Ammophilini Andre 1886
Creators: name: Dollfuss, Hermann
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Sphecidae

description: Key to Genera of Ammophilini  (from BOHART & MENKE 1976, slightly modified)  
 1 Episternal sulcus curving back to scrobe from subalar fossa, then extending obliquely ventrad to anteroventral area of mesopleuron (Fig. 1); New World forms........................................................................................................................................ Eremnophila MENKE   
- Episternal sulcus extending straight down from subalar fossa (in some species absent), not passing through scrobe (Fig. 2).....................................................................................2  
2 Claws in most specimens simple but if with single basal tooth on inner margin then mouthparts very long, galea attaining base of stipes when folded......................................3  
- Claws with one or two basal teeth on inner margin; galea not extending beyond stipes midlength when folded and in most specimens shorter; Old World forms..........................4  
 3 Apex of sternum I (petiole) meeting and in many specimens overlapping base of sternum II (Fig. 3); spiracle of tergum I located before apex of sternum I (in profile); petiole in many specimens bent upward at level of base of tergum I......... Podalonia FERNALD   
 - Apex of sternum I not reaching base of sternum II, intervening space mostly long and consisting of membrane and ligament (Fig. 4); spiracle of tergum I located at or beyond apex of sternum I; sternum I in many specimens bent downward or straight at level of base of tergum I.................................................................... Ammophila W. KIRBY   
 4 Mesothoracic venter with anteromedian projection behind forecoxa; petiole socket nearly completely surrounded by propodeal tergum (Fig. 6); inner orbits of female markedly converging below; midtibia with single spur................... Eremochares GRIBODO   
 - Mesothoracic venter without anteromedian projection, at most obtusely angled (exception: Parapsammophila foleyi); petiole socket broadly bounded ventrally by Tshaped propodeal sternum (Fig. 5); inner orbits of female only slightly converging below or parallel or diverging below; midtibia with two spurs (one may be reduced or absent).................................................................................................................................5   
 5 Foretarsomere I of female markedly asymmetrical, its outer apex prolonged (Fig. 9); free margin of male clypeus rounded or truncate; male gonostyle of usual shape......................................................................................................... Parapsammophila TASCHENBERG   
 - Foretarsomere I of female nearly symmetrical, outer apex only slightly produced (Fig. 10); male clypeus triangular; male gonostyle of unusual shape: Fig. 8............................................................................................................................. Hoplammophila de BEAUMONT
description: Published as part of Dollfuss, Hermann, 2015, Revision of the wasp genus Ammophila KIRBY, 1798 (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Sphecidae) of the Sub-Saharan Region of Africa, pp. 307-412 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 47 (1) on page 309, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5280415