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<document ID-DOI="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.521.5995" ID-GBIF-Dataset="a568b1f4-c38e-4dc3-aedf-9c76f286ed1e" ID-PMC="PMC4591716" ID-Pensoft-Pub="1313-2970-521-1" ID-PubMed="26448718" ID-ZBK="805ABD44DDDA4AA39923022B2E908525" ModsDocAuthor="" ModsDocDate="2015" ModsDocID="1313-2970-521-1" ModsDocOrigin="ZooKeys 521" ModsDocTitle="A revision of the Australian digger wasps in the genus Sphex (Hymenoptera, Sphecidae)" checkinTime="1451243981026" checkinUser="pensoft" docAuthor="Doerfel, Thorleif H. & Ohl, Michael" docDate="2015" docId="013CE6C384496CFF13A422D4A9FEBE05" docLanguage="en" docName="ZooKeys 521: 1-104" docOrigin="ZooKeys 521" docSource="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.521.5995" docTitle="Sphex pretiosus Doerfel & Ohl, 2015, sp. n." docType="treatment" docUuid="FEEB3667-7B42-437A-8B2D-CB80A8181CEA" docUuidSource="ZooBank" docVersion="4" lastPageNumber="64" masterDocId="FFB3A27E1A08E42AFFD24120D40FFFB7" masterDocTitle="A revision of the Australian digger wasps in the genus Sphex (Hymenoptera, Sphecidae)" masterLastPageNumber="104" masterPageNumber="1" pageNumber="63" updateTime="1668160700254" updateUser="ExternalLinkService">
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<mods:title>A revision of the Australian digger wasps in the genus Sphex (Hymenoptera, Sphecidae)</mods:title>
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<mods:namePart>Doerfel, Thorleif H.</mods:namePart>
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<mods:namePart>Ohl, Michael</mods:namePart>
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<mods:date>2015</mods:date>
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<mods:number>521</mods:number>
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<mods:identifier type="DOI">http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.521.5995</mods:identifier>
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<treatment ID-GBIF-Taxon="152062409" LSID="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:FEEB3667-7B42-437A-8B2D-CB80A8181CEA" httpUri="http://treatment.plazi.org/id/013CE6C384496CFF13A422D4A9FEBE05" lastPageId="63" lastPageNumber="64" pageId="62" pageNumber="63">
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<paragraph pageId="62" pageNumber="63">Taxon classification Animalia Hymenoptera Sphecidae</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="62" pageNumber="63" type="nomenclature">
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<taxonomicName LSID="http://zoobank.org/FEEB3667-7B42-437A-8B2D-CB80A8181CEA" class="Insecta" family="Sphecidae" genus="Sphex" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Sphex pretiosus" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="62" pageNumber="63" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pretiosus">Sphex pretiosus</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicNameLabel pageId="62" pageNumber="63">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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<subSubSection pageId="62" pageNumber="63" type="materials_examined">
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<paragraph pageId="62" pageNumber="63">Material examined.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="62" pageNumber="63">
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Holotype. ♂, AUSTRALIA:NSW: 56 miles W of Cobar, Baznatos Tank, 01.01.1966, O. W. Richards (BMNH). Paratypes. AUSTRALIA:NSW: Binnaway, 1♀, Dec 73, A. Smith (AMS); Gilgandra, 1♀, 06.11.1987, G. A. Holloway (AMS); between Whitecliff and Wilcannia, 2♂, 09.03.2001, M. Ohl (ZMB); SA: 27 km WSW Whyalla,
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<geoCoordinate direction="south" orientation="latitude" precision="92" value="-33.108334">33°06.5'S</geoCoordinate>
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,
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<geoCoordinate direction="east" orientation="longitude" precision="92" value="137.31667">137°19.0'E</geoCoordinate>
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, 1♀, 28.12.2010, V. Ahrens & W. J. Pulawski (CAS).
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</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="62" pageNumber="63" type="diagnosis">
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<paragraph pageId="62" pageNumber="63">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
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This species is unique among the Australian
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Sphecidae" genus="Sphex" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Sphex" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="62" pageNumber="63" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Sphex</taxonomicName>
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in having a more or less sharp transition in the color of the pubescence on the clypeus and the propodeal dorsum. On the ventral part of the clypeus and the outer and posterior margin of the propodeal enclosure, the pubescence is silvery-white; while it is golden on the dorsal part of the clypeus and silvery-golden to golden on the propodeal enclosure. Moreover, the metasomal sternum VIII in males is spoon-shaped and has a gentle notch at the apical margin (Fig. 39B).
