Polybia flavifrons flavifrons Smith, 1857

Amorim, Danielle C. De A., Dos Santos Junior, José N. A., Carvalho- Filho, Fernando Da S., Silveira, Orlando T. & Carpenter, James M., 2024, Taxonomic study of wasp species in the Polybia (Myrapetra) occidentalis group morphologically related to P. scrobalis and P. flavifrons, with description of a new species (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Polistinae), Zootaxa 5477 (5), pp. 537-562 : 546

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5477.5.2

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12744689

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scientific name

Polybia flavifrons flavifrons Smith, 1857
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Polybia flavifrons flavifrons Smith, 1857 View in CoL

Polybia flavifrons Smith, 1857: 152 View in CoL . Holotype ♀, Ecuador, Guayaquil (NHM); examined.

Polybia saussurei Holmgren, 1868: 440 . Lectotype ♂, Ecuador, Puná (NR, Stockholm)

Diagnosis. FEMALE. Body covered with distinct setae, propodeum with dense appressed pubescence, first metasomal sternum with numerous distinct setae; gena wide and with a distinct margin; pronotal carina weak; first metasomal tergum relatively elongate for the group, ca. 1.1X longer than mesopleuron height, but wide distally; gena always yellow; clypeus entirely yellow. MALE. According to Richards (1978) has color similar as yellowest female; gena narrower; clypeus less angulated below and with less dense silvery pubescence.

Examined material. EQUADOR: Arenillas , 1♀ 20.ii.1984 ; Manabi, Portoviejo , 1♀ 22.xii.1971 (M. Cooper) (NHM; photographs)

Distribution. Equador.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Eumenidae

Genus

Polybia

Loc

Polybia flavifrons flavifrons Smith, 1857

Amorim, Danielle C. De A., Dos Santos Junior, José N. A., Carvalho- Filho, Fernando Da S., Silveira, Orlando T. & Carpenter, James M. 2024
2024
Loc

Polybia saussurei

Holmgren, A. E. 1868: 440
1868
Loc

Polybia flavifrons Smith, 1857: 152

Smith, F. 1857: 152
1857
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