Sphex gaullei, Berland, 1927

Dörfel, Thorleif H. & Ohl, Michael, 2022, The wasp genus Sphex in Sub-Saharan Africa (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae), European Journal of Taxonomy 796 (1), pp. 1-170 : 21

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2022.796.1665

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:76C5C9C4-C6C1-4EDC-8FF8-9828A6EF2040

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6359744

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C20928-FF85-FFB7-40C5-1011393A0818

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Felipe

scientific name

Sphex gaullei
status

 

Key E: Species of the Sphex gaullei group

1. Female: scutellum and clypeus completely ferruginous ( Figs 104 View Figs 100–105. 100–101 , 106, 108 View Figs 106–112. 106–107 ). Male: at least lower/inner third of clypeus ferruginous; facial setae golden or silvery.......................................2

– Female: scutellum and at least upper half of clypeus black ( Figs 100–102 View Figs 100–105. 100–101 ). Male: clypeus nearly or completely black; facial setae never golden..................................................................4

2. Petiole and metasomal segment I bright ferruginous ( Fig. 108 View Figs 106–112. 106–107 ). Female: meso- and metapleurae ferruginous; basal half of forewing with conspicuous yellow tinge and cellular wing area not infuscate. Male: erect clypeal and paraocular setae silvery ...... S. schmideggeri sp. nov.

– Petiole and metasoma black ( Figs 104–107 View Figs 100–105. 100–101 View Figs 106–112. 106–107 ). Female: meso- and metapleurae black; cellular area of forewing either hyaline and without yellow tinge or notably infuscate in apical part with at most inconspicuous yellow tinge near wing base. Male: erect clypeal and paraocular setae golden......3

3. Female: cellular area of forewing hyaline ( Fig. 29 View Figs 25–32. 25–26 ), usually without violet iridescence; pronotal lobe predominantly black. Male: hindwing and cellular area of forewing hyaline ( Fig. 30 View Figs 25–32. 25–26 ) ....... .................................................................................................................... S. jansei Cameron, 1910

– Female: apical half of forewing markedly infuscate ( Fig. 31 View Figs 25–32. 25–26 ), with violet iridescence; pronotal lobe predominantly ferruginous. Male: cellular area of forewing infuscate in apical half, or at least apical margin of hindwing infuscate ( Fig. 32 View Figs 25–32. 25–26 ) .................................... S. gaullei Berland, 1927

4. Wings hyaline. Erect facial and propodeal setae silvery ( Figs 102–103 View Figs 100–105. 100–101 ). Petiole length more than 3× its medial width ....................................................................... S. pruinosus Germar, 1817

– Wings fuscous. Erect facial and propodeal setae black ( Figs 100–101 View Figs 100–105. 100–101 ). Petiole length less than 2.5 × its medial width ................................................................................... S. decipiens Kohl, 1895

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Vespidae

Genus

Sphex

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