Pseudonortonia arnoldi GIORDANI SOIKA, 1936

Selis, Marco, 2024, Two new species of Pseudonortonia GIORDANI SOIKA, 1936 from Southern Africa (Hymenoptera, Vespidae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 56 (1), pp. 337-345 : 344

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Pseudonortonia arnoldi GIORDANI SOIKA, 1936 View in CoL

Pseudonortonia arnoldi GIORDANI SOIKA 1936: 268 View in CoL , ♁ – "Umtali Distr. S. Rhodesia " (SAMC).

Pareumenes carpenteri GUSENLEITNER 2012a: 523, 532, figs 19-21, ♀ (in subgenus Pareumenoides ) – " RSA, Maputoland, SW of Emanguzi" (OLML). Syn. nov.

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Holotype of Pareumenes carpenteri: ♀, labeled " HOLOTYPUS [red label] // RSA, MAPUTOLAND / SW of EMANGUZI / 29. 1. 2003 / leg. M. Snížek // Pareumenoides / carpenteri nov. spec. ♀ / J. Gusenleitner, det.2011 / Holotypus // Biologiezentrum Linz, / Austria (LI) / ex Coll. J. Halada / Eingang 2003" ( OLML). Democratic Republic of Congo: Katanga, Kiniama, 2.x.1960, leg. A. Mochi, 1♀ ( MSVI). Zimbabwe: Glenlivet, 8.xi.1955, 1♀ ( MSNVE); Sabi Valley, iii.1939, 1♀ ( MSNVE); Umtali District , 16.x.1931, leg. P.A. Sheppard, 1♁ ( MSNVE, paralectotype of P. arnoldi ).

D i s t r i b u t i o n: Democratic Republic of Congo *; South Africa: KwaZulu-Natal; Zimbabwe ( GIORDANI SOIKA 1936, 1941, GUSENLEITNER 2012a).

N o t e s GUSENLEITNER (2012a) described Pareumenoides as a new subgenus to accommodate Pareumenes carpenteri, a species characterized by shape of T1, presence of a sharp transverse carina on T1, and rounded propodeum. Examination of the holotype of Pareumenes carpenteri showed how this taxon does not present any character compatible with the placement in Pareumenes. The following characters exclude Pareumenes and allow considering Pareumenoides as a synonym of Pseudonortonia : long and narrow mandible, mesosoma not dorsoventrally depressed, propodeum lacking median basal fovea, propodeum with submarginal carina produced in a pointed lobe, propodeal valvula not completely fused with submarginal carina, and T1 strongly carinate and much narrower than T2. Moreover, comparison of the mentioned holotype with specimens of Pseudonortonia arnoldi , including a paralectotype, did not allow finding any difference, leading to the synonymy of Pareumenes carpenteri.

References

GIORDANI SOIKA A. (1936) Caratteri del genere Nortonia SAUSS. e descrizione di due nuove specie (Hymen. Vespidae). - Ann. Mus. civ. Stor. nat. Genova 60 (15): 267 - 271.

GIORDANI SOIKA A. (1941) Studi sui Vespidi solitari. - Boll. Soc. Ven. St. Nat. e Mus. Civ. St. Nat. Venezia 2 (2): 130 - 279.

GUSENLEITNER J. (2012 a) Uber bemerkenswerte Faltenwespen aus der athiopischen Region (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae). Teil 8. - Linzer biol. Beitr. 44 (1): 523 - 540.