Ammophila peringueyi (ARNOLD)

Dollfuss, Hermann, 2015, Revision of the wasp genus Ammophila KIRBY, 1798 (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Sphecidae) of the Sub-Saharan Region of Africa, Linzer biologische Beiträge 47 (1), pp. 307-412 : 356-357

Ammophila peringueyi (ARNOLD) ( Figs 25 , 61 , 97 , 133 )

Sphex peringueyi ARNOLD 1928: 269 , ♀. Holotype: ♀, South Africa: Cape Province: Tradouw Pass in Swellendam District (SAM), photograph examined.

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: none.

R e c o g n i t i o n: Ammophila peringueyi has a gaster apex black, without metallic shine. The episternal sulcus extends to the anteroventral margin of the mesopleuron, the arolia are present and the claws have no basal tooth. The pronotal collar is fairly long, it is elevate in the middle and excavated on each side of the middle, the excavating sloping forwards; viewed from above, it therefore appears bluntly trituberculate, the rounded shoulders forming the outer tubercles ( ARNOLD 1928: 269). The female of A. dolichocephala is similar to A. peringueyi but differs in having the pronotal collar not distinctly trituberculate ( Fig. 137 ) and the scutum laterally and on posterior half with lateral striae. The female of A. turneri is similar to A. peringueyi but differs in having the pronotal collar dorsomedially elevate, subconical ( Fig. 135 ) and coarsely punctate ( A. peringueyi has the pronotal collar with few small punctures and trituberculate).

D e s c r i p t i o n: ( ARNOLD 1928: 269): Gaster apex black, without metallic shine. Episternal sulcus extends to anteroventral margin of mesopleuron, mesopleuron venter not produced anteriorly, arolia present and claws have no basal tooth.

♀: 25 mm. Black with following reddish-brown: mandible (except apex), tegula, tergum I ventrally, tergum II, sterna II-IV, for- and midlegs (except femora and coxa dorsally). Wings hyaline. Clypeus and frons covered with appressed silvery setae, remaining body parts more or less pruinose. Erect setae whitish. Frons dull, finely punctate; vertex dull with few scattered, small punctures. Pronotum slightly shiny, with few small punctures on collar. Pronotal collar elevate medially and excavated on each side, excavation sloping forwards, viewed from above appears bluntly trituberculate, rounded shoulders forming outer tubercles ( Fig. 133 ). Scutum dull, shallowly and sparsely punctate, punctures not much larger than those on face, laterally near tegula and on posterior fourth medially with trace of feebly transverse rugae. Scutellum punctate and impressed longitudinally medially. Mesopleuron, metapleuron and propodeum laterally dull, punctatorugose. Propodeal enclosure transversely ridged medially, obliquely ridged laterally. Clypeus Fig. 25 , disk: Fig. 61.

3 unknown.

N o t e: Possibly A. peringueyi is a variation of A. conifera .

G e o g r a p h i c d i s t r i b u t i o n:SouthAfrica.

Ammophila pseudodolichodera DOLLFUSS nov.sp. ( Figs 46 , 81 , 117 , 153 , 174 , 215 ,

Figures

Figs 21-25: clypeus of female.

Figs 47-64: clypeus of female in lateral view.

Figs 95-100: pronotal collar of female in lateral view.

Figs 130-135: pronotal collar of female in dorsal view.

Figs 136-143: pronotal collar of female in dorsal view.

Figs 44-46: clypeus of female.

Figs 65-82: clypeus of female in lateral view.

Figs 113-118: pronotal collar of female in lateral view.

Figs 150-154: pronotal collar of female in dorsal view.

Figs 173-178: male clypeus.

Figs 215-235: male clypeus in lateral view.