The digger wasps of the genus Didineis Wesmael (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae: Bembicinae) of Russia and adjacent territories, with a key to species and new synonymies
Author
Nemkov, Pavel G.
text
Zootaxa
2015
3941
3
391
400
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3941.3.5
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1175-5326
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Didineis
Wesmael 1852
Didineis
Wesmael 1852
: 109
.
Type
species:
Alyson lunicornis
of Vander Linden 1829 (=
Pompilus lunicornis
Fabricius 1798
), by monotypy.
The genus is closely related to the other two genera of the tribe
Alyssontini
de
Dalla Torre 1897
:
Alysson
Panzer 1806
and
Analysson
Krombein 1985
, but differs in having the labrum truncate or slightly biemarginate apically (trilobate in
Analysson
), the clypeal median lobe tridentate (straight in
Analysson
), the inner eye margins nearly parallel (moderately converging toward the clypeus in
Analysson
), the forewing media diverging before
cu-a
(at or beyond
cu-a
in
Alysson
), the metapleuron much less than half as long as high (about half as long as high in
Alysson
), and metasomal tergum II without lateral pale spots (with two lateral pale spots in
Alysson
). For a key to genera of
Alyssontini
see
Nemkov & Lelej (2013)
.