Entomognathus fortuitus (KOHL, 1915)

Schmid, Christian & Wolf-H, 2024, New and rarely collected digger wasps from Morocco with description of two new species (Hymenoptera, Spheciformes), Linzer biologische Beiträge 56 (1), pp. 301-311 : 303

Entomognathus fortuitus (KOHL, 1915) – new record for Morocco ( figs 5-6 , 21 )

Crabro fortuitus KOHL, 1915: 314 , ♀. Holotype: ♀, Spain: no specific locality (NHMW)

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: ♀ 19.3.1997 Ht. Atlas, 10 km SE Ait Ourir 31.55N 7.60W (leg. S. Blank, coll CSE).

R e m a r k Entomognathus fortuitus was previously only know from Spain and Portugal. The present record is the first in Morocco and Africa ( fig. 21 ). The species can be identified with BITSCH et al. (2020). It is unique amoung western Palaeartcic species by the lack of the epicnemial carina ( fig. 6 ). Mesopleuron is basally therefore rounded, and also mate, compared to the shiny mesopleuron in remaining species.

Figures

Figs 1-6: (1) Carinostigmus marocensis, ♁ lateral; (2) Carinostigmus marocensis, ♁ dorsal; (3) Carinostigmus marocensis, ♁ face; (4) Entomognathus brevis, ♁ dorsal; (5) Entomognathus fortuitus, ♀ dorsal; (6) Entomognathus fortuitus, ♀ mesopleuron.

Fig. 21: Distribution of Carinostigmus marocensis (blue), Spilomena canariensis (red) and the African distribution of Entomognathus fortuitus (green).