Afrepipona macrocephala (Gribodo, 1894)

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 : 26-28

Afrepipona macrocephala (Gribodo, 1894)

Figs 11 , 27G

Odynerus macrocephalus Gribodo in Emery et al. 1894: 60.

Diagnosis

Recognized by the following characters: clypeus 1.5 × (female) or 1.4 × (male) as wide as long ( Fig. 11B–C ); vertex 2.1 × (female) and 1.9 × (male) as long as distance between posterior ocellus and inner eye margin ( Fig. 11E ); mesosoma 1.3 × as long as wide; pronotal carina highly lamellate on whole length, exceeding half ocellar diameter on humeri; apical translucent margin of T2 twice as long as that on T1, separated from rest of tergite by large shallow punctures, pigmented digitations running between punctures ( Fig. 11F ); head and mesosoma with matte brassy reflections, sparsely punctured and interspaces mostly equal to puncture diameter, dorsal face of propodeum mostly impunctate laterally, punctures on T1–2 fine and shallow. Genitalia in Fig. 27G .

Type material

Holotype

MOZAMBIQUE • ♀; shore of Magnarra river ; 1848; Fornasini leg.; MZUB.

Other material examined

MOZAMBIQUE • 1 ♂; Delagoa, Rikatla ; Junod leg.; MSNVE • 1 ♀; Mozambique; Muir leg.; MSNVE .

Distribution

Mozambique (Gribodo 1894).

Remarks

The records from Ethiopia published by Giordani Soika (1952: 82) refer to the newly described Afrepipona orientalis sp. nov.

The male described and imaged by Gusenleitner (2011) is an Antodynerus de Saussure, 1855 , probably A. kelneri Giordani Soika, 1965 or a closely related species. It’s to be noted that the provenance of that male specimen is uncertain, as Gusenleitner only listed three females in the examined material. Given this misidentification, the records of females from Kenya and Tanzania are here omitted.

Figures

Fig. 11. Afrepipona macrocephala (Gribodo, 1894). A, C, E–F. ♀ from Mozambique (MSNVE). B, D. ♂ from Delagoa (MSNVE). A. Habitus, dorsal view. B–C. Head, frontal view. D. Flagellum, lateral view. E. Head, dorsal view. F. T2–3. dorsal view. Scale bars: A–C, E–F = 1 mm; D = 0.5 mm.

Fig. 27. Male genitalia: aedeagus in ventral view, aedeagus in lateral view, digitus. A. Afrepipona angusta (de Saussure, 1863) from Adi Keyh (MSVI). B. Afrepipona cellularis sp. nov., holotype from Nyamandhlovu (MSNVE). C. Afrepipona clonata sp. nov., holotype from Nairobi (MSNVE). D. Afrepipona cuprea sp. nov., paratype from Malindi (MSVI). E. Afrepipona lamptoensis Giordani Soika, 1965 from Lamto (AMNH).F. Afrepipona lobulata sp. nov.,holotype from Lubumbashi (AMNH). G. Afrepipona macrocephala (Gribodo, 1894) from Delagoa (MSNVE). H. Afrepipona meridionalis sp. nov., holotype from Durban (MSNVE). I. Afrepipona occidentalis sp. nov., paratype from Lamto (MSNVE).J. Afrepipona punctatissima sp. nov.,holotype from Maralal (MSNVE).K. Afrepipona scabra sp. nov., paratype from Kabongo (MSNVE). L. Afrepipona segregata sp. nov., holotype from Tulear (NHMW). M. Afrepipona tertia Gusenleitner, 2011, holotype from Bangui (OLML). N. Afrepipona ulterior sp. nov., paratype from Pretoria (MSVI). O. Afrepipona vulcanica sp. nov., paratype from Mount Kilimanjaro (MSVI). P. Afrepsilon ferrugineoaureum gen. et sp. nov., paratype from Berea (MSVI). Q. Afrepsilon minor gen. et gen. et sp. nov., holotype from Mount Kilimanjaro (OLML).