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Ctenagenia Egger, 2019, nov.sp.
No full textKey to the females of Ctenagenia The male of C. pagliano nov.sp. is unknown. Therefore no key for males is given. For recognition of males of described species see WAHIS (2002). Distribution of species refers to WAHIS (2002). In C. ozbeki, Iran is added based on a female from Fars province (EBRAHIMI et al. 2008, ENAYATNIA et al. 2018). 1 Whole species yellow and orange, without black. Erect setae of mesosoma pale. [Forebasitarsus with 4 spines. Diameter of hindocellus smaller than POL and OOL]. Lebanon..................................................................... C. pagliano SCHMID- EGGER nov.sp. - Species in larger parts black or dark red. Erect setae of mesosoma black or brown............2 2 Base of fore- and hindwing black. All tergites black, T 2-5 with large yellow band. Legs black. Forebasitarsus usually with 5 spines. Diameter of hindocellus smaller than POL and OOL. Eastern Mediterranean area, Arabia, larger parts of Africa...................................................................................................................................... C. vespiformis KLUG - Base of wings yellow. T 1-2 red, remaining tergites yellow. Legs red. Forebasitarsus with 4 spines. Diameter of hindocellus as large as POL and OOL. Southeastern Turkey, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran....................................................................... C. ozbeki WAHISPublished as part of Egger, Christian Schmid-, 2019, Two new species of Spider Wasps (Hymenoptera, Pompilidae), Ctenagenia pagliano from Lebanon and Evagetes liane from Canary Islands, pp. 1205-1210 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 51 (2) on pages 1206-1207, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.374296
Ctenagenia pagliano Egger, 2019, nov.sp.
No full textCtenagenia paglianoSCHMID-EGGERnov.sp. (figs 1-3) H o l o t y p e: 1♀ 8.ix.2010 Lebanon, Fghal [34.208N, 35.676E], leg. L. Picciau (coll. Schmid- Egger). P a r a t y p e: 1♀ same data as holotype (coll. Schmid-Egger). D i a g n o s i s: Ctenagenia pagliano nov.sp. is easy to recognize by its overall yellow and orange body colour. Remaing species are black coloured, C. ozbeki WAHIS, 2002 has also a partly dark red mesosoma and tergites, and lemmon yellow abdominal bands. Erect propodeal pubescence is pale, less dense and very sparse in C. pagliono, and black or brown and denser in C. ozbeki, and C. vespiformis KLUG, 1834. C. pagliono can also distinghuished from C. ozbeki by smaller ocelli and from C. vespiformis by four basitarsal spines instead of five. See WAHIS (2002) for recognition of C. ozbeki and C. vespiformis. D e s c r i p t i o n f e m a l e: Body length ca 20 mm (cannot be measured exactly, because abdomen is curved down in both type specimens). Colour: Whole species ocre yellow, T 2-5 with large bright yellow bands, leaving basally, apically and laterally a darker margin. Head and mesosoma with long, erect setae, in average as long as AS 1. Wing transparent, wing venation yellow, stigma white. Morphology: Forebasitarsus with four spines, apical spine as long as 2. tarsal segment. Labrum medially emarginated, rooflike, with medial groove. Malar space as long as diameter of hindocellus. Diameter of hindocellus 0,5x as long as POL and as OOL. Metapostnotum deeply impressed, half as long as scutellum, shiny. Propodeum coarsely sculptured, but finer as in C. vespiformis. Agree in remaining aspects with C. vespiformis. M a l e: Unknown. E t y m o l o g y: The species is dedicated to Guido Pagliano from Turino/ Italy, a specialist of Mutillidae and other Aculeata families, who left the type specimens to me. The name is a noun in apposition. D i s t r i b u t i o n: Lebanon.Published as part of Egger, Christian Schmid-, 2019, Two new species of Spider Wasps (Hymenoptera, Pompilidae), Ctenagenia pagliano from Lebanon and Evagetes liane from Canary Islands, pp. 1205-1210 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 51 (2) on page 1206, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.374296
Ammatomus yemenensis Schmid-Egger, 2019, nov.sp.
