Afrepipona lamptoensis Giordani Soika, 1965

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 : 19-21

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2024.944.2607

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12808593

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Afrepipona lamptoensis Giordani Soika, 1965
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Afrepipona lamptoensis Giordani Soika, 1965 View in CoL

Figs 8 View Fig , 27E View Fig

Afrepipona lamptoensis Giordani Soika, 1965: 46 View in CoL , figs 1–2.

Diagnosis

Recognized by the following characters: clypeus of female 1.35 × as wide as long, apical margin narrow, 0.2 × as wide as clypeus ( Fig. 8B View Fig ); occipital carina evenly curved on gena; vertex of female 1.85– 1.95 × as long as distance between posterior ocellus and inner eye margin, cephalic foveae mixed with punctures and not placed in depression ( Fig. 8E View Fig ); mesosoma 1.2–1.3 × as long as wide; pronotal carina shortly lamellate for whole length, at most ⅓ × as long as ocellar diameter; T1 2.2–2.3 × as wide as long, T2 1.2–1.25 × as wide as long; apical translucent margin of T2 separated from rest of tergite by large punctures with pigmented interspaces, margin reflexed and duplicated by raised lamella ( Fig. 8D View Fig ); head and mesosoma finely and sparsely punctate, punctures on mesoscutum half as long as ocellar diameter, dorsal face of propodeum entirely and coarsely punctured, S2 finely and shallowly punctate; mesosternum with dense silvery pubescence. Genitalia in Fig. 27E View Fig .

Type material

Holotype

IVORY COAST • ♀; Lamto, Toumodi ; MNHN EY35370 .

Paratype

IVORY COAST • 1 ♀; Lamto, Toumodi ; MSNVE .

Other material examined

IVORY COAST • 1 ♀; Lamto; 6 Oct. 1969; Darchen leg.; MSVI 1 ♂; Lamto; 9 Dec. 1988; R. Longair leg.; AMNH .

Distribution

Ivory Coast ( Giordani Soika 1965).

Remarks

Gusenleitner (2012) synonymized this species under Afrepipona angusta , but the examination of both species, including the holotype of A. lamptoensis , showed that they are very different and come from different areas of Africa. The distinctive characters are summarized in the key.

The records from the Democratic Republic of Congo, Zambia and Zimbabwe ( Gusenleitner 2011) are considered doubtful.

MNHN

France, Paris, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle

AMNH

USA, New York, New York, American Museum of Natural History

AMNH

American Museum of Natural History

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Eumenidae

Genus

Afrepipona

Loc

Afrepipona lamptoensis Giordani Soika, 1965

Selis, Marco & Carpenter, James M. 2024
2024
Loc

Afrepipona lamptoensis

Giordani Soika A. 1965: 46
1965
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