Afrepipona Giordani Soika, 1965

Selis, Marco & Carpenter, James M., 2024, Revision of the Afrotropical genus Afrepipona Giordani Soika, 1965 and description of Afrepsilon gen. nov. (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae), European Journal of Taxonomy 944, pp. 1-80 : 3

Genus Afrepipona Giordani Soika, 1965

Fig. 1

Afrepipona Giordani Soika, 