Eustenancistrocerus (Parastenancistrocerus) amadanensis subsp. amadanensis amadanensis (de Saussure 1855
Creators: name: Li, Ting-Jing
name: Bai, Yue
name: Chen, Bin
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Vespidae
Eustenancistrocerus
Eustenancistrocerus amadanensis
Eustenancistrocerus (parastenancistrocerus) amadanensis amadanensis (de saussure, 1855)

description: Eustenancistrocerus (Parastenancistrocerus) amadanensis amadanensis (de Saussure, 1855)
(Figs 65–72)
Odynerus amadanensis de Saussure, 1855: 214; Bingham, 1897: 364; Dalla Torre, 1904: 40 (in subgenus Ancistrocerus; cat.).
Odynerus turca de Saussure, 1863: 218 (in subgenus Stenancistrocerus).
Odynerus transitorius Morawitz, 1867: 117; 1895: 445 (syn.: O. vagus Radoszkowski = vagabundus Dalla Torre; distribution); Morice, 1921: 200; Castro, 1992: 28 (syn. of E. amadanensis amadanensis (de Saussure)).
Odynerus lobatus André, 1883: 229 (in subgenus Ancistrocerus); Gusenleitner, 2001: 213 (designation of lectotype).
Stenancistrocerus transitorius: Blüthgen, 1938a (1937): 282 (probable syn.: lobatus); 1939: 253 (compared to amadanensis).
Stenancistrocerus amadanensis: Blüthgen, 1939: 252 (syn.: Odynerus turca; Mesopotamia = “ Odynerus transitorius ” Morice, 1921).
Ancistrocerus iranensis Giordani Soika, 1943: 6, fig. 3 (2) (in subgenus Ancistrocerus); Borsato and Ratti, 1999: 80 (syn. of E. amadanensis (de Saussure)).
Parastenancistrocerus transitorius: Blüthgen, 1951: 173; Castro, 1986: 295.
Eustenancistrocerus transitorius hoberlandti Giordani Soika, 1951: 378; van der Vecht and Fischer, 1972: 62; Gusenleitner, 1988: 111 (syn. of E. amadanensis (de Saussure)).
Eustenancistrocerus lobatus flavellus Giordani Soika, 1952: 36; Borsato and Ratti, 1999: 83 (syn. of E. amadanensis (de Saussure)).
Parastenancistrocerus amadanensis: Blüthgen, 1955: 401–402 (syn.: Eustenancistrocerus lobatus flavellus; iranensis = red phase of amadanensis).
Eustenancistrocerus amadanensis: Giordani Soika, 1970: 101, fig. 28, 29; van der Vecht and Fischer, 1972: 61.
Eustenancistrocerus transitorius: Giordani Soika, 1970: 99-101, fig. 26, 27; van der Vecht and Fischer, 1972: 62 (cat.).
Eustenancistrocerus amadanensis transitorius: Gusenleitner, 1988: 112.
Eustenancistrocerus amadanensis amadanensis: Castro, 1992: 28, syn.: E. a. transitorius (Morawitz); Gusenleitner, 2006: 1302; Amolin et al., 2006: 180; Oehlke 2012: 598; Fateryga et al., 2019: 30.
Material examined. 1♀ 1♂, China, Xinjiang, Altay City, Fuyun County, Karatonke Town, 46.916°′N, 89.589°E, 846 m, 20.VII.2019, Tingjing Li; 1♂, China, Xinjiang, Altay City, Aweitan Town, Koktobe Village, 47.721°′N, 89.721°E, 700 m, 21.VII.2019, Tingjing Li; 1♂, China, Xinjiang, Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture, Jimusar County, Ergong Town, Dongliang Village, 43.976°′N, 89.237°E, 755 m, 18.VII.2019, Tingjing Li; 1♀, China, Xinjiang, Altay City, Fuyun County, Kurt Dala Awuzi Village, 47.031°′N, 89.381°E, 849 m, 20.VII.2019, Tingjing Li; 1♀, China, Xinjiang, Fukang City, Ganhezi Town, Shagoukou, Villagel, 44.092°′N, 88.378°E, 897 m, 18.VII.2019, Tingjing Li; 1♀, China, Xinjiang, Altay City, Habahe County, Salblak Town, Garang Ash Village, 48.186°′N, 86.010°E, 504 m, 22.VII.2019, Tingjing Li; 1♀, China, Xinjiang, Altay City, Habahe County, Kulbai Town, Jiangjulek Village, 48.281°′N, 86.235°E, 809 m, 22.VII.2019, Tingjing Li; 1♀, China, Xinjiang, Qitai County, Qiaoren Town, 29.VII.2012, Hongying Hu.
Diagnosis. Body black, with the following whitish yellow to yellow markings: two small lateral spots at base of female clypeus (whole male clypeus), medial frontal spot (bigger in male and connecting clypeus), eye sinus (extending to clypeus in male), basal antennal segments ventrally, male mandible except apex, a small band on gena, two anterior interrupted transverse bands of pronotum, tegula, part of parategula, lateral-dorsal surface of propodeum, legs greatly, lateral side and apical band of T1, two big lateral spots at base and apical band of T2 and apical bands of T3–T5 or T3–T6, apical band of S2 and lateral spot at apex of S3; body coarsely punctate, those on head relatively sparser than those on remaining parts, punctures on T1 and S2 a little coarser than rest terga and sterna; clypeus (Figs 67–68) wider than long, moderately to coarsely punctate and apically with wide emargination forming two lateral teeth; tegula inconspicuous, fine and superficially punctate, usually with only two, slightly larger translucent spots (Fig. 70); propodeal margin between dorsal and lateral surfaces with indistinct tooth-like protuberance; body coarsely punctate, head and mesosoma a little coarser and denser than metasoma (Figs 65–66, 71–72).
Distribution. China (new record: Xinjiang), Morocco; Portugal; Spain; Italy; Hungary; Greece; Turkey; Russia; Syria; Israel; Palestine; Saudi Arabia; Iraq; Iran; Pakistan; India; Kazakhstan; Kyrgyzstan; Ukraine.
description: Published as part of Li, Ting-Jing, Bai, Yue & Chen, Bin, 2022, A revision of the genus Jucancistrocerus Blüthgen, 1938 from China, with review of three related genera (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae), pp. 401-420 in Zootaxa 5105 (3) on pages 412-415, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5105.3.4, http://zenodo.org/record/6332849