Tachyancistrocerus schmidti ( Kokujev, 1913 )

Li, Ting-Jing, Bai, Yue & Chen, Bin, 2022, A revision of the genus Jucancistrocerus Blüthgen, 1938 from China, with review of three related genera (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae), Zootaxa 5105 (3), pp. 401-420 : 417

Tachyancistrocerus schmidti ( Kokujev, 1913)

( Figs 81–89 )

Odynerus schmidti Kokujev, 1913: 4 (in subgenus Ancistrocerus ); Blüthgen, 1939: 257 (? “ Subancistrocerus ”); Kostylev, 1940: 41 (syn.: subtilis ).

? Odynerus subtilis Kostylev, 1927: 75 , fig. 3 (in subgenus Ancistrocerus ).

Subancistrocerus schmidti: Blüthgen, 1951: 173 .

Tachyancistrocerus schmidti ; Giordani Soika, 1951: 380; Blüthgen, 1955: 400 (? syn.: Odynerus subtilis ); Giordani Soika, 1970: 88, 89, fig. 18; van der Vecht and Fischer, 1972: 57; Yildirim and Gusenleitner, 2004: 132; Fateryga and Mokrousov, 2019: 419; Rahmani et al., 2020: 61.

Material examined. 1♀ 1♂, China, Xinjiang, Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Huocheng County, Near Railway Station , 44.061°′N, 80.840°E, 624m, Qian Han; 26.VII.2019 ; 1♂, China, Xinjiang, Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Huocheng County, Qingshuihe Town , Shuanggou Village , 44.180°′N, 80.685°E, 688m, 26.VII.2019 , Qian Han.

Diagnosis. Body black, with great yellow markings ( Figs 81–89 ): clypeus (except apex in female), medial frontal spot (bigger in male and connecting clypeus), eye sinus (extending to clypeus in male), A1 ventrally, mandible except apex, a wide band on gena, pronotum except apex, tegula except big translucent spot, parategula, large spot of female scutellum, metanotum, lateral-dorsal surface of propodeum, legs greatly, greatly wide bands of T1–T3, apical wide band of T2 laterally extending forward to middle, apical narrow bands of T3–T5 or T3–T6, apical band of S2 and lateral spot at apex of S3. Apex of clypeus almost truncate and a bit wider than the inter-antennal space and about 1/4 of the maximum width of clypeus ( Figs 83–84 ); pronotum ( Fig. 85 ) without raised pronotal carina and its lateral side without well-developed angle; body coarsely ( Figs 81–82 ) punctate except clypeus with sparse punctures, punctures of T1 ( Fig. 88 ) coarser and denser than those of T2, and each of T1–T3 apically with one row of obviously bigger punctures than those at remaining parts ( Fig. 89 ); propodeal margin between dorsal surfaces and lateral and posterior surfaces without tooth-like protuberance ( Fig. 87 ).

Distribution. China (new record: Xinjiang); Turkey; Russia; Iran; Armenia; Azerbaijan; Afghanistan; Turkmenistan; Uzbekistan; Kyrgyzstan.

Figures

FIGURES 81–89. Tachyancistrocerus schmidti, 81, 83, 85–89, ♀; 82, 84, ♂. 81–82. Habitus, dorsal view; 83–84. Head, frontal view; 85. Vertex and pronotum, lateral view; 86. Tegula; 87. Propodeum, dorsal view; 88. T1, dorsal view; 89. T2–T6, ventral view.