Leipomeles pusilla ( Ducke, 1904 )

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 : 5-6

Leipomeles pusilla ( Ducke, 1904)

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Chartergus pusillus Ducke, 1904 , Boletim do Museu Goeldi, Pará 4: 325, 329 (key), 336, female – [ Brazil] “Belem do Pará” (lectotype Paris); also from Oyapoc. – Richards, 1978, ffie Social Wasps of the Americas: 202 (designation of lectotype). – Nascimento and Overal, 1979, Boletim do Museu Goeldi (N. S.) 95: 9 (list). – Carpenter, 1999, American Museum Novitates. 3259: 10 (notes on types).

Parachartergus pusillus ; Ducke, 1905, Annual Review of Entomology, Caen 24: 15; 1905, Boletim do Museu Goeldi, Pará 4: 667; 1907, Boletim do Museu Goeldi , Pará 5: 159 (key); 1910, Annales historico-naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici 8: 528 (key), 530 .

Pseudopolybia pusilla ; Ducke, 1914, Zoologische Jahrbücher Abteilung für Systematik 36: 319, 327; 1918, Revista do Museu Paulista 10: 349. – Bequaert, 1938, Annual Review of Entomology , Rio de Janeiro 9: 113.

Marimbonda pusilla ; Richards, 1978, ffie Social Wasps of the Americas: 201 (key), 202, fig. 84. – Overal, 1978, Boletim do Museu Goeldi (N.S.), Zool. 94: 9 (list).

DISTRIBUTION: Peru: Huánuco; Brazil: Amapá, Amazonas, Pará.

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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).