Abernessia, Arle, 1947

Oliveira, Nathália S., Decker, Brenna L., Pitts, James P. & Waichert, Cecilia, 2020, Addition to the taxonomic and distribution records of Abernessia Arlé (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae), Zootaxa 4801 (1), pp. 191-197 : 196

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4801.1.12

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scientific name

Abernessia
status

 

Key to the Males of Abernessia View in CoL

1. Metasoma fully black, without white patches........................................ A. capixaba Waichert & Pitts View in CoL

-. Metasoma with white patches on at least one tergite ( Fig. 2–6 View FIGURES 2–6 )................................................. 2

2. Clypeus with white maculations, either extensively or in small lateral areas; wings brown, darker apically, lacking macula- tions........................................................................... A. prima Waichert & Pitts

-. Clypeus completely black ( Fig. 8 View FIGURES 7–11 ); wings with orange or light brown maculations ( Fig. 9 View FIGURES 7–11 )......... A. giga Waichert & Pitts View in CoL

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FIGURES 2–6. Dorsal images of metasoma showing white spot pattern variations of male Abernessia prima in comparison to the single male specimen of A. giga, 2) A. prima EMUS_817, 3) A. prima EMUS_818, 4) A. prima EMUS_819, 5) A. prima EMUS_820, 6) A. giga EMUS_816.

Gallery Image

FIGURES 7–11. Male of Abernessia giga. 7) Dorsal view, 8) Head, 9) Lateral view, 10) Genitalia, ventral view, 11) Genitalia, dorsal view.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Pompilidae