Anoplius (Dicranoplius) albidus ( Evans, 1969 )

Sadler, Emily, 2017, Review of the Neotropical spider wasp subgenus Anoplius (Dicranoplius) Haupt (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae), new comb., Zootaxa 4311 (4), pp. 537-550 : 539

Anoplius (Dicranoplius) albidus ( Evans, 1969)

Dicranoplius albidus Evans, 1969 , Studia Ent., 12: 394–395 [Holotype: ♀, Brazil: Juazeirinho , Paraiba, 19 Dec. 1955 ( MCZC. Type no. 31697)].

Diagnosis. For A. albidus , the female has a black head and mesosoma with reddish orange metasoma, but has silver setae surrounding areas of black setae forming an obvious pattern on the dorsum of the head and the dorsum of the mesosoma, except the propodeum is completely covered in silver setae along with the clypeus, frons, legs, and sides and venter of the mesosoma ( Fig. 1 a). Also, the female has three comb spines and the last metasomal tergum has thin setae.

Male. Unknown.

Distribution. Brazil.

Material Examined. Brazil: Espírito Santo, Colatina , 1♀, X.1969, F.M. Oliveira ( EMUS) ; Mato Grosso: Ribeirão Cascalheira, Faz, Sta. Marta, Cerrado , 1♀, 14.Jul.2013, C. Vieira ( EMUS) .

Remarks. The holotype was studied. This species is rare in collections and is known from three specimens, the holotype and the specimens listed above. Give the locality of the two specimens, this species must have a wide range throughout at least the Atlantic coast of Brazil. The type locality was misspelled as Joazeirinho in Evans (1966). The correct spelling is Juazeirinho.

Figures

FIGURE 1. Habitus. A. Anoplius (Dicranoplius) albidus holotype female; B. A. (D.) areatus female; C. A. (D.) brevitarsus female; D. A. (D.) brevitarsus male; E. A. (D.) cujanus female; and F. A. (D.) cujanus male.