Eumenes pius Giordani Soika 1986

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Eumenes pius Giordani Soika 1986

Eumenes pius Giordani Soika 1986: 81 , Ƥ, holotype "Timor" [Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Venice].

Giordani Soika (1986) described this species from Timor Island, and later (Giordani Soika 1992) described E. p. nigrorufus from Sumba Island. Our specimens from Timor and Komodo and the female from Sumba more or less agree with the original descriptions of E. p. pius and E. p. nigrorufus , respectively. Although the specimen from Sumba is different from those from Timor and Komodo in some morphological characters, we tentatively treat them as the two subspecies of E. pius until we reach a more robust idea on their taxonomic status based on examination of further specimens including the type material of both taxa.

Distribution. Indonesia: Sumba, *Komodo, Timor.

FIGURES 1 – 14. Eumenes species. 1, 2, 4, 5, 7–11, 13. Ƥ. 3, 6, 12, 14. 3. 1, 4, 11, 12. E. blandus sumbanus . 2, 5, 13, 14. E. piriformis . 3, 6. E. inconspicuus . 7, 10. E. pius nigrorufus . 8, 9. E. pius pius . 1–3. Metasomal segments 1–2, lateral view. 4–8. Metasomal tergum 1, dorsal view. 9–14. Clypeus. Scale 1 mm.