Celonites laetus Panfilov, 1968

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 : 522

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scientific name	Celonites laetus Panfilov, 1968
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Celonites laetus Panfilov, 1968 View in CoL

( Figs 9H View FIGURE 9 , 10D, H View FIGURE 10 )

Celonites laetus Panfilov, 1968: 40 View in CoL , fig. 3, ♀ (type locality: “ Нахичевань, окрестности Джульфы, пустынные предгорьЯ” [ Azerbaijan, Nakhchivan, vicinity of Julfa, desert foothills]), holotype, ♀, ZMMU (examined).

Celonites phlomis Gusenleitner, 1973: 63 View in CoL , figs 3c, 4c, 5, ♀ ♂ (type locality: “Türkei, Urfa ” [ Turkey]), holotype, ♀, OLML

(examined), synonymized by Fateryga 2025b: 210.

Material examined. HOLOTYPE: ♀, labeled “ Нахичевань [ Nakhchivan] 3.VI.62 / ОКР. ДжУЛьфы / Д. ПанфиЛОв [vicinity of Julfa, D. Panfilov] // МОСКва / ЗООЛОГичеСКий / МУЗей МГУ [Moscow, Zoological Museum MSU] // Holotypus ♀ 1968 / Celonites / laetus Panf. [red label]” [ ZMMU] . ADDITIONAL MATERIAL: AZERBAIJAN. Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic : Ordubad, Bilav , 39°02'43"N, 45°49'07"E, 1050 m, on Stachys inflata , 22.V.2025, 1 ♀, leg. M. Proshchalykin, M. Maharramov [ CAFK] GoogleMaps .

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

Trophic relationships. One female was collected in the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic of Azerbaijan at Stachys inflata Benth. ( Lamiaceae ). In Turkey, females and males of this species were collected at flowers of Phlomis sp. ( Lamiaceae ) ( Gusenleitner 1973). Probably broadly oligolectic (sensu Müller & Kuhlmann 2008) on Lamiaceae .