Synagris (Hypagris) de Saussure, 1855

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Synagris (Hypagris) de Saussure, 1855

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Hypagris de Saussure 1855: 157, name for division III of genus Synagris Latreille in de Saussure (1852: 86) (1+1 species).

Type species: Synagris abdominalis de Saussure, 1855 [= Synagris analis de Saussure, 1852 ], by subsequent designation of Ashmead (1902: 210).

Antagris de Saussure 1863: 181 , division of genus Synagris Latreille (9 species). Type species: Synagris aequatorialis de Saussure, 1852 [= Vespa spiniventris Illiger, 1802 ], by subsequent designation of Ashmead (1902: 210).

Diagnosis. Distinguished from other subgenera of Synagris by: larger size, inner margin of mandible dentate, outer surface of mandible with ridges, labrum not apically narrowed, clypeus variable in shape and sculpture, labial palpi with second and third segments separated, frons with a M-shaped elevated area, pronotal carina sinuous with a median raised portion (not raised in S. fasciata ), mesoscutum with a posteromedian raised area, metanotum with conical protuberances, mesepimeron projecting, posterior face of propodeum with a basal depression and a longitudinal carina (absent in some species), propodeum with transverse striae (absent in some species), T1 broadly pyriform, S1 without arched carina, S1 with raised posterolateral corners, S2 bulging basally in lateral view, tarsal claws without basal lobe, prestigma two times as long as pterostigma (as long as pterostigma in S. abyssinica ), F11 of male short and conical and not reaching apex of F8, male vertex strongly enlarged (similar to female in some species), male mid femur normal (flattened and convex posteriorly in S. analis and S. biplagiata ), digitus foliaceous.

Included species. Synagris abyssinica abyssinica Guérin-Méneville , Synagris abyssinica albofasciata Maidl , Synagris abyssinica emarginata de Saussure , Synagris aestuans aestuans (Fabricius) , Synagris aestuans rufa Stadelmann , Synagris analis analis de Saussure , Synagris analis nigroclypeata Maidl , Synagris biplagiata Gusenleitner , Synagris calida (Linnaeus) , Synagris crassipes Kohl , Synagris elephas André , Synagris fasciata Mocsáry , Synagris kohli Maidl , Synagris maxillosa bequaerti Brauns , Synagris maxillosa maxillosa de Saussure , Synagris mirabilis Guérin-Méneville , Synagris negusi du Buysson , Synagris rubescens (Giordani Soika, 1989) , Synagris spiniventris (Illiger) , Synagris spinosuscula de Saussure , Synagris stridens Giordani Soika.

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FIGURE 9. Synapomorphies of S. (Hypagris). a, habitus of female S. spiniventris. b, habitus of female S. aestuans. c, mesoscutum of female S. spiniventris. d, digitus of male S. calida.