Digger wasps of the genus Hoplisoides Gribodo (Hymenoptera, Crabronidae, Bembicinae) from the Palaearctic region, with description of two new species Author Mokrousov, Mikhail V. Institute of Biology and Biomedicine of Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod, 603950 Nizhny Novgorod, Russia Author Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7870-8226 Federal Scientific Center of the East Asia Terrestrial Biodiversity, Far East Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok 690022, Russia proshchalikin@biosoil.ru Author Maharramov, Mahir M. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4130-7071 Institute of Bioresources of Nakhchivan Branch of the National Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan, AZ 7000 Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan text Journal of Hymenoptera Research 2020 2020-10-30 79 213 233 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.79.56839 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.79.56839 1314-2607-79-213 CD9E634454BA452FA8B2E72D92D66247 B7DAD0ACCBC652C8B7C818878A1982D7 4255389 8 . Hoplisoides punctuosus (Eversmann, 1849) Figure 8 Hoplisus punctuosus Eversmann, 1849: 393, ♀, ♂ (lectotype: ♀, designated by Nemkov, 1995: 134, Russia, Spasskoye, 120 km east of Orenburg [ZISP]). Hoplisus punctatus Kirschbaum, 1853: 45, ♀ (holotype or syntypes: ♀, Germany, Herzogtum Nassau, MainzMombach [Natural History State Collection in Museum Wiesbaden, Wiesbaden, Germany]). Synonymized by Handlirsch, 1888: 395, synonymy confirmed by Pulawski, 1965: 571. Hoplisus crassicornis A. Costa, 1859: 53, ♂ (syntypes: ♂♂, Italy, Calabria, Aspromonte and Sangiovannifiore [Museo zoologico, Napoli, Italy]). Synonymized with Gorytes punctuosus by Handlirsch, 1888: 395 and with Hoplisoides punctatus by de Beaumont, 1952a: 219. Hoplisus maculipennis Giraud in von Frauenfeld, 1861: 103, 106, ♂ (holotype or syntypes: ♂, Croatia, Dalmatia, no specific locality [Naturhistorisches Museum, Wien, Austria]). Synonymized by Handlirsch, 1888: 395. Gorytes ibericus Mercet, 1906: 117, ♀, ♂ (syntypes: Spain, Madrid, Escorial and Montarco; and Valladolid, Jaramiel, Vaciamadrid, Villaverde [Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Madrid, Spain]). Synonymized by de Beaumont, 1950: 63, synonymy confirmed in 1952a: 219. Material examined. Russia : Crimea , Evpatoria , near Mirniy vill., 5.VI.2016 , ( 1 ♂ ), leg. A. Fateryga [MMPC]; ibid, 15.VI.2016 , ( 1 ♀ ), leg. S. Ivanov [MMPC]; ibid, 17.VI.2017 , ( 1 ♀ ), leg. V. Zhydkov [MMPC]; Dagestan , Narat-Tyube Mt. , 20 km W Makhachkala , 42.978°N , 47.242°E , 2.VI.2017 , ( 1 ♀ ), leg. MM; ibid, 24.VI.2018 , ( 1 ♀ ), leg. MM, KF [MMPC]; 8 km SE Staroterechnoe , 43.792°N , 47.527°E , 19.VI.2018 , ( 2 ♀ ), leg. YuA, KF, VL, MM, MP [MMPC]; 3 km SW Novoterechnoe , 43.996°N , 47.326°E , 20.VI.2018 , ( 1 ♀ ), leg. YuA, KF, VL, MM, MP [MMPC]; Kumtorkala Distr. , Barkhan Sarykum , 43.002°N , 47.237°E , 30.V.2017 , ( 1 ♂ ), leg. MM; ibid, 5.VII.2018 , ( 2 ♀ ), leg. YuA, KF, VL, MM, MP; ibid, 29.V.2019 , ( 1 ♂ ), leg. MM [MMPC]; Magaramkent Distr. , Samur reserve , 41.866°N , 48.555°E , 4.VI.2017 , ( 1 ♂ ), leg. MM [MMPC]; Krasnodar Terr., Sennoi Vill., 23, 25.VI.2012 , ( 2 ♀ , 1 ♂ ), leg. MM [MMPC]; 4 km E of Starotitarovskaya Cossack vill., 24.VI.2012 , ( 3 ♀ ) leg. MM [MMPC]; Anapa , Verkhnee Dzhemete vill., 11.VI.2014 , ( 1 ♂ ), leg. MM [MMPC]; Astrakhan Prov. , Lapas vill., 46.955°N , 47.836°E , 24.V.2019 , ( 1 ♂ ), leg. KF [MMPC]; Rostov Prov., W Grekovo-Stinichniy vill., 48.843°N , 40.419°E , 21.VI.2014 , ( 3 ♀ ), leg. MM [MMPC]; Nizhny Novgorod Prov. , near Dzerzhinsk city, 27.VIII.2000 ( 1 ♀ ), leg. MM [MMPC]; Vacha Distr. , Bazarovo vill., 19.VII.2014 , ( 1 ♀ ), leg. MM [MMPC]; Orenburg Prov. , Kuvandyk Distr. , Aytuarskaja steppe, 5.VII.2010 , ( 1 ♂ ), leg. V. Nemkov [MMPC]; Altai Terr., 15 km S Blagoveschenka , Kuchukskoe lake , 52.69°N , 79.876°E , 