Protopolybia scutellaris Bequaert, 1944

Dos Santos Junior, José N. A., Silveira, Orlando T. & Carpenter, James M., 2015, Phylogeny of Protopolybia Ducke, 1905 and taxonomic revision of the Protopolybia exigua species-group (Hymenoptera: Vespidae, Polistinae), with description of four new species, Zootaxa 3956 (2), pp. 151-182 : 166

Protopolybia scutellaris Bequaert, 1944

( Figs 75, 82 , 89 )

Protopolybia scutellaris Bequaert 1944a: 111 , Fig. 1 H-K. (holotype: ♀ Costa Rica, Suretka, Limon (CUIC), not examined; paratype: ♀ Costa Rica, Limon, 31.v.1924 (J.C. Dudley) (AMNH), examined). Protopolybia scutellaris: Richards 1978: 137 , 141.

Protopolybia scutellaris: Carpenter & Wenzel 1989: 179 , 180.

Diagnosis. Length of fore wing 4.3 mm; clypeus narrow (HClp=0.56; MxWClp =0.59; TeW=0.47; MiWClp = 0.53 mm), with ventral margin narrowly subtruncated; pronotal prominence almost collinear with fovea and pronotal carina; metanotum short with apex pointed; T1 longer than wide, with short basal petiole armed with paired winglike processes; ground color black, scutellum and metanotum entirely yellow; nest without envelope.

Genitalia. Basal and apical angles of paramere widened ( Fig. 75 ); digitus with anterior margin broadly round, almost without bristles ( Fig. 82 ); basal process pointed; cuspis with few bristles; ventral process of aedeagus angular, not laterally produced in dorsal view, very sclerotized and laterally serrated ( Fig. 89 ); pre-apical region of aedeagus not angular.

Material examined. PANAMA: Prov. Panamá, 2 ♀, 2 ♂, El Llano-Carti Road, 09°17’07’’N 78°57’30’’W, 27.iii. 1996, 374 m (Carpenter & Davidson) ( AMNH).

Distribution. Costa Rica, * Panama, Colombia: Nariño, Valle.

Figures

FIGURES 69 – 82. 69, 76. Protopolybia exigua; 70, 77. P. diligens; 71, 78. P. collombiana sp. nov.; 72, 79. P. clypeata sp. nov.; 73, 80. P. similis sp. nov.; 74, 81. P. holoxantha; 75, 82. P. scutellaris. 69 – 75. Parameres of male genitalia (Apa, apical angle). 76 – 82. Volsella of male genitalia in lateral view (digitus highlighted in gray). Scale 0.2 mm.

FIGURES 83 – 93. 83. Protopolybia exigua; 84. P. diligens; 85. P. collombiana sp. nov.; 86. P. clypeata sp. nov.; 87. P. similis sp. nov.; 88. P. holoxantha; 89 P. scutellaris; 90. P. bituberculata; 91. P. sedula; 92. P. bella; 93. P. nitida. Aedeagus in lateral and dorsal views. Scale 0, 2 mm. Par, preapical region.

FIGURES 1 – 16. Measurements taken on body structures (explanation of the abbreviation see in the text). 1. Protopolybia emortualis; 2 – 4. P. amarella; 5, 6. P. exigua; 7. P emortualis; 8. P. chartergoides; 9. P. clypeata sp. nov.; 10. P. nitida; 11. P. emortualis; 12. P. holoxantha; 13. P. duckeianus; 14. P. chartergoides. 15. P. diligens; 16. P. fuscatus. 7 – 9. Clypeus, frontal view; 10 – 14. Head, lateral view. 15 and 16. Head, dorsal view.