Euplaniceps notabilis (Smith, 1860), 2017

Waichert, Cecilia, Fernandez, Fernando, Castro-Huertas, Valentina, Juanita Rodriguez, & Pitts, James P., 2017, More new records of spider wasps from Colombia (Hymenoptera, Pompilidae), ZooKeys 658, pp. 89-95 : 90-91

Euplaniceps notabilis (Smith, 1860) comb. n.

Aporus (Aporus) notabilis notabilis (Smith, 1860), Mem. Am. Entomol. 20: 52.

Planiceps notabilis Smith, 1860, Jour. Ent., 1:80 [Type: female, Mexico] - Cresson, 1867, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc., 1: 137.

Pompilus (Planiceps) notabilis Cameron, 1893, Biol. Centr.-Amer., Hymen. II, p. 186.

Pompilus flavomarginatus Cameron, 1893, ibid, p. 191 [Type: female, Mexico: Yucatan. BMNH no. 19,703] Syn. by Evans 1966.

Odontaporus notabilis Bradley, 1944, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc., 70: 114-115.

Specimen data.

See Rodriguez et al. (2015), Appendix S1.

Comments.

This is the first record of this species for Colombia. Euplaniceps notabilis was previously recorded from Mexico to Costa Rica ( Evans 1966). The new combination is proposed based on molecular phylogenetic analyses ( Rodriguez et al. 2015), which included Aporus notabilis (labeled " Euplaniceps sp.", voucher PO484) in the Euplaniceps clade, sister to the Antillean Drepanaporus . This species had previously been included in the genus Odontaporus by Bradley (1944) based on the presence of a tooth in the margin of the inferior mandible and bare eyes. Bradley (1944) did not mention the presence of this tooth in many Euplaniceps species (see Colomo de Correa 1998). Evans (1966) included this species in Aporus based mainly on the second submarginal cell receiving only one recurrent vein. This character is very variable even within Euplaniceps species (JR pers. obs.), where the second submarginal cell can receive one or two recurrent veins, with the second recurrent vein sometimes being interstitial with the second intercubital vein. Moreover, females of Aporus notabilis do not have a v-shaped spatium frontale as all other Aporus , but a flattened area between the antennal alveoli on the same plane as the clypeus which is found in many Euplaniceps species (see Colomo de Correa 1998). Finally, the male genitalia have parameres with parallel-side edges and truncated apex, which is a diagnostic character of Euplaniceps males. The two subspecies, Aporus notabilis notabilis and Aporus notabilis pulchritarsis , are herein included in Euplaniceps .