ocelli; clypeus with sparse punctures and almost as wide as long in both sexes ( Fig. 27 ); apically emarginate and forming lateral teeth in both sexes, clypeus with a short translucent margin in male; anterior surface of pronotum sloping, with a few sparse punctures, pronotal carina interrupted medially ( Fig. 28 ); propodeum medially with a transverse plane behind metanotum, almost equal to length of metanotum ( Fig. 29 ); apical border of T2 barely depressed ( Figs 30, 31 ); anterior surface of S2 sloping, in lateral view S2 angled ( Fig. 30 ), S2 ventrally in basal portion without a median longitudinal furrow ( Fig. 32 ).

Distribution. * China (Xinjiang), Mongolia ( Giordani Soika 1976; Gusenleitner 1981).

Figures

FIGURES 26–32. Stenodynerus kaszabi, ♀. 26. Habitus, dorsal view. 27. Head, frontal view. 28. Pronotum, dorsal view. 29. Propodeum, dorsal view. 30. Metasomal segments 2–6, lateral view. 31. T1–T6, dorsal view. 32. S2–S6, ventral view.