New species of Ferreola L, 1845 and Eoferreola A, 1935 with key to Ferreola species from the Palaearctic region (Hymenoptera, Pompilidae)
Author
Schmid-Egger, Rnold Christian
text
Linzer biologische Beiträge
2018
2018-07-27
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journal article
20971
10.5281/zenodo.4030909
91f1d11d-9971-42de-ad80-6dbf22a265ff
0253-116X
4030909
Ferreola purpureopruinosa
(CAMERON
,
1912),
figs 51-53
Homontus purpureo-pruinosa
CAMERON, 1912: 394. Female,
holotype
female, Dima (
Kongo
).
Records
:
Kenya
:
1 female
2 males
2.xii.1996
Voi (
OLL
).
Remark: Thespecieshasanafrotrocialdistributionandreachesinthenorthnorthern
Kenya
. It is included in the key, because it may also be occur in southern Arabia or in southern
Egypt
.
Diagnosis:
F. purpureopruinosa
is characterized by colour pattern (head, pronotum, mesoscutum, and scutellum red, remaining body black with distinct blue shimmer) in combination with a long malar space (half as long as POL), and a smoth and finely grainlike sculptured propodeal declivitiy with distinct blue shimmer. Propodeal declivity is below separated by prominent edge from propodeal dorsum. Examined female measure
12 mm
, males
8-10 mm
. The males have face partly black, and the propodeal transverse egde carry a dense row of long and fine yellow setae.
Ge o g r a f i c d i s t r i b u t i o n: Widespread in tropical Africa.