Philanthus triangulum abdelcader Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau, 1845

Philanthus triangulum abdelcader Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau, 1845 View in CoL

Fig. 18A–E View FIGURE 18

Philanthus abdelcader Lepeletier, 1845: 33 View in CoL , ♀, ♁.

Diagnosis. Body length: 9–12 mm (female); 12–17 mm (male).

This subspecies varies greatly in body size and colour. Body generally black and yellow; head with clypeus and face ivory white extending to eye emargination in both sexes ( Fig. 18A, B View FIGURE 18 ); ivory white area just above clypeus bifurcate in females ( Fig. 18A View FIGURE 18 ), trifurcate in males ( Fig. 18B View FIGURE 18 ); head with two ferruginous bands postero-laterally ( Fig. 18C, D View FIGURE 18 ); antenna thickened medially ( Fig. 18A, C View FIGURE 18 ); malar space very short ( Fig. 18A, C View FIGURE 18 ); male clypeal moustache long and dense, joining medially ( Fig. 18B View FIGURE 18 ); female clypeus with 4–5 distinct teeth at apex, with two teeth in male and fringed with long reddish setae; mesopleuron entirely densely punctate ( Fig. 18C View FIGURE 18 ); propodeum densely punctate dorsally ( Fig. 18D, E View FIGURE 18 ); gastral terga punctate ( Fig. 18E View FIGURE 18 ), while sterna almost smooth. Male genitalia (see Fig. 23C View FIGURE 23 ).

