Skorikovia, Ovtchinnikov, 2002

Lelej, Arkady S., 2024, Revision of the Palaearctic genus Skorikovia Ovtchinnikov, 2002 (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae), Zootaxa 5529 (1), pp. 52-72 : 55

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scientific name	Skorikovia
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Treatment

Key to the Palaearctic species of Skorikovia

Males

(unknown in serta )

1. Antenna and legs pale yellow. 6.5 mm. ( Iran)........................................... .. S. pallipes ( Lelej, 1985)

– Antenna and legs black or brown, at most brownish-red...................................................... 2

2. Inner metacoxal carina with apical tooth ( Fig. 31 View FIGURES 28–34 )........................................................... 3

– Inner metacoxal carina without apical tooth ( Fig. 34 View FIGURES 28–34 )........................................................ 4

3. Ocelli small, diameter of anterior ocellus 1.1 × distance between anterior and lateral ocellus ( Fig. 33 View FIGURES 28–34 ). Vein 2r-m of forewing not angulate, without medial outer process ( Fig. 28 View FIGURES 28–34 ). 9.0–10.0 mm. Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Russia: Crimea, Dagestan, Volgograd Region, South Ural; Slovakia............................................................ S. trinotata (Costa, 1858) , comb. nov. ( = triangularis Radoszkowski , = pliginskiji Lelej )

– Ocelli large, diameter of anterior ocellus 3.0 × distance between anterior and lateral ocellus ( Fig. 22 View FIGURES 20–27 ). Vein 2r-m of forewing angulate, with medial outer process ( Fig. 26 View FIGURES 20–27 ). 8.0–12.0 mm. Russia: Dagestan; Azerbaijan, Georgia, Turkey....................................................................................... S. radoszkovskii ( Skorikov, 1935)

4. Ocelli small or medial, diameter of anterior ocellus equals or less than distance between anterior and lateral ocellus ( Fig. 13 View FIGURES 11–19 ). Posterior side of 2r-m cell not thickened ( Fig. 11 View FIGURES 11–19 ). Volsella with deep basal emargination ( Figs 12, 18 View FIGURES 11–19 ).................. 5

– Ocelli large, diameter of anterior ocellus almost 2.0 × distance between anterior and lateral ocellus ( Fig. 7 View FIGURES 1–10 ). Posterior side of 2r-m cell thickened ( Fig. 17 View FIGURES 11–19 ). Volsella with shallow basal emargination ( Figs 3, 9 View FIGURES 1–10 )................................. 6

5. Clypeus with two strong, longitudinal, slightly curved carinae that border median part and each of them ending in a strong denticle anteriorly ( Fig. 13 View FIGURES 11–19 ). Antennae ferruginous-red. 8.8–10.4 mm. Turkey.... S. anatolica Lelej in Lelej & Yildirim, 2009

– Clypeus without two strong, longitudinal carinae medially. Antennae black.—Apical half of S8 (hypopygium) glabrous, shiny, sparsely punctate throughout. 8.0–10.0 mm. Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkey............... S. transcaucasica ( Lelej, 1985)

6. Volsellar cuspis wide (ventral view), apically weakly curved inside ( Fig. 9 View FIGURES 1–10 )....................................... 7

– Volsellar cuspis narrow (ventral view), apically strongly curved inside ( Figs 3, 4 View FIGURES 1–10 ).—T7 totally sculptured with black setae. T1 length less than its maximal width. 7.2–12.8 mm. Russia: Astrakhan Region, Kalmykia; Azerbaijan, North Iran, South-West Pakistan.............................................................................. S. maxim sp. nov.

7. Mesosoma totally ferruginous-red ( Fig. 10 View FIGURES 1–10 ). T1 lateral length 0.7 × T2 lateral length; T1 basally reddish. T2 above felt line with dense punctures, interspaces less diameter of punctures....................................................... 8

– Mesosoma ferruginous-red with brownish-red propodeum and pleurae beneath ( Fig. 53 View FIGURES 44–55 ). T1 lateral length 0.5 × T2 lateral length; T1 totally reddish. T2 above felt line with sparse punctures, interspaces equal or more than diameter of punctures.— Head reddish-brown with darker vertex. 10.0–12.0 ( Egypt, Libya)...................... S. sanguinicollis ( Klug, 1829)

8. Basivolsella weakly widened, without lobe, cuspis more or less parallel to gonostyle ( Fig. 9 View FIGURES 1–10 ). POD:OOD 1.3–1.4. T2 disc with dense punctures. 8.0–16.5 mm. Russia: Stavropol Krai; Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, and North Iran................................................................ S. elongata ( Radoszkowski, 1885)

– Basivolsella with distinct external lobe, cuspis curved inwards ( Fig. 8 View FIGURES 1–10 ). POD:OOD 1.0–1.1. T2 disc with sparse punctures. 7.2–12.0 mm. Afghanistan, Tajikistan..................................................... S. bactriana sp. nov.

Females

(unknown in anatolica , bactriana , pallipes , transcaucasica , and sanguinicollis )

1. T2 with one medial subbasal spot of pale setae, without lateral subbasal spot of pale setae visible above................ 4

– T2 with one medial and two lateral subbasal spot of pale setae, lateral ones visible above............................ 2

2. Basomedial spot of white setae on T2 larger, more or less quadrangulate, distance between it and apical band of white setae less than its diameter; apical band of T2 sharply narrowed laterad and medially wider that band of T3...................... 3

– Basomedial spot of white setae on T2 smaller, more or less rounded, distance between it and apical band of white setae more than its diameter; apical band of T2 shallowly narrowed laterad and medially narrower that band of T3. 5.0–8.0 mm...................................................................................... S. trinotata (Costa, 1858)

3. T2 basally with distinct lateral spots of pale setae. Pronotum medially black. T4–5 with black setae. 6.8–7.2 mm.................................................................................. S. radoszkovskii ( Skorikov, 1935)

– T2 basally with scarcely visible lateral spots of pale setae. Pronotum medially red. T4–5 with ferruginous-golden setae, laterally with spot of white setae. Russia: South Ural. 6.0 mm................................. S. serta ( Radoszkowski, 1885)

4. Scutellar scale wide, half of propodeal width. Lateral and posterior propodeal faces separated by wavy carina without teeth. 5.5–8.5 mm............................................................... S. elongata ( Radoszkowski, 1885)

– Scutellar scale narrow, one third of propodeal width. Lateral and posterior propodeal faces separated by wavy carina with few tubercles. 5.6 mm....................................................................... S. maxim sp. nov.