Anoplius (Notiochares) amethystinus subsp. amethystinus amethystinus (Fabricius 1793
Creators: name: Waichert, Cecilia
name: Rodriguez, Juanita
name: Von Dohlen, Carol D.
name: Pitts, James P.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2012
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Pompilidae
Anoplius
Anoplius amethystinus
Anoplius (notiochares) amethystinus amethystinus (fabricius, 1793)

description: Anoplius (Notiochares) amethystinus amethystinus (Fabricius, 1793)   
 Sphex amethystina Fabricius, 1793, Entomologia Systematica Emendata et Aucta, vol. 2, p. 210 [Holotype: ♀, VIRGIN ISLANDS (collection unknown)].   
 Pompilus anceps Cresson, 1865, Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia, vol. 4, p. 130 [Syntype: 2 ♂, CUBA (ANSP)]. Nom. praeocc., nec Smith, 1862.   
 Pompilus cubensis Cresson, 1867: 93. [New name for P. anceps Cresson, 1865].   
 Pompilus propinquus Fox, 1891, Transactions of the American Entomological Society, Philadelphia, vol. 18, p. 339 [Holotype: ♀, JAMAICA, Kingston (USNM)]. Nom. praeocc., nec Smith 1879.   
 Pompilus dux Dalla Torre, 1897, Catalogus Hymenopterorum, vol. 8, p. 286 [New name for P. propinquus Fox, 1891].   
 Pompilus amethystinoides Strand, 1911, Archive fur Naturgeschichte, vol. 77, p. 147 [Proposed as new name for amethystinus Taschenberg, believed to differ from amethystinus Fabricius].   
 Pompilus philadelphicus var. floridensis Banks, 1917, Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, vol. 61, p.106 [Holotype: ♀, FLORIDA, Gulfport (MCZC)].   
 Diagnosis. This subspecies can be recognized by the following unique combination of characters: the integument is black; the pubescence on the body is brilliant dark-blue or blue-green (Figs 6E–F); the third antennal segment is more than 2.0 × longer than wide; and the fore wing has a Cu vein distinctly deflected downward at the base forming a posterior pocket in the second medial cell. Additionally, the female (Fig. 6F) has four comb-spines on the front basitarsus, which are slightly longer than the width of the tarsus at their base, and the second segment has a spine on the outer side near the middle that is as long its apex (Fig. 8I). The male (Fig. 6E) has a number of strong setae in a transverse band on the metasomal sterna (except the first) (Fig. 8J).   
 Material examined. DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: 10 ♀, La Vega, Cordillera Central Loma Casabito, 15.8 km NW Bonao, (19–02–12N, 70–31–08W), 1455 m, 28.V.2003, evergreen cloud forest, east slope, yellow pan trap, sample 21262, J. Rawlins et al. CMNH –371,166/ 370,456/ 370,251/ 369,692/ 370,468/ 370,592/ 371,454/ 370,506/ 370,741/ 370,393; 2 ♀, Independencia, Sierra de Bahoruco, north slope, 13.5 km SE Puerto Escondido, 2 ♂, 18–12–18N, 71–31–08W, 1789 m, ecotonal Pinus grassland, hand collected, sample 41145, 24–25.XI.2004, J. Rawlins et al., CMNH – 370,061/ 371,320; Distrito Nacional, Santo Domingo, Parque Paseo de los Indios, (18–26–53N, 69–56–39W), 60 m, 1–10.XI.2002, urban park near ocean, hand collected, sample 50449, A. Walter, 3 ♀ CMNH –370,017/ 369,910/ 369,802, 5 ♂ CMNH –371,302/ 363,552/ 370,086/ 370,903/ 370,016; 1 ♂, 1 ♀, Provincia Sanchez, Ramirez, 23 km SW Cotui, 7.XI.1986, W. J. Pulawski (CAS); 1 ♂, Peravia, Arroyo Cana, 650 m, 8.VIII.1980, A. Norrbom, CMNH –370,541; 1 ♂, Distrito Nacional, Haina, 1.XI.1986, W. Pulanksi (CAS); 1 ♂, Provincia Hato Mayor, Farm Mango Limpio (25 km NNW Hato Mayor), 29.X.1986, J. Pulawski (CAS).   
 Distribution. Arizona and southern California, Panama to Mexico. Caribbean from Guadeloupe to Jamaica, Cuba, Bahamas, and southern Florida (Evans 1966).   
 Host. Lycosidae spiders that burrow in the soil (Snelling & Torres 2004).   
 Remarks. This subspecies resembles A. (Anoplius) fulgidus in coloration. It can be separated from it by the presence of strong spines on the front basitarsus of the female (Fig. 8I), and ventral setae forming brushes on the metasoma in A. amethystinus amethystinus (Fig. 8J). There is no significant morphological variation through the species range (Evans 1966). Adults have been observed on flowers of Heliotropium indicum (Wolcott 1948).
description: Published as part of Waichert, Cecilia, Rodriguez, Juanita, Von Dohlen, Carol D. & Pitts, James P., 2012, Spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) of the Dominican Republic, pp. 1-47 in Zootaxa 3353 (1) on pages 25-26, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3353.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5251730