Antodynerus unifasciatus ( Gusenleitner, 2012 ) comb. nov., 2024

Selis, Marco & Carpenter, James M., 2024, Revision of the Afrotropical genus Afrepipona Giordani Soika, 1965 and description of Afrepsilon gen. nov. (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae), European Journal of Taxonomy 944, pp. 1-80 : 53-54

Antodynerus unifasciatus ( Gusenleitner, 2012) comb. nov.

Afrepipona unifasciata Gusenleitner, 2012: 523 , 525, figs 5–7.

Type material

Holotype

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC • ♀; 60 km SE of Bouar; 05°42′ N, 16°00′ E; elev. 860 m; 30 Mar. 2010; J. Halada leg.; OLML.

Paratype

CENTAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC • 1 ♂; same data as for holotype; OLML .

Remarks

This species was described as Afrepipona unifasciata by Gusenleitner (2012), but the examination of the holotype and a paratype showed that this species clearly belongs to the genus Antodynerus , as it has an elongate clypeus, eyes with dorsal lobe shorter than ventral lobe, tegulae exceeding parategulae, a semicircular metanotum with a distinct transverse carina and long translucent apical margin of T1. It is to be noted that the female holotype and the male paratype show marked differences in the pronotal carina, elongation and convexity of mesosoma, shape and sculpture of tegulae, shape and vestiture of propodeum and punctation of metasoma. One of the authors (MS) examined another couple of Antodynerus from Central African Republic, with the male being identical to the paratype of Afrepipona unifasciata and the female matching with the male in the above mentioned characters. The two male specimens were compared with the holotype of Antodynerus kelneri Giordani Soika, 1965 , and show a remarkable similarity to it, but also some differences in the shape of the clypeus and coloration, so they could either represent a different species or just a geographical variant of A. kelneri . Resolving this issue is beyond the scope of this paper and requires the examination of more material, therefore it will be treated separately in a dedicated paper. To summarize, the holotype and the paratype of the species described by Gusenleitner belong to two distinct species, with the male probably belonging to Antodynerus kelneri .

Pictures of the holotype are available at ZOBODAT (2022a), and of the paratype at ZOBODAT (2022b).