New and little known digger wasps of the genus Ammophila W. Kirby, 1798 (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Sphecidae) from Central Asia

YURIY N. DANILOV

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3964.5.3

Issue: Vol. 3964 No. 5: 5 Jun. 2015

Type: Article

Published: 2015-06-05

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3964.5.3

Page range: 537–545

Abstract views: 76

PDF downloaded: 3

**New and little known digger wasps of the genus Ammophila W. Kirby, 1798 (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Sphecidae) from Central Asia**

YURIY N. DANILOV⁺⁻

Institute of Systematics and Ecology of Animals, Russian Academy of Sciences, Siberian Branch, Frunze Street 11, Novosibirsk 630091, Russia.

taxonomy new species fauna Palearctic region Hymenoptera Asia

Requires Subscription or Fee PDF (4MB)

Abstract

Five species of Ammophila are treated. The lectotype of Ammophila separanda F. Morawitz, 1891 is designated and illustrated. The holotype of Ammophila cellularis Gussakovskij, 1930 is redescribed and illustrated. Two new species, Ammophila barkalovi sp. nov. (Kazakhstan) and A. pevtsovi sp. nov. (China), are described and illustrated. The hitherto unknown female of A. vetuberosa Li & Yang, 1994 is described.