Jugurtia eurycara Kostylev, 1935

Fateryga, Alexander V., Mauss, Volker, Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. & Maharramov, Mahir 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), pp. 514-540 : 527

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scientific name	Jugurtia eurycara Kostylev, 1935
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Jugurtia eurycara Kostylev, 1935 View in CoL

( Figs 9B, E View FIGURE 9 , 10L View FIGURE 10 )

Jugurtia eurycara Kostylev, 1935: 97 View in CoL , figs 6, 7, ♀ ♂ (type locality: “Caucasus, Armen. Gab.” [ Armenia]), lectotype ( Fateryga 2025b: 221 View Cited Treatment ), ♀, ZISP (examined).

Material examined. LECTOTYPE (designated by Fateryga (2025b: 221)): ♀, labeled “[golden disc] // Caucasus. / Armen. Geb. / Leder.Reitter. // Jugurtia ♀ / eurycara Typ / G. Kostylev det. 1932 // Lectotype ♀ / Jugurtia eurycara / Kostylev, 1935 / des. Fateryga, 2024 [red label] // Zoological Institute / St. Petersburg / INS_HYM_0000315 [pale yellow label]” [ ZISP]. PARALECTOTYPES: ARMENIA: Caucasus, Armenisches Gebiet, 1 ♂, leg. H. Leder, E. Reitter [ ZISP]; Provinz Erivanj [ Yerevan], 3.VII.1932, 5 ♀, 1 ♂, leg. G. Kostylev [ ZMMU]; ibid., 16.VII.1932, 1 ♀, leg. G. Kostylev [ ZISP]; ibid., 18.VII.1932, 1 ♀, leg. G. Kostylev [ ZMMU]. ADDITIONAL MATERIAL: AZERBAIJAN. Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic: Babek, 3 km NE Sirab, 39°18'N, 45°32'E, 1250 m, 12.VI.2019, 1 ♀, leg. M. Proshchalykin, Kh. Aliyev, M. Maharramov [ CAFK]; Babek, Payiz, 39°26'06"N, 45°22'56"E, 1230 m, 25.VI.2024, 1 ♀, leg. M. Proshchalykin, M. Maharramov [ CAFK]; ibid., 28.VI.2024, 1 ♀, leg. M. Proshchalykin, M. Maharramov [ FSCV]; Julfa, Gazanchi-2, 39°15'04"N, 45°42'45"E, 1440 m, 24.VI.2024, 1 ♀ (dbM 6342), 1 ♂ (dbM 6343), leg. M. Proshchalykin, M. Maharramov [ CVMM]; Ordubad, Bilav, 39°02'43"N, 45°49'07"E, 1050 m, 23.VI.2024, 1 ♂, leg. M. Proshchalykin, M. Maharramov [ CAFK]; Shakhbuz, Badamli, 39°28'05"N, 45°33'00"E, 1290 m, 17.VI.2024, 2 ♂, leg. M. Proshchalykin, M. Maharramov [ FSCV]; ibid., on Helichrysum rubicundum , 21.VI.2024, 3 ♂, leg. M. Proshchalykin, M. Maharramov [ CAFK].

Distribution. Armenia, Azerbaijan ( Nakhchivan AR) ( Fig. 11 View FIGURE 11 ); Turkey, Iran.

Trophic relationships. Males were collected in the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic of Azerbaijan at flowers of Helichrysum arenarium subsp. rubicundum (K. Koch) P.H. Davis & Kupicha (≡ H. rubicundum (K. Koch) Bornm. , Asteraceae ). Species of the family Asteraceae are common forage plants for several Afrotropical species of the genus Jugurtia ( Gess 1996; Gess & Gess 1989, 2010; Gess et al. 1997) and were also recorded to be visited by one Palaearctic species, namely J. oraniensis (Lepeletier) in Algeria ( Bequaert 1940). However, trophic relationships of Palaearctic species of the genus Jugurtia with forage plants are poorly investigated and require a detailed study.