Haris Attila: Hymenoptera Research in the Carpathian Basin - Natura Somogyiensis 29. (Kaposvár, 2016)
On some species described by Scopoli, Poda, Christ, Heer and Mocsáry from the Carpathian Basin
38 Natura Somogyiensis Further remarks: "Fascia thorax ignito auratamesonotum and mesoscutellum reddish gold. Head and thorax with deep punctures. Face relatively narrow and long. Vertex and thorax above moderately densely and deeply punctured. Facial pit densely sculptured, hatched. 4.0-4.5 mm. Vespa pacicephala Scopoli, 1770 nomen dubia Crabro cribarius (Linné, 1758) ? Author express his grateful help to Dr. Nikola-Michael Prpic Georg-August-Universität Göttingen for his kind advice. Original description: "Caput crassum; mucha excavata. Thorax antice punctis flavis binis. Scutello puncto unico pariter flavo. Abdomen 5.fasciis flavis: 2-3. interruptis. Statura V. Parietum, sed capite et thorace crassioribus. Abdomen nitens. Tibiae flvae." Only one species meets the description from the present fauna of this region, namely the female of Crabro cribarius (Linné, 1758) Especially "Abdomen fascis 5. flavis: 2-3. interruptis" as follows: "abdomen with 5 yellow stripes: the second and third interrupted" refers to this species. Vespa pteropoda Scopoli, 1770 Original description: "Nigra abdomine lucido fasciis 6 flavis, posticis tribus interruptis. Femora antica, sed magis adhuc eorum manus uno latere ala albida subdiaphana auc- tae. Alarum anticarum longitudo lin. 3-4. Caput pone attenuatum. Thorax ovatus, puncto flavo ad angulos anticos. Pedes flavis: anticis structura singularis: manibus hemispherico clypeo aut ala externo latere auctis, cujus alae pars superior binis rufis lineis transversis notata est. Hincnon confundenda cuin S. Palmipede Linn." This species shoud be Lestica clypeata (Schreber, 1759), however, sure identification is not possible. The combination of " manibus hemispherico clypeo" and "caput pone attenuatum" clearly indicate the species known as Lestica clypeata (Schreber, 1759) and even the size meets well. However, in Lestica clypeata (Schreber, 1759) the statement "nigra abdomine lucido fasciis 6 flavis, posticis tribus interruptis" doesn't match at all, not the posterior but always the bands on the anterior third of abdomen are broken. Otherwise, there is no species which would perfectly match the description. Further investigation is suggested. Apis vespiformis Scopoli, 1763 and Apis vespiformis Scopoli, 1770 These are 2 different species (compare the 2 descriptions below). Apis vespiformis Scopoli, 1770 is junior homonym of Apis vespiformis Scopoli, 1763. Apis vespiformis Scopoli, 1763 is identical with Nomada flava Panzer, 1798 according to the identification of Rogenhoffer and Dalla-Torre (1881) Apis vespiformis Scopoli, 1770 is identical with Anthidium loti Perris, 1852 According to my opinion, the reason of this duplication: Scopoli established genus Nomada in 1770. Probably he tought, that in this way, the Apis vespiformis name became free for an other non Nomada Apoidea.
