The genera Philanthus Fabricius, 1790 and Philanthinus de Beaumont, 1949 (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae: Philanthinae) in Egypt, with a new record and the description of a new species Author Malash, Alyaa A. 0000-0001-6053-0693 https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 6053 - 0693 Author Edmardash, Yusuf A. 0000-0002-3365-0822 https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 3365 - 0822 Author Gadallah, Neveen S. 0000-0002-4381-9599 https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 4381 - 9599 text Zootaxa 2023 2023-03-01 5249 2 151 189 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5249.2.1 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.5249.2.1 1175-5326 7687292 52C66599-6FC8-4A2D-BEA4-8D1CAC33EEE6 Philanthus coarctatus Spinola, 1839 Figs 5A–D , 6A, B . Philanthus coarctatus Spinola, 1839: 486 , ♁, ♀ . Diagnosis. Body length: 7.4− 10 mm (female); 9−12 mm (male). Body generally black with pale areas in female whitish to yellowish white ( Figs 5A, B , 6A ), while clear yellow in male ( Figs 5C, D , 6B ); mesoscutum black, sometimes with two thin yellow streaks, T 1 ferruginous in female ( Figs 5A , 6A ), with large preapical whitish marking laterally; malar space indistinct ( Fig. 5B, D ); clypeal moustache in male long, meeting medially ( Fig. 5D ); mesoscutum sparsely punctate, smooth and shiny between punctures ( Fig. 6A ); upper mesopleuron smooth, lower mesopleuron densely punctate ( Fig. 6B ); propodeal enclosure smooth and shiny, with rugose median sulcus ( Fig. 6A ); gastral T 3 black in both sexes, with microsculpture between superficial punctures that make it dull in appearance ( Fig. 5A, C ). Male genitalia (see Fig. 23B ). Material examined: 1♀ , Maadi , vi.1913 , Cable collector ( EFC ) ; 3♀ , 2♁, Wadi El-Lega ( South Sinai ), 30.vii.1941 , Efflatoun & Sh. M. collectors ( EFC ) ; 1♁, Wadi El-Lega ( South Sinai ), 24.viii.1941 , Efflatoun & Sh. M. collectors ( EFC ) ; 5♀ , 1♁, Wadi Degla , 16.v.1952 , Shefix & Pries. collectors ( EFC ) ; 1♁, Wadi El-Lega ( South Sinai ), 12.ix.1941 , Efflatoun & Sh. collectors ( EFC ) ; 1♁, Wadi El-Lega ( South Sinai ), 7.viii.1942 , Efflatoun and Sh. M. collectors ( EFC ) ; 5♀ , 1♁, Wadi Degla , 16.v.1952 , Shefix & Pries. collectors ( EFC ) ; 1♁, Giza , 15.iii.1953 , collector? ( EFC ) ; 1♁, Fayoum Road , 8.v.1953 , collector? ( EFC ) ; 1♀ , Girza ( Giza ), 9.v.1953 , collector? ( EFC ) ; 2♁, 8.vi.1990 , collector? det. C. G. Roche ( EFC ) ; 5♁, 1♀ , Wadi Khoshb (S. Sinai ), 16.iv.2016 , Medhat Abool Soud collector ( EFC ) ; 12♁, 1♀ , Wadi Degla , 21.vi.2022 , on Ochradenus baccatus, Alyaa Malash collector ( EFC ) ; 1♁, Hurghada , 25.vi.2022 , on O. baccatus, Alyaa A. Malash collector ( EFC ) ; 12♁, 1♀ , Wadi Degla , 21.vi.2022 , on O. baccatus, Alyaa A. Malash collector ( EFC ) ; 8♁, 7♀ , Wadi Degla , on O. baccatus , 7.vii.2022 , Alyaa A. Malash collector ( EFC ) , 1♀ , without locality or date ( EFC ) ; 6♀ , 9♁, Wadi Degla , 