Afrepipona macrocephala (Gribodo, 1894)

Selis, Marco & Carpenter, James M., 2024, Revision of the Afrotropical genus Afrepipona Giordani Soika, 1965 and description of Afrepsilon gen. nov. (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae), European Journal of Taxonomy 944, pp. 1-80 : 26-28

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2024.944.2607
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12808599
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scientific name	Afrepipona macrocephala (Gribodo, 1894)
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Treatment

Afrepipona macrocephala (Gribodo, 1894) View in CoL

Figs 11 View Fig , 27G View Fig

Odynerus macrocephalus Gribodo View in CoL in Emery et al. 1894: 60.

Diagnosis

Recognized by the following characters: clypeus 1.5 × (female) or 1.4 × (male) as wide as long ( Fig. 11B–C View Fig ); vertex 2.1 × (female) and 1.9 × (male) as long as distance between posterior ocellus and inner eye margin ( Fig. 11E View Fig ); mesosoma 1.3 × as long as wide; pronotal carina highly lamellate on whole length, exceeding half ocellar diameter on humeri; apical translucent margin of T2 twice as long as that on T1, separated from rest of tergite by large shallow punctures, pigmented digitations running between punctures ( Fig. 11F View Fig ); head and mesosoma with matte brassy reflections, sparsely punctured and interspaces mostly equal to puncture diameter, dorsal face of propodeum mostly impunctate laterally, punctures on T1–2 fine and shallow. Genitalia in Fig. 27G View Fig .

Type material

Holotype

MOZAMBIQUE • ♀; shore of Magnarra river ; 1848; Fornasini leg.; MZUB.

Other material examined

MOZAMBIQUE • 1 ♂; Delagoa, Rikatla ; Junod leg.; MSNVE • 1 ♀; Mozambique; Muir leg.; MSNVE .

Distribution

Mozambique (Gribodo 1894).

Remarks

The records from Ethiopia published by Giordani Soika (1952: 82) refer to the newly described Afrepipona orientalis sp. nov.

The male described and imaged by Gusenleitner (2011) is an Antodynerus de Saussure, 1855 , probably A. kelneri Giordani Soika, 1965 or a closely related species. It’s to be noted that the provenance of that male specimen is uncertain, as Gusenleitner only listed three females in the examined material. Given this misidentification, the records of females from Kenya and Tanzania are here omitted.