Protopolybia panamensis (Zavattari, 1906)

(Fig 40)

Chartergus panamensis Zavattari, 1906: 4 . Holotype: ♀, Panama, Colon (MRSN, Turin), not examined.

Chartergus acutiscutis Cameron, 1907: 188 . Holotype: ♀, Belize (BMNH), examined.

Pseudochartergus panamensis: Richards 1978: 154, 157; Carpenter & Wenzel 1990: 181, 183.

Protopolybia panamensis: Sarmiento 1994: 359; West-Eberhard et al. 1995: 586; Silveira & Carpenter 1996 (1995): 49 (male, Panama).

Diagnosis. Length of fore wing 5.21 mm; eyes glabrous; gena narrow; pronotum and mesoscutum with conspicuous bristles; pronotal carina laterally very developed, angular, however not forming an acute carina; prominence in front of the pronotal fovea developed, but short and low; propodeal valves distinctly widened posteriorly (Fig. 40). Posterior margin of pronotum and prominence in front of the pronotal fovea marked; scutellum and metanotum with extensive yellow spots.

Material examined. BELIZE: 1♀, Belize (BMNH) .

Distribution. Belize; Colombia; Costa Rica; Guatemala; Honduras; Panama.