Dinetus (Dentidinetus) psammophilus Kazenas, 1977

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Dinetus (Dentidinetus) psammophilus Kazenas, 1977

Dinetus psammophilus Kazenas, 1977: 363 , ♀, ♂. Holotype: ♀, Kazakhstan: E Betpak-Dala: 70 km northwest of Furmanovka (ZIN).

Description female (after Kazenas 1977, 2000).

Colour. Head yellow with black vertex. Flagellum brown with yellow spots on antennomeres 3‒5(6). Mesosoma yellow, scutum almost completely black, lateral margin of dorsal area of propodeum black. Metasoma: Tergum I pale yellow, II‒III light brown with pale yellow apical bands, IV brown, the remaining pale yellow. Legs pale yellow, mid and hind femora dorsally black or brown.

Morphology. Antennomere 3 about 3× as long a broad, 13 flattened apically and slightly curved. Front margin of clypeus with two rounded teeth. Frons, scutum and mesopleuron finely and densely punctured. Frons and vertex with appressed silver pubescence. Propodeal enclosure dull, reticulated and glabrous. Scutum with dense pubescence, masking the integument. Scutum and mesopleuron with erect setae no longer than diameter of front ocellus. Fore tarsal rake with eight spines. Outer vein of subdiscoidal cell (cu) vertical, parallel with the nervulus (cu-a) (see fig. 1). Body length 5.0‒ 5.8 mm ( Kazenas 1977), 6.5‒7.7 mm ( Kazenas 2000).

Description male (after Kazenas 1977, 2000).

Colour. Antenna almost yellow, antennomeres apically and ventrally partly brown. Colouration and pubescence of the body similar to that of female.

Morphology. Antennomeres 3‒6 as long as broad. Antennomeres 7‒11 slightly modified. Anterior margin of clypeus with triangular emargination. Fore trochanter with large projection ventrally. Body length 3.8–4.5 mm.

Distribution. Kazakhstan (holotype locality), Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan (paratypes).

No material examined.