No full textAmmatomus yemenensisSCHMID-EGGERnov.sp. (figs 41-46) As Ammatomus mesostenus in SCHMID- EGGER (2011: 490). Holotype: female 3.xii.1997 ̅ 17.ii1998 Al Kadan, leg. A.v.Harten & Massoud Nasr in malaise trap (coll Leiden). Paratype: male, same data as holotype. D i a g n o s i s: Within the A. mesostenus -lineage, A. yemenensis is characterized by a sparse whitish body colour without red spots, and with lateral spots on T 1, interrupted by a large gap. In remaining species, T 1 has a continuous yellow band or a red disc. D e s c r i p t i o n o f h o l o t y p e, f e m a l e: Body length 8.5 mm. Colour: black, whitish yellow are: clypeus, space below antennal socket, short band on lower eye margin, AS I-III, pronotal lobe, spot on mesoscutum laterally in apical corner, metanotum, lateral spots on T 1, narrow bands on T 2- T 4, band on T 4 does not reach tergal margin, triangular spot on S2, apical part of fore- and midfemora, tibiae, tarsi. Fore and midtibia with small, hindtibia with large red or black spot on underside. Mandible basally white, medially orange brown, apically black. AS XII and parts of AS XI orangebrown. Apical half of hindtarsomere V and claws black. Wing venation brown, wings transparent. Morphology: Face including clypeus and vertex, lower mesopleuron and propodeal desclivity with sparse, silver pilosity, T 1 1.1x, mesoscutum with coarse punctation, punctures 0,5-1 diameters apart. Otherwise similar to M. mesostenus (see PULAWSKI 1973). D e s c r i p t i o n o f m a l e: Body length 8.0 mm. Male agree with female, T 1 1.7x. D i s t r i b u t i o n: Yemen. E t y m o l o g y: The species is named after the country of origin, Yemen.Published as part of Schmid-Egger, Christian, 2019, Review oI the genus Ammatomus A. COSTA, 1859 (Hymenoptera, Crabronidae) Irom the Palearctic region with description oI Iour new species, pp. 437-457 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 51 (1) on page 448, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.375840
Ammatomus wathabensis Schmid-Egger, 2019, nov.sp.
No full text<i>Ammatomus wathabensis</i> SCHMID- EGGER nov.sp. (figs 35-40) <p> As <i>Ammatomus mesostenus</i> in SCHMID- EGGER (2011: 490).</p> <p> Holotype: female United Arab Emirates, 26.vi.-25.vii.2006 Al Aijban 24.36N 50.01E leg. A.v.Harten in Malaise trap (coll CSE). Paratypes: 1 female same data as holotype; further material from Al Aijban: 3 females 4 males 25.vii.-7.viii.2006; 3 males 7-21-xiii.2006, 1 female 12-19.ix.2006; male 9.iv.-2.v.2006. Abu Dhabi, Al Wathba, 24.245N 54.742E: 12 females 12 males 15.xi.2014, 15.iii.2015, 15.v.2015, 15.vi.2013, 15.xi.2014;, all leg. A.v.H. in malaise traps, in coll CSE. Further material from Al Aijban, mentioned in Schmid-Egger (2011) as A. <i>mesostenus</i> and now deposited in the coll. Leiden and Berlin, was not reexamined and is not labeled as paratype.</p> <p> D i a g n o s i s: <i>A. wathabensis</i> is mainly characterized by lack of the transparent lamella on apex of T 1. This character differs distinctly from other species of the <i>A. mesostenus</i> lineage, which always have a transparent lamella on apex of T 1. In some specimens, apex is somewhat more pale coloured than remaining tergite, but generally there is no difference in colour and structure of disc and apex of T 1. This character is combined with very small lateral yellow spots on T 1, a red coloured T 2, a brownish apex of hindtarsomere V and claws. T 1 additionally is shorter than in remaining species. This character combination makes the species unmistakable.