Quartinia araxana Giordani Soika, 1960

Fateryga, Alexander V., Mauss, Volker, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. & Maharramov, Mahir M., 2025, Taxonomic review of the pollen wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Masarinae) from the Caucasus, with the description of two new species, new nest and flower-visiting records, and a key to the species, Zootaxa 5716 (4), pp. 514-540 : 531

Quartinia araxana Giordani Soika, 1960

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Quartinia araxana Giordani Soika, 1960: 133 , ♀, ♂ (type locality “Caucaso: Araxesthal” [ Armenia]), lectotype ( Giordani Soika 1973: 51), ♀, NHMW (examined).

Material examined. LECTOTYPE (designated by Giordani Soika (1973: 51)): ♀, labeled “Araxesthal / Reitter 1890 // dilecta Gr / det. F. Kohl. // HOLOTYPUS / Quartinia / araxana / sp. nov. [red label]” [ NHMW] . PARALECTOTYPES: ARMENIA: Caucasus , Araxesthal, 2 ♀, 2 ♂, leg. E. Reitter [ 1 ♀, 1 ♂, MSNVE; 1 ♀, 1 ♂, NHMW] . ADDITIONAL MATERIAL: ARMENIA: Caucasus, Armenisches Gebiet , 2 ♀,leg. H.Leder, E.Reitter [ ZISP, ZMMU] . AZERBAIJAN. Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic : Shakhbuz, Kulus-2, 39°21'51"N, 45°37'38"E, 1400 m, 23.V.2025, 2 ♀, leg. M. Proshchalykin, M. Maharramov [ CAFK]; ibid., 28.V.2025, 52 ♀, 9 ♂, leg. M. Proshchalykin, M. Maharramov [ 2 ♀, 3 ♂, CAFK; 40 ♀, 2 ♂, FSCV; 5 ♀, 2 ♂, CVMM; 5 ♀, 2 ♂, ZISP] ; Julfa, Daridagh-2, 39°03'58"N, 45°37'35"E, 1100 m, 27.V.2025, 1 ♀, leg. M. Proshchalykin, M. Maharramov [ CAFK]; ibid., 29.V.2025, 2 ♀, leg. M. Proshchalykin, M. Maharramov [ FSCV]; ibid., 30.V.2025, 1 ♀, leg. M. Proshchalykin, M. Maharramov [ FSCV] .

Distribution. Armenia, * Azerbaijan ( Nakhchivan AR) ( Fig. 11 ); Turkey, Iran.

Remarks. Giordani Soika (1960) reported a series of three females and two males deposited in NHMW. Later ( Giordani Soika 1973) he designated a female as the lectotype (as “lecto-olotipo”) and a male as the allotype (as “lecto-allotipo”) and indicated that both were stored in his collection in Venice. At present, there are two females and a male in NHMW and a female and a male in MSNVE. However, both specimens in MSNVE bear red labels “ PARATYPUS ”. At the same time, there is a female labeled as the “ HOLOTYPUS ” and a male labeled as the “ ALLOTYPUS ” in NHMW. Giordani Soika (1960) described another species of vespid wasps in the same paper, Xanthodynerus caucasicus Giordani Soika, 1960 , based on the only available specimen ( holotype), and also indicated that it was deposited in NHMW. In his later paper ( Giordani Soika 1973), the holotype of X. caucasicus was mentioned as stored in Venice, similarly to the lectotype of Q. araxana ; however, it is actually present in NHMW ( Fateryga et al. 2025). Therefore, we believe that Giordani Soika (1973) mentioned his collection in Venice as the depository of both the lectotype of Q. araxana and the holotype of X. caucasicus by mistake, and the lectotype of Q. araxana designated by him is actually the female in NHMW with the label “ HOLOTYPUS ”.

Figures

FIGURE 8. Quartinia araxana Giordani Soika, 1960. A, B, ♀, Azerbaijan; C–F, ♂, Azerbaijan. A, mesosoma in dorsal view; B, C, head in frontal view; D, right foretibia, view on the outside; E, right foretibia in posterior view; F, genitalia in dorsal view. Scale bars 0.5 mm.

FIGURE 11. Distribution of pollen wasps in the Caucasus. A, Celonites cagrii Mauss & Yildirim, 2022; B, C. carpenteri Fateryga & Mauss, sp. nov.; C, C. ivanovi Mauss & Fateryga, 2022; D, C. laetus Panfilov, 1968; E, C. osseus Morawitz, 1888; F, C. tauricus Kostylev, 1935; G, C. tudesculptus Kostylev, 1935; H, Ceramius caucasicus André, 1884; I, Jugurtia eurycara Kostylev, 1935; J, J. irana Kostylev, 1935; K, Quartinia aliyevi Fateryga, Mauss, Proshchalykin & Maharramov, sp. nov.; L, Q. araxana Giordani Soika, 1960.