Arachnospila (Ammosphex) wolfi Lelej 1995
Creators: name: Loktionov, Valery M.
name: Lelej, Arkady S.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2011
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Pompilidae
Arachnospila
Arachnospila wolfi

description: Arachnospila (Ammosphex) wolfi Lelej, 1995
(Figs 34, 35, 52, 73, 93, 120, 121)
Arachnospila (Ammosphex) wolfi Lelej, 1995: 246, 3 (holotype, 3, Primorskiy Terr., 7 km E Khasan, 25.VIII.1977 (Lelej) [IBSS], examined); Loktionov 2011: 83.
Diagnosis of male. The male of this species resembles males of Arachnospila (Ammosphex) yasumatsui Wolf and Móczár, 1972 and A. (A.) trivialis (Dahlbom, 1843) by having flattened hypopygium with short erect scattered setae (Figs 34, 35), but clearly differs from the former by having penial valve not narrowed preapically and rounded apically (Fig. 52 vs. 51), and from the latter by having penial valve more setose, weakly constricted preapically (Fig. 52 vs. 47), and by T1, T2 at most with brown-reddish spot baso-laterally (T1, T2, S1, S2 ferruginous-red in A. (A.) trivialis). Genitalia as in Fig. 52.
Diagnosis of female. The female of this species is similar to that of Arachnospila (Ammosphex) anceps (Wesmael, 1851) by having ratio of eye width to half frontal width 0.9 and more, but differs by having frons matt and shagreened (shiny and smooth in A. (A.) anceps), by propodeum at most with a few short setae or lacking setae (with long erect sparse setae in A. (A.) anceps).
Description. FEMALE (hitherto unknown). Body length 7.0– 9.1 mm. Fore wing length 5.5–6.8 mm. Head width 1.1–1.2 × its height. Ocelli small, POD/OOD 1.2–1.3. Ratio of genal median width to eye median width (lateral view) 0.5–0.6. Ratio of eye median width to half width of frons (frontal view) 0.9–1.0. Clypeus weakly longitudinally convex, with straight anterior border and broad smooth rim, which is not narrowed medially (Fig. 73). Flagellomere 1 length 4.1–4.8 × its width. Relation of scape, pedicel and first two flagellomeres 31–33: 14–15: 44–55: 40–48. Apical flagellomere acuminate. Mesosoma length dorsally 1.3–1.4 × its width. Pronotum median length 0.4 × its median width, posterior pronotal border obtuse-angulate. Metanotum median length 1.1–1.3 × metapostnotum median length. Metapostnotum matt, with 3–5 striae anteriorly and strigulate posteriorly (Fig. 93). Spines of tarsal comb short, tarsomere 1 with three spines of tarsal comb, tarsomere 2 with two spines, tarsomere 3 with one spine, tarsomeres 4 and 5 without spines; apical spine of tarsomere 1 0.4–0.5 × length of protarsomere 2; apical spine of tarsomere 2 0.5–0.7 × length of tarsomere 3. Wings infuscated with darker apical portion, venation of fore wing as in Figs 120, 121.
Gena and propleura with scattered pale brown long erect setae. Fore coxa and S6 with more scattered brown long erect setae. Clypeus, vertex, pronotum posteriorly, mesoscutum with rare brown long erect setae. Mandible with 3–4 long curved brown or pale brown setae. Frons and propodeum lacking setae. Head and mesosoma with iridescent gray-brownish pubescence. Propodeum with silver pubescence. Legs and metasoma usually with brownish micropubescence. Body regularly micropunctate; frons matt, punctate. Body and legs black. Mandible pale brown medially and dark brown apically; T1 (except basal portion), basal half of T2 ferruginous-red.
Type material. Paratypes. RUSSIA, Primorskiy Terr.: 8 3, 7 km E Khasan, 7, 11.VIII.1976, 26.VIII.1986, 28.VIII.1988 (Lelej). Additional material. RUSSIA. Primorskiy Terr.: 7 Ƥ 1 3, 7 km E Khasan, 8.IX.1982, 26.VIII.1986, 26.VI.2010; 1 Ƥ, Nesterovka, 5.VII.1986; 5 Ƥ, Dvoryanka, 3, 4.VII.2009; 1 Ƥ, Barabash-Levada, 8.VII.1986 [IBSS].
Distribution. Russia (Primorskiy Terr.) (Lelej 1995).
Biology. Usually inhabits sandy shores beside the sea (Lelej 1995), sometimes glades in broad-leaved forest.
description: Published as part of Loktionov, Valery M. & Lelej, Arkady S., 2011, Review of the subgenus Ammosphex Wilcke, 1942 of the genus Arachnospila Kincaid, 1900 (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) of the Russian Far East and East Siberia, pp. 1-30 in Zootaxa 3137 on pages 24-25, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.202611