Leipomeles albogrisea ( Richards, 1978 )

Somavilla, Alexandre, Vieira, Gabriel Santos, Andena, Sérgio Ricardo, Noll, Fernando Barbosa & Carpenter, James M., 2023, A phylogenetic approach to the Neotropical social wasp genus Leipomeles Möbius, 1856 (Vespidae: Epiponini), with a new identification key, American Museum Novitates 2023 (4006), pp. 1-12 : 3

Leipomeles albogrisea ( Richards, 1978)

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Marimbonda albogrisea Richards, 1978 , ffie Social Wasps of the Americas: 201 (key), 202, fig. 84, female, male – “ BRAZIL: MT, base camp, 12°50′S, 51°47′W ” (holotype female Rio de Janeiro).

– Carpenter and Mateus, 2004, Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 48 (3): fig. 5 (male genitalia).

DISTRIBUTION: Brazil: Mato Grosso.

COMMENTS: According to Richards (1978) the holotype of this species is in the Museu Nacional of Rio de Janeiro ( MNRJ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil); this holotype was probably lost in the fire on September 2nd, 2018. Here we insert images of a paratype from the Natural History Museum ( NHM, London), from the same location and same expedition .

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FIGURE 1. Leipomeles species, lateral view. A. Leipomeles albogrisea (Richards, 1978) paratype. B. Leipomeles dorsata (Fabricius, 1804). C. Leipomeles pusilla (Ducke, 1904). D. Leipomeles spilogaster (Cameron, 1912).

FIGURE 2. Leipomeles species, face, frontal view.A. Leipomeles albogrisea (Richards, 1978) paratype. B. Leipomeles dorsata (Fabricius, 1804). C. Leipomeles pusilla (Ducke, 1904). D. Leipomeles spilogaster (Cameron, 1912).