Abernessia prima Waichert & Pitts, 2011

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 : 193

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

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10564170

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scientific name

Abernessia prima Waichert & Pitts, 2011
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Abernessia prima Waichert & Pitts, 2011

Material examined. 4 ♂: Brazil: GO, Jataí : i.1977, F. M. Oliveira ( EMUS _818); Brazil: BA, Encruzilhada: xi.1974, alt. 980m, M. Alvarenga ( EMUS _817); Brazil: MG , Pedra Azul : xi.1972, alt. 800m, Alvarenga & Seabra ( EMUS _ 820); Brazil: BA, Nova Conquista: xii.1969, F. M. Oliveira ( EMUS _819) .

Distribution. Bahia, Minas Gerais and Goiás, Brazil ( Fig. 1 View FIGURE 1 ).

Remarks. We observed morphological variation among the specimens of A. prima . The integument may have two white maculations on the first tergum ( Figs. 4–5 View FIGURES 2–6 ), or the white maculations may be enlarged such that they coalesce, almost create a single lateral white area. Also, the second and third terga may or may not have white maculations laterally. One specimen has white maculations on the first and second terga ( Fig. 3 View FIGURES 2–6 ), while the other specimen has maculations on the first, second, and third terga ( Fig. 2 View FIGURES 2–6 ). The clypeus also may have small lateral white maculations or just single large white maculations that covers one third of the clypeus and extends between the eyes.

Waichert, C. & Pitts, J. P. (2011) Description of a new Abernessia with notes on Neotropical Ctenocerinae (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 104 (6), 1279 - 1284. https: // doi. org / 10.1603 / AN 11093

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FIGURE 1. Distribution of species of Abernessia within South American Ecoregions. Red shapes represent previous distribution records, while green shapes represent newly reported records of occurrence. Triangle represents A. capixaba, star represents A. irmagardae, circle represents A. giga, and square represents A. prima.

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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.

MG

Museum of Zoology

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Pompilidae

Genus

Abernessia