A new species of Holotachysphex de Beaumont, 1940 (Hymenoptera, Apoidea, Crabronidae) from Iran with identification key to species
Author
Schmid-Egger, Christian
Author
Fallahzadeh, Majid
Author
Khosroabadi, Mahdi
Author
Ljubomirov, Toshko
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Zootaxa
2016
4169
1
187
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journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.4169.1.11
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1175-5326
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Holotachysphex holognathus
(
Morice, 1897
)
(figs 5–7)
Tachysphex holognathus
Morice, 1897
:434
.
Tachysphex pollux
Nurse, 1903
:516
. Holotype: male, India: Gujarat: Deesa (BMNH). Synonymized by
Pulawski, 1975
:313
.
Diagnosis.
The species is easily recognized by the simple lower mandibular margin and by the combination of erect setae on frons and tergum I and the dark gaster. The clypeal projection is triangular. For further description see
Pulawski (1992)
.
Geographic distribution.
Senegal, Kenya and Tanzania to Egypt,
Greece
(
Crete
Island and
Peloponnesus
)
, Israel, Iran, Oman India and Sri Lanka.
Material examined.
SENEGAL
:
1 male
29.vi.2004
70 km
W
Tambacounda
(OLL)
.
GREECE
:
2 females
and
5 males
24.vi.2012
;
1 male
12.vii.2010
Karpathos
Island
, Lefkos (OLL)
.
IRAN
:
1 male
20–29.vii.2013
,
Fars
,
Neyriz-Jaafarabad
29°16´N
;54°19´E;
1795 m
(Jahrom Branch, Islamic Azad University).