Arachnospila (Ammosphex) mongolica Moczar 1968

Arachnospila (Ammosphex) mongolica Móczár, 1968

(Figs 13, 14, 43, 65, 69, 85, 90, 107, 114)

Arachnospila (Holarctopompilus) luctuosa mongolica Móczár, 1968: 429, Ƥ 3 (holotype, Ƥ, " Mongolia: Central aimak, Kerulen, 40 km O v. Somon Bajandelger, 1400 m, Exp. Dr. Kaszab, 1965, Nr. 304, 26.VII.1965 " [Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest]).

Arachnospila (Ammosphex) mongolica: Lelej 1995: 245, 3; Loktionov 2011: 83.

Arachnospila mongolica: Zonstein 2002: 138, 3.

Diagnosis of male. The male of this species clearly differs from other males by having flat hypopygium with dense long erect setae (Figs 13, 14 vs. 1–12, 15–37). Genitalia as in Fig. 43.

Diagnosis of female. The female of this species is distinguished from other females of the subgenus Ammosphex by having ratio of eye width to half frontal width 0.8 and less (0.9 and more in A. (A.) anceps (Wesmael, 1851) and A. (A.) wolfi Lelej, 1995), by protarsomere 1 with three short spines of tarsal comb (with four long spines in A. (A.) kaszabi Wolf and Móczár, 1972), by first flagellomere length 4.3 × and less its width (4.4 × in A. (A.) zonsteini sp. nov.), by apical flagellomere length almost 3 × its width (2 × in A. (A.) orientausa sp. nov.), and by mesopleuron and propodeum with brownish micropubescence (silver or gray micropubescence in other females). Clypeus as in Fig. 65. Metapostnotum as in Fig. 85. Venation of fore wing as in Fig. 107.

Material examined. RUSSIA. Primorskiy Terr.: 1 Ƥ 1 3, Khasan, 26.VI.2010; 1 3, Ryazanovka, 15.VII.1992; 1 3, 20 km N Plastun, 30.VII.1986; 6 3, Anisimovka, 3, 4.VII.1982, 20.VII.1992; 2 Ƥ 4 3, Brovnichi, 4, 6.VI.1994; 3 Ƥ 6 3, Lazovsky Reserve, 11–17.VII.2008; 1 3, 18 km SW Krounovka, 29, 30.VII.1990; 2 3, Barabash-Levada, 28, 29.VI.1978; 1 3, Evseyevka, 20.VI.1981; 3 3, 20 km N Plastun, 30.VII.1986; 1 3, Cheremukhovaya River, 20.VII.1987. Amurskaya Prov.: 1 Ƥ, Blagoveschensk, 16.VIII.1982; 1 Ƥ 1 3, Svobodnyi Trud, 11.VIII.1982. Sakhalin: 2 Ƥ 1 3, Val, 14.VIII.2003; 1 Ƥ, 20 km SW Nogliki, Tym River, 31.VII.2002. Transbaikalskiy Terr.: 4 Ƥ 3 3, 30 km SW Borzya, 20, 21.VII.1977; 1 3, Durbachi, 23.VII.1984; 1 3, Khoranhoi, 2.VIII.1977; 1 Ƥ, Chita, Peschanka, 28.VII.1984 [IBSS]. Buryatia: 3 Ƥ, Gusinoye Lake, Baraty, 25, 26.VII.2007; 20 Ƥ, Selenduma, 20, 21.V.2008; 3 Ƥ, Ust-Kiran, Chikoy River, 27.V.2008. Irkutsk Prov.: 1 3, Bolshie Koty, 12.VIII.1983; 4 Ƥ 2 3, 15 km E Ust-Orda, Ordinsk, 2–5.VIII.1994 [IBSS].

Distribution. Russia (Primorskiy Terr., *Amurskaya Prov., Sakhalin; Transbaikalskiy Terr., Buryatia, Irkutsk Prov.), Mongolia, East Kazakhstan (Lelej 2005), Kyrgyzstan (Zonstein 2002).

Biology. Inhabits steppe areas and sandy shores along rivers and sea.

Remarks. One female of Arachnospila (Ammosphex) mongolica from Transbaikalia somewhat differs from other examined females by the sculpture of anterior part of clypeus and by somewhat longer and denser setae on the frons and propodeum laterally. We regard these characters as variable and figure this specimen (Figs 69, 90, 114).