Muskovits József - György Zoltán - Ábrahám Levente (szerk.): Magyarország hangyadarazsai - Natura Somogyiensis 18. (Kaposvár, 2011)

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MAGYARORSZÁG HANGYADARAZSAI - VELVET ANTS OF HUNGARY (MUTILLIDAE) 101 Entire body and legs covered by sparse pale pubescence forming thin bands on posterior part of metasomal segments. Wings transparent (Fig. 146). 5-10 mm. Krombeinella longicollis (TOURNIER, 1889) Myrmosa LATREILLE, 1796 Female head rectangular and wider than mesosoma. Anterior angle of mesosoma rounded. Mandible unidentate. Pygidium absent. Metasomal segment 1 and anterior half of 2 red. Male head transverse, rounded. Mandibles quadridentate. Contours of metasomal segments well-separated. Metasomal tergite 7 with large, round depression, middle of posterior margin excised. Metasomal sternites 1 and 2 with small anterior denticle. Mesosoma and metasoma completely black. The genus includes 3 species in Europe. One occurs in Hungary. 1 (2) Apterous forms, females. Head about 1.3* wider than mesosoma. Middle of anterior margin of clypeus with clearly visible depression . Mandibles unidentate (Fig. 97). Flagellomere 3 about 1.2x longer than 2 (Fig. 64). Tiny ocelli clearly visible. Mesosoma conspicuously elongated, about twice as long as wide. Mesosomal sternite 1 with small tubercle. Mesosomal segment 1 strongly widening posteriorly, widest just before posterior end. Head and larger part of metasoma black or sometimes dark chestnut brown, entire mesosoma, metasomal segment 1 and base of metasomal segment 2 rusty brown. Antenna brownish red, darker toward apex. Legs brownish red or brown. Ventral part body, sides of mesosoma, legs and tergite 6 with sparse yellowish pubescence, other tergites covered with appressed black pubescence; vertex and frons with sparse brownish pubescence (Fig. 149). 3-7 mm. It is a widely distributed Palaearctic species. A subspecies was described from Ireland. In Hungary it is very frequent, preferring mainly dry sandy regions (Fig. 2). Both males and females were found in many localities. It is the parasitoid of digger wasps (Sphecidae species). Known period of collection: 12. V-25. X. Distribution: Austria, Belgium, Belarus, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kirghizstan, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine and United Kingdom. Myrmosa atra PANZER, 1801 2 (1) Winged forms, males. Clypeus wide, distinctly excised at middle of anterior margin, with low carina at base reaching halfway along its length. Mandible quadridentate (Fig. 98). Flagellomere 2 as long as 3 and a little longer than 1. Contours of metasomal segments well-separated. Middle of anterior part of metasomal sternite 2 with small, pointed tooth-like process (Fig. 127). Apex of last metasomal segment excised, excision separately rounded on both sides (Fig. 121). Completely black. Entire body covered by pale greyish erect setae forming thin bands on posterior part of metasomal segments. Wings transparent (Fig. 148). 7-11 mm. Myrmosa atra PANZER, 1801