Lestica Billberg 1820
Creators: name: Can, İlyas
name: Gülmez, Yaşar
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Crabronidae
Lestica

description: A key to the Turkish species of Lestica Bilberg 1820
Male
1 Head narrowed behind eye.............................................................................. 2
- Head not narrowed behind eye........................................................................... 5
2 Flagellomere I 3.0–3.5 × as long as wide........................................ L. pluschtschevskyi (F. Morawitz)
- Flagellomere I 1.5–2.0 × as long as wide................................................................... 3
3 Hindtrochanter without spine.......................................................... L. camelus (Eversmann)
- Hindtrochanter with obvious spine....................................................................... 4
4 Foretarsomere I shield–like, wider than long, foretarsomeres II and III distinctly narrower than I; trochanter III with thick, conspicuous spine; midfemur with basal tooth; apex of foretrochanter with carina................. L. clypeata (Schreber)
- Foretarsomeres I–III shield-like, wider than long, foretarsomeres II and III as wide as I; trochanter III with fine spine; midfemur rounded and enlarged basally; apex of foretrochanter with conspicuous spine...................... L. anatolica sp. nov.
5 Foretarsomere I with narrow shield-like extension............................................. L. eurypus (Kohl)
- Foretarsomere I without shield-like extension, parallel–sided, narrow............................................ 6
6 Mesopleuron with very coarse and dense punctures, intervals between punctures almost invisible; forebasitarsus dilated into translucent blade, longer than wide.......................................................... L. alata (Panzer)
- Mesopleuron with more or less coarse punctures, with shiny interspaces; forebasitarsus not dilated..................................................................................................... L. subterranea (Fabricius)
Female (unknown in L. anatolica Can et Gülmez, sp. n., and L. eurypus)
1 Pygidial plate markedly compressed from sides and elongated into narrow strip, on apex impressed longitudinally, on each side with thick long setae.................................................................................. 2
- Pygidial plate flat, broadly triangular, slightly compressed, setae on each side shorter and less dense................... 3
2 Pronotum with conspicuous sharp spine laterally; minimum distance between eye margins equal to ⅔ of scape length; underside of thorax with coarse and dense large punctures; free margin of clypeal lobe with clear notch; tibiae all yellow.............................................................................................. L. clypeata (Schreber)
- Pronotum laterally without spine, at most with very small denticle; minimum distance between eye margins equal to ½ of scape length; underside of thorax with sparse, small punctures; free margin of clypeal lobe with barely noticeable notch; tibiae largely dark.............................................................................. L. camelus (Eversmann)
3 Mesopleuron coarsely and densely punctate, interspaces hardly visible; flagellomere I 2.0 × as long as wide.................................................................................................... L. alata (Panzer)
- Mesopleuron with sparse distinct punctures more than one diameter apart, interspaces smooth and shiny; flagellomere I 1.8— 2.0 x as long as wide................................................................................... 4
4 Flagellomere I at least 2.5 × as long as wide, II clearly longer than III.................. L. pluschtschevskyi (F. Morawitz)
- Flagellomere I 1.5 × as long as wide, II not longer than III................................. L. subterranea (Fabricius)
description: Published as part of Can, İlyas & Gülmez, Yaşar, 2022, A new species of Lestica Billberg (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae) from Turkey, pp. 429-436 in Zootaxa 5125 (4) on page 435, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5125.4.6, http://zenodo.org/record/6450959