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Order Hymenoptera, families Scoliidae and Thynnidae
No full textChristian Schmid-Egger (2017): Order Hymenoptera, families Scoliidae and Thynnidae. Arthropod fauna of the UAE 6: 336-340, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.120710
Plates 1–2. 1 in Order Hymenoptera, families Scoliidae and Thynnidae
No full textPlates 1–2. 1: Scolia miniata Saussure, male; 2: Scolia arabica Gadallah, male.Published as part of Christian Schmid-Egger, 2017, Order Hymenoptera, families Scoliidae and Thynnidae, pp. 336-340 in Arthropod fauna of the UAE 6 on page 9, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.120710
Micromeriella aureola Klug 1832
No full textMicromeriella aureola (Klug, 1832) Specimens examined: UAE: Khor al-Khwair, 1♀, 5.viii.2009, leg. AvH. Wadi Maidaq, 1♀, 5.xii.2007, leg. AvH. Wadi Shawkah, 1♀, 15.iii.2011, leg. AvH. Discussion: The species was recorded as Lobhargita aureola (Klug, 1832), by Schulten (2008), the record being based on a single female from Wadi Maidaq. Distribution: Canary Islands, northern and northeastern Africa to Arabia and Iran.Published as part of Christian Schmid-Egger, 2017, Order Hymenoptera, families Scoliidae and Thynnidae, pp. 336-340 in Arthropod fauna of the UAE 6 on page 6, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.120710
Scolia miniata Saussure 1859
No full textScolia miniata Saussure, 1859 Plate 1 Specimens examined: UAE: Wadi Bih (dam), 1♂, 1♀, 4.iv.2009, leg. AvH. Discussion: The species is characterized by a medially unpunctured zone of the clypeus. Punctures are restricted to the basolateral areas only. Body is all black except some red marks of the face. See Gadallah (2004) for description and key to the Arabian species of Scolia Fabricius, 1775. Osten (2005a) discusses the possible conspecifity with Scolia turkestanica Betrem, 1935. The reddish spots at the inner eye margin of the specimens from the UAE are barely visible due to the alcohol preservation. Distribution: Saudi Arabia (Gadallah, 2004), Oman (Osten, 2005a). New to the UAE.Published as part of Christian Schmid-Egger, 2017, Order Hymenoptera, families Scoliidae and Thynnidae, pp. 336-340 in Arthropod fauna of the UAE 6 on page 8, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.120710
Scolia flaviceps Eversmann 1846
No full textScolia flaviceps Eversmann, 1846 Specimens examined: UAE: Jebel Hafit, S of al-Ain, 1♂, 19.iii.2 009, leg. CSE. Al-Ain, lake, 17 km SW of, 1♂, 1♀, 10.i.2011, leg. CSE; 1♂, 13.i.2011, leg. CSE. Sharjah Desert Park, 1♂, 19.iii.2009, leg. CSE. Wadi al-Helo, near tunnel, 2♀, 19.iii.2009, leg. CSE. Wadi Bih (dam), 19.iii.2009, 2♂, leg. CSE. Wadi Maidaq, 19.iii.2009, 1♂, leg. CSE. Wadi Shawkah, 1♀, 2.viii.2007, leg. AvH. Wadi Wurayah, 1♀, 30.xi.2008, leg. AvH; 1♂, 19.iii.2009, leg. CSE. Discussion: Osten et al. (2003) pointed out that Scolia flaviceps quettaensis Cameron, 1907, and the Central Asian Scolia flaviceps mangichlakensis Radoskovsky, 1879, are most probable not subspecies but colour forms of a widespread and variable species, Scolia flaviceps. The populations of the Arabian Peninsula belong to S. flaviceps quettaensis Cameron, 1907, here treated as ‘forma’. The ‘subspecies’ was described from Quetta in Pakistan. The species was recorded from the UAE as Vobalayca flavifrons quettaensis by Schulten (2008). The species name flavifrons probably was a misspelling of flaviceps, because Megascolia maculata flavifrons Fabricius, 1775, is a well-known species from the Mediterranean area, not occuring in the UAE. Distribution: Central Asia to Arabia, forma quettaensis in Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Pakistan, Oman, Saudi Arabia and the UAE (Osten et al., 2003).Published as part of Christian Schmid-Egger, 2017, Order Hymenoptera, families Scoliidae and Thynnidae, pp. 336-340 in Arthropod fauna of the UAE 6 on page 7, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.120710
Lamprowara leucothorax Boni Bartalucci 2004
No full text<p> <i>Lamprowara leucothorax</i> Boni Bartalucci, 2004</p> <p> <i>Lamprowara gorbatowskyi</i> Boni Bartalucci, 2004. <b>New synonym</b>.</p> <p> <i>Lamprowara convexus</i> van Achterberg & van Harten, 2009. <b>New synonym</b>.</p> <p>Specimens examined: Khor al-Khwair, 4♂, 5.viii.2009, leg. AvH. Sharjah Desert Park, 1♂, 25.v.2008, leg. AvH. Wadi Wurayah, 6♂, 16.vii.2009, leg. AvH.</p> <p> Discussion: The genus <i>Lamprowara</i> Boni Bartalucci, 2004, includes three described male taxa from northeast Arabia: <i>Lamprowara gorbatowskyi</i> Boni Bartalucci, 2004, described from a single male from the UAE (location not indicated), <i>Lamprowara leucothorax</i> Boni Bartalucci, 2004, described from two males from Dhofar, southern Oman, and <i>Lamprowara convexus</i> van Achterberg & van Harten, 2009, described from a single male from Wadi Safad, UAE. The characters used for distinguishing the species were mainly related to wing venation, body colour, form of tergite VII, and some minor differences in the genitalia. In the present material, I examined 11 male specimens of the genus from three locations in the UAE. The variation found in the examined series encompasses all three listed taxa, including some additional variation in colour and wing venation. The submarginal cell III (last recurrent vein) is lacking in some specimens, and the form of submarginal cell III (petiolate, closed, open) in the remaining specimens varies markedly. The colour pattern is highly variable, and the form of tergum VII (laterally convex or not) is depending on body size (more convex in large specimens). This variability can also be observed among specimens from one location. I am now convinced that all specimens belong to one variable species, and therefore, I synonymise <i>L. gorbatowskyi</i> and <i>L. convexus</i> with <i>L. leucothorax</i>. I take <i>L. leucothorax</i> as the valid species name, because Boni Bartalucci (2004) designated it as the nominate species for his new genus <i>Lamprowara</i>. <i>Lamprowara gorbatowskyi</i> was described in the same publication as <i>L. leucothorax</i>.</p>Published as part of <i>Christian Schmid-Egger, 2017, Order Hymenoptera, families Scoliidae and Thynnidae, pp. 336-340 in Arthropod fauna of the UAE 6</i> on page 8, DOI: <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/1207100">10.5281/zenodo.1207100</a>
Ampulex : Zeitschrift für aculeate Hymenopteren = Journal for hymenoptera aculeata research
No full textAmpulex : Zeitschrift für aculeate Hymenopteren = Journal for hymenoptera aculeata research
No full textAmpulex : Zeitschrift für aculeate Hymenopteren = Journal for hymenoptera aculeata research
No full textAmpulex : Zeitschrift für aculeate Hymenopteren = Journal for hymenoptera aculeata research
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