Protopolybia picteti-emortualis
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4729.2.5 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/007C404A-FFAA-FF8E-FF1B-FC99FA59FC18 |
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Plazi |
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Protopolybia picteti-emortualis |
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Key to the species of the Protopolybia picteti-emortualis species-group.
1. Occipital carina strong but fading at some point near middle of gena; mesoscutum with dense moderately elongated erect setae ( Fig. 11 and 14 View FIGURES 11–14 ); pronotal pretegular carina not strongly developed............................................. 2
– Occipital carina strong and salient from top to the posterior articulation of the mandibles; mesoscutum with notably elongated setae ( Fig. 8 View FIGURES 5–10 ); pronotal pretegular carina strongly developed, adjacent area wider....................................3
2. Metanotal process with apex truncated; propodeum deeply excavated above the valvula ( Fig. 22 View FIGURES 21–26 ), propodeal valvula basally triangular ( Fig. 23 View FIGURES 21–26 ); color brown to reddish, moderately marked with yellow; scutellum and metanotum partially yellow, propodeum with paired dorsal marks; male genitalia with paramere dorsally smoothly rounded. Nest construction material composed of mud, plant material and saliva.................................................... P. emortualis (de Saussure) View in CoL
– Metanotal process short, with apex approximately acute; propodeum shallower above the valvula ( Fig. 12 View FIGURES 11–14 ), propodeal valvula attenuate ( Fig. 13 View FIGURES 11–14 ); color black with marks yellow; scutellum with two small spots, metanotum partially yellow; male genitalia with paramere dorsally slightly angular................................................... P. duckei (du Buysson) View in CoL
3. Mesoscutum with fewer sparse elongated setae ( Fig. 56 View FIGURES 56–62 )...................................................... 4
– Mesoscutum with numerous notably elongated setae, distinctly curved apically ( Fig. 8 View FIGURES 5–10 , 20 View FIGURES 15–20 and 57 View FIGURES 56–62 )......................5
4. Metanotal process distinctly wider than long, with apex rounded ( Fig. 25 View FIGURES 21–26 ); color brownish with marks yellow ( Fig. 26 View FIGURES 21–26 ) mesoscutum brownish, scutellum with two marks, metanotum with yellow band anterior; preapical region of aedeagus not angular ( Fig. 43 View FIGURES 33–44 )......................................................................... P. fulvotincta (Cameron)
– Metanotal process with apex truncated; propodeum with wide and deeper cavity, with a central channel; propodeal valvula narrow ( Fig. 58 View FIGURES 56–62 ); species blackish to brown, richly marked with yellow spots; frons with a butterfly-like mark; T2 with yellow spots on each side anteriorly. Preapical region of aedeagus angular ( Fig. 54 View FIGURES 45–55 ); parameral spine not laterally expanded at base P. picteti (de Saussure) View in CoL
5. Metanotal process distinctly wider than long, with apex truncated ( Fig. 10 View FIGURES 5–10 ); front margin of pronotum distinctly angled below the fovea ( Fig. 8 View FIGURES 5–10 and 61 View FIGURES 56–62 ); T1 with petiole short but remarkable; color brownish richly marked with yellow to whitish ( Fig. 6 and 7 View FIGURES 5–10 ), mesoscutum reddish, generally with two stripes, scutellum with two marks, metanotum with yellow to whitish band anterior............................................................................. P. djaneteae sp. nov.
– Metanotal process approximately as long as wide with apex truncated or rounded...................................6
6. Pronotal fovea wide and deep; frontal margin of pronotum with distinct (ca. 120 degree) angle near to fovea; species black to brownish, richly marked with yellow spots; mesoscutum with four stripes; T2 with three spots anteriorly, being the central pyriform.............................................................................. P. wheeleri Bequaert View in CoL
– Pronotal fovea narrow and small, shallow................................................................ …7
7. Species black, T1 and T2 ferruginous with yellow marks; vertex, mesoscutum, scutellum, metanotum and propodeum with marks; metanotal process with apex truncated; propodeal valvula wide.……..................... P. steinbachi Richards View in CoL
– Species entirely black, brown or ferruginous, with yellow marks.................................................8
8. Propodeum with a wide and shallow cavity, heart-like shaped ( Fig. 19 View FIGURES 15–20 ); metanotal process with apex truncated; propodeal valvula wide ( Fig. 20 View FIGURES 15–20 and 60 View FIGURES 56–62 ); color black to brownish moderately marked with yellow, mesoscutum with two stripes, sometimes without, T2 with three spots anteriorly...................................................... P. eldinaris sp. nov.
– Propodeum with a wide and deep cavity, sometimes like a channel ( Fig. 28 and 31 View FIGURES 27–32 )..................................9
9. Scutellum totally yellow, metanotum almost; metanotal process with apex slightly rounded ( Fig. 28 View FIGURES 27–32 ); propodeum with wide and deeply excavated cavity ( Fig. 28 View FIGURES 27–32 ); ground color black or reddish, T2 with a large and anterior yellow spot ( Fig. 29 View FIGURES 27–32 ); ventral process of aedeagus curved, not projecting laterally, strongly sclerotized and weakly serrated; preapical region of aedeagus angular................................................................................ P. nitida (Ducke) View in CoL
– Scutellum not totally yellow, metanotum partially marked or without any marks................................... 10
10. Humerus not projecting, shortened to roundly truncate, generally marked by yellow band ( Fig. 9 View FIGURES 5–10 ).....................11
– Humerus distinctly projecting, carina lamellate and recurved forwards at extremity, not extending downwards ( Fig. 18 View FIGURES 15–20 )... 12
11. Propodeal valvula basally triangular; front margin of pronotum not angled ( Fig. 62 View FIGURES 56–62 ); scrobal groove not strong; species black with few yellow spots. Scutellum with a wide yellow mark, posterior margin of T1 and T2 with yellow spot.................................................................................................. P. rotundata Ducke View in CoL
– Propodeal valvula attenuate ( Fig. 59 View FIGURES 56–62 ), front margin of pronotum distinctly angled a little below the fovea; species black to brownish, with few yellow marks; vertex and mesoscutum black; scutellum, metanotum and propodeum with two spots, T1 and T2 with a yellow spot posterior......................................................... P. alvarengai Richards View in CoL
12. Scrobal groove shallow and abbreviated; propodeal valvula narrow; color ferruginous moderately marked with yellow ( Fig. 32 View FIGURES 27–32 ), mesoscutum reddish, generally with two yellow stripes, scutellum with two marks, metanotum with yellow band anterior. Metanotal process with apex rounded ( Fig. 31 View FIGURES 27–32 ); propodeum with a wide and deep cavity, like a central channel ( Fig. 31 View FIGURES 27–32 ); few and shallow mesopunctation on mesoscutum ( Fig. 30 View FIGURES 27–32 ); with sparse and notably elongated setae distinctly curved apically...................................................................................... P. perfulvula Bequaert View in CoL
– Scrobal groove strongly marked; propodeal valvula wide..................................................... 13
13. Scutellum without marks; T1–T3 with distal narrow bands, T2 with three spots anteriorly (one of them being a small anterior central mark), and with narrow band posteriorly; species black, with few yellow marks; ventral process of aedeagus approximately trapezoidal, not projecting laterally, strongly sclerotized and not serrated ( Fig. 47 View FIGURES 45–55 ); preapical region of aedeagus angular ( Fig. 47 View FIGURES 45–55 )............................................................................... P. iheringi Ducke View in CoL
– Scutellum with a mark, T2 with three basal spots and a distal band..............................................14
14. Propodeum with wide and deeply excavated cavity; mesoscutum black, scutellum with a bilobated mark, metanotum partially, three basal spots and distal band on T2; ventral process of aedeagus approximately lobed, not projecting laterally, strongly sclerotized and laterally serrated ( Fig. 39 View FIGURES 33–44 ); preapical region of aedeagus angular ( Fig. 39 View FIGURES 33–44 ); parameral spine narrow ( Fig. 37 View FIGURES 33–44 ); digitus narrow, with apical margin rounded ( Fig. 40 View FIGURES 33–44 )......................................... P. biguttata Bequaert View in CoL
– Propodeum with a wide and deep cavity ( Fig. 1 View FIGURES 1–4 ), heart-like shaped; species black to brownish richly marked ( Fig. 1 and 2 View FIGURES 1–4 ); scutellum with two small spots, metatonum partially yellow ( Fig. 1 View FIGURES 1–4 ); ventral process of aedeagus angular, not projecting laterally, strongly sclerotized and serrated laterally ( Fig. 34 and 35 View FIGURES 33–44 ); preapical region of aedeagus angular; parameral spine laterally expanded at base ( Fig. 33 View FIGURES 33–44 ).............................................................. P. bella (Von Ihering) View in CoL
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