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<subSubSection lastPageId="63" lastPageNumber="64" pageId="62" pageNumber="63" type="description">
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<paragraph pageId="62" pageNumber="63">Description.</paragraph>
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Forewing membrane posterobasally with slight yellow tinge, with fuscous band at apex. Wing veins bright orange, brown near apex. Appressed pubescence on ventral part of clypeus silvery-white, on dorsal part and frons silvery-golden. Erect setae matching respective color of appressed pubescence on clypeus, silvery-white on frons. Clypeus almost entirely covered with pubescence. Distance between hind- ocelli 1.25
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<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
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their shortest distance to compound eyes. Pubescence on scutum denser
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<pageBreakToken pageId="63" pageNumber="64" start="start">laterally</pageBreakToken>
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and posteriorly. Scutellum convex, with medial impression. Pubescence on propodeal enclosure not completely concealing sculpture. Propodeal pubescence outside enclosure and on petiole silvery-white. Length of petiole nearly twice length of flagellomere II. Tomentum moderately dense on metasomal tergum I.
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<paragraph pageId="63" pageNumber="64">Female: Body length 17.7-18.8 mm. Body black except mandible reddish basally. Free clypeal margin with two lobes medially and with another less-pronounced lobe on each side of the aforementioned; distance between each two lobes less than 1/8 length of flagellomere II. Forebasitarsal rake with 12 long spines. Pubescence on collar, scutum and propodeal enclosure silvery-white to silvery-golden. Tomentum moderately dense on metasomal tergum II.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="63" pageNumber="64">
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Male: Body length 18.4-18.7 mm. Body black. Free clypeal margin slightly concave, convex near center. Pubescence on collar and scutum silvery-golden to golden, on propodeal enclosure golden. Tomentum very dense on metasomal tergum II. Metasomal terga V and VI with few bristles. Metasomal sterna
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<normalizedToken originalValue="III–VIII">III-VIII</normalizedToken>
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with silvery pubescence. Metasomal sternum VIII mostly covered by VII; with long, narrow, spoon-shaped extension that has a small notch at apical margin.
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<caption pageId="63" pageNumber="64">
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<paragraph pageId="63" pageNumber="64">
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Figure 39.
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Sphecidae" genus="Sphex" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Sphex pretiosus" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="63" pageNumber="64" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pretiosus">Sphex pretiosus</taxonomicName>
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. A ♂, habitus B ♂, sketch of metasomal sterna VII and VIII C collecting localities.
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<subSubSection pageId="63" pageNumber="64" type="variation">
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<paragraph pageId="63" pageNumber="64">Variation.</paragraph>
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In a few of the examined specimens, the metanotum is moderately raised, and in one of these, there is a slight median impression on it. A raised metanotum with an impression is usually distinctive for species of the
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Sphecidae" genus="Sphex" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Sphex argentatus" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="63" pageNumber="64" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="argentatus">Sphex argentatus</taxonomicName>
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group, but since the raising of the metanotum and the depth of the impression in the most extreme known cases of this species are only comparable to the least extreme cases of examined specimens of the
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Sphecidae" genus="Sphex" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Sphex argentatus" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="63" pageNumber="64" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="argentatus">Sphex argentatus</taxonomicName>
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group,
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Sphecidae" genus="Sphex" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Sphex pretiosus" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="63" pageNumber="64" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pretiosus">Sphex pretiosus</taxonomicName>
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is tentatively placed in the
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Sphecidae" genus="Sphex" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Sphex subtruncatus" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="63" pageNumber="64" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="subtruncatus">Sphex subtruncatus</taxonomicName>
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group.
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<subSubSection pageId="63" pageNumber="64" type="discussion">
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<paragraph pageId="63" pageNumber="64">Discussion.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="63" pageNumber="64">
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Males and females of
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have nearly identical features that are also unique among the Australian species, such as the transition between golden and silvery-white pubescence on the clypeus and the propodeal dorsum. Also, the conspicuously modified sternum VIII of the male substantiates a full species status. Fig. 39C shows that the proposed males and females at least occur in the same region.
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<subSubSection pageId="63" pageNumber="64" type="etymology">
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<paragraph pageId="63" pageNumber="64">Etymology.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="63" pageNumber="64">
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Pretiosus is a Latin adjective, meaning
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<normalizedToken originalValue="“valuable”">"valuable"</normalizedToken>
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or
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<normalizedToken originalValue="“costly”">"costly"</normalizedToken>
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. It metaphorically refers to the combination of golden and silvery pubescence on the mesosoma of this species.
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