Euodynerus jeitita Carpenter and Genaro, 2011

Genaro, Julio A., 2011, Vespidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera) of Puerto Rico, West Indies, Insecta Mundi 2011 (202), pp. 1-35 : 7-8

Euodynerus jeitita Carpenter and Genaro , new species

( Fig. 42 )

DIAGNOSIS. In the nominotypical subgenus. Distinguished from the three other species in the Antil� les by the punctation of the second metasomal tergum, which is present only apically, and sparser, with many punctures separated by more than a puncture diameter. In E. apicalis , E. haitiensis , and E. jimcarpenteri Genaro the second metasomal tergum is punctate throughout (in E. haitiensis it is superficial on the disc of the tergum), and it is denser apically, with many punctures separated by less than a puncture diameter.

DESCRIPTION. Female: holotype forewing length 12.3 mm. Structure � clypeus about as long as wide, trun� cate apically, punctate throughout, punctures medially slightly larger than those of eye emarginations; vertex densely punctate with many small punctures, not tuberculate; cephalic foveae distinct, in narrow pit; tempora rounded, not produced; mesosoma densely punctate, metapleuron smooth, posterior face of propodeum striate; humeri not prominent; tegula short, posterior outer margin prominent, posterior lobe not distinct; parategula small, straight; scutellum not bituberculate; metanotum transversely ir� regularly cristate; lateral angles of propodeum rounded, not dentiform, not carinate nor raised above, not crenulate below; all metasomal terga flat, without swellings, not reflexed or membranous apically; first metasomal tergum impunctate, with narrow hyaline border apically, in lateral view evenly curved; second metasomal tergum punctate only apically, with punctures small and many separated by more than a puncture diameter, not in depressed apical zone; second metasomal sternum with distinct lon� gitudinal basomedian sulcus, in lateral view smoothly curved basally.

Color � black with yellow markings; yellow are clypeus except for medial stripe, interantennal spot, most of eye emargination, most of gena, basal spot on mandible, anterior margin of pronotum broadly and posterior margin narrowly, pretegular carina, two longitudinal stripes on scutum, converging pos� teriorly, tegula largely, parategula, two spots on mesepisternum, two broad spots on scutellum, most of metanotum, lateral angles of propodeum, broad apical bands on metasomal terga I�II and sternum II, narrow bands on tergum III and sterna I and III, anterior face of coxae, apical spots on fore� and midfemora, outer face of tibiae; reddish are most of scape and pedicel, most of mandible, apical two metasomal segments, fourth metasomal sternum and tergum in part, forefemur and midfemur in part, inner face of tibiae, tarsi; forewing somewhat infuscate, yellowish anteriorly, anterior veins and pterostigma yellowish brown, other veins darker brown.

Vestiture � cephalic foveae without prominent tufts; with short brownish setae on mesosoma and posteriorly on metasoma; longer on head; hairs on scutellum about as long as ocellar diameter; meta� somal terga I�II with dense tomentum only on disc.

Male: last antennal article narrowly fingerlike; clypeal punctation superficial; subapical tooth of mandible only slightly larger than basal teeth; midfemur not depressed beneath basally; clypeus yel� low, scutum lacking the stripes found in the female; hindtarsus with last tarsomere not much darker than preceding segments.

REMARKS. The holotype has the metasoma detached and glued to the date�locality label.

DISTRIBUTION. Mona Island and Hispaniola ( Dominican Republic).

TYPE MATERIAL. ♀ holotype Hispaniola, Dominican Republic: Puesto Escondido , Sierra de Bahoruco, Nov. 2008 (J. A. Genaro) [deposited in AMNH]. Paratypes: 3 ♂♂ same label data as holotype [ AMNH, JAGA] ; 2 ♂♂ Mona Island, Puerto Rico: Punta Caigo o no Caigo , 22 Nov. 2007 (J. A. Genaro) [ AMNH] ; 3 ♂♂ Isla de Mona, Puerto Rico: Camino del Uvero , 23 Nov. 2007 (J. A. Genaro) [ AMNH] ; ♂ Mona Island (PR): near Playa Pájaros, general collecting, 18°03’52”N 67°52’06”W, 18 May 2008, 30 m (N. Franz) [ UPRM]. One of the male paratypes from the Dominican Republic has an additional label “101�DR/ barcoding”. Its DNA sequence, under the name Euodynerus haitiensis , is in the Barcode of Life Data Systems ( BOLD) database. BOLD is an online workbench that aids collection, management, analysis, and use of DNA barcodes .

ETYMOLOGY. Formed from two Taino words; jeiti meaning black and ita meaning red, referring to the metasomal colors ( Fig. 42 ), and to be treated as a noun in apposition.

Figures

Figure 41-43. Habitus of new species of eumenines. 41) Ancistrocerus isla, female. 42) Euodynerus jeitita, male. 43) Omicron aridum, female. Scale bar =7 mm.