Material examined: 12♁, Maadi , 19.iv.1912, LHS collector ( PPDD) ; 5♀, 2♁; Giza , 1.iii.1913 ( PPDD) ; 10♁, Maadi , 6.iii.1913, LHS collector ( PPDD) ; 2♁, Pyramids , 17.iv.1914 ( PPDD) ; 1♁, Hadaiq El Kuba, 16.v.1914, Naguib collector ( PPDD) ; 4♁, Abu Rawash , 4.x.1914 ( AUCE) ; 2♁, Banha , 30.v.1914 ( PPDD) ; 1♁, Wadi Nesour , 23.x.1925 ( PPDD) ; 1♀, El Gabal El Asfar , 25.x.1925 ( PPDD) ; 3♁, 1♀, Kafr Hakim , 30.i.1926 ( PPDD) ; 1♁, Zinein , 6.vii.1930, on sugarcane ( PPDD) ; 1♁, Nubia , 23.vii.1930, on sugarcane ( PPDD) ; 1♀, Embaba , 13.viii.1930, on sugarcane ( PPDD) ; 1♁, Gebel Elba , 30.i.1933 ( PPDD) ; 2♀, 1♁, Abu Rawash , 23.vii.1933 ( PPDD) ; 1♀, Helwan , 1.iii.1934, Farag collector ( EFC) ; 1♁, Wadi Garawi ( Helwan), 10.iii.1934 ( PPDD) ; 1♀, Helwan , 27.xii.1934, Farag collector ( EFC) ; 1♀, Helwan , 22.i.1935, Farag collector ( EFC) ; 2♁, Abu Rawash , 24.ii.1935, on flowers ( PPDD) ; 1♀, Helwan , 21.xii.1935, Farag collector ( EFC) ; 1♀, Helwan , 21.i.1936, Farag collector ( EFC) ; 1♁, Abu Rawash , 11.iv.1939, Shaaban collector ( EFC) ; 1♁, Abu Rawash , 12.v.1951, Roh. collector ( ASUA) ; 1♀, Embaba , 13.xii.1952, Aly collector ( ASUA) ; 2♁, Fayoum , 5.v.1952, Saleh collector ( ASUA) ; 1♁, 1♀, El Gabal El Asfar , 1.i.1953, Aly collector ( ASUA) ; 1♁, 1♀, Cairo , 2.i.1953, Aly collector ( ASUA) ; 1♀, Ain Shams , 5.i.1953 ( EFC) ; 2♁, Giza , 5.i.1953 ( EFC) ; 1♁, Cairo , 13.i.1953, Aly collector ( ASUA) ; 2♀, 1♁, Giza , 15.i.1953 ( EFC) ; 2♀, 5♁, Pyramids , 19.i.1953, Aly collector ( ASUA) ; 1♁, Giza , 7.ii.1953 ( EFC) ; 1♀, 10.ii.1953, El Kharga ( New Valley ), Aly collector ( ASUA) ; 1♀, Giza , 14.ii.1953 ( EFC) ; 1♁, Barrage , 2.iii.1953 ( EFC) ; 1♀, Giza , 15.iii.1953 ( EFC) ; 1♀, 1♁, 3.v.1953 ( EFC) ; 2♁, Girza ( Giza), 9.v.1953 ( EFC) ; 1♀, 1♁, Giza , 13.v.1953 ( EFC) ; 1♁, Berkash , 10.x.1953, Aly collector ( ASUA) ; 1♁, Giza , 2.i.1955, Dawlatly collector ( EFC) ; 1♀, Burg El Arab , 12.ix.1955, Abdalla collector ( EFC) ; 1♀, Giza , 8.xi.1955, Abdalla collector ( EFC) ; 21♀, 2♁, Burg El Arab , 16–20.vi.1956, Shafix collector ( EFC) ; 3♀, Burg El Arab , 10.vi.1960, Abdalla collector ( EFC) ; 1♁, Burg El Arab , 10.iii.1961, Shafix collector ( EFC) ; 1♀, Suez , 14.ii.1962, Dawlatli collector ( EFC) ; 1♁, Magadlah , 7.iii.1978 ( PPDD) ; 1♁, Mansoura , 16.ii.1986 ( PPDD) ; 1♁, Wadi El Natroun (rest house), 2.vii.1996 ( EFC) ; 1♀, Giza , 26.iii, ??? on flowers ( EFC) ; 1♁, Maadi , 7.v.1913 ( AUCE) ; 1♁, Ezbet Hulayil , 29.v.1913 ( AUCE) ; 1♀, Kerdasa , 12.iv.1914 ( AUCE) ; 3♁, Helwan , 29.x.1920 ( AUCE) ; 3♁, Abu Rawash , 4.x.1924 ( AUCE) ; 2♁, 1♀, Kerdasa , 8.ix.1926 ( AUCE) ; 1♀, El Gabal El Asfar , 14.i.1931 ( AUCE) ; 1♁, El Gabal El Asfar ( AUCE) ; 2♁, El Gabal El Asfar , 4.ii.1934 ( AUCE) ; 2♁, Fayoum , 29.iv.1935, A. Rabinovitch collector ( AUCE) ; 1♁, Magadlah , 24.iii.1936 ( AUCE) ; 2♁, El Gabal EI Asfar, 14.i.1936 ( AUCE) ; 1♁, El Gabal El Asfar , 29.i.1936 ( AUCE) ; 1♁, El Gabal El Asfar , 19.ii.1936 ( AUCE) ; 2♁, Kafr Farouk , 19.ii.1939 ( AUCE) ; 2♁, 1♀, without collecting data ( EFC) ; 1♀, Giza , v.2022, Yusuf Edmardash collector ( EFC) .

Previous Egyptian Records: Abu Rawash, Abu Sir, Dakhla Oasis (Tineida), Fayoum (Hawarah, Karanis, Kom El Atl), El Gabal El Asfar, Helwan, Ismailia, Kerdasa, Kom Oshiem, El Minya, Saqqara, Rafah (N. Sinai), ( Roche 2007), Abukir ( de Beaumont 1966), between Fayoum and Nile (A. Costa 1875 as P. Abdelkader ), Heliopolis and Hor Tamanib ( Walker 1871 as P. Abdelkader ), Ramla near Alexandria ( Lucas 1880 as P. abdelcader ), Sinai Peninsula ( Roche & Zalat 1994), Embaba, Pyramids, Berkash, Kharga, Wadi El Natroun, Giza, Wadi Nesour, Nubia, Mansoura, Wadi Garawi ( 10 km south east Helwan), Zinein, Banha, Maadi, Hadaiq El Kuba, Magadlah, Gebel Elba (present study).

Extralimital distribution: Algeria, Cameroon, Iraq, Israel-Palestine, Italy, Libya, Madagascar, Morocco, Oman, Spain, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Ukraine.