Masaris carli von Schulthess, 1922

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 : 153

Masaris carli von Schulthess, 1922

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Masaris saussurei Carl, 1921: 449 , ♀ ♂ (type locality: “Zarawchan; ... Sutkend. Turkestan” [ Uzbekistan]), syntypes in the Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle de Genève, Switzerland (not examined), nom. praeocc., nec Masaris saussurei Brauns, 1905 .

Masaris carli von Schulthess, 1922: 404 , replacement name for M. saussurei Carl, 1921 , nec Brauns, 1905.

Masaris smirnovi Kostylev, 1925: 152 , fig. 2, ♂ (type locality: “Perovsk (Turkestan, Syr-Darjja-Gebiet)” [ Kazakhstan]), holotype, ♂, ZMMU (examined), synonymized by Kostylev 1935: 87.

Masaris elegans Gusenleitner, 2002: 322 , figs 3–9, ♀ ♂ (type locality: “ Turkmenistan, Farab”), holotype, ♂, OLML (photographs examined), synonymized by Fateryga & Proshchalykin 2024: 552.

Material examined. HOLOTYPE OF MASARIS SMIRNOVI : ♂, labeled “[golden disc] // Dist. Perovsk [ Kyzylorda ] / 29 V 923. / S. Tarbinskij // Тип [Type] / Masaris / smirnovi Kost. / = M. carli Schult / Синон. устан. / Ю. Костылев [Synonymy established by G. Kostylev] / 23 VI 41 [G. Kostylev’s signature] // Masaris / smirnovi / n. sp. / Typus // МОсКва / ЗООЛОГичесКий / МУЗей МГУ [Moscow, Zoological Museum MSU] // Holotype ♂ / Masaris smirnovi / Kostylev, 1925 [red label]” [ ZMMU] . HOLOTYPE OF MASARIS ELEGANS : ♂, labeled “ Turkmenistan / Farab 29.4. / 1991 Halada // ♂ // Masaris / elegans nov. spec. ♂ / J.Gusenleitner,det.2002 / Holotypus // Holotypus [red label]” [ OLML: ZOBODAT 2025 a] . PARATYPE OF MASARIS ELEGANS : KAZAKHSTAN. Almaty Province: Charyn Valley,W Chundzha , 43°37ʹN, 79°21ʹE, 650 m, 29–31.V.2001, 1 ♀, leg. M. Hauser [ OLML: ZOBODAT 2025 b] . ADDITIONAL MATERIAL: UZBEKISTAN: Bukhara Region, Khargush [Xargoʻsh], 27.V.1928, 1 ♀, leg. A. Gerasimov [ ZISP] . KAZAKHSTAN. Aktobe Province: Turgay Oblast, Aja, 17.VIII.1899, 1 ♂, leg. P. Sushkin [ ZISP]. Almaty Province: 20 km SE Akzhar, 10.VI.1986, 3 ♂, leg. V. Kazenas [ FSCV]; Vicinity of Akzhar, 44°52′49″N, 75°53′11″E, 397 m, on Halimodendron halodendron , 26.V.2015, 1 ♂, leg. K. Fadeev [ ZISP] ; 18 km SWW Chundzha, 43.5028°N, 79.2134°E, 11.V.2024, 1 ♂, leg. M. Proshchalykin [ CAFK] ; ibid., on Dodartia orientalis , 11.V.2024, 6 ♀, leg. M. Proshchalykin [ CAFK] ; ibid., on Dodartia orientalis , 11.V.2024, 8 ♂, leg. A. Fateryga [6 ♂, CAFK; 2 ♂, CVMM]; ibid., on Dodartia orientalis , 12.V.2024, 1 ♂, leg. A. Fateryga [ CAFK]; ibid., on Dodartia orientalis , 15.V.2024, 2 ♀, leg. A. Fateryga [ CVMM]. Jetisu Province: 60 km NW Ushtobe, Karatal River , 8.VI.1986, 1 ♀, leg. V. Kazenas [ FSCV]. Kyzylorda Province: Baigakum bei Djulek , 1.V.1907, 1 ♀, leg. L. Wollmann [ ZISP]; ibid., 10.V.1908, 1 ♀, leg. L. Wollmann [ ZISP]; ibid., 11.V.1908, 2 ♀, leg. L. Wollmann [ ZISP]; ibid., 12.V.1908, 1 ♀, 1 ♂, leg. L. Wollmann [ ZISP]; Terenj-Uzjak , 30.V.1925, 1 ♂, leg. A. Zhelochovtsev [ ZMMU]; Perovsk [ Kyzylorda ], 18.V.1928, 2 ♂, leg. V. Popov [ ZISP]; ibid., 21.V.1928, 1 ♂, leg. V. Popov [ ZISP]. Ulytau Province: S Jezkazgan, S part of Samenkum Sands , 29.V.1962, 1 ♂, leg. V. Tobias [ ZIPS] .

Distribution. Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan (Aktobe, Almaty, Jetisu, Kyzylorda, and Ulytau provinces).

Trophic relationships. Masaris carli is probably monolectic on Dodartia orientalis L. ( Mazaceae ). Detailed analysis of its flower preferences and flower-visiting behavior will be present in a separate paper (Mauss et al., in preparation). Flower-visiting records (all in Kazakhstan): Caragana halodendron (Pall.) Dum. Cours. (≡ Halimodendron halodendron (Pall.) Voss , Fabaceae ); Dodartia orientalis ( Mazaceae ); Tamarix sp. ( Tamaricaceae ) ( Popov 1948; Fateryga & Proshchalykin 2024; Mauss et al., in preparation).

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.