</p> <p> D e s c r i p t i o n o f h o l o t y p e, f e m a l e: Body length 8,5 mm. Colour: Yellow: mandible in basal half, clypeus, face below antennal socket, short band on lower inner eye margin, antennal segment I and II, fore- and midleg (basal parts of both legs reddish), pronotal lobe, scutellum, apical bands on T 1- T 5, small lateral spots on T 1, a band with medial interruption on T 2. Red: last flagellomeres below, hindleg, T 1 and T 2 (apart from yellow apical part and some black in apical half). Medial AS dark brown to reddish, sternites mostly red and partly mixed with brown, mainly in last sternites. Hindtarsomere apico-dorsally and claws brown. Remaining body black. T 1 apically red, without transparent margin. Morphology. Similar to <i>M. mesostenus</i> (see PULAWSKI 1973), differs by the following characters: mesonotum, scutellum and propodeal dorsum with fine punctation, most punctures 1̅2 diameters apart, puncture diameter distinctly smaller than on mesopleuron. T 1 1.1x.</p> <p> V a r i a t i o n i n f e m a l e s: Body length 7.5-9.2 mm. Yellow spots on T 1 lacks in some specimens, and tergite may be all red. Extension of red colour of T 1I is variable and lacks in some female. Size and density of punctures of mesonotum is variable, but always finer as in <i>A. mesostenus</i>. T 1 1.1x-1.2x.</p> <p>D e s c r i p t i o n o f m a l e. 7-7.5 mm. The male agrees in colour and other characters with the female. In some specimens, red of T 2 is replaced by black. T 1 1.4x-1.5x.</p> <p>E t y m o l o g y: The species is named after the type area, the Al Wathba Wetland Reserve in Abu Dhabi, UAE.</p> <p>D i s t r i b u t i o n:UnitedArabEmirates.</p>Published as part of <i>Schmid-Egger, Christian, 2019, Review oI the genus Ammatomus A. COSTA, 1859 (Hymenoptera, Crabronidae) Irom the Palearctic region with description oI Iour new species, pp. 437-457 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 51 (1)</i> on pages 447-448, DOI: <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/3758403">10.5281/zenodo.3758403</a>
Works by D. Eugene Egger. Collegiate Legacy: Emeritus Faculty Exhibition
No full textExhibition of works by College of Architecture and Urban Studies emeritus faculty, celebrating the 50th anniversary of the college. Curated by Truman Capone and Deb Sim. Moss Arts Center, Virginia Tech.D. EUGENE EGGER. No. 1. Siena, Duomo Interno - Pavemento, 1993. No. 2. Assisi, Vicolo Buscatti, 1992. No. 3. Assisi, Scottopasagio, 1988. No. 4. Assisi, Porta Sud, 1987. Ink and Fabriano on paper. Courtesy of the Artist
Ammatomus grandcourti Schmid-Egger 2019
No full textAmmatomus grandcourtiSCHMID-EGGERnov.sp. (figs 9-13) Ammatomus rufonodis in SCHMID- EGGER (2011: 490). Holotype: female United Arab Emirates, 11-19.iii.2009 Waidi Maidaq 25.31N (leg. et coll. CSE, as A. rufonodis in Schmid-Egger 2011). Paratypes: Sudan female 4.xi.1961, Ed Damer, Hudeiba, leg. Reimann, det as A. rufonodis by W. Pulawski (CSE); female Yemen, 6.iii.2013, Sana, University Campus, leg. Halada (OLL); Israel male 10.vi.1995 Arava Valley, Iddan 30̕48̕N 35̕16̕E (leg. et coll CSE). R e m a r k: A. grandcourti keys out with A. rufonodis with the key of PULAWSKI (1973), but differs in some important characters from the latter. The female occurs in two colour forms, each with black and with a red colour on T 1. This variation is unique among the here treated species. D i a g n o s i s: A. grandcourti (together with A. rufonodis) has a longer T 1 as A. saharicus. The species differ from the similar A. rufonodis mainly by a narrower yellow band on T 1, with a larger apical transparent margin of T 1, T 3 and T 4. The transparent margin is in average as wide as tergal bands, and distinctly wider in A. rufonodis. The male of A. grandcourti has also a somewhat longer T 1 compared to A. rufonodis (1.8x versus 1.6x). See also key for remaining characters. Males of