Polistes (Aphanilopterus) binotatus de Saussure, 1854

Somavilla, Alexandre, Oliveira, Marcio Luiz, Andena, Sergio Ricardo & Carpenter, James Michael, 2018, An illustrated atlas for male genitalia of the New World Polistes Latreille, 1802 (Vespidae: Polistinae), Zootaxa 4504 (3), pp. 301-344 : 306

Polistes (Aphanilopterus) binotatus de Saussure

Paramere: (1) about three times longer than wide at the middle; (2) lateral groove shallow, almost straight; (3) parameral spine long (about 1/6 the total length of paramere), pointed apically with long and dense bristles, mainly on spine base; (4) parameral lobe wide and pointed; (5) inferior portion of paramere narrow, about 2/3 the width at the middle portion. Aedeagus: slender; (1) apical portion with fine denticulation, extended only on the apical portion, lateral margin straight; (2) penis valve weakly dilated and with a slight central entrance (less than 1/3 of the total length of apical portion); (3) median expansion developed, rounded apex; (4) lateral apodeme directed forward and almost the same size as the ventral process, (5) ventral process rounded; (6) inferior portion of aedeagus curved, in lateral view. Digitus: slender; (1) apical process developed, about twice longer than the digitus base, same width from the base to the apex, (2) apex rounded; (3) anteroventral lobe short and rounded apically; punctation strong and forming a central band around the base of the digitus; (4) punctation and bristles evanescent. Cuspis: slender; (1) apex pointed and tapering abruptly to the end; (2) short and dense bristles on cuspis; (3) punctation restricted on the lateral lobe; (4) lower part weakly developed.

Remarks. Richards (1978: 503) cited the hairs on paramere as ¨not very dense¨. Actually, the hairs are dense. The denticulation of the aedeagus, according to Richards (1978), is obsolete, but we saw it only on the apical portion. In Richards (1978), drawings of this species are absent.