Polistes (Epicnemius) torresae Silveira, 1996

Brito, Samanta, Oliveira, Marcio L., Carpenter, James M. & Somavilla, Alexandre, 2024, The genus Polistes Latreille, 1802 (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) of Brazil: morphological diagnoses, identification key, and geographical distribution, Zootaxa 5496 (4), pp. 509-545 : 536

Polistes (Epicnemius) torresae Silveira, 1996

( Figs 79, 80 )

Polistes (Epicnemius) torresae Silveira in Carpenter 1996b: 33, new name for Polistes occultus Silveira, 1994 (nom. preocc., nec Polistes occultus Kojima, 1988 ).

Diagnosis. Female. Body pigmentation black, with a matte appearance and yellow marks on the body, bands in the scutellum, propodeal area, and metanotum. Wings pigmentation hyaline and matte; Intermediate size, about 18 mm in total length. Clypeus long than wider, covered by short bristles at its base becoming long toward the apex, and large and deep punctures in the lower region, apex pointed, clypeus-eye touching for an extent equal to or greater than width of antennal socket; central region of the gena smaller than the eyes; occipital carina strong; humeri slightly projecting; pronotal fovea absent; mesepisternum with short and dense bristles small and shallow punctation; propodeal concavity and striae absent; tergum I longer than wide, with short and dense bristles, and weak, small, and shallow punctures; tergum II wider or as wide as long with short and dense bristles, weakly punctate. Male. unknown.

Material examined. 8♀ in total. Brazil: Acre , 2♀ ( MNB); Amazonas , 1♀ ( INPA); Maranhão , 1♀ ( INPA); Pará , 4♀ ( MNB) .

Distribution. Brazil: Acre, Amazonas, Maranhão, Pará, Rondônia.

Figures

FIGURES 77–86. Polistes spp. 77, 78. P. (Epicnemius) thoracicus Fox. 79, 80. P. (E.) torresae Silveira. 81, 82. P. (Onerarius) carnifex (Fabricius). 83, 84. P. (Palisotius) major Palisot de Beauvois. 85, 86. P. (P.) paraguayensis Bertoni. 77, 79, 81, 83, 85. Dorsal view.78, 80, 82, 84, 86. Lateral view. Scale bars: 5 mm.