A. rufonodis from Oman have yellow band of T 1 narrower than in specimens from Central Asia and Turkey. They differ from the male of A. grandcourti mainly by the lemon yellow colour, what is whitish-yellow in A. grandcourti, and by the remaining key characters. D e s c r i p t i o n o f h o l o t y p e, f e m a l e: Body length 8.5 mm. Colour: Black, whitish yellow are: Clypeus, space below antennal socket, short band on lower eye margin, AS I-II, underside of apical half of AS III, pronotal lobe, narrow band on apcial pronotal margin, connecting pronotal lobes, spot each on mesoscutum laterally in apical corner, metanotum, basal spot on tegula, apical band on T 1, medially with Vshaped interruption, bands on T 2- T 5, large band on S2, medially with large V-shaped interruption. Mandible basally black, followed by white spot, medially red and in apical third black. Labrum red. Antenna red, medial AS brown above. Trochanter, coxa, T 1 apart apical yellow band, T 2 laterally, S2 medially red. Fore and midleg: femora red with white band below in apical half, tibiae basally white, apically red, tarsomeres white with reddish apex. Hind femur red, hind tibia basally below red, basally above white, black apical half. Hindtarsomeres I-IV white, I-III with red apex, hindtarsomere V with white base, remaining part and claws black. Wing venation reddish, wings transparent, basal sclerite of forewing red with white mark. Morphology: Face including clypeus and vertex, mesopleuron and propodem with dense, silver pilosity. Propodeal dorsum without pilosity. T 1 1.5x, mesoscutum with coarse puncture, punctures 0,2 - 2 diameters apart. Tergites with dense punctation, similar to that of mesoscutum. For details of T 1, see figure. V a r i a t i o n o f f e m a l e s. Body length: 10 (Sudan) and 8 mm (Yemen). In both paratype females, red colour of T 1 and S1 is replaced by black, apart from some red on T 1 laterally. In female from Yemen, red colour of legs is also replaced by black. AS VI-XII are mainly red without dark in female from Sudan, and AS IV-X all black in female from Yemen. D e s c r i p t o n o f m a l e: Body length 8.5 mm. In morphology, the males agree with the females, apart from longer T 1 (1.8x). Colour whitish-yellow, without any red. Scutellum and AS III-XII black, mesonotal spot small. Large transparent impressed margins on T 2- T 4, as wide as tergal band. Transition between tergal disc and impressed margin crenulate. E t h y m o l o g y: The species is dedicated to Edwin Mark Grandcourt, a fisheries and marine scientist of the Marine Assessment & Conservation Section of the Environment Agency ̅ Abu Dhabi, who passed away in 2018 at the young age of 49. D i s r i b u t i o n: UAE, Yemen, Israel, Sudan.Published as part of Schmid-Egger, Christian, 2019, Review oI the genus Ammatomus A. COSTA, 1859 (Hymenoptera, Crabronidae) Irom the Palearctic region with description oI Iour new species, pp. 437-457 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 51 (1) on pages 442-443, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.375840
Works by D. Eugene Egger. Collegiate Legacy: Emeritus Faculty Exhibition
No full textExhibition of works by College of Architecture and Urban Studies emeritus faculty, celebrating the 50th anniversary of the college. Curated by Truman Capone and Deb Sim. Moss Arts Center, Virginia Tech.D. EUGENE EGGER. No. 5. San Gimignano, Tre Piazze - Centro Storico, 1992. No. 6. Siena, S. Augustino, 1991. No. 7. La Thoronet, Cortille, 1989. No. 8. Venezia, - Canale Grande, 1973. Ink and Fabriano on paper. Courtesy of the Artist
Evagetes liane Egger 2019
