Protopolybia duckeianus ( Richards, 1978 )

Dos Santos Junior, José N. A., Silveira, Orlando T. & Carpenter, James M., 2020, Taxonomic revision of the P. chartergoides species-group of the genus Protopolybia Ducke, 1905 (Hymenoptera: Vespidae, Polistinae), Zootaxa 4858 (4), pp. 542-554 : 546

Protopolybia duckeianus ( Richards, 1978)

( Figs 5, 6 , 25, 39 )

Pseudochartergus duckeianus Richards, 1978: 154 , 155. Holotype: ♀, Brazil: AP, Oiapoque (BMNH), examined. Protopolybia duckeianus: Carpenter & Wenzel 1990: 179-181 , 184. Silveira & Santos-Junior 2011: 500. Santos-Junior et al.

2015: 175–179, 182.

Diagnosis. Length of fore wing 5.53 mm; eyes with long bristles. Gena wide. Pronotal carina weak and obtuse ( Fig. 5 ); prominence in front of the pronotal fovea poorly developed, low ( Fig. 5 ). Posterior region of metanotum and propodeum almost without punctures. Metanotal process very short and with apex distinctly rounded ( Fig. 6 and 25 ); propodeal valves wide posteriorly ( Fig. 39 ). Color black with few yellow marks.

Material examined. BRAZIL: Amazonas , 1♀, [Manaus], Reserva Ducke, 21.ix.1981 (J.A. Rafael), 1♀, 23.i.1978 (L.P. Albuquerque) ( INPA) .

Distribution. Brazil: Amapá, *Amazonas; Suriname.

Figures

FIGURES 1–6. 1, 2. Protopolybia chartergoides; 3, 4. Protopolybia fuscata; 5, 6. Protopolybia duckeianus. pc= pronotal carina; mp= metanotal process; white setae= pronotal fovea.

FIGURES 23–40. 23. Protopolybia diligens; 24. P. amarella; 25. P. duckeianus; 26. P. picteti; 27. P. nitida; 28. P. palidibalteatus; 29. P. fuscata; 30. P. fulvotincta; 31. P.nitida; 32. P. acutiscutis; 33. P. chartergoides; 34, 35. P. chartergoides; 36. P. diligens; 37. P. nitida. 38. P. chatergoides; 39. P. duckeianus; 40. P. panamensis. Scale 1.0 mm. mg= median groove; dm= distal margin; pv= propodeal valve; black setae= occipital carina; red setae= spiracles tending to face forward