Ammophila kondarensis Danilov, 2018

Dаnilov, Yuriy N., 2018, Four new species of the digger wasp genus Ammophila W. Kirby, 1798 (Hymenoptera, Sphecidae) from Central Asia, Zootaxa 4457 (2), pp. 332-338 : 333-335

Ammophila kondarensis Danilov , sp. nov.

Figures 10–17 .

Diagnosis. Ammophila kondarensis has the metasomal apex with blue reflexes, the propodeal enclosure glabrous laterally, and no supra-antennal lamellate projection. Both sexes closely resemble A. formosensis Tsuneki, 1971 in having the metasomal apex with blue reflexes, pale erect setae, and in extension of appressed silvery setae of mesopleuron, but differ by the absence of the supra-antennal lamellate projection and in having the propodeal enclosure glabrous laterally (projection present in A. formosensis , and the propodeal enclosure all covered with erect setae). The female of the new species differs in having the petiole reddish ( Ammophila formosensis has the petiole black), and the male differs in having the pronotum and scutum covered with appressed silvery setae moderately concealing the integument (appressed silvery setae of pronotum and scutum absent in A. formosensis ).

Description. Clypeus, subantennal sclerite, paraocular area, and gena with appressed silvery setae. Vertex and occiput shiny, with scattered punctures. Erect setae pale. Supra-antennal lamellate projection absent. Mandible and palpi black. Pronotal collar slightly emarginated medially. Propodeal enclosure with pale erect setae and appressed silvery setae along midline, glabrous, shiny, and obliquely rugose laterally. Erect setae pale. Tegula black. Wings slightly smoked; veins dark brown to black. Legs black. Claws without teeth. Spines of legs black.

Male. Body length 18–23 mm. Head. Clypeus not elongate ( Fig 15 ). Mesosoma ( Figs 14, 16 ). Pronotal collar, pronotal lobe, scutum anteriorly, mesopleuron, metapleuron, and propodeum with dense appressed silvery setae moderately concealing integument. Scutum with spot of dense appressed silvery setae concealing integument posterolaterally. Metasoma. T1-T2 laterally, anterior ½ or ¼ of T3, S2-S3 red; petiole, dorsal stripe on T1-T2, posterior part of T3, T4-T7, and S4-S7 black with blue reflexes. Penis valve: Fig 17 .

Female. Body length 20–26 mm. Head. Clypeus flattened, punctate ( Fig 11 ). Mesosoma ( Figs 10, 12, 13 ). Pronotum shiny, finely punctatorugose, with fine appressed silvery setae not concealing integument. Pronotal lobe with dense appressed silvery setae. Scutum shiny, transversely coarsely rugose and punctate, with fine, sparse appressed silvery setae laterally, and with spot of dense appressed silvery setae moderately concealing integument posterolaterally. Scutellum punctate anteriorly, longitudinally rugose posteriorly. Mesopleuron, metapleuron and propodeum punctatorugose with sparse appressed silvery setae anteriorly and with dense appressed silvery setae posteriorly. Metasoma. T1-T3, T4 laterally, S1-S4 and petiole red ( Fig 13 ); T5-T6, S5-S6 black with blue reflexes.

Material examined: Holotype. ♀, TАJIKISTАN . Varzob district , Kondara valley near Varzob in the Hissar Range [38°48′N 68°48′E], h= 1100 m, 20.VI.1938, V. V. Gussakovskij ( ZISP). Paratypes. TАJIKISTАN . Same data as holotype, 26.VI.1937, (1 ♀, ZISP); Same data, 12.IX.1937, (1 ♂, ZISP); Same data, 11.VII.1938, (1 ♂, ZISP); Same data, 26.VII.1940, (1 ♂, ZISP); Same locality, 7.IX.1946, V. V. Popov (1 ♀, ZISP).

Distribution: Tajikistan.

Name Derivation. Named after Kondara, a locality in the Hissar Range of the Fann Mountains (in the Pamir- Аlay mountain system), where the type series was collected.

Figures

FIGURES 10–17. Ammophila kondarensis sp. nov. Holotype ♀: 10—13. Paratype ♂: 14—17. 10, 14—general view, labels; 11, 15—face; 12, 16—pronotum, scutum; 13—propodeal enclosure, petiole; 17—genitalia in ventral view.