Corresponding author: Neveen S. Gadallah (
Academic editor: M. Ohl
The genus
Gadallah NS, Soliman AM (2014) The genus
The genus
Members of the genus
In Egypt, the genus
The present study is based on specimens collected from Wadi Allaqi (Aswan, Southern Egypt) and Kom Osheim (Fayoum) and those deposited in the Egyptian insect collections as well as previous records from Egypt. Sampling was done by means of pitfall traps. Morphological terms are based on
= The Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom = Efflatoun Bey collection, Entomology Department, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt = Egyptian Entomological Society collection, Cairo, Egypt = Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France = Museo Civico di Storia Naturale ’G. Doria’, Genoa, Italy = Ministry of Agriculture collection, Giza, Egypt
= first, second, third, etc., antennal flagellomeres = first, second, third, etc., metasomal sternites = first, second, third, etc., metasomal tergites
1 | Both first and second metasomal segments red ( |
2 |
– | First metasomal segment red, the second black ( |
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2 | Mesosomal dorsum, T2 & T3 closely regularly longitudinally striate ( |
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– | Mesosomal dorsum punctate, T2 foveolate, T3 closely longitudinally striate | 3 |
3 | Body length 5.5 mm; malar space slightly longer than longitudinal eye diameter; mid and hind coxae entirely red; T1 superficially punctate, T2 with ellipsoid foveae separated by longitudinal ridges ( |
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– | Body length 8 mm; malar space slightly shorter than longitudinal eye diameter; mid and hind coxae red, with yellow apices; T1 deeply foveate, T2 and T3 with ellipsoid foveae separated by longitudinal ridges ( |
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4 | Body length 8 mm; red of the body dark; mandible bidentate sub-apically; T2 and T3 black with interrupted ridges forming deep widely spaced ellipsoid punctures ( |
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– | Body length 6 mm; red of the body light; mandible edentate; T2 and T3 blackish red ( |
Egypt, 1 ♀, Kom Osheim (Fayoum), 30.v.2013 (leg. Ahmad M. Soliman) [CUE].
Saudi Arabia, Yemen (
Egypt, 8 ♀, Wadi Assiouti (Assiout), 1–2.iv.1917 (leg. André) [PPDD]; 1♀, Cairo, with no date (leg. Adair) [PPDD]; 1♀, Mokattam (Cairo), April (leg. Innes Bey) [ESEC]; 1♀, without locality or date (leg. Ferrant) [ESEC].
Wadi Hoff (Helwan), Bir Um Reiga (Red Sea), Massara (Cairo), Wadi Digla (Cairo), Wadi Garawi (Helwan), Wadi el-Tih (Sinai) (
Egypt; Saudi Arabia (
Holotype ♀: Egypt, Wadi Assiouti, Assiout [
Distributional map of
1 | Body length 5.5 mm; metasomal tergites with distinct dense fasciae of silvery bristle-like hairs at posterior margin, inwardly directed and crossed centrally; S2 without sub-lateral blackish spots; mandibles entirely red | |
– | Body length 3.5 mm; metasomal tergites with few silvery hairs at posterior margins; S2 with sub-lateral blackish spots; mandibles brownish at distal half |
The name
Holotype ♀: Southern Egypt, Wadi Allaqi, Aswan [
The specific name originates from Wadi Allaqi (Aswan, southern Egypt), the type locality.
Holotype ♀: Egypt, Kafr Hakim, Giza [
This species is named in honour of the late Prof. Yahia Ezzat (the professor of the first author).
Sincere gratitude to Prof. Denis Brothers (University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa), for critical reviewing and kind efforts to improve the manuscript.