Bembecinus maliensis, Schmid, 2024

Schmid, Christian, 2024, Description of nine species of the genus Bembecinus A. COSTA, 1859 and revision of the B. acanthomerus species group (Hymenoptera, Spheciformes), Linzer biologische Beiträge 56 (1), pp. 313-336 : 319

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14681733
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/E70FF62E-FFF2-FFCE-FF34-CCEAFDC5FA36
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Bembecinus maliensis
status	nov. sp.

Treatment

Bembecinus maliensis SCHMID- EGGER nov. sp. (figs 45-49)

Holotype: MALI: ♁, 19.viii.1981 130 km NE Mopti 15.181 N 3.282 W (leg. Max Schwarz, coll. OLL) GoogleMaps . Paratypes: MALI: 1♁, 18-Aug-81 10 km E Hombori 15.261 N 1.614 W GoogleMaps ; 3♁♁, 19.viii.1981 130 km NE Mopti 15.181 N 3.282 W GoogleMaps ; 1♁, 15.viii.1981 30 km W Gao 16.223 N 0.303 W, 1♁, 14.viii.1981 Gao 16.267 N 0.020 W (leg. M. Schwarz, coll CSE) GoogleMaps . MAURITANIA: 1♀, 03.xi.1993 20 km NE Aleg 17.221 N 13.828 W (leg. Pulawski, coll. CSE) GoogleMaps .

D i a g n o s i s: For recognition see key.

D e s c r i p t i o n m a l e: Body length 8.5 mm (paratypes up to 9.5 mm). Color: Black, with the following parts pale yellow: labrum, clypeus, space above clypeus, inner eye margin, scape and flagellomeres ventrally, narrow band on pronotum, pronotal lobe, band on mesoscutum laterally, large spots on scutellum laterally, connected medially, band on metanotum, large spot on mesopleuron and on propodeum laterally, narrow and double indented bands on T 1-6, lateral spots on S2-6 (of S2 large), medially connected by a thin band. Legs yellow, coxae and trochanters black above, femora with black band in basal half dorsally. Morphology: Spine of inner hindfemur 0,8x-1x as long as hindocellar diameter. Hindfemur see fig. 47, T 7 see fig. 46.

D e s c r i p t i o n f e m a l e: Body length 8.5-9.0 mm. Color: Black, distinctly lemmon yellow colored: labrum, clypeus, space above clypeus, inner eye margin, scape and flagellomeres ventrally, large band on pronotum, pronotal lobe, band on mesoscutum laterally, scutellum (except medial basal spot), band on metanotum, large spots on mesopleuron and propodeum laterally, double indented bands on T 1-5, large spot on T 6, lateral spots on S2-5, in first tergites medially connected by a thin band. Legs yellow with orange spots on femora dorsally. Face see 49.

E t y m o l o g y: The species is named after the country of origin of the holotype, Mali.

D i s t r i b u t i o n: Mali, Mauritania.