21.VII.2017 , ( 1 ♂ ), leg. MP [MMPC]; Amur Prov. , 27 km E Arkhara , 12-13.VIII.2013 , ( 1 ♀ ); 24 km W Arkhara , 15.VIII.2012 , ( 4 ♀ ); ibid, 17-18.VII.2013 , ( 1 ♀ , 3 ♂ ), leg. DK [DKPC]; GEORGIA: Kakheti Reg., David Gareja monastery, 41.448°N , 45.377°E , 24.VI.2016 , ( 1 ♀ ), leg. MM [MMPC]; ARMENIA : Khosrovsky Nature Reserve , 22.VI.1985 , ( 1 ♂ ), leg. V. Tobias [FSCV]; AZERBAIJAN: Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic , Babek , Goynuk , 39°18'N , 45°40'E , 1680 m , 12.VI.2019 , ( 2 ♀ , 11 ♂ ), leg. MP, Kh. Aliyev, M . Maharramov [MMPC]; Sharur, Akhura, 39°33'N , 45°13'E , 1640 m , 13.VI.2019 , ( 1 ♂ ), leg. MP, Kh. Aliyev, M . Maharramov [MMPC]; Shakhbuz, Zarnatun, 39°31'N , 45°46'E , 1550 m , 18.VI.2019 , ( 3 ♂ ), leg. MP, Kh. Aliyev, M . Maharramov [MMPC]; Shakhbuz, Gomur, 39°27'N , 45°44'E , 1790 m , 18.VI.2018 , ( 1 ♂ ), leg. MP, Kh. Aliyev, M . Maharramov [MMPC]; CYPRUS : Paphos, Peyia vill., 34.895°N , 32.3311°E , 21, 25.V.2018 ( 2 ♀ , 1 ♂ ), leg. MM [MMPC]; TURKEY : Kayseri, Goereme , 1000 m , 9.VI.1988 , ( 1 ♂ ), leg. C. Schmid-Egger [FSCV]; Muradye, 1750 m , 9.VI.1988 , ( 1 ♂ ), leg. C. Schmid-Egger [FSCV]; UZBEKISTAN : Kashkadarya Prov. , Karshy city, 38.888°N , 65.8317°E 7, 5.V.2015 , ( 1 ♂ ), MM, MP, K. Samartzev [MMPC]; ibid, 1-6.VI.2015 , ( 1 ♂ ), V. Gromenko [MMPC]; TAJIKISTAN : Kondara , 13.VI.1939 , ( 2 ♀ , 1 ♂ ), leg. V. Gussakovskij [FSCV]; KYRGYZSTAN : Fergana valley , Taran-Bazar vill., 15-18.V.1997 , ( 1 ♂ ), V. Gromenko [MMPC]; Tchatkal valley , Chandalash riv., 41°44'23"N , 70°52'22"E , 19-20.VI.1999 , ( 1 ♀ , 1 ♂ ), MM [MMPC]; KAZAKHSTAN : Zharma , 9.VIII.1970 , ( 1 ♀ ), V. Tobias [FSCV]; 9 km S Aksu vill., 43°10'51"N , 74°03'55"E , 11.VI.1999 , ( 1 ♀ ), MM [MMPC]; MONGOLIA : Dornod Aimag , 60 km ENE Bayan-Burda , Derkhin-Chagan-Obo Mt. , 21.VII.1971 , ( 1 ♂ ), leg. M. Kozlov [FSCV]; Khalkhin Gol , 31.VII.1976 , ( 1 ♂ ), leg. I. Kerzhner [ZISP] . Figure 6. Hoplisoides gazagnairei (Handlirsch) from Tunisia [FSCV] ( A-B ), and H. distinguendus (Yasumatsu) from Buryatia , Russia [FSCV] ( C-F ), males: A, C antenna, dorsal view B, D foretarsus, dorsal view E midtarsus, dorsal view F hindtarsus, dorsal view. Distribution. Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Portugal, Spain, France, United Kingdom, Switzerland, Italy, Germany, Austria, Czech Republic, Slovenia, Croatia, Albania, Greece, Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Russia (Crimea, *Dagestan, Krasnodar Terr., Astrakhan Prov., Volgograd Prov., Rostov Prov., Belgorod Prov., Nizhny Novgorod Prov., Orenburg Prov., Novosibirsk Prov., Kemerovo Prov., Altai Terr., *Amur Prov.), *Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Cyprus, Turkey, Syria, Israel, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Mongolia. Figure 7. Hoplisoides leleji Mokrousov, sp. nov., holotype, female ( A-B ), and H. latifrons Spinola from Azerbaijan [MMPC] ( C-H ), female ( A-E, G ), male ( F, H ): A, C midtarsus, dorsal view B, D, H antenna, dorsal view E, F tentorial pit and adjacent area, frontal view G scutellum, metanotum and propodeum, posterolateral view. Remark. Gorytes curtulus A. Costa, 1893: 100 (= Hoplisoides punctuosus curtulus (A. Costa) according to de Beaumont 1952a : 222) was described based on slight differences of the colour of femurs and antenna and the breadth of apical metasomal hair bands. These characters vary with the climatic conditions the wasps live in and usually are unsuitable for a taxonomic differentiation. This taxon is probably synonym of Hoplisoides punctuosus (Eversmann), but for the final conclusion it is necessary to study the types or specimens from the type locality (Tunisia). Figure 8. Hoplisoides craverii (A. Costa), female ( A-C ), and H. punctuosus (Eversmann), female, from Dagestan, Russia [MMPC] ( D-F ): A, D head, frontal view B, E metasoma, ventral view C, F scutellum, metanotum and propodeum, posterolateral view.