Protopolybia iheringi Ducke, 1910

Dos Santos Junior, José N. A., Silveira, Orlando T. & Carpenter, James M., 2020, Taxonomic revision of the Protopolybia picteti - emortualis species-group (Richards 1978), with descriptions of two new species (Hymenoptera: Vespidae, Polistinae), Zootaxa 4729 (2), pp. 228-248 : 238

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Protopolybia iheringi Ducke, 1910 View in CoL

( Figs. 45, 46, 47, 48 View FIGURES 45–55 )

Polybia pumila: R. von Ihering 1904: 176 , 247 (part).

Protopolybia iheringi Ducke, 1910: 469 View in CoL , 474 (lectotype: ♀ Peru, Maracapata (MZUSP)), examined; paralectotype: 3♀ ( MPEG), examined .

Protopolybia iheringi: Richards 1978: 139 View in CoL , 148 (designation of lectotype); Overal 1978: 11; Nascimento & Overal 1979: 11; Carpenter 1999: 17; Rasmussen & Asenjo 2009: 50.

Diagnosis. Length of fore wing 4.50–5.12 mm; metanotal process with apex truncated; propodeum with wide and deep excavated cavity; species black, with few yellow marks; T1–T3 with distal narrow bands; male with ventral process of aedeagus approximately trapezoidal, not projecting laterally, strongly sclerotized and not serrated ( Fig. 47 View FIGURES 45–55 ); preapical region of aedeagus angular ( Fig. 47 View FIGURES 45–55 ).

Male Genitalia. Parameral spine narrow, without elongate bristles; basal and apical angle of paramere widened ( Fig. 45 View FIGURES 45–55 ); digitus narrow, with apical margin approximately rounded ( Fig. 48 View FIGURES 45–55 ); basal process and posterodorsal lobe of digitus narrow and acuminate ( Fig. 48 View FIGURES 45–55 ); digitus and cuspis covered with few elongated bristles; ventral process of aedeagus approximately trapezoidal, not projecting laterally, strongly sclerotized and not serrated ( Fig. 47 View FIGURES 45–55 ); preapical region of aedeagus angular ( Fig. 47 View FIGURES 45–55 ).

Material examined. PERU: Madre de Dios, 1♀, Quincemil, on branch R . Manu , viii.1962 (L.E. Pena) ( AMNH) ;

Distribution. Peru.

References

Carpenter, J. M. (1999) Taxonomic notes on paper wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae, Polistinae). American Museum Novitates, 3259, 1 - 44.

Ducke, A. (1910) Revision des guepes sociales polygames d'Amerique. Annales Historico Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici, 8, 449 - 544.

Nascimento, P. T. R. & Overal, W. L. (1979) Contribuicoes entomologicas de Adolpho Ducke: Taxonomia e Bibliografia. Boletim do Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi, Nova Series, Zoology, 95, 1 - 17.

Overal, W. L. (1978) Designacao de lectotipos de onze especies de vespas sociais descritas por Adolpho Ducke, e notas sobre a colecao Ducke (Hymenoptera: Vespidae). Boletim do Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi, 94, 1 - 14.

Rasmussen, C. & Asenjo, A. (2009) A checklist to the wasps of Peru (Hymenoptera, Aculeata). Zookeys, 15, 1 - 78. https: // doi. org / 10.3897 / zookeys. 15.196

Richards, O. W. (1978) The social wasps of the Americas excluding the Vespinae. British Museum (Natural History), London, 580 pp.

Von Ihering, R. (1904) As vespas sociaes do Brazil. Revista do Museu Paulista, 6, 97 - 309.

Figures

FIGURES 45–55. 45, 46, 47, 48. Protopolybia iheringi; 49, 50, 51, 52. Protopolybia nitida; 53, 54, 55. Protopolybia picteti. 45, 49, 53. Parameres of the male genitalia. 46, 47, 50, 51, 54. Aedeagus in dorsal and lateral view. 48, 52, 55. Volsella of male genitalia in lateral view. Scale 0.2 mm. ps, parameral spine; par, preapical region