Ammatomus rufonodis, in Schmid-Egger, 2011

Schmid-Egger, Christian, 2019, Review oI the genus Ammatomus A. COSTA, 1859 (Hymenoptera, Crabronidae) Irom the Palearctic region with description oI Iour new species, Linzer biologische Beiträge 51 (1), pp. 437-457 : 445

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.3758403
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3805971
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scientific name	Ammatomus rufonodis
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Ammatomus rufonodis View in CoL (RADOSZKOWSKI, 1877) ( figs 20-26 View Fig )

Hoplisus rufonodis RADOSZKOWSKI, 1877: 41, male. Holotype or syntypes: male, Tajikistan: Zeravshan valley (ZMMU).

S p e c i m e n s e x a m i n e d: Turkey: male, female 13.vi.2000 Birecik 37.02N 37.95E (CSE); Uzbekistan: female male 5.vii.1999 W Zeravshan Mts , Dzhindydaria valley 39.12N 67.27E GoogleMaps ; 2 females 2 males 27.vii.1999 Ugan Mt. R., Sidzhaksai valley, 41.68N 70.05E GoogleMaps ; male 5.viii.1999 Tchatkal Mts. , Bashkyzylsai riv. 41.18N 69.83E GoogleMaps ; male 15.vii.1999 Hissar Mt. , Tashkurgan, 38.76N 67.26E ( OLL). Tajikistan: male 25.6.1976 GoogleMaps ; 9 males 10.6.1970, male 10.6.1990 Nurek ( OLL). Oman: male 16.iv.2013 17 km W Sur ( OLL) ; female 10.xi.2018, male female 6.v.2018 Al Mudhaibi , Samad Ashan , Aswareg 22.8259N 58.1522E (Ali Al-Jahdhami) GoogleMaps .

R e m a r k: A detailed examination of specimens formerly identified as A. rufonodis with the key of PULAWSKI (1973) revealed that A. rufonodis consists of three species. Recognition is based mainly on shape of T1, and in details of colour pattern. Each species has a different distribution area: A. saharae in Algeria, A rufonodis s.str. in Turkey, Central Asia and Oman and A. grandcourti in Arabia , Israel and Sudan, with the exception of a small overapping of A rufonodis and A. grandcourti in Oman. There are some similarities with the A. mesostenus-lineage, which is divided into four species, and each species also with a different distribution areas (and some overlapping).

D i a g n o s i s:See A. grandcourti and A. saharae for recognition of the species.

D i s t r i b u t i o n: Turkey, Armenia, Central Asia (PULAWSKI 1973), Oman.

P r e y: Ali Al-Jahdhami (pers. comm.) observed a predation of Dubas Bugs ( Ommatissus lybicus, Homoptera : Tropiduchidae ), what is a common pest on date palms in Oman.