Knemodynerus fabulosus ( Giordani Soika, 1979 ) Selis, 2024

Selis, Marco, 2024, Revision of the Afrotropical species of Euodynerus Dalla Torre (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae), Zootaxa 5399 (4), pp. 365-380 : 376-377

Knemodynerus fabulosus ( Giordani Soika, 1979) comb. nov.

Fig. 9

Euodynerus fabulosus Giordani Soika 1979: 241 , figs. 6–7, ♀ —“ Niger: Dosso ” (NHMUK).

Material examined. NIGER: Gaya , 20.XI.1976, 1♀ ( MSNVE, paratype). Distribution. Niger ( Giordani Soika 1979) .

Notes. This species was described as Euodynerus fabulosus by Giordani Soika (1979), but examination of a paratype showed that this species should be transferred to the genus Knemodynerus Blüthgen , having an elongate tegula with the posterior lobe covering the parategula ( Fig. 9C ).

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FIGURE 9. Knemodynerus fabulosus (Giordani Soika, 1979), female paratype. A, habitus in dorsal view. B, head in frontal view. C, tegula in dorsal view.