First record of Lophopompilus samariensis (Pallas, 1771) (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) from the Republic of Khakassia

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by  S. V. Dragan

Far Eastern Entomologist
Number 384: 10-11 ISSN 1026-051X June 2019
https://doi.org/10.25221/fee.384.2
http://zoobank.org/References/1F1A4668-4DD8-411F-9D66-A43DE6A1B828

FIRST RECORD OF LOPHOPOMPILUS SAMARIENSIS (PALLAS, 1771)
(HYMENOPTERA: POMPILIDAE) FROM THE REPUBLIC
OF KHAKASSIA

S. V. Dragan

Katanov Khakass State University, Abakan, 655000, Russia. E-mail: [email protected]
Summary. The spider wasp Lophopompilus samariensis (Pallas, 1771) is recorded for
the Republic of Khakassia for the first time.
Key words: spider wasps, fauna, new record, Siberia, Russia.

С. В. Драган Первое указание Lophopompilus samariensis (Pallas, 1771)
(Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) из Республики Хакасия // Дальневосточный
энтомолог. 2019. N 384. С. 10-11.
Резюме. Впервые для фауны Хакасии указывается дорожная оса Lophopompilus
samariensis (Pallas, 1771).

INTRODUCTION

The genus Lophopompilus Radoszkowski, 1887 includes 9 species; four of them distri-
buted in the Palaearctic region (Loktionov & Lelej, 2017). Two species has been known from
the Siberia, namely L. grandis (Eversmann, 1846) and L. samariensis (Pallas, 1771), but both
never was recorded from the Republic of Khakassia. One female of spider wasp of the genus
Lophopompilus was collected by the author on the territory of the steppe area "Oglakhty"
(State Reserve "Khakassky"). The specimen is deposited in Zoological Museum of Katanov
Khakass State University (Abakan, Russia).

NEW RECORD

Lophopompilus samariensis (Pallas, 1771)
Fig. 1

MATERIAL EXAMINED. Republic of Khakassia: Ust-Abakansky District, 13 km NE
from the village of Ust-Abakan, 53°58'50.7" N, 91°29'37.6" E, steppe, 8.VIII 2018, 1 ♀, leg.
S.V. Dragan.
DISTRIBUTION. Russia: European part, Urals, Omsk Province, Altai, Tuva Republic,
Irkutsk Province, Buryat Republic, Zabaikalskii Territory, Amur Province, Khabarovsk
Territory, Primorskii Territory, Sakhalin. – Europe, Turkey, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan,
Japan (Loktionov & Lelej, 2014, 2017).

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Fig. 1. Lophopompilus samariensis (Pallas, 1771), female, dorsal view.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

I thank Viktoria V. Shurkina (State Nature Reserve "Khakassky", Abakan, Russia) for
assistance in conducting research in the reserve.

REFERENCES

Loktionov, V.M. & Lelej, A.S. 2014. Spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) of the Russian
Far East. Dalnauka, Vladivostok. 472 pp. [In Russian]
Loktionov, V.M. & Lelej, A.S. 2017. Family Pompilidae – Spider wasps. P. 160–174. In:
Lelej, A.S., Proshchalykin, M.Yu.& Loktionov, V.M. (Eds.). Annotated catalogue of the
Hymenoptera of Russia. Volume 1. Symphyta and Apocrita: Aculeata. Russkaya kollektsia,
St. Petersburg. (Proceedings of the Zoological Institute RAS, Supplement 6).

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