No full text<i>Evagetes liane</i> SCHMID- EGGER nov.sp. (figs 4-10) <p>Holotype: 1♀ 28.iii.2019 Spain, Canary Islands, Fuerteventura, La Pared 28.217N, 14.220W leg. Schmid-Egger, collected in yellow pan traps (coll. Schmid-Egger).</p> <p>Paratype: 1♂ same data as holotype (coll. Schmid-Egger).</p> <p> Diagnosis: <i>Evagetes liane</i> nov.sp. is characterized by a dense, apressed silver pubescence, which covers mesosoma and other parts of the body. First tergites are red in female, SMC III is less than half in size of SMC II, gena is long, metapostnotum is narrow, and without pubescence, forebasitarsus with four long spines. Therefore, it belongs to the former genus <i>Trichosyron</i> HAUPT, 1930 (= <i>Leuchimon</i> HAUPT, 1930), now synonymious with <i>Evagetes</i>. For species group recognition see PRIESNER (1955).</p> <p> The female of <i>Evagetes liane</i> resembles <i>E. palmatus</i> (HAUPT, 1930), described from Libya, widely distributed in the desert areas of North Africa, Arabia and Syria, and also occuring in Morocco (♀ Wadi Draa, Mahmid, 29.826N, 5.719W, coll. Schmid-Egger). The female of <i>E. liane</i> can be recognized by smaller size (4,9 mm versus 7-8 mm in <i>E. palmatus</i>), a finer pubescence of body, and by an all black body apart from tergal base and femora below (pronotum and legs except tarsi are red in <i>E. palmatus</i>). The male of <i>E. liane</i> (I could only compare with males of <i>E. palmatus</i> from the United Arab Emirates, see SCHMID- EGGER (2017)) differ by a dense pubescence of face and by long setae on apex of SGP (face without pubescence, and SGP with only very short hairs apically in <i>E. palmatus</i>).</p> <p>Description female: Body length 4.9 mm. Colour: Black, the following parts red or yellowish-red: mandible (apex dark red), tegula and basal part of venation of fore- and hindwing, T 1-2, basal half of T3, S1 and basal part of S2, apex of all femora below. The following parts are covered with dense silver pubescence, hidden integument: scape, head, mesosoma and abdomen, all legs from coxae to basitarsi (apex of basitarsi without pubescence, parts of foretarsal segment II). Pubescence of abdomen somewhat sparser than on mesosoma. metapostnotum without pubescence. Head below, mesosternum, tergites, coxa and femora with some erect white setae. Wings transparent, forewing apically black (black from end of marginl cell). Spines of foreleg ochre, spines of mid- and hindleg darker. Morphology: Forebasitarsus with 4 spines, basal spine short, remainig spines long and somewhat spatulate, apical spine as long as basitarsal segment II+III. Vertex (seen in dorsal view) short, ending short behind eye. Gena short, half as long as eye. Malar space as long as diameter of AS 5. Metapostnotum narrow, as large as half diameter of hindocellus. SMC III appr. 0,3x as large as SMC II. For remaining morphology see figs.</p> <p>Description male: Body length 4.2 mm. Colour: Black, mandible in apical third yellow, apex dark red. Most tegula, basal sclerite and basal part of venation of forewing yellow, remaining venation dark. Apex of wing greyish (beginning at end of margin cell). Scape, head, mesosoma, abdomen and legs including basal half of basitarsi covered with dense, silver pubescence. However, pubescence is less dense as in female, integument is partly visible (vertex is nearly without pubescence). Morphology: S7 widely emarginated apically. SGP rooflike, apically rounded to pointed, apical margin with row of distinct brown bristles. Genitalia could not be prepared. For remaining morphology see figs.</p> <p>Etymology: The species is dedicated to my partner Liane Danneberg, who supported this and many other collecting trips. The name is a noun in apposition.</p> <p>Distribution: Fuerteventura.