Antepipona tytides ( Cameron, 1904 )

Phuong, Lien Thi, Anh, Phuong Nguyen, Nguyen, Anh D., Dang, Hoa T., Michael, Seiki Yamane & Engel, Michael S., 2024, Taxonomic review of the potter wasp genus Antepipona de Saussure, 1855 (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Eumeninae) from Vietnam, with descriptions of two new species and keys to the Oriental fauna, Zoosystema 46 (27), pp. 697-722 : 707-708

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Antepipona tytides ( Cameron, 1904) *

( Figs 9 View FIG ; 10 View FIG )

Odynerus tytides Cameron, 1904: 309 .

Antepipona tytides – Giordani Soika 1975: 390, figs 3, 5.

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Vietnam • 1 ♀; Yen Bai, Mu Cang Chai, Road to Che Tao village ; alt. 1400 m; 12.IX.2017, Lien Thi Phuong Nguyen, Quang Cuong Nguyen leg.; IEBR • 1 ♀; Lam Dong, Lac Duong, Da Chais, Bi Doup Nui Ba NP, way to NP station; 12°08’35.3”N, 108°31’58.1”E; alt. 1501 m; 6. VI.2013; Lien Thi Phuong Nguyen leg.; IEBR GoogleMaps • 1♀; Lam Dong, Lac Duong, Da Lat, Dinh Lang Biang ; 12°02’50.3”N, 108°26’26.6”E; alt. 2168 m; 2. VI.2013; Lien Thi Phuong Nguyen leg.; IEBR GoogleMaps .

Thailand • 1 ♂; Chendao [probably Chiang Dao]; 18.V.1980; T. Fujisawa; coll. SKYC .

DISTRIBUTION. — India: Manipur, Meghalaya, Sikkim, West Bengal; Nepal; Bhutan; China: Sichuan; Myanmar; Laos; Vietnam (new record).

REMARK

This species is recorded for the first time from Vietnam. The male genitalia are described for the first time.

MALE GENITALIA. — As in Figure 10 View FIG . Parameral spine with setae at middle part. Volsella flattened, spatulate, wide on inner aspect, and without setae at top ( Fig. 10A View FIG ). Digitus in inner aspect gradually narrowed apically, with lower right corner rounded ( Fig. 10B View FIG ).

Penis valves long ( Fig. 10C View FIG ), about 2.1× as long as basal apodeme, in profile apical part strongly produced into a blade-shaped lobe ( Fig. 10D View FIG ); proximal margin serrate laterally ( Fig. 10D View FIG ).