Synagris (Paragris) ornatissima Maidl, 1914

Selis, Marco, 2023, Taxonomic revision of the subgenus Synagris (Paragris) de Saussure (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae), Journal of Natural History (J. Nat. Hist.) 57 (41 - 44), pp. 1949-1962 : 1953-1956

Synagris (Paragris) ornatissima Maidl, 1914

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Synagris ornatissima Maidl 1914a: 9 , f# – ′Urwald Mawambi̍ (NHMW)

Diagnosis

Distinguished from the other species of the subgenus by the following combination of characters: punctures on mesosoma fine and very sparse, scutellum and most of mesoscutum largely impunctate, inferior carinae of propodeum normally developed, carinae on S2 absent, T2 with two pairs of pale spots; female clypeus flattened ( Figure 3c ).

Material examined

HOLOTYPE OF SYNAGRIS ORNATISSIMA : f#, labelled ′Urw. Mawambi/1910.Grauer // Type/ S. ornatissima /det. Maidl f#̍ ( NHMW).

Distribution

Democratic Republic of Congo ( Maidl 1914a, 1914b) ( Figure 8 ).

Notes

The specimen recorded by Gusenleitner (1999) as a female of S. ornatissima from Ivory Coast was examined based on photographs. Surprisingly, it turned out to be a male of S. aestuans aestuans (Fabricius) .

Figures

Figure 3. Synagris ornatissima Maidl, female holotype. a, habitus in dorsal view. b, habitus in lateral view. c, head in frontal view. d, labels. Credits: Harald Schillhammer and Manuela Vizek, NHMW, 2023.

Figure 8. Distributional map of Synagris (Paragris) species. Produced using the online tool SimpleMappr (Shorthouse 2010).