Masaris longicornis ( Kuznetzov, 1923 )

Fateryga, Alexander V., 2025, The pollen wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Masarinae) in Central Asia. Contribution I. Genera Masaris Fabricius, 1793 and Quartinia André, 1884, Zootaxa 5659 (2), pp. 151-178 : 154

Masaris longicornis ( Kuznetzov, 1923)

( Fig. 12A, C, E, F )

Saryara longicornis Kuznetzov, 1923: 127 , ♂ (type locality: “Montes Ac-Tasch. Alt. 8000ʹ” [ Uzbekistan]), holotype, ♂, ZMMU (examined).

Masaris longicornis : Kostylev, 1925: 150.

Material examined. HOLOTYPE: ♂, labeled “[golden disc] // Вершина / Ак-Таша [Top of Ak-Tash] 8000ʹ. [8000 feet = 2438 m] / 26.VI-22. Н-К. [N. Kuznetzov] // Тип [Type] / Saryara lon- / gicornis Kuzn. = / = Masaris long / (Kuzn) Kost. / 23 VI 41 [Kostylev’s signature] // Masaris / longicornis / N. Kuzn / Typus // МОсКва / ЗООЛОГичесКий / МУЗей МГУ [Moscow, Zoological Museum MSU] // Holotype ♂ / Saryara longicornis / Kuznetzov, 1923 [red label]” [ ZMMU] . ADDITIONAL MATERIAL: TAJIKISTAN: Kabadian [Qabodiyon], 21–22.VI.1913, 1 ♀, 1 ♂, leg. A. Golbek [ ZISP] . UZBEKISTAN: Ak-Tash , 1 ♀, leg. E. Smirnov [ ZMMU]; ibid., 9.VII.1923, 1 ♂, leg. A. Zhelochovtsev [ ZMMU] . KYRGYZSTAN: Sufi-Kurgan, 23.VII.1979, 1 ♂, leg. Yu. Pesenko [ FSCV]; Alai Mts., Gulcha Ravine , Katta-Karakol , 12.VII.2000, 1 ♂, leg. V. Dubatolov [ ISEN]; ibid., 13.VII.2000, 1 ♀, leg. V. Dubatolov [ ISEN]; Kasgharia, lower reaches of Kalta-Bulak River (right inflow of Koksu River), 19.VII.2003, 4 ♀, leg. V. Dubatolov, E. Nikolayeva, V. Zinchenko, R. Dudko [ ISEN].

Additional literature records. KYRGYZSTAN: Transalai Mountain Range, E part, Kaltabulak River gorge, 39°39′N, 73°50′E, 2950 m ( Gusenleitner 2002) . KAZAKHSTAN. Almaty Province: Ketmen, Mt. S Kirgyzay, 43°17′N, 79°31′E, 2200 m ( Gusenleitner 2002) .

Distribution. Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan (Almaty Province).

Trophic relationships. Unknown.

Figures

FIGURE 12. Masaris spp. A, M. longicornis (Kuznetzov, 1923), ♀, Uzbekistan; B, M. carli von Schulthess, 1922, ♀, Kazakhstan; C, E, F, M. longicornis, ♂, holotype; D, G, H, M. carli, ♂, Kazakhstan. A, B, head in lateral view; C, D, sterna II–IV in lateral view; E, G, antenna in dorsal view; F, H, sternum VII in dorsal view. Scale bars 1 mm.