Psorthaspis hispaniolae Bradley, 1944

Waichert, Cecilia, Rodriguez, Juanita, Von Dohlen, Carol D. & Pitts, James P., 2012, Spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) of the Dominican Republic, Zootaxa 3353 (1), pp. 1-47 : 34

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3353.1.1

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5253451

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/A9185567-9B26-FF85-92FE-FF724D4D1EED

treatment provided by

Felipe

scientific name

Psorthaspis hispaniolae Bradley, 1944
status

 

Psorthaspis hispaniolae Bradley, 1944 View in CoL

Psorthaspis hispaniolae Bradley, 1944 View in CoL , Transactions of the American Entomological Society, Philadelphia, vol. 70, p. 50 [Holotype: ♀ DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, Constanza (MCZC)].

Diagnosis. This species can be recognized by the following combination of characters: the integument is black; the tomentum is blue; the pronotum does not have the collar differentiated from the disc ( Figs 7I–J View FIGURE 7 ); the clypeus is continuously round; the wings are uniformly dark; the fore wing has the Cu vein distinctly deflected downward at the base forming a posterior pocket in the second medial cell.

Material examined. DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: 1 ♀, Independencia, Sierra de Bahoruco, Loma del Toro , 18–17–16N, 71–42–46W, 2310 m, 7–8.XI.2002, meadow in pine woods, malaise trap, sample 40189, CMNH –369,909; 1 ♂, Pedernales, 9.5 km N Cabo Rojo , 19–02N, 71–39W, 35 m, 13–19.VII.1990, desert scrub, intercept trap, L. Masner et al., CMNH –371,363; 1 ♂, Elias Pina, north slope Sierra de Neiba, 2 km SW Canada, 7 km WSW Hondo Valle , 980 m, 18–42N, 71–45W, 29.VIII.1995, eroded fields on hillside, J. Rawlins et al., CMNH –371,407; 1 ♂, Barahona, east Sierra Bahoruco, Reserva Cachote , 12.8 km NE Paraiso, 18–05–54N, 71–11–21W, 1230 m, 19–21.V.2004, cloud forest with tree ferns, sample 44284, C. Young et al., CMNH –371,286; 1 ♀, La Vega, Parque Nac. [ional] A. Bermudez, Cienaga , VII.10–VII.2.1995, 1000 m, trop.[ical] ev[er]gr[ee]n forest, S. and J. Peck, FIT ( MW) ; 1 ♂, Prov. [incia] Pedernales, Sierra Bahoruco, 15 km N. Cabo Rojo, VIII. 1990, 540 m, L. Masner ( PMAE) ; 1 ♂, Prov. [incia] Pedernales, Sierra Bahoruco, 15–19.VII.1990, 1870 m, L. Masner ( PMAE) .

Distribution. Hispaniola.

Host. Unknown.

Remarks. Psorthaspis naomi (Smith) is probably a synonym of this species, but no nomenclatural act is taken, because the holotype was not studied.

CMNH

The Cleveland Museum of Natural History

MW

Museum Wasmann

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Pompilidae

Genus

Psorthaspis

Loc

Psorthaspis hispaniolae Bradley, 1944

Waichert, Cecilia, Rodriguez, Juanita, Von Dohlen, Carol D. & Pitts, James P. 2012
2012
Loc

Psorthaspis hispaniolae

Bradley 1944
1944
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