Tachysphex ferrugineus
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Ordo: Hymenoptera
Familia: Crabronidae
Genus: Tachysphex
Name
Tachysphex ferrugineus Pulawski, 1967 – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
Type material
Holotypus: ♂, Turkey: Trabzon: Boztepe, 18.v.1962, K. M. Guichard and D. H. Harvey leg. Holotype in BMNH, examined in 2003.
Additional material examined
Georgia: Sairme, Caucasus, 1 ♀, 20. vii. 1983, Kadlec & Voříšek lgt., PTLC; Russia: Teberda, Karachay-Cherkessia, 1 ♀, 9. vi. 1978, W. J. Pulawski lgt., ZIN; Turkey: Trabzon: same data as holotype, 3 ♂♂, 1 ♀; Damar env., Artvin prov., 1 ♂, 1 ♀, 2. vii. 1997, P. Průdek & M. Říha lgt., JSPC; Samsun University campus, Samsun prov., 2 ♂♂, 4. vii. 2014, J. Barták & Kubík lgt., JSPC.
Diagnosis
Tachysphex ferrugineus Pulawski is easily recognizable by the body coloration, but in morphological characters and body sculpture it resembles Tachysphex dimidiatus (Panzer), Tachysphex jokischianus (Panzer), Tachysphex pompiliformis (Panzer) and Tachysphex punctipleuris sp. n. The species is similar to Tachysphex stysi Straka from central Asia in coloration, but Tachysphex stysi belongs to the Tachysphex austriacus species subgroup. Tachysphex ferrugineus Pulawski is largely light red colored. All tibiae, tarsi and nearly all metasoma, except basal part of terga IV-VI in males and IV-V in females, are light red. The species is similar to Tachysphex dimidiatus in body morphology and sculpture but differs in the following characters: ♀: Supraantennal tubercle distinctly elevated, but supraclypeal area nearly flat. Gena inconspicuously developed but not short. Pygidium densely punctate, all coarsely microsculptured, dull. ♂: Gena dorsally inconspicuous. Vertex finely and densely punctate, and postocellar impression shallow. Forefemoral notch large, usually longer than the space that separates it from forefemoral base.
Geographic distribution
Georgia, Russia (Caucasus) and Turkey.
Note
Full description of the species is presented by Pulawski (1971)[1].
Taxon Treatment
- Straka, J; 2016: Tachysphex austriacus Kohl, 1892 and T. pompiliformis (Panzer, 1804) (Hymenoptera, Crabronidae) are a complex of fourteen species in Europe and Turkey ZooKeys, (577): 63-123. doi
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Other References
- ↑ Pulawski W (1971) Tachysphex Kohl (Hym., Sphecidae) de la region palearctique occidentale et centrale. Państwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe, Wrocław, 464 pp.
