Protopolybia Ducke, 1905

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 : 552

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4858.4.4

publication LSID

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4537598

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Protopolybia Ducke
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Key to species-groups of Protopolybia Ducke View in CoL View at ENA

1. Species with posterior aspect of propodeum gently convex around a narrow median groove or with posterior face projecting symmetrically to either side of median groove, forming two moderately high protuberances ( Fig. 23 View FIGURES 23–40 )..................................................................................................... P. exigua View in CoL species-group.

– Species with posterior aspect of propodeum with a wide and shallow cavity ( Fig. 24 and 25 View FIGURES 23–40 )...........................2

2. Occipital carina strong and salient throughout ( Fig. 26 and 27 View FIGURES 23–40 ) and pronotal pretegular carina, posteriorly adjacent area strongly developed, adjacent area wider and T 1 in dorsal view with petiole very short; distal margin wider and nearly straight, cup-like ( Fig. 30 and 31 View FIGURES 23–40 )........................................................... P. picteti-emortualis species-group.

– Occipital carina fading at some point near the middle of gena height or fading very close to the insertion of the mandible ( Fig. 28 and 29 View FIGURES 23–40 ); T 1 in dorsal view with petiole and distal margin variable ( Fig. 32 and 33 View FIGURES 23–40 )............................... 3

3. Large and robust species, with length of fore wing between ca. 5.1–5.7mm. T2 with shape of tergum wider than long, profile strongly bulging antero-laterally, spiracles tending to face forward ( Fig. 34 and 35 View FIGURES 23–40 ). Color black with yellow marks ( Fig. 1-10 View FIGURES 1–6 View FIGURES 7–10 )............................................................................ P. chartergoides View in CoL species-group.

– Small and slender species, with length of fore wing between ca. 4.75–5.1mm. T2 with shape of tergum wider than long, anterior contour distinctly convex in both dorsal and lateral view ( Fig. 36 and 37 View FIGURES 23–40 ), spiracles not tending to face foreward. Color variable, brown or entirely yellow with few black marks........................................... P. sedula View in CoL species-group.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Vespidae

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