A revision of bupresticida species group of Cerceris Latreille, 1802 (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae: Philanthinae) of the Western Palearctic region, with the description of Cerceris ammonia, a new species from Egypt Author Malash, Alyaa A. 0000-0001-6053-0693 Entomology Department, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, PO Box 12613, Giza, Egypt. alyaa_adel91@cu.edu.eg Author Edmardash, Yusuf A. 0000-0002-3365-0822 Entomology Department, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, PO Box 12613, Giza, Egypt. edmardash@cu.edu.eg Author Gadallah, Neveen S. Entomology Department, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, PO Box 12613, Giza, Egypt. text Zootaxa 2024 2024-05-09 5448 1 1 28 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5360.3.8 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.5448.1.1 1175-5326 11231152 E5657AAC-A82F-44F7-A57B-CE3ECA8F963D Cerceris odontophora Schletterer, 1887 Figs 14 (A–D), 15(A, B) Cerceris odontophora Schletterer, 1887: 398 , ♀ , ♂ ; Syntypes : Greece . Brief description. Female: Body length: 7.0-8.0 mm. dark ferruginous, with yellowish white ( Fig. 14A, C ); antenna dark ferruginous ( Fig. 14C ); mandible dark ferruginous, pale at base ( Fig. 14C ); tegula yellowish white with black spot ( Fig. 14A ); legs with femora (except black streaks dorsally), tibiae and tarsi yellowish white ( Fig. 14A ); T 3 with a medially interrupted posterior band, extended to lateral side of tergum ( Fig. 14A ), almost all of T 5 yellowish white (except at base) ( Fig. 14A ); clypeus with middle lobe convex, with two preapical median teeth or process, sometimes hardly seen from punctures, free margin with two small lateral teeth surrounding minute ones in the middle ( Fig. 14C ); S 5 with apical denticles, with two medial lobes with incision between ( Fig. 15B ); downwardly curved posterior margin of S 6 slightly indented or rounded medially; propodeal enclosure smooth and shiny ( Fig. 14D ), rarely with arched longitudinal of transverse wrinkling at base; pygidial plate oval, narrowly rounded at apex, finely rugose, with some scattered fine whitish setae at base. FIGURE 14. Cerceris odontophora Schletterer, 1887 : A, habitus dorsally (♀); B, habitus dorsally (♂); C, frontal view of head (♀); D, metanotum and propodeum (♀) (CAS). Male ( Fig. 14B ): Smaller in size; with more yellowish white than in female, T 5 reddish; S 6 with inconspicuous teeth. Colour variation : In some of the Turkish specimens, the black of some body parts (scutellum, propodeum and T 1-3 ) is replaced by red in females; in males, posterior margin of T 1 and T 2 edged with rusty red ( Schmidt 2000 ). Material examined: Bulgaria : A photograph from the CAS : 1♀ , Varna , 4.viii.1956 , W.J. Pulawski collector ; Greece : A photograph from the CAS : 1♂ , Island of Crete: Iraklion , 3.vi.1976 , Cambridge Morea Expedition . Distribution: PA: Armenia , Azerbaijan , Bulgaria , Greece , Iran , Israel / Palestine , Italy , Kazakhstan , Russia , Syria , Tajikistan , Turkey . Comments. The female of Cerceris odontophora is similar to C. bupresticida except for the following: the downwardly curved posterior edge of S 5 without lateral teeth, slightly indented or rounded medially (S 5 trilobed, with lateral teeth, and more or less pointed denticles medially in C. bupresticida ); propodeal enclosure smooth and shiny ( Fig. 14D ), rarely with arched longitudinal or transverse wrinkles at base (propodeal enclosure conspicuously longitudinally ridged at basal half, smooth posteriorly in C.bupresticida ( Fig.5B )or sometimes entirely longitudinally ridged ( Fig. 5B )); pale parts of body yellowish white and more reduced ( Fig. 14A, B ) (pale parts clearly yellow in C. bupresticida and extensive ( Fig. 5 A-D)).