Pseudoscotaena polistoides (Turner)

Carnimeo, Fernando Henrique & Noll, Fernando Barbosa, 2018, On the dumping ground genus Scotaena Klug, 1810 (Hymenoptera: Tiphiidae: Thynninae): Phylogeny, taxonomy and geographic distribution, Zootaxa 4399 (4), pp. 451-490 : 474

Pseudoscotaena polistoides (Turner)

( Figs 76–79 , 125, 130 )

Scotaena polistoides ( Thynnus polistoides, Burmeister ) Turner, 1910b: 182–183. BRAZIL: Paraná, 1♂ and 1♀ in copula, december (Burmeister) (MfN, NHM–UK–UK); PARAGUAY: Asunción, 6♂ (Anisits) (MfN, NHM–UK); San Bernardino, 1♂ and 1♀ (Fiebrig) (MfN, NHM–UK).

Elaphroptera diodon . Bréthes, 1910: 221–222.

Scotaena polistoides . Kimsey, 1992: 134. Kimsey & Brown, 1993: 323, Lectotype design, 1♂, PARAGUAY : Asunción ( NHM – UK) ; Paralectotypes: Asunción and San Bernardino , Paraguay, 2♂ and 2♀ ( MfN, NHM –UK). Kimsey, 2004a: 511. Carnimeo et al, 2017: 255.

Distribution. Pseudoscotaena polistoides also seem to be an abundant species, being recorded from regions of Chaco, Pantanal and Atlantic Forest. The known localities registered are: Paraná, Brazil (NHM– UK, MfN, MACN). Asunción, Paraguay (NHM– UK, MfN). San Bernardino, Paraguay (NHM– UK, MfN). Villa Monte, Bolivia; Uruguai (MfN). Paraguay (AMNH). Fazenda Rio Grande, Cajuru, São Paulo, Brazil; Parque Estadual de Vila Velha, Paraná, Brazil; 12km SE from Jaíba, Minas Gerais, Brazil; Estação Ecológica de Jataí, Luís Antônio, São Paulo, Brazil; Macaé, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (DZUP). Salgadeira, Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil (CEMT). Fazenda Floresta, Três Lagoas, Mato Grosso, Brazil (MZUSP). Macaubal, São Paulo, Brazil; Magda, São Paulo, Brazil; Planalto, São Paulo, Brazil (DZSJRP).

Discussion. The type specimen was labelled by Burmeister as Thynnus polistoides , but no description was published. Turner (1910b) then described the species in Scotaena , carrying polistoides as a manuscript name.

Figures

FIGURES 76–79. Pseudoscotaena polistoides, holotype male. 76, frontal head; 77, lateral habitus; 78, epipygium; 79, dorsal habitus.Scale bar = 1mm.

FIGURES 122–133. Pseudoscotaena and Pampathynnus characters. 122, 128: Pseudoscotaena decora; 124: P. duckei; 123, 131: P.fastuosa; 125, 130: P. polistoides. 126, 129, 132:Pampathynnus pubescens; 127, 133:P.vigilii. Scale bar = 1mm.