Pseudepipona de Saussure, 1856

Fateryga, Alexander V. & Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu., 2022, Contribution to the taxonomy of the Pseudepipona subgenus Deuterepipona Bluethgen, 1951 (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Eumeninae) from Central Asia, with the description of four new species, Journal of Hymenoptera Research 93, pp. 101-123 : 101

Genus Pseudepipona de Saussure, 1856

Pseudepipona de Saussure, 1856: 309; type species: Odynerus herrichii de Saussure, 1856, by monotypy.

Leptepipona Blüthgen, 1951: 194; type species: Vespa tripunctata Fabricius, 1787, by original designation; synonymized by van der Vecht and Fischer 1972: 82-83.

Metepipona Blüthgen, 1951: 193; type species: Odynerus peculiaris Morawitz, 1895, by original designation; synonymized by van der Vecht and Fischer 1972: 82-83.

Trichepipona Blüthgen, 1951: 193; type species: Odynerus lativentris de Saussure, 1855, by original designation; synonymized by van der Vecht and Fischer 1972: 82-83.

Diagnosis.

Female clypeus with a narrow apical margin; labial palpus with four segments; male antenna hooked apically; female vertex with a single fovea; anterior face of the pronotum without distinct foveae; pretegular carina present; tegula broad, without deep large punctures, protruding posteriorly adjoining the parategula but not surpassing it; second submarginal cell of the forewing with acute basal angle; axillary fossa relatively broad, not slit-like; propodeum with a transverse carina between the dorsal and posterior surfaces; propodeal valvula mono-lamellate; propodeal orifice broadly rounded dorsally; T1 not petiolate, somewhat narrower than T2, without a transverse carina; both T1 and T2 without an apical lamella.

Subgenera and species included.

Twelve species are currently recognized in the subgenus Pseudepipona Deuterepipona Blüthgen, 1951 and 30 species in the subgenus Pseudepipona Pseudepipona s. str.