2.viii.2022 , O. baccatus, Neveen Gadallah & Yusuf Edmardash collectors ( EFC ) ; 1♀ , without data ( EFC ) ; 2♁, Suez , 17.viii.1953 , Aly collector ( ASUA ) ; 1♁, El Gabal El Asfar , 8.vii.1953 , Aly collector ( ASUA ) ; 1♁, Wadi Hof , 8.x.1953 , S.H. collector ( ASUA ) ; 1♀ without gaster, 1♁, 2.v.1952 , Aly collector ( ASUA ) ; 1♁, Berkash , 5.vi.1952 , Aly collector ( ASUA ) ; 1♀ , Abu Rawash , 4.xii.1952 , Aly collector ( ASUA ) ; 2♁, Khatatbah , 23.v.1952 , Saleh collector ( ASUA ) ; 1♁, Aswan , 24.i.1952 , Saleh collector ( ASUA ) ; 2♀ , 1♁, Kom Oshiem , 1.viii.1953 , Aly collector ( ASUA ) ; 2♁, Kafr Hakim , 21.x.1934 , Det. Mochi ( PPDD ) ; 1♁ Abu Rawash , 23.ix.1934 , on Pepper , det. Mochi ( PPDD ) ; 4♁, 5♀ , Kerdasa , 19.v.1931 , det. Mochi ( PPDD ) ; 9♁, 12♀ , Helwan , 21.viii.1934 ( PPDD ) ; 1♁, Helwan , 20.viii.1917 ( AUCE ) ; 1♀ , Ezbet El Nakhl , 3.vi.1920 ( ACUE ) ; 2♁, Hawamdia , 20.v.1925 ( AUCE ) ; 1♁, Abu Rawash , 30.vii.1925 ( AUCE ) ; 1♀ , Kerdasa , 20.x.1926 ( AUCE ) ; 1♀ , Kerdasa , 30.x.1926 ( AUCE ) ; 1♁, El Gabal El Asfar , 14.vii.1927 ( AUCE ) ; 1♁, Fayoum , 11.vii.1927 ( AUCE ) ; 2♁, Hawamdia , 12.v.1929 ( AUCE ) ; 1♁, Hawamdia , 7.xi.1931 ( AUCE ) ; 1♁, Pyramids , 14.v.1933 ( AUCE ) ; 1♁, Beni Yusuf , 15.iv.1934 ( AUCE ) ; 1♁, 1♀ , Sakkara , 15.iv.1935 ( AUCE ) ; 1♀ , Beni Yusuf , 21.v.1936 ; 1♀ , El Gabal El Asfar , 15.v.1938 ( AUCE ) ; 1♁, Kafr Farouk , 26.ii.1939 ( AUCE ) ; 1♁, Aswan , 28.i.1925 ( AUCE ) ; 1♀ , Ezbet El Nakhl , 4.vi.1933 ( AUCE ) ; 1♀ , Dahshour , 17.iv.1929 ( AUCE ) ; 1♁, Wadi Degla , 10.iv.1931 ( AUCE ) ; 1♀ , Wadi Khafouri , 1.v.1925 ( AUCE ) . FIGURE 5. Philanthus coarctatus Spinola, 1839 : A, dorsal habitus (♀); B, frontal view of head (female); C, dorsal habitus (male); D, frontal view of head (♁). FIGURE 6. Philanthus coarctatus Spinola, 1838 : A, dorsal view of head and thorax (♀); B, lateral view of head and thorax (♁). Previous Egyptian Records: Ezbet El Nakhl, Maadi ( Storey, 1916 as P. coarctatus and as P. niloticus ), very common species, found everywhere in Egypt ( Honoré 1942 as P. coarctatus and as P. niloticus ; Gadallah 1996 ), Aswan , Luxor ( Pulawski 1964 ; Roche 2007 ), Gabal Uweinat ( Krombein 1974 ), Fayed, Fayoum, El Gabal El Asfar, Giza , Helwan, Kabrit, Kerdasa, Kom Oshiem, Kom Ombo, Manqabad, Wadi Degla, Wadi El Natroun, Wadi Er Rayan, Za’farana Road, Sinai (Hammamat Faraoun, Rafah, Um Bugma) ( Roche 2007 ), Hurghada, Wadi Degla, Wadi Khoshb ( South Sinai ) (present study). Extralimital distribution: Algeria , Chad , Ethiopia , Iran , Iraq , Israel-Palestine, Italy , Jordan , Kazakhstan , Libya , Morocco , Mali , Mauritania , Oman , Saudi Arabia , Sudan , Syria , Tunisia , Turkey , United Arab Emirates , Uzbekistan , Yemen . Remarks. Characters of Egyptian specimens agree with de Beaumont’s key (1949: 180, couplet 10). Our males and females also agree with the Tunisian specimens (see Ben Khedher et al. 2021 , figs 1 (D, E), 3(D, E)), and with Guichard’s key (1994: 208, couplet 7).