</p> <p> Habiat and Life history: The species was collected in a large sandy area with sparse vegetation in southern Fuerteventura. It was found together with the possible host species <i>Tachyagetes aemulans</i> (HAUPT, 1928) and <i>Tachyagetes lanzarotus</i> WOLF, 1993.</p>Published as part of <i>Schmid-Egger, Christian, 2019, Two new species of Spider Wasps (Hymenoptera, Pompilidae), Ctenagenia pagliano from Lebanon and Evagetes liane from Canary Islands, pp. 1205-1210 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 51 (2)</i> on pages 1207-1208, DOI: <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/3742968">10.5281/zenodo.3742968</a>
Cryptocheilus schakuhensis Egger & Liebig 2019
No full textCryptocheilus schakuhensisSCHMID-EGGER & LIEBIGnov.sp. (figs 10 -18) H o l o t y p e: 1♀ 04.vii.2018 Amol (Mazandaran) 36.400 N, 52.343 E leg. Liebig, coll. SDEI (Müncheberg). P a r a t y p e s: 1♀ 06.vii.2018 Pol Aram (Golestan) 36.920 N, 55.115 E; 1♀ 02.vii.2018 Ziarat, mountain road (Golestan) 36.680 N, 54.564 E; 1♂ 05.vii.2018 Ziarat, plateau (Golestan) 2299 m 36.696 N, 54.575 E; 1♀ 08.vii.2018 Hossein Abad (Semnan) 37.197 N, 55.702 E all leg. Liebig, coll. Liebig and CSE. R e m a r k: The genus Cryptocheilus is under revision by the senior author. There is no key for species from Iran available, and species can only be recognized by original descriptions. D i a g n o s i s: The female of C. schakuhensis nov.sp. is characterized by colour pattern. It is all black with lateral white spots on T2 and a medial white spot on T4. Inner eye margin has a small white spot. This colour pattern is unique among Cryptocheilus species from the palearctic region. The male is all black, with lower inner eye margin white, and innerside of foretibia orange-red. Wing colour is distinctive: Wings are yellowish-grey infuscate, with wing apex dark with violet shimmer. D e s c r i p t i o n f e m a l e: Body length 13.5 mm. Colour: Black, the following parts whitish (with some yellow tinge): Small round spot on inner eye margin medially, small irregular spot near hindmargin of mesoscutum, large triangular spots on T2 laterally, large oval spot on T4 medially. Mandible medially and foretibia apically with some red. Wings infumate yellowish-greyish, apex dark. Apical clypeal margin emarginated in whole width. Metapostnotum narrow. Propodeum with fine, crosswise striation. Tergites without punctures. Otherwise similar to Crypocheilus elegans. V a r i a t i o n i n f e m a l e s p a r a t y p e s: Paratypes are smaller, 9.5-11.0 mm, and agree otherwise with holotype. D e s c r i p t i o n m a l e: Body length 11.5 mm. Black, large triangular band on inner eye margin (between antennal socket and clypeus) whitish. Innerside of foretibia and small spot on apex of forefemora reddish. Clypeus laterally, lower mesopleuron and coxa with thin silver pubescence. Wings as in females, but contrast between greyyellowish part and dark apex is more distinct as in females. Metapostnotum 0.6x as long as metatnotum, with some distinct rugae. Striation of propodeum coarser as in females. S8 flat, with indistinct medial keel, apically truncate, with a row of short setae around margin in apical half of S8. Genital see fig. 17, SGP see fig. 18. E t y m o l o g y: The species is named after the mountain Schah Kuh north of Bastam close to the type area. D i s t r i b u t i o n: Northern Iran.Published as part of Egger, Christian Schmid- & Liebig, Wolf-Harald, 2019, New records of Spider Wasps (Hymenoptera, Pompilidae) from northern Iran with description of a new species, pp. 1195-1203 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 51 (2) on pages 1198-1199, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.374226
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