Pseudonortonia henrica ( Cameron, 1908 )

Selis, Marco & Nguyen, Lien Thi Phuong, 2024, The Oriental species of the genus Pseudonortonia Giordani Soika (Hymenoptera Vespidae: Eumeninae), Zootaxa 5477 (2), pp. 171-194 : 182-183

Pseudonortonia henrica ( Cameron, 1908)

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Odynerus henricus Cameron 1908: 306 , ♂ —“ Bombay ” (NHMUK, type no. 18.296).

Diagnosis. Distinguished from the other Oriental species of Pseudonortonia by the short T1 and the basally concave S2.

Material examined. HOLOTYPE OF ODYNERUS HENRICUS : ♂ labeled “Type [circular label with red border] // Ancistrocerus / henricus Cam / Type Bombay // P. Cameron Coll. / 1914-110. // B.M. TYPE / HYM. / 18.296 // [QR code] NHMUK015610166” ( NHMUK).

Distribution. India: Maharastra ( Cameron 1908) ( Fig. 10 ).

Notes. Pseudonortonia henrica is distinct among the Oriental species of Pseudonortonia in possessing propodeum and T1 more similar to some African and Arabian species of the genus. The placement in Pseudonortonia , originally proposed by Giordani Soika (1941), is here provisionally maintained. The club-shaped antenna and the morphology of the second sternite place this species close to other genera with carinate T1 such as Subancistrocerus de Saussure and Stenancistrocerus de Saussure , and are also observed in an undescribed Eumenine wasp from Pakistan with uncertain generic affinities (M. Selis, unpublished data). The actual generic attribution of Pseudonortonia henrica will have to be discussed in the light of a phylogenetic study of Pseudonortonia and related genera.

Figures

FIGURE 7. Pseudonortonia henrica (Cameron, 1908), male holotype. A, habitus, dorsal view. B, habitus, lateral view. C, labels. © The trustees of the Natural History Museum.

FIGURE 10. Distribution map of the Oriental species of Pseudonortonia.