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Issue: Vol. 5716 No. 4: 3 Nov. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-11-03
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5716.4.3
Page range: 514-540
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Taxonomic review of the pollen wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Masarinae) from the Caucasus, with the description of two new species, new nest and flower-visiting records, and a key to the species

T.I. Vyazemsky Karadag Scientific Station—Nature Reserve of RAS—Branch of A.O. Kovalevsky Institute of Biology of the Southern Seas of RAS, Nauki Str. 24, Kurortnoye, 298188 Feodosiya, Russia
Stuttgart State Museum of Natural History, Entomology Department, Rosenstein 1, D-70191 Stuttgart, Germany
Federal Scientific Center of the East Asia Terrestrial Biodiversity, Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 100-let Vladivostoku Ave. 159, 690022 Vladivostok, Russia
Nakhchivan State University, University Campus, AZ 7012 Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan
Hymenoptera vespid wasps fauna trophic relationships nesting Palaearctic region

Abstract

Twelve species of the subfamily Masarinae from the Caucasus are reviewed. Two new species are described, namely Celonites carpenteri Fateryga & Mauss, sp. nov. (Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic of Azerbaijan) and Quartinia aliyevi Fateryga, Mauss, Proshchalykin & Maharramov, sp. nov. (Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic of Azerbaijan, Armenia). The hitherto unknown male of Celonites tudesculptus Kostylev, 1935 is described. Celonites osseus Morawitz, 1888, C. tudesculptus, and Quartinia araxana Giordani Soika, 1960 are reported for the first time from Azerbaijan. New flower-visiting records are documented for Celonites carpenteri, C. laetus Panfilov, 1968, C. tauricus Kostylev, 1935, C. tudesculptus, and Jugurtia eurycara Kostylev, 1935. Nests of Celonites ivanovi Mauss & Fateryga, 2022 are described for the first time. An identification key and maps detailing the geographic distribution of all species in the Caucasus are presented.

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How to Cite

Fateryga, A.V., Mauss, V., Proshchalykin, M.Y. & Maharramov, M.M. (2025) Taxonomic review of the pollen wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Masarinae) from the Caucasus, with the description of two new species, new nest and flower-visiting records, and a key to the species. Zootaxa, 5716 (4), 514–540. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5716.4.3