Protopolybia aliciae Silveira, 2004

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 : 166-167

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3956.2.1
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scientific name	Protopolybia aliciae Silveira, 2004
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Protopolybia aliciae Silveira, 2004 View in CoL

Protopolybia aliciae Silveira, 2004: 2 View in CoL View Cited Treatment (holotype: ♀ Brasil, Pará, Melgaço, Caxiuanã, ECFPn, 1°44`S 51°28` O, 28.vi.1998, Silveira & Dias (MPEG); examined).

Diagnosis. Small species, length of fore wing 4.0 mm; T1 almost as wide as long, with short basal petiole armed with paired wing-like processes; ground color black or dark brown richly marked with yellow, but scutellum and metanotum only partially marked; nest with envelope.

Material examined. FRENCH GUIANA: Sentier de Rorota, 8 ♀, Montioly, 20m, 4°53’N, 52°15’W, 5.x.1996 (Wenzel & Carpenter) ( AMNH); BRAZIL: Pará, 4 ♀, Benevides, F. Morelândia, 14.xi.1986 (J.A. Rafael) ( INPA).

Distribution. * French Guiana, Brazil: PA.

Remarks. Protopolybia aliciae was only known from the type locality in Melgaço municipality, Pará State ( Silveira 2004). We present additional records, for Pará State (Benevides), and another for French Guiana.

FIGURES 59–64. 59. Protopolybia duckeianus ; 60. P. chartergoides ; 61. P. nitida ; 62. P. bituberculata ; 63. P. acutiscutis ; 64. P. clypeata sp. nov.