Pseudepipona tricolor Gusenleitner, 1976

Dvořák, Libor & Castro, Leopoldo, 2007, New and noteworthy records of vespid wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) from the Palaearctic region, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 47, pp. 229-236 : 232

Pseudepipona tricolor Gusenleitner, 1976

( Fig. 5 ) Material examined. KAZAKHSTAN: BATYS QAZAQSTAN PROVINCE, Dzhanybek, 49º25′ N, 46º51′ E, 12.vi.2001, 1 ♀ ; Aralsor lake , 49º00′ N, 48º15′ E, 8.vi.2001, 1 ♀ ; Zhalpaksor lake , 49º12′ N, 48º12′ E, 10.vi.2001, 4 ♀♀ 1 ♁; all specimens V. Karalius & J. Miatleuski leg., L. Castro det. & coll.

The original description ( GUSENLEITNER 1976: 115-116) was based on a female and a male from the Caucasus region ( Russia: Dagestan), and no other material has been published so far. The new specimens differ from the types in that the females have a white spot on the last tergum (the spot is orange in the holotype) and the male has an entirely black propodeum (with a small orange markings in the paratype). First record from Kazakhstan.

Figures

Figs. 1-6. 1 – Euodynerus reflexus (Brullé, 1839), ♀ from Gran Canaria, Spain; 2 – Hemipterochilus bicoloricornis (Giordani Soika, 1952), ♀ from Antalya province, Turkey; 3 – Katamenes tauricus tauricus (de Saussure, 1855), ♀ from the Tuva Republic, Russia; 4 – Microdynerus latro Blüthgen, 1955, ♁ from Dimashq province, Syria; 5 – Pseudepipona tricolor Gusenleitner, 1976,♀ from Batys Qazaqstan province, Kazakhstan; 6 – Polistes rubellus Gusenleitner, 2006, ♀ from the Gandaki area, Nepal. 1, 4, 6 – photo: L. Dvořák; 2, 3, 5 – photo: L. Castro.