Identification of Hymenoptera (wasps, bees, ants)

Thank you. The main thing is that sfex, and which one, I will try to consult in the Ilmen Reserve. All the best!

So it's not funerarius

Logically...

Good afternoon! Please help me identify the bees at least before giving birth! All but 3 are from the Pushkinsky district of the Moscow Region.

June 1.2.


June 2.9.


3. Moscow, April 27.


July 4.20.


July 5.13.

Kazenas claims that Sphex funerarius is found in China, Mongolia, and the Altai. Not even known from Kazakhstan. Something I doubt about the presence of this species in the Chelyabinsk region

I'm sorry, but I'd like to know where V. L. Kazenas claimed this?
According to our data, everything is exactly the opposite:

Kazenas, V. L.
– 1969. Materials for the study of burrowing wasps of the genus Sphex L. (Hymenoptera, Sphecidae) in Kazakhstan, pp. 21-22 [In the collection] Materials of the First scientific conference of young specialists and postgraduates. Alma-Ata
– - 1971. Burrowing wasps (Hymenoptera, Sphecidae) of the Trans-Ili Alatau. Proceedings of the Institute of Zoology of the Academy of Sciences of the Kazakh SSR, 32:
153-162– - 1972. Burrowing wasps (Hymenoptera, Sphecidae) of south-eastern Kazakhstan. Proceedings of the All-Union Entomological Society, 55:
93-186, 1974. Feeding of digger wasps – Hymenoptera, Sphecidae). Proceedings of the Institute of Zoology of the Academy of Sciences of the Kazakh SSR, 35:108-113.
- 1978. Burrowing wasps of Kazakhstan and Central Asia (Hymenoptera, Sphecidae). Determinant. Nauka Publishing House of the Kazakh SSR, Alma-Ata. 172 pp.
– 1986. Rare species of burrowing wasps (Sphecidae), pp. 237-238 [In the collection] Rare animals of Kazakhstan. Materials for the 2nd edition of the "Red Book of the Kazakh SSR". Alma-Ata
– 1998. Burrowing wasps (Hymenoptera, Sphecidae). Issue 1. General characteristics of the family. Subfamilies Ampulicinae, Sphecinae. Almaty, 1998. 377 p. (in Russian) (Dept. in KazgosINTI 7.04.1998, No. 8239 Ka98.)
- 2001. Fauna and biology of burrowing wasps (Hymenoptera, Sphecidae) Kazakhstan and Central Asia. Almaty: KazgosINTI, 207 p.
– 2002. Burrowing wasps (Hymenoptera, Sphecidae) Kazakhstan. Tethys Entomological Research, 4, 176 p
. - 2004. Burrowing wasps (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Sphecidae, Crabronidae) Western Tien Shan. Tethys Entomological Research, 10:97-116.
– 2004. Review of burrowing wasp species (Hymenoptera, Crabronidae=Sphecidae) in the northern Caspian region. Biological Sciences of Kazakhstan. Zoology. 1-2: 25-38.
– 2007 (2006). Faunal survey of burrowing wasps (Hymenoptera, Sphecidae, and Crabronidae) in the Kurgaldzha Nature Reserve and adjacent territories (Central Kazakhstan). Selevinia, 2000:89-94
– 2008. Burrowing wasps (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae, Crabronidae) of loess cliffs in the low mountains of the Trans-Ili Alatau. Tethys Entomological Research, 16:109-116.
– 2008. To the fauna of burrowing wasps (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae, Crabronidae) The Alakol basin. Selevinia (2008):255.
– 2013. Animals of Kazakhstan in photos. Burrowing wasps (Class Insects, order Hymenoptera. TOO “Nur-print”, Almaty. 160 pp.

Kazenas V. L., Esenbekova P. A.
– 2001. Burrowing wasps (Hymenoptera, Sphecidae) of the Almaty Nature Reserve and adjacent territories. Selevinia, 2001:133-137.

Kazenas V. L., Nasyrova S. R.
– 1991. Burrowing wasps – Hymenoptera, Sphecidae) are enemies of Orthoptera in the desert zone of Kazakhstan. Izvestiya AS of the Kazakh SSR, Bioloic Series, 6: 37-40.

Esenbekova P. A., Kazenas V. L.
– 2000. Burrowing wasps (Hymenoptera, Sphecidae) of foothill and low-mountain steppes and semi-deserts of south-eastern Kazakhstan. Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Institute of Zoology. Almaty. 93 p.

Nemkov P. G., Kazenas V. L., Budris E. R., Antropov A.V.
– 1995. Permanently. Sphecoidea. 67. Sem. Sphecidae-Burrowing wasps, pp. 368-480 [In the collection] P. A. Lehr (ed.). Determinant of insects of the Russian Far East in six volumes. Volume IV. Reticuloptera, scorpionflies, and hymenoptera. Part 1. Science, St. Petersburg, 604 p.

Nemkov P. G.
- 2007. 67. Sem. Sphecidae-Burrowing wasps. Supplement, pp. 996-997 [In the collection] A. S. Lelei (ed.). Determinant of insects of the Russian Far East in six volumes. Volume IV. Reticuloptera, scorpionflies, and hymenoptera. Part 5. Dalnauka, Vladivostok. 1052 p.

In fact, this species, which was previously widely known under the name "Sphex maxillosus", has a very wide trans-palearctic range and is quite expected in the Chelyabinsk region.

Oh, by the way, the primary definition was correct.

I'm sorry, but I'd like to know where V. L. Kazenas claimed this?
According to our data, everything is exactly the opposite:

Well, in the one you gave - " 1998. Burrowing wasps (Hymenoptera, Sphecidae). Issue 1. General characteristics of the family. Subfamilies Ampulicinae, Sphecinae. Almaty, 1998. 377 p. (in Russian) (Fauna Kazakhstana vol. 9 Hymenoptera)

Page 93 I quote:
"Sphex funerarius Gussakovskij, 1934

Range: Central and Western China, Mongolia, Altai
Distribution in Kazakhstan: ....This species is not known to the author. "

 

Kazenas, V. L.
– 1969. Materials for the study of burrowing wasps of the genus Sphex L. (Hymenoptera, Sphecidae) in Kazakhstan, pp. 21-22 [In the collection] Materials of the First scientific conference of young specialists and postgraduates. Alma-Ata
– - 1971. Burrowing wasps (Hymenoptera, Sphecidae) of the Trans-Ili Alatau. Proceedings of the Institute of Zoology of the Academy of Sciences of the Kazakh SSR, 32:
153-162– - 1972. Burrowing wasps (Hymenoptera, Sphecidae) of south-eastern Kazakhstan. Proceedings of the All-Union Entomological Society, 55:
93-186, 1974. Feeding of digger wasps – Hymenoptera, Sphecidae). Proceedings of the Institute of Zoology of the Academy of Sciences of the Kazakh SSR, 35:108-113.

I apologize for the impertinence, but to be honest, I didn't understand what you brought to this long list of works? If in support of their words regarding the position of Cazenas, then for example in the works-1978. Burrowing wasps of Kazakhstan and Central Asia (Hymenoptera, Sphecidae). Determinant. Nauka Publishing House of the Kazakh SSR, Alma-Ata, 2007. 67. Sem. Sphecidae-Burrowing wasps. Supplement, pp. 996-997 [In the collection] A. S. Lelei (ed.). Determinant of insects of the Russian Far East in six volumes. Volume IV. Reticuloptera, scorpionflies, and hymenoptera. Part 5. Dalnauka, Vladivostok about Sphex funerarius Guss. not a word.
I apologize again.

I apologize for the impertinence, but to be honest, I didn't understand what you brought to this long list of works? If in support of their words regarding the position of Cazenas, then for example in the works-1978. Burrowing wasps of Kazakhstan and Central Asia (Hymenoptera, Sphecidae). Determinant. Nauka Publishing House of the Kazakh SSR, Alma-Ata, 2007. 67. Sem. Sphecidae-Burrowing wasps. Supplement, pp. 996-997 [In the collection] A. S. Lelei (ed.). Determinant of insects of the Russian Far East in six volumes. Volume IV. Reticuloptera, scorpionflies, and hymenoptera. Part 5. Dalnauka, Vladivostok about Sphex funerarius Guss. not a word.
I apologize again.

I have given this list in order to show that in the works of V. L. Kazenas, Sphex funerarius is mentioned for Kazakhstan many times, although Kazenas himself often confused this name with its synonyms.

Let's understand in detail? Although this is a very complicated story.

So, today the position of this type is as follows::

Sphex funerarius Gussakovskij, 1934

Sphex maxillosus Fabricius, 1793, junior primary homonym of the name Sphex maxillosus Poiret, 1787.

Sphex obscurus Fischer de Waldheim, 1843, junior primary homonym of Sphex obscurus Schrank, 1802, and junior secondary homonym of Sphex obscurus (Fabricius, 1804). Kohl, 1895 reduced it to synonyms for the name Sphex maxillosus Fabricius

Sphex maxillosus varietas pedibus nigris: Zanon, 1925. The name is unsuitable as a polynomial (Article 11.4 of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature)

Sphex funerarius Gussakovskij, 1934. Suitable synonym for Sphex maxillosus Fabricius, 1793, by Menke and Pulawski, 2000

Sphex maxillosus mavromoustakisi de Beaumont, 1947. Junior synonym of Sphex funerarius Gussakovskij, 1934, by Menke and Pulawski, 2000

In a number of studies, the same species appears under the names Sphex flavipennis and Sphex cinereorufocinctus

Sphex rufocinctus (erroneous interpretation by Kohl, 1890, corrected by Menke and Pulawski, 2000 to the name Sphex funerarius). It was first used by Lomholdt, 1975 (Sphecid Fauna of Fennoscandia and Denmark), and after being included in the world revision of burrowing wasps by R. Bohart and Menke, 1976, it was mentioned in many works (later-Boillat, 2012)

For more detailed information, including distribution, please refer to V. Pulavsky's Catalog at:

http://research.calacademy.org/sites/research.calacademy.org/files/Departments/ent/sphecidae/Genera_and_species_pdf/Sphex.pdf

At the same time, it would be very useful to get acquainted with the article itself, which contains the entire history of these changes (I myself once actively contributed to its completion by providing Arnold and Voitech with the necessary materials defined by Gussakovsky).:

MENKE, A.S., and W.J. PULAWSKI
2000. A review of the Sphex flavipennis species group (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Sphecidae: Sphecini). Journal of Hymenoptera Research, 9(2):324-346.

http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2858391
http://www.archive.org/details/journalofhymenop09inte

In progress:

Kazenas V. L. 1978. Burrowing wasps of Kazakhstan and Central Asia (Hymenoptera, Sphecidae). Determinant. Nauka Publishing House of the Kazakh SSR, Alma-Ata. 172 pp.

The same type is mentioned on page 40:

10(9). ... Southern and Central Europe, North Africa, South-West Asia, Central Asia, Kazakhstan, Mongolia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S. (S.) maxillosus F.

For obvious reasons, Cazenas considered Sphex funerarius, described from China, and Sphex maxillosus, described from Northwest Africa, to be different species. Accordingly, the first type was not included in the work.

In addition, Cazenas accepted (as did many other sphecidologists, including myself for the time being, since I did not specifically deal with sphex) the view of Bohart and Menke (1976), who believed that because of the homonymy of Sphex maxillosus, Sphex described from Greece should be considered a suitable synonym for it rufocinctus Brullé, 1833. This name was already synonymized with Sphex maxillosus by Kohl (Kohl, 1890). That is why in many works (including Kazenas, 1998) the names Sphex rufocinctus and Sphex funerarius appear separately.


However, Menke and Pulawski (2000) found that Kohl was mistaken, and the name Sphex rufocinctus is a junior synonym for the name of another species, Sphex flavipennis.

Finally, in addition to the Determinant of the Far East:

Nemkov P. G. 2007. 67. Sem. Sphecidae-Burrowing wasps. Supplement, pp. 996-997 [In the collection] A. S. Lelei (ed.). Determinant of insects of the Russian Far East in six volumes. Volume IV. Reticuloptera, scorpionflies, and hymenoptera. Part 5. Dalnauka, Vladivostok. 1052 p.

On page 997 it appears (exactly according to Menke and Pulawski, 2000):

3. Sphex L.
S. funerarius Gussakovskij (= S. rufocinctus Brullé, 1833) – Altai, southern European part of Russia. – China (Gansu, Inner Mongolia, Heilongjiang), Mongolia, Afghanistan, Iran, Kaz., Wed. Asia, Turkey, SW Asia, W Europe, W Africa.

These are the taxonomic and nomenclatural wilds. If there is something unclear, I will try to explain it on occasion.

I don't know how far east Sphex funerarius is in the country, but it also exists in the Krasnoyarsk Territory.

can someone tell me what kind of scoliasis. 2014 year. Ussuriysk.

I don't know how far east Sphex funerarius is in the country, but it also exists in the Krasnoyarsk Territory.

Nemkov P. G. "Annotated catalog of burrowing wasps (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae, Crabronidae) of the Asian part of Russia", 2009
( http://www.antvid.org/PDF/Lit/nemkov2009_a...s_az_rossii.pdf )
The following is written:
Sphex funerarius Gussakovskij, 1934a: 3,♀, ♂ lectotype [denoted by Menke and Pulawski, 000: 333]–♂, China, Gansu, "Bei-lung-shui", [NRS]). Sphex rufocinctus Brullé, 1833:
Nemkov et al., 1995: 384; Nemkov, 2007b: 997. Material. 9 copies were studied. from Russia and Kazakhstan. Distribution. Russia: Bryansk Region, Voronezh Region, Saratov Region, Rostov region, North Caucasus, Astrakhan region, Ulyanovsk Region, Samara Region, Orenburg Region, Altai. – France, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, Italy (including Sicily and Sardinia), Germany, Austria, Croatia, Albania, Greece (including Crete), Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Malta, Cyprus, Sweden (Gotland), Lithuania, Belarus, Ukraine, Turkey, Syria, Israel, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Iran, Afghanistan, Mongolia, China (Gansu, Inner Mongolia, Heilongjiang), Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt.

Nemkov P. G. "Annotated catalog of burrowing wasps (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae, Crabronidae) of the Asian part of Russia", 2009
( http://www.antvid.org/PDF/Lit/nemkov2009_a...s_az_rossii.pdf )
The following is written:
Sphex funerarius Gussakovskij, 1934a: 3,♀, ♂ lectotype [denoted by Menke and Pulawski, 000: 333]–♂, China, Gansu, "Bei-lung-shui", [NRS]). Sphex rufocinctus Brullé, 1833:
Nemkov et al., 1995: 384; Nemkov, 2007b: 997. Material. 9 copies were studied. from Russia and Kazakhstan. Distribution. Russia: Bryansk Region, Voronezh Region, Saratov Region, Rostov region, North Caucasus, Astrakhan region, Ulyanovsk Region, Samara Region, Orenburg Region, Altai. – France, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, Italy (including Sicily and Sardinia), Germany, Austria, Croatia, Albania, Greece (including Crete), Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Malta, Cyprus, Sweden (Gotland), Lithuania, Belarus, Ukraine, Turkey, Syria, Israel, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Iran, Afghanistan, Mongolia, China (Gansu, Inner Mongolia, Heilongjiang), Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt.

E. N. Akulov M. Yu. Proshchalykin Readings in memory of A. I. Kurentsov 2013.Jura was first recorded in the Altai, and we recorded it in the Krasnoyarsk Territory )
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can someone tell me what kind of scoliasis. 2014 year. Ussuriysk.

Scolia (Discolia) sinensis Saussure, 1864, not suitable?

Scolia (Discolia) sinensis Saussure, 1864, not suitable?

let's check it out
thank you

please tell me who is Megachile? Lithurgus?
and could they have done this to the log, or did they populate the campanotus passages?
Tambov, our days there is no more information
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Surroundings of Kirovo-Chepetsk, Kirov region. July.
I assume Chrysis ignita. Or am I wrong?

Good afternoon!

Please tell me the definition of this wasp.

14.07.2013
Ukraine; Chernihiv region; Srebnyansky district; outskirts of Gurbentsy village; Lobodernoye district



Thank you in advance!

please tell me who is Megachile? Lithurgus?
and could they have done this to the log, or did they populate the campanotus passages?
Tambov, our days there is no more information
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It is quite easy to identify (at least species from the territory of the former USSR). Females have a horn on their "face". Megahills don't have this horn. The "horn" may vary in size and shape, but it is there.
As far as I can remember, they use other people's holes more readily than they gnaw out their own. They gnaw out the exit chambers, using wood dust for the cork. Yes, the wood should be dry, not affected by mold. I may be somewhat inaccurate... I studied their nests 30 years ago.

This is Cerceris, a specialist in the region will say more, but it would be better if you gave the size instead of such a detailed label, or even better-take a picture (even if it's disgusting) of the muzzle.

Thanks for the hint, I will try to correct myself tonight and add the missing information

please tell me who is Megachile? Lithurgus?

Lithurgus
at least the upper bee has an outgrowth of the platypus

This post was edited by alex 2611-23.07.2014 23: 48

Lithurgus
at least the upper bee has an outgrowth of the platypus

Replica from yesterday at 14.09.

Lithurgus
at least the upper bee has an outgrowth of the platypus

I've never seen such people in my country.
Only after your message I realized what kind of rod, and then the picture immediately did not see the horns.

I've never seen such people in my country.
Only after your message I realized what kind of rod, and then the picture immediately did not see the horns.

I was here a couple of years ago for a long time chasing such a female on all possible determinants of megahills. Then he glanced at the trim panel.
Well, it's not really horns, but rather a plate, no?
Horns are in some osmia

Comment from yesterday at 14.09.

I saw that I don't claim any priorities
It's just that you didn't tell Evgeny directly and unambiguously. what he has in the photo Lithurgus, SO I CLARIFIED.

I saw that I don't claim any priorities
It's just that you didn't tell Evgeny directly and unambiguously. what he has in the photo of Lithurgus, SO I CLARIFIED.

there was a time when Nomada was Gorytes, so this is not the worst case yet)))

there was a time when Nomada was Gorytes, so this is not the worst case yet)))

I always said - learn wing venation. This is our everything

In Liturgies, the "horn" or outgrowth of the platypus varies in length and width. It can also be barely noticeable... This is where the agony with the definition of "strange megahila" begins:). But it can also be very noticeable. In Armenia, I caught a couple of individuals whose "horn" is comparable in length to half the length of the head... In general, females use it when setting up a nest and capping larval chambers with a cork made of wood dust and sawdust.

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and could they have done this to the log, or did they populate the campanotus passages?
Tambov, our days there is no more information

sorry for the offtop, but...
Today I visited the disaster site for work. I have seen many houses, baths, and other structures devoured, but I have never seen such horror The" swarm " of lithurg was twisting under the roof of a private house. the picture in the attic looked even worse than in the photo. all the logs (about 30 cm in diameter) of the upper crown were riddled with passages and flight holes liturg and not only, to the pile, there are also xylocopa worked!!! verdict: not subject to processing. change the crowns.

I always said - learn wing venation. This is our everything

Well, I couldn't even imagine that there are such naked bees
Alexey, I flew in families, not genera

It's the most horrifying thing I've ever seen The" swarm " of lithurg was twisting under the roof of a private house. the picture in the attic looked even worse than in the photo.

I should have caught it!

Good afternoon!
Anyone interested in a collection or for studying chalcids Monodontomerus obacurus. I try to create something like a reserve for solitary bees. There are O. rufa, O. cornuta. I am looking for cocoons of leafcutters, blue osmium, two-colored osmium, woolworms. Chalcides are waste products.

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sorry for the offtop, but...
Today I visited the disaster site for work. I have seen many houses, baths, and other structures devoured, but I have never seen such horror The" swarm " of lithurg was twisting under the roof of a private house. the picture in the attic looked even worse than in the photo. all the logs (about 30 cm in diameter) of the upper crown were riddled with passages and flight holes liturg and not only, to the pile, there are also xylocopa worked!!! verdict: not subject to processing. change the crowns.

Offtop. Why the horror?????? Ready-made apidological microzapovednik!!!!!! And if the crowns are changed - do not throw away the logs, but leave them at the height of a man's height. In addition to xylocop and Lithurgs, there are a lot of interesting things that can be done there!!!!! Yes! Look at the cuckoo parasites! I can hardly even imagine what you can record there!!!!! At least 3-4 unusual views with a guarantee!!!!! And it would not be bad to look at T-shirts there in the spring... Very pleasant surprises are possible!

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Actually, it's a hawk moth. Put it in the correct section, and then delete it!

Thank you very much!

Please tell me what kind of riders they are. Moscow region, mid-July.

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And according to my(URL#5604) can I say something?

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And according to my(URL#5604) can I say something?

If they don't answer earlier , I'll say something on monday

What kind of camponotus? Cambodia.

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Surroundings of Kirovo-Chepetsk, Kirov region. July 28.
Ammophila sabulosa?



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