Quartinia uzbeka Kostylev, 1935

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 : 169-172

Quartinia uzbeka Kostylev, 1935

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Quartinia uzbeka Kostylev, 1935: 106 , ♂ (type locality: “Aman-Katan, Umgesb. [Umgeb.] v. Samarkand 1.500 m. üb. M.” [ Uzbekistan]), lectotype ( Fateryga 2025: 233 ), ♂, ZISP (examined).

Description of female (hitherto unknown). Body length (from head to apical margin of tergum II) 5 mm (total body length about 6.5 mm); forewing length 4 mm. Head in frontal view about 1.2× as wide as long (from top of median ocellus to apical margin of clypeus). Clypeus with concave disc, about 1.25× as wide as long; its apical emargination rather shallow, about 0.2× as deep as wide, taking about 0.55 of clypeal width, apical teeth narrowly rounded and lamellate. Distance between lateral ocellus and occiput about 1.15× as distance between lateral ocelli and about as distance between lateral ocellus and compound eye. Antenna with articles 8–12 forming club about 2.8× as long as wide in dorsal view. Width of gena in front of ocular sinus nearly about as width of compound eye at ocular sinus. Occipital carina complete and strongly lamellate, forming blunt angle in front of ocular sinus. Pronotum with anterior side roundly elevated to dorsal surface.Antero-lateral sides of pronotum broadly rounded in dorsal view; in lateral view, pronotal carina weakly lamellate, distinctly separating antero-ventral area of pronotum from its dorsal area at antero-lateral sides. Scutellum separated from mesoscutum by transverse suture, slightly convex, broadly rounded posteriorly. Tegula with broadly rounded outer margin produced posterior to blunt medio-posterior angle. Epipleural and episternal sulci weak. Ventral mesepisternum evenly rounded ventrally. Epicnemial carina indistinct. Dorsal carina of propodeum complete, rounded dorsally; lateral carina of propodeum complete, ventro-laterally produced as nearly right rounded angle. Terga I–V and sterna II–V with transculent apical lamella. Disc of clypeus shining, sparsely and coarsely punctate, interspaces much exceeding puncture diameter on median line, almost smooth; punctation becoming denser laterally, where interspaces less than puncture diameter. Punctures on frons as coarse as those on disc of clypeus, interspaces usually exceeding puncture diameter, shining but with very weakly visible reticulate microsculpture. Sculpture becoming denser and duller on vertex behind ocelli where interspaces much narrower than puncture diameter. Gena shining, with fine and very sparse punctures and indistinct microsculpture. Pronotum punctate coarser than clypeus and frons, interspaces usually exceeding puncture diameter, shining, almost smooth. Punctures on scutum and scutellum as coarse as those on pronotum but interspaces much larger, several times exceeding puncture diameter, also shining and almost smooth. Tegula with weak reticulate microsculpture and few fine punctures on posterior half. Dorsal and ventral mesepisterna and mesepimeron sculptured much denser than pronotum, interspaces less than puncture diameter, with weak microsculpture. Posterior surface of metanotum shining, with smoothened micropunctures. Metapleuron and lateral surface of propodeum rather dull, longitudinally wrinkled. Dorso-lateral surface of propodeum sculptured similarly to pronotum. Posterior surface of propodeum densely punctate and longitudinally wrinkled, interspaces less than puncture diameter, shining. Metasomal terga rather dull, with reticulate microsculpture and shallow dense punctures; both punctures and interspaces increasing in size towards apical margins of terga; largest punctures on terga much finer than those on scutum and scutellum. Metasomal sterna I–V regularly punctuate with moderately coarse shallow punctures, interspaces about as puncture diameter, rather shining but with distinct reticulate microsculpture. Punctures on sternum VI much coarser than those on preceding sterna, interspaces also about as puncture diameter.

Mandible and labrum covered with thin erect pale setae about as long as diameter of median ocellus. Clypeus, frons, vertex, and pronotum with short pale setae about three times shorter than diameter of median ocellus. Compound eye bare. Scutum, scutellum, and mesopleuron without visible setae. Propodeum, metasoma, and legs from coxae to femora mostly with short appressed setae. Tibia and tarsus of foreleg with short erect stiff setae approximately as long as diameter of median ocellus, those setae on mid and hind legs much shorter.

Basal color black. Following parts pale yellow outlined by ferruginous: anterior band on pronotum, tegula, crescent spot on scutellum, thin apical band on scutellum, small spots on dorsal and lateral carinae of propodeum, apical bands on terga I–VI, legs from tops of femora. Mandible, labrum, metasomal sterna, and legs until tops of femora reddish-brown to brown. Antenna reddish-brown except dark brown dorsal side of club. Wings transparent; veins and pretostigma brown.

Material examined. LECTOTYPE (designated by Fateryga (2025:233)): ♂, labeled “[golden disc]// Аман-Кутан, Самарк [ Aman-Kutan , Samarkand] / р., [district?] 1500 м. у. м. [m a.s.l.] 4-VII / В Гуссаков. [V. Gussakovskij] 1932 // Quartinia ♂ / uzbeka, Typ / G. Kostylev det. 1933 // Quartinia / uzbeka Kost / Тип. [Type] ♂ / 23 VI 41 [Kostylev’s signature] // МОсКва / ЗООЛОГичесКий / МУЗей МГУ [Moscow, Zoological Museum MSU] // Lectotype ♂ / Quartinia uzbeka / Kostylev, 1935 / des. Fateryga, 2024 [red label] // Zoological Institute / St. Petersburg / INS_ HYM_0000380 [pale yellow label]” [ ZISP]. PARALECTOTYPES: UZBEKISTAN: Samarkand, Aman-Kutan , 1500 m, 4.VII.1932, 2 ♂, leg. V. Gussakovskij [ ZMMU]. ADDITIONAL MATERIAL: TURKMENISTAN: 5 km N Kushka , 26.V.1985, 1 ♀, 1 ♂, leg. V. Makarkin [ FSCV]. UZBEKISTAN: Samarkand, Aman-Kutan , 1500 m, 21.VII.1931, 1 ♂, leg. V. Gussakovskij [ ZISP].

Distribution. Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan.

Trophic relationships. Unknown.

Remarks. After the publication of my paper ( Fateryga 2025), curators of both ZISP and ZMMU decided to return the lectotype of this species from ZMMU to ZISP, since ZISP was indicated as the depository in the original publication by Kostylev (1935), while the lectotype was actually deposited in ZMMU until present.

Figures

FIGURE 10. Quartinia uzbeka Kostylev, 1935. A, B, D, E, ♀, Turkmenistan; C, ♂, Turkmenistan. A, habitus in dorsal view; B, habitus in lateral view; C, head in lateral view; D, head in frontal view; E, terga V–VI in dorsal view. Scale bars 0.5 mm.

FIGURE 11. Male genitalia in dorsal view. A, Quartinia chlorotica (Morawitz, 1888); B, Q. funebris Kostylev, 1935; C, Q. mikhaili Fateryga, sp. nov.; D, Q. mongolica (Morawitz, 1889); E, Q. pusilla Kostylev, 1935; F, Q. popovi Richards, 1962; G, Q. shestakovi Kostylev, 1935; H, Q. sovietica Fateryga, sp. nov.; I, Q. uzbeka Kostylev, 1935. Scale bar 0.5 mm.