Protopolybia picteti (de Saussure, 1854)

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 : 240-244

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Protopolybia picteti (de Saussure, 1854) View in CoL

( Figs 53, 54, 55 View FIGURES 45–55 )

Polybia picteti de Saussure, 1854: 168 . (holotype: ♀, Colombia, Tolima, Libano, (MNHN), examined. Polybia picteti: Smith 1857: 124 ; Dalla Torre 1894: 165; Rudow 1901: 341; Dalla Torre 1904: 78.

Protopolybia picteti: Ducke 1905a: 18 View in CoL ; 1910: 468, 471; Bequaert 1944a: 117; 1949 (1948): 131.

Protopolybia picteti picteti (de Saussure) View in CoL : Richards 1978: 139, 147; Sarmiento 1994: 359.

Diagnosis. Length of fore wing 4.0– 4.68 mm; mesoscutum with sparse and notably elongated setae; humerus not mutch distinctly projecting, carina lamellate and recurved forwards at extremity, not extending downwards; metanotal process with apex truncated; propodeum with wide and deep cavity, like a central channel; propodeal valvula narrow; species blackish to brown, richly marked with yellow spots; frons with a butterfly-like mark; T2 with yellow pair of spots on each side anteriorly. Preapical region of aedeagus angular ( Fig. 54 View FIGURES 45–55 ); parameral spine not laterally expanded at base ( Fig. 53 View FIGURES 45–55 ).

MALE: Length of fore wing 4.0 mm; eyes wide, strongly produced inwards; clypeus narrow, longer than wide, with silvery bristles, ventral margin acute; tentorial pit approximately equidistant to eye margin and to the antennal socket; gena narrow; color like female, except by mandible, clypeus and front yellow. Parameral spine narrow, without elongate bristles; basal and apical angle of paramere widened ( Fig. 53 View FIGURES 45–55 ); digitus narrow ( Fig. 55 View FIGURES 45–55 ), with apical margin rounded; basal process of digitus narrow and acuminate; cuspis covered with dense and elongated bristles; ventral process of aedeagus approximately lobed, not projecting laterally, strongly sclerotized and not laterally serrated ( Fig. 54 View FIGURES 45–55 ); preapical region of aedeagus angular ( Fig. 54 View FIGURES 45–55 ).

Material examined. COLOMBIA: Sevilla , 1♀, 1.v.1926 (C.G. Gowdey); Magdalena , 38♀, 20♂, 14.ii.1976 (F. Schremmer); 1♀, N. Sierra Nevada, Rio Don Diego , 22–24.xii.1976 (M. Cooper) ; 1♀, Rio Buritaca , 14.ii.1974 ; 1♀, Santa Marta , 14.ii.1976 (without collector) ( BMNH) ; COSTA RICA: Heredia, 1♀, La Selva Biol. Sta. , 3km S Pto. Viejo, 10°26N, 84°01W, 28.vii-02.viii.1992 (G. Wright) GoogleMaps , 1♀, 19.vii.1992 (H.A. Hespenheide) ( AMNH) .

Distribution. Panama, * Costa Rica; Colombia: Magdalena, Tolima; Venezuela: D.F.

Remarks. Richards (1978) treated both P. picteti and P. fulvotincta as subspecies, considering the color pattern as the only difference between them. These species also share the presence of sparse and notably elongated setae on the mesoscutum. The male genitalia present clear differences (on the aedeagus apex and on the parameral spine), indicating that they are indeed distinct species.

References

Bequaert, J. (1944 a) A revision of Protopolybia Ducke, a genus of neotropical social wasps (Hymenoptera, Vespidae). Revista de Entomologia, 15, 97 - 134.

Dalla Torre, K. W. (1894) Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque Descriptorum Systematicus et Synonymicus 9: Vespidae (Diploptera). Sumptibus Guilelmi Eugelmann MDCCCXCIV, Lipsiae, ix + 181 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 10348

Dalla Torre, K. W. (1904) Vespidae. Genera Insectorum, 19, 1 - 108.

Ducke, A. (1905 a) Nouvelles contributions a la connaissance des Vespides sociaux de l'Amerique du Sud. Revue d'Entomologie, 24, 1 - 24.

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

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

Sarmiento, C. (1994) Lista de las avispas sociales (Hym. Vespidae) de Colombia. Revista de Biologia Tropical, 42 (1 / 2), 357 - 363.

Smith, F. (1857) Catalogue of Hymenopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. 5. Vespidae, London, 147 pp.

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