Episyron albonotatum ( Vander Linden, 1827 )

Song, Zhiyan, Dong, Lili, Ma, Li & Li, Qiang, 2025, Review and key of the Chinese species of the genus Episyron Schiødte (Hymenoptera, Pompilidae), including descriptions of two new species, Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 72 (2), pp. 133-154 : 133-154

Episyron albonotatum ( Vander Linden, 1827)

Figs 4 A – F , 5 A – H

Pompilus albonotatus Vander Linden, 1827: 328, ♀. Type locality: « en Dalmatie » [ Croatia].

Episyron albonotatum : Jakubzik, 1998: 254, ♀ ♂.

Episyron ordinarius corsicus Priesner, 1965 –66: 42, ♀ (Zigliana).

Episyron albonotatum sardonium Priesner ; Wolf 1978: 75, ♀ ♂ (Aleria, Asco, Motifao).

Material examined.

CHINA • 2 ♀♀; Inner Mongolia, Liangcheng County, Daihai; 40°57'N, 112°69'E; 6. IX. 2013; coll. Li Jiang; sweep net ( YNAU) ; CHINA • 1 ♀; Inner Mongolia, Helan Mountain, Xiangchizi ; 38°49'N, 105°52'E; 9. VIII. 2010; coll. Fangzhou Ma, sweep net ( YNAU) ; CHINA • 1 ♂; Inner Mongolia, Tongliao Forest Park ; 43°65'N, 112°32'E; 12. VII. 2006; coll. Haiyan Zhang; sweep net ( YNAU) ; CHINA • 1 ♂; Inner Mongolia, Tongliao City, Daqinggou National Nature Reserve ; 42°43'N, 112°08'E; 11. VII. 2006; coll. Ming Luo; sweep net ( YNAU) ; CHINA • 1 ♂; Inner Mongolia, Hailaer National Forest Park ; 49°21'N, 123°45'E; 3. VII. 2006; coll. Ming Luo; sweep net ( YNAU) .

Diagnosis.

Female. Body length 6.8–12.3 mm; fore wing 6.2–10.5 mm. Body largely black, following markings yellow: narrow and long stripes along inner and outer orbits, one spot on tegulae, and paired roundish spots on T 2 -3 basolaterally; light yellow spots on T 4-5 usually hidden (Fig. 5 A, B ). Apex of fore femora, most of mid and hind femora and all tibiae reddish; spur brown; squamiform pubescence usually brown (Fig. 5 A, D ). Fore wings slightly dark, with brownish apical band; pterostigma rounded posteriorly (Fig. 5 E ). Tarsomere 1 with three long flattened outer spines, slightly widening or almost parallel-sided toward subapex (Fig. 5 F ). POD: OOD = 1.0–1.1; F 1 length 4.4–4.9 times its maximum width. Male. Body length 7.0– 9.6 mm; fore wing 5.4–7.2 mm. Body largely black, following markings yellow: narrow stripes along posterior margin of eyes, indistinct spots on inner orbits; paired large yellow spots on T 3 basolaterally (sometimes connected), and entirely on T 7 (Fig. 6 A – C ). Hind tibia reddish (apically black) (Fig. 6 A ). Squamiform pubescence usually white (Fig. 6 D ). POD: OOD = 1.0; F 1 length 1.45–1.56 times its maximum width ( Loktionov and Lelej 2014).

Distribution.

Palearctic region: France, Germany, Iran, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Morocco, Russia, Syria, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, China (Inner Mongolia) (Junco and Reyes 1963; Wolf and Moczar 1995; Wolf 1998, 2003; Loktionov and Lelej 2014, 2017).

Figures

Figure 4. A – F. Episyron albonotatum (Vander Linden, 1827), ♀. A. Female, lateral view; B. Head, frontal view; C. Head, dorsal view; D. Postnotum, propodeum, dorsal view; E. Fore wing and hind wing; F. Fore tarsus. Scale bar: 1.0 mm.

Figure 5. A – H. Episyron albonotatum (Vander Linden, 1827), ♂. A. Male, lateral view; B. Head, frontal view; C. Head, dorsal view; D. Postnotum, propodeum, dorsal view; E. Fore wing and hind wing; F. Genitalia, ventral view; G. Genitalia, dorsal view; H. Hypopygium, ventral view. Scale bar: 1.0 mm.

Figure 6. A – F. Episyron arrogans (Smith, 1873), ♀. A. Female, lateral view; B. Head, frontal view; C. Head, dorsal view; D. Postnotum, propodeum, dorsal view; E. Fore wing and hind wing; F. Fore tarsus. Scale bar: 1.0 mm.