Harpactus vedicus Nesterov, 1994

Mokrousov, M. V., Proshchalykin, M. Yu. & Maharramov, M. M., 2024, TO THE TAXONOMY OF HARPACTUS VEDICUS NESTEROV, 1994 (HYMENOPTERA, CRABRONIDAE, BEMBICINAE), Far Eastern Entomologist 499, pp. 19-24 : 21-22

Harpactus vedicus Nesterov, 1994 , stat. resurr.

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Harpactus vedicus Nesterov, 1994: 35 , ♀, ♂ (holotype: ♀, Armenia, Khozrov Nature Reserve, Vedic section, 1300 m, 6. VI.1982, M. Nesterov leg. [I.I. Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kiev]), not examined. Synonymized with Harpactus elegans ( Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau, 1832) by Nemkov, 1997: 19.

Harpactus transcaucasicus Nemkov, 1994: 69 , ♀, ♂ (holotype, ♀: Azerbaijan, Nakhichevan ASSR, 35 km north of Nakhichevan, 20. VI.1985, V. Tobias leg. [ ZISP]), examined. Syn. n.; Nemkov, 1996: 1208; Yildirim et al., 2016: 16; Mokrousov et al., 2019: 12 ; Kaplan & Yildirim 2021: 35; 2023: 1681.

MATERIAL EXAMINED. Type material: Azerbaijan: Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic : 35 km north of Nakhichevan, 20. VI 1985, 2 ♀, 12 ♂, V . Tobias (holotype and paratypes of Harpactus transcaucasicus Nemkov, 1994 ). Other material : Azerbaijan, Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic : Babek, 3 km NE Sirab , 39°18'N 45°32'E, 1250 m, 12. VI 2019, 1 ♀ ; Babek, Goynuk , 39°18'N 45°40'E, 1680 m, 12. VI 2019, 13 ♀, 15 ♂ ; Shakhbuz, Zarnatun , 39°31'N 45°46'E, 1550 m, 14, 18. VI 2019, 4 ♀, 33 ♂ ; Julfa, Gazanchi , 39°13'N 45°41'E, 1300 m, 15. VI 2019, 2 ♂ ; Julfa, Milakh , 39°15'N 45°43'E, 1430 m, 15. VI 2019, 1 ♀, 1 ♂ ; Julfa, Teyvaz , 39°15'N 45°46'E, 1645 m, 15. VI 2019, 2 ♀, 1 ♂ ; Ordubad, Aghdara , 39°06'N 45°54'E, 2000 m, 17. VI 2019, 1 ♂ ; Shakhbuz, Gomur , 39°27'N 45°44'E, 1790 m, 18. VI 2019, 1 ♀ ; Shakhbuz, Kechili , 39°22'N 45°43'E, 1800 m, 19. VI 2019, 1 ♀ ; Shakhbuz, Kulus , 39°21'N 45°37'E, 1395 m, 14, 19, 26. VI 2020, 6 ♀, 4 ♂ ; 27. VI 2021, 3 ♀ ; 4.VII 2021, 1 ♀, 1 ♂; Shakhbuz, Kechili , 39°22'N 45°43'E, 1800 m, 12.VII 2022, 6 ♂ .

NOTE. Paratypes of Harpactus vedicus Nesterov, 1994 – 9 ♀, 90 ♂, Armenia, Khozrov Nature Reserve and 1 ♀, 1 ♂, Azerbaijan, Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, Bilav could not be found in the ZISP collection, although according to Nesterov (1994: 35) some of them should be kept there.

DISTRIBUTION. Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkey.

Figures

Figs 1–2. Females habitus of Harpactus spp. (all from the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, Azerbaijan). 1 – Harpactus vedicus Nesterov, 1994; 2 – H. elegans (Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau, 1832).

Figs 3–8. Harpactus spp. (all from the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, Azerbaijan). 3–5 – H. vedicus Nesterov, 1994: 3 – female; 4, 5 – male; 6–8 – H. elegans (Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau, 1832): 6 – female; 7, 8 – male.