Protopolybia iheringi Ducke, 1910

(Figs. 45, 46, 47, 48)

Polybia pumila: R. von Ihering 1904: 176, 247 (part).

Protopolybia iheringi Ducke, 1910: 469, 474 (lectotype: ♀ Peru, Maracapata (MZUSP)), examined; paralectotype: 3♀ (MPEG), examined .

Protopolybia iheringi: Richards 1978: 139, 148 (designation of lectotype); Overal 1978: 11; Nascimento & Overal 1979: 11; Carpenter 1999: 17; Rasmussen & Asenjo 2009: 50.

Diagnosis. Length of fore wing 4.50–5.12 mm; metanotal process with apex truncated; propodeum with wide and deep excavated cavity; species black, with few yellow marks; T1–T3 with distal narrow bands; male with ventral process of aedeagus approximately trapezoidal, not projecting laterally, strongly sclerotized and not serrated (Fig. 47); preapical region of aedeagus angular (Fig. 47).

Male Genitalia. Parameral spine narrow, without elongate bristles; basal and apical angle of paramere widened (Fig. 45); digitus narrow, with apical margin approximately rounded (Fig. 48); basal process and posterodorsal lobe of digitus narrow and acuminate (Fig. 48); digitus and cuspis covered with few elongated bristles; ventral process of aedeagus approximately trapezoidal, not projecting laterally, strongly sclerotized and not serrated (Fig. 47); preapical region of aedeagus angular (Fig. 47).

Material examined. PERU: Madre de Dios, 1♀, Quincemil, on branch R . Manu, viii.1962 (L.E. Pena) (AMNH) ;

Distribution. Peru.