Jucancistrocerus Blüthgen, 1938

Li, Ting-Jing, Bai, Yue & Chen, Bin, 2022, A revision of the genus Jucancistrocerus Blüthgen, 1938 from China, with review of three related genera (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae), Zootaxa 5105 (3), pp. 401-420 : 402

Genus Jucancistrocerus Blüthgen, 1938

Jucancistrocerus Blüthgen, 1938b: 442 , 460, subgenus of “ Stenancistrocerus de Saussure ” sensu Blüthgen ( Eustenancistrocerus Blüthgen ).

Type species Odynerus (Ancistrocerus) jucundus Mocsáry, 1883 , by monotypy.

Iucancistrocerus [!]: Blüthgen, 1951: 174.

Diagnosis. Tegula with dense, strong, sieve-like translucent punctures; pretegular keel absent on the pronotum ( Figs 13 , 51 ); T 1 in the subgenus Eremodynerus much wider than long and somewhat narrower than (more than 0.8×) T2 ( Figs 8 , 15), and in subgenus Jucancistrocerus elongate, a little wider than long, and distinctly narrower than (less than 0.8×) T2 ( Figs 22 , 37, 52 ); transverse edge of T1 significantly lower than the horizontal surface and closer to the base of this tergum ( Figs 8 , 33, 42).

Distribution. Palaearctic Region.

Figures

FIGURES 10–16. Jucancistrocerus (Eremodynerus) chotanensis, ♀. 10. Habitus, dorsal view; 11. Head, frontal view; 12. Vertex and pronotal carina, frontal view; 13. Tegula, dorsal view; 14. Propodeum, dorsal view; 15. Metasoma, dorsal view; 16. Metasoma, ventral view.

FIGURES 47–55. Jucancistrocerus (Jucancistrocerus) tachkensis, 47, 49, 51–53, ♀; 48, 50, 54–55, ♂. 47–48. Habitus, dorsal view; 49–50. Head, frontal view; 51. Tegula; 52. Metasoma, dorsal view; 53. Metasoma, ventral view; 54. Antenna; 55. Genitalia, lateral view.

FIGURES 1–9. Jucancistrocerus (Eremodynerus) atrofasciatus, 1, 3, 5–6, 8–9, ♀; 2, 4, 7, ♂. 1–2. Habitus, dorsal view; 3–4. Head, frontal view; 5. Propodeum, dorsal view; 6. Vertex and pronotal carina, frontal view; 7. Antenna; 8. Metasoma, dorsal view; 9. Metasoma, ventral view.

FIGURES 17–25. Jucancistrocerus (Jucancistrocerus) alashanicus, 17, 19, 21–23, ♀; 18, 20, 24–25, ♂. 17–18. Habitus, dorsal view; 19–20. Head, frontal view; 21. Propodeum, dorsal view; 22. Metasoma, dorsal view; 23. Metasoma, ventral view; 24. Antenna; 25. Genitalia, lateral view.