Ammophila altigena Gussakovskij, 1930

Danilov, Yuriy N., 2016, Type specimens of Sphecidae (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) in the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences in St. Petersburg, Zootaxa 4136 (2), pp. 335-359 : 346

Ammophila altigena Gussakovskij, 1930

( Fig. 36 )

A valid species, Ammophila altigena Gussakovskij, 1930 ( Dollfuss 2013, Pulawski 2015).

Type. Ammophila altigena Gussakovskij, 1930b: 73 , Ƌ. Holotype, Ƌ "[golden circle] // хр. Сары-кол кит. гр. Памира 4300 м. Рейхардт 9.VII 28 [cyrillic] // Ammophila alticola Guss. // HOLOTYPE ♀ Ammophila altigena Gussakovskij, 1930 [red label]".

Type locality. "хр. Сары-кол" [= near Akbaytal, Murghob District, Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region, Tajikistan, 38°29′N 73°52′E].

Discussion. The type label is erroneously spelled " alticola ".

Figures

FIGURES 36 – 42. Types of Ammophila. 36 — Ammophila altigena Gussakovskij: a—Holotype, Ƌ; b—labels, Holotype, Ƌ. 37 — Ammophila cellularis Gussakovskij: a—Holotype, ♀; b—labels, Holotype, ♀. 38 — Ammophila nigrina F. Morawitz: a— Holotype, ♀; b—labels, Holotype, ♀. 39 — Ammophila pevtsovi Danilov: a—Holotype, ♀; b—labels, Holotype, ♀. 40 — Ammophila separanda F. Morawitz: a—Lectotype, ♀; b—labels, Lectotype, ♀; c—Paralectotype, Ƌ; d—labels, Paralectotype, ♂. 41 — Ammophila striaticollis F. Morawitz: a—Holotype, ♀; b—labels, Holotype, ♀. 42 — Ammophila sjoestedti Gussakovskij: a—Paratype, ♀; b—labels, Paratype, ♀.