Episyron albonotatum

Episyron albonotatum (Vander Linden, 1827) Figs 4 A – F, 5 A – H Pompilus albonotatus Vander Linden, 1827: 328, ♀. Type locality: « en Dalmatie » [Croatia]. Episyron albonotatum: Jakubzik, 1998: 254, ♀ ♂. Episyron ordinarius corsicus Priesner, 1965 –66: 42, ♀ (Zigliana). Episyron albonotatum sardonium Priesner; Wolf 1978: 75, ♀ ♂ (Aleria, Asco, Motifao). Material examined. CHINA • 2 ♀♀; Inner Mongolia, Liangcheng County, Daihai; 40°57'N, 112°69'E; 6. IX. 2013; coll. Li Jiang; sweep net (YNAU); CHINA • 1 ♀; Inner Mongolia, Helan Mountain, Xiangchizi; 38°49'N, 105°52'E; 9. VIII. 2010; coll. Fangzhou Ma, sweep net (YNAU); CHINA • 1 ♂; Inner Mongolia, Tongliao Forest Park; 43°65'N, 112°32'E; 12. VII. 2006; coll. Haiyan Zhang; sweep net (YNAU); CHINA • 1 ♂; Inner Mongolia, Tongliao City, Daqinggou National Nature Reserve; 42°43'N, 112°08'E; 11. VII. 2006; coll. Ming Luo; sweep net (YNAU); CHINA • 1 ♂; Inner Mongolia, Hailaer National Forest Park; 49°21'N, 123°45'E; 3. VII. 2006; coll. Ming Luo; sweep net (YNAU). Diagnosis. Female. Body length 6.8–12.3 mm; fore wing 6.2–10.5 mm. Body largely black, following markings yellow: narrow and long stripes along inner and outer orbits, one spot on tegulae, and paired roundish spots on T 2 -3 basolaterally; light yellow spots on T 4-5 usually hidden (Fig. 5 A, B). Apex of fore femora, most of mid and hind femora and all tibiae reddish; spur brown; squamiform pubescence usually brown (Fig. 5 A, D). Fore wings slightly dark, with brownish apical band; pterostigma rounded posteriorly (Fig. 5 E). Tarsomere 1 with three long flattened outer spines, slightly widening or almost parallel-sided toward subapex (Fig. 5 F). POD: OOD = 1.0–1.1; F 1 length 4.4–4.9 times its maximum width. Male. Body length 7.0– 9.6 mm; fore wing 5.4–7.2 mm. Body largely black, following markings yellow: narrow stripes along posterior margin of eyes, indistinct spots on inner orbits; paired large yellow spots on T 3 basolaterally (sometimes connected), and entirely on T 7 (Fig. 6 A – C). Hind tibia reddish (apically black) (Fig. 6 A). Squamiform pubescence usually white (Fig. 6 D). POD: OOD = 1.0; F 1 length 1.45–1.56 times its maximum width (Loktionov and Lelej 2014). Distribution. Palearctic region: France, Germany, Iran, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Morocco, Russia, Syria, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, China (Inner Mongolia) (Junco and Reyes 1963; Wolf and Moczar 1995; Wolf 1998, 2003; Loktionov and Lelej 2014, 2017).