Podalonia asiatica Danilov 2017, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Danilov, Yuriy N.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Sphecidae
Podalonia
Podalonia asiatica

description: Podalonia asiatica Danilov, sp. nov.
Figures 29–36.
Ammophila andrei: Kohl, 1906: 280, ♂ not ♀; Gussakovskij, 1934: 4; Tsuneki, 1971: 150. Ammophila (Psammophila) viatica: F. Morawitz, 1889: 126, ♂, part.
Podalonia andrei: Dollfuss, 2010a: 542, 2010b: 1249, 1251, ♂ not ♀.
Diagnosis. The male of the new species is similar to P. altaiensis, P. turcestanica, P. hirsuta, and P. andrei in having the propodeal enclosure with erect setae and predominantly black erect setae of the entire body. It differs from P. altaiensis by the shape of the penis valve (it is slenderer in P. altaiensis and has only very small transverse spines). It differs from P. turcestanica in having a broader penis valve, and from P. hirsuta by the shape of the penis valve and in having the body covered with only black setae (rather than black and pale). Unlike P. andrei it has the body with black setae only (metapleuron and propodeal enclosure with pale setae in P. andrei), a less extended red color of the metasoma (T1–T3 red in P. asiatica sp. n. and T1–T 4 in P. andrei), and a different penis valve.
Description. Male. Body length 11–17 mm. Head. Clypeus not elongate, hexagonal; apical margin slightly emarginated. Clypeus, subantennal sclerite, and paraocular area with appressed silvery setae. Vertex, occiput, and gena microsculptured, with scattered punctures. Frons and vertex convex. Erect setae black, longer than scape. Mandible and palpi black. Mesosoma with black erect setae. Pronotum microsculptured, with scattered punctures, more or less shiny. Scutum more or less shiny, punctate, punctures about one diameter apart anteriorly, scattered posteriorly. Mesopleuron dull, microsculptured, densely punctate anteriorly (punctures about 0.5–1.0 diameters apart) and slightly punctatorugose posteriorly. Scutellum dull, with scattered punctures anteriorly, longitudinally ridged posteriorly. Metapleuron and propodeum punctate and rugose. Propodeal enclosure rugose and setose. Tegula black. Wings slightly smoked; veins brown; costal vein dark brown. Legs black. Claws without subbasal tooth. Spines black. Metasoma. T1–T2, S1–S2 (excluding petiole), and part of T3, S3 red (in some specimens T3 completely red); petiole, T4–T7, S4–S7 black. Penis valve slenderer than in P. hirsuta, but broader than in P. turcestanica, in ventral view with transverse spines (Figs 34–36).
Female. Unknown.
Material examined: Holotype. ♂, RUSSIA. Tuva Republic: Tes-Khemsky District, near Ak-Erik [50°31′N, 94°36′E], 8–9.VI.2010, Yu. Danilov (ISEN). Paratypes. RUSSIA. Tuva Republic: Tes-Khemsky District, near Despen [50°47′N, 93°47′E], 25.VI.1948 (1 ♂, ISEN); Bay-Tayginsky District, river Eldig-Khem [51°30′N, 89°33′E], 8.VI.2008, R. Dudko, I. Lyubechansky (1 ♂, ISEN); Buryatia: Tunkinsky District, Turan [51°38′N, 101°39′E] (1 ♂, ZISP). CHINA. Neimenggu: Helan Mountains, no specific locality, VI–VII.1871, N. Przhevalsky (1 ♂, ZISP); Alxa, Alxa Left Banner, Bayanhaotezhen [38°50′N, 105°42′E], 26–27.IV.1908, P. Kozlov (3 ♂, ZISP); same data, 15–16. IV.1909, P. Kozlov (5 ♂, ZISP); same data, 11.V.1908, P. Kozlov (2 ♂, ZISP); same data, 18–20.V.1908, P. Kozlov (1 ♂, ZISP); same data, 16–18.VI.1908, P. Kozlov (1 ♂, ZISP); Qinghai: Xiemalang [35°51' N, 101°30' E], G. Potanin (2 ♂, ZISP, published as P. viatica by F. Morawitz); Qinghai Lake, south coast [36°33′N, 100°10′E], VIII.1901, P. Kozlov (1 ♂, ZISP); Dulan County [35°55′N, 97°24′E], VII.1901, P. Kozlov (1 ♂, ZISP); Gansu: Yongdeng County [36°43′N, 103°15′E], 20–21.VII.1908, P. Kozlov (1 ♂, ZISP); Lanzhou [36°02′N, 103°49′E], 11–25.III.1909, P. Kozlov (1 ♂, ZISP). MONGOLIA. Selenge: near Mandal [48°47′N, 107°11′E], 9.VIII.1924, P. Kozlov (1 ♂, ZISP); Övörkhangai: Khairkhandulaan [45°57′N, 102°3′E], 13.VII.1926, P. Kozlov (1 ♂, ZISP); Bayankhongor: Ikh Bogd Uul Mount [44°51′N, 100°38′E], 15–17.VII.1926, P. Kozlov (2 ♂, ZISP); near Bayantsagaan [45°04′N, 99°30′E], 1.VIII.1926, P. Kozlov (1 ♂, ZISP).
Distribution: Russia (Tuva and Buryatia Republics), China (Neimenggu, Qinghai, Gansu), Mongolia. Etymology. The species name reflects its distribution in Central Asia.
description: Published as part of Danilov, Yuriy N., 2017, Taxonomic notes on Palearctic Podalonia Fernald, 1927 (Hymenoptera, Sphecidae), with descriptions of four new species, pp. 554-570 in Zootaxa 4320 (3) on pages 558-560, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4320.3.9, http://zenodo.org/record/893840