Gonaporus gracilis ( Klug, 1834 )

Zonstein, Irina & Wahis, Raymond, 2015, Revision of the Palaearctic genus Gonaporus Ashmead, 1902 of spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae), Zootaxa 4018 (4), pp. 451-505 : 472-473

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scientific name	Gonaporus gracilis ( Klug, 1834 )
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Gonaporus gracilis ( Klug, 1834) View in CoL

( Figs 91 View FIGURES 88 – 91 , 102 View FIGURES 100 – 104 , 113 View FIGURES 110 – 120 , 124 View FIGURES 121 – 130 , 134 View FIGURES 131 – 141 , 145 View FIGURES 142 – 152 , 156 View FIGURES 153 – 159 , 167 View FIGURES 167 – 174 , 178 View FIGURES 175 – 181 , 188 View FIGURES 182 – 188 , 203 View FIGURES 200 – 207 , 211 View FIGURES 208 – 211 )

Pompilus gracilis Klug, 1834: 39 View in CoL (holotype, ♀: Sudan [ZMHB], examined); Dalla Torre 1897: 292). Gonaporus gracilis: Ashmead 1902: 88 View in CoL ; Priesner 1955:199.

Diagnosis. This species differs from all congeners by the presence of four posterior spines of the tarsal comb on the protarsomere 1 of the female ( Fig. 134 View FIGURES 131 – 141 ). The females of other species have three or 5–6 spines.

Redescription. Female. Body length 8.6–9.0 mm. Structure see in Table 1. Coloration: Head mostly black; clypeus orange; mandible mostly orange-yellow, dark orange-brown on apical 0.33; scape and pedicel yellowishorange ventrally, dark brown dorsally; flagellum brown. Mesosoma orange to mostly black with orange pronotum; tegula orange. Legs mostly orange; tarsomeres narrowly brown apically; spurs orange-brown; spines of tarsal comb mostly orange-brown, brown apically; other leg spines orange-brown. Metasoma orange. Setae: Clypeus with few fine moderately long reddish setae; occiput and propleuron with long fine whitish setae. Protarsomere 1 with 4 long spines posteriorly ( Fig. 134 View FIGURES 131 – 141 ) and 2 short spines anteroventrally.

Male. Body length 6.7–6.8 mm. Structure: see Table 1. Protarsus as in Fig. 145 View FIGURES 142 – 152 . Subgenital plate as in Fig. 203 View FIGURES 200 – 207 . Genitalia as in Fig. 211 View FIGURES 208 – 211 . Coloration: Head mostly black; inner orbit narrowly orange; clypeus black basally and orange apically; mandible mostly yellow, dark orange apically; scape and pedicel orange ventrally and blackishbrown dorsally; flagellum brown dorsally, orange ventrally. Mesosoma mostly black except of brown lateral edge of pronotum; tegula orange. Legs orange except of brown tarsi; spur of fore leg yellowish-brown basally, blackishbrown apically; other spurs blackish-brown; leg spines blackish-brown. Metasoma: Segments 1–4 from entirely orange to mostly orange, apical segments blackish-brown. Setae: Head (posteriorly) and propleuron with fine, moderately long, whitish setae.

Material examined. Holotype: ♀, SUDAN: "Ambu Kol [modern Ambikul], Nubien, Juli–Aug, Echrenberg S.". Other material. EGYPT: El Kharga, Kharga Oasis, 8.v.1965, K. V. Krombein, 1♀ (NMNH); near Kom, Ombo temple, 27.iv.1993, W.J. Pulawski, 1♀; same, 25.iv.1993, 2♂ (CRW); Faiyum, Keranis, 27.v.1991, coll. A. Mochi, 1♀ (CRW). YEMEN: Al Kowd, 15/ 28.ii.1993, A. van Harten, Malaise trap, 1♀ (CRW).

Distribution. Egypt, Sudan, Yemen ( Fig. 217 View FIGURE 217 ).

Habitat. The habitat is not specified, but the species most probably occurs in open arid sandy areas.

Biology. Unknown.

Notes. The holotype is in a very bad condition, with its mesosoma being almost destroyed in the palce of the pin insertion, and working with it has been problematic. The apical antennal segments and both apical metatarsomeres are missing.

TABLE 2. Interspecific variation in some male characters of Gonaporus species.