Ammophila turkestana Kohl, 1906

Danilov, Yu. N. & Odintsev, O. A., 2022, Ammophila turkestana Kohl, 1906 (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae), a valid species, Far Eastern Entomologist 466, pp. 16-20 : 17-19

Ammophila turkestana Kohl, 1906 , stat. n.

Figs 1–7

Ammophila apicalis var. turkestana Kohl, 1906: 333 , sex not stated. Lectotype, present designation: ♀ “Гран[ица] КиЗил кумов и Голод[ной] ст[епи] у СырД[арьи]

Г.ЯКобсон. 12.v.[19]03 // Amm. apicalis var. turkestanica Kohl. det. Kohl” (ZISP) [=

border of Kyzylkum desert and Golodnaya Steppe (Mirzachoʻl) on Syr Darya River in

Kazakhstan (approximately 41°11'N, 67°54'E) ].

Ammophila apicalis var. turkestanica Kohl, 1906: 254 , nom. praeocc., nec Ammophila turcestanica Dalla Torre, 1897: 411 . Synonymized under Ammophila terminata turkestana Kohl by Bohart & Menke, 1976: 154.

Ammophila terminata turkestana: Bohart & Menke, 1976: 154 ; Kazenas, 1978: 37, 2001: 18;

Dollfuss, 2013a: 392, 402, 495; Dollfuss, 2013b: 585; Danilov, 2020: 317; Pulawski,

2022: 48.

STATUS OF TYPE MATERIAL. Kohl (1906) did not mention the number of specimens examined nor the specific localities in his original description of Ammophila apicalis var.

turkestana. He must have seen at least two, as in the key (p. 254) he lists Caucasus and

Turkestan as countries of origin. Seemingly, the female in ZISP is the only surviving specimen, as none are present in NHMW (Dollfuss, 2013a). Here we designate it as the lectotype of A. turkestana ( Figs 5–6 ).

TYPE MATERIAL EXAMINED. Lectotype: ♀ – Kazakhstan: Turkistan Prov. : Shardara

District, the border of the Kyzylkum desert and the Golodnaya Steppe (Mirzachoʻl) on Syr

Darya River [approximately 41°11'N, 67°54'E], 12.V 1903, G. Jacobson ( ZISP); designated here .

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED. Kazakhstan: Kyzylorda Prov.: Karmakshy District,

Josaly (formely Karmakshy) [45°29'N, 64°06'E], 24.V 1928, 2 ♀, 2 ♂, V . Popov ( ZISP);

Aral District , Barsa-Kelmes [45°37'N, 59°47'E], 12.V 1983, 1 ♀, D. Pirulin ( ZISP); Aktobe

Prov.: Shalkar District , Berchogur, [48°25'N, 58°43'E], 1 ♂, 9. VI 1925, Ushinskiy ( ZISP) ;

Kyzylkoga District , near Mukur [48°03'N, 54°25'E], 30–31.V 1908, 4 ♀, 1 ♂, D. Borodin, B .

Uvarov ( ZISP); Almaty Prov.: 15 km SE of Aksuek [44°34'N, 74°34'E], 4–9. VI .2009, 2 ♀, Yu.

Danilov ( SZMN); Kyrgyzstan: Batken Prov. : Batken District, near Ak-Turpak [40°11'N,

71°04'E], 12.V 2005, 1 ♀, D. Milko ( SZMN); Uzbekistan: Karakalpakstan : Moʻynoq

District , Vozrozhdeniya Island [45°11'N, 59°18'E], 20.VI 1933, 1 ♀, collector unknown

( ZISP); Navoiy Prov. : Xatirchi District , Changyr near Karacha [40°06'N, 65°57'E], 23. V

1930 1 ♀, L. Zimin ( ZISP); Samarqand Prov. : Zeravshan River [approximately 39°46'N,

66°49'E], 1892, 1 ♀, D. Glasunov ( ZISP); Qoʻshrabot District , Aktau Mountains [40°14'N,

dorsal view; 3 – habitus, female, lateral view; 4 – habitus, male, lateral view; 5 – lectotype,

specimen, female; 6 – lectotype, labels; 7 – collecting localities.

66°30'E], 3.V 1965, 1 ♂, I. Kerzhner ( ZISP); Sirdaryo Prov. : Sirdaryo [40°50'N, 68°39'E] ,

13. V 1903 , 1 ♀, G. Jacobson ( ZISP); Jizzakh Prov. : Golodnaya Steppe (Mirzachoʻl) [40°30'N,

68°00'E], 9–12.V 1903, 2 ♀, N. Ivanov ( ZISP); Tajikistan: Rudaki District , Gandjina near

Agaravak [37°57'N, 68°34'E], 24. VI 1962, 1 ♀, O. Kryzhanovskiy ( ZISP) .

DIAGNOSIS. Ammophila turkestana has the metasomal apex with blue reflexes, the propodeal enclosure all glabrous, and no supra-antennal lamellate projection. Both sexes resemble A. gussakovskii Dollfuss, 2013 and A. terminata F. Smith, 1856 in having the glabrous propodeal enclosure and in having the pronotal collar and scutum finely transversely striate, but differ by the absence of appressed silvery setae of mesosoma.

The male closely resembles A. antoninae Danilov, 2018 in having the glabrous propodeal enclosure, the poorly represented appressed silvery setae on the body, and in having the pronotal collar and scutum finely transversely striate, but differs by the simple penis valve and the absence of clypeal lateral angles (penis valve is characteristically shaped, and the clypeus has well-defined lateral angles in A. antoninae ).

REDESCRIPTION. Head. Erect setae black. Mandible and palpi black. Mesosoma.

Pronotum slightly emarginate. Pronotum and scutum shiny, distinctly transversely striate

( Fig. 2 ). Scutellum longitudinally rugose. Mesopleuron and metapleuron moderately shiny,

rugose ( Fig. 1 ). Propodeal enclosure glabrous, shiny, obliquely striate. Propodeum shiny,

rugose, in some specimens with inconspicuous spot of appressed silvery setae posteriorly.

Tegula black and translucent posteriorly. Erect setae black. Wings hyaline; veins dark brown;

costal vein black. Legs black. Claws without teeth.

Male ( Fig. 4 ). Body length 14–16 mm. Head. Clypeus not elongate. Clypeus,

subantennal sclerite, and paraocular area with appressed silvery setae. Metasoma. T1–T2, S2,

T3 and S 3 in basal half red; petiole black; T4–T7 and S4–S7 black with blue reflexes.

Female ( Fig. 3 ). Body length 17–21 mm. Head. Clypeus, subantennal sclerite, and paraocular area without appressed silvery setae. Metasoma. T1–T3, S2–T3 and petiole red;

petiole in some specimens black basally; T4–T6 and S4-S6 black with blue reflexes.

DISTRIBUTION. China (Xingjiang) (Dollfuss, 2013a), Kazakhstan, * Kyrgyzstan, * Uzbekistan, * Tajikistan ( Fig. 7 ).

Figures

Figs 1–7. Ammophila turkestana Kohl. 1 – mesosoma, lateral view; 2 – mesosoma,