Polistes (Aphanilopterus) Meunier, 1888
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Polistes (Aphanilopterus) Meunier, 1888
Aphanilopterus Meunier, 1888: 302 . Type species: Aphanilopterus vagabundus Meunier, 1888 [= Vespa lanio Fabricius, 1775 ], by monotypy.
Polistarchus Richards, 1973: 94 , 95, 101. Type species: Vespa canadensis Linnaeus, 1758 , by original designation. Syn. n.
INCLUDED SPECIES: P. adelphus View in CoL , P. annularis , P. apicalis View in CoL , P. arizonensis View in CoL , P. aterrimus View in CoL , P.bahamensis View in CoL , P. bequaertellus View in CoL , P. biguttatus View in CoL , P. binotatus View in CoL , P. brevifissus View in CoL , P. buyssoni View in CoL , P. canadensis , P. cavapyta View in CoL , P. cavapytiformis View in CoL , P. comanchus View in CoL , P. consobrinus View in CoL , P. crinitus View in CoL , P. cubensis View in CoL , P. dominicus View in CoL , P. eburneus View in CoL , P. erythrocephalus View in CoL , P. exclamans View in CoL , P. ferreri View in CoL , P. franciscanus View in CoL , P. goeldii View in CoL , P. huacapistana View in CoL , P. incertus View in CoL , P. infuscatus View in CoL , P. instabilis View in CoL , P. kaiababensis , P. lanio , P. lineonotus View in CoL , P. maranonensis View in CoL , P. melanotus View in CoL , P. mexicanus View in CoL , P. minor View in CoL , P. myersi View in CoL , P. ninabamba View in CoL , P. notatipes View in CoL , P. oculatus View in CoL , P. penai View in CoL , P. peruvianus View in CoL , P. pseudoculatus View in CoL , P. ridleyi View in CoL , P. rufidens , P. satan , P. simillimus , P. stabilinus , P. veracrucis , P. versicolor , P. weyrauchorum , and P. xanthogaster .
DIAGNOSIS: Body of moderate to large size, 10–25 mm in length, some species large, 30 mm in length. Species with varying pigmentation: totally dark brown or black to yellowish, or with extensive yellow or reddish spots. Malar space transverse. Clypeus in female touching eyes for an extent equal or greater than diameter of antennal socket; in males usually touching eyes. Pronotal fovea present but somewhat reduced in some species. Epicnemial carina completely absent. Mesepisternal dorsal groove conspicuous and complete, except for P. penai and P. oculatus in which is weak and incomplete. Propodeal striae varied, sometimes mostly weak, stronger only on central concavity, sometimes strong and extending to propodeal margin. Tergum I longer than wide, gradually widened in lateral view. Last sternum without tubercles. Male genitalia with aedeagus slender, teeth on the apical portion reduced, sometimes medium sized; penis valve dilated and nonbilobed or weakly bilobed, digitus with developed apical process and rounded anteroventral lobe.
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Polistes (Aphanilopterus) Meunier, 1888
Somavilla, Alexandre, Santos, Bernardo F., Carpenter, James M., Andena, Sérgio Ricardo & Oliveira, Márcio Luiz 2021 |
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Richards, O. W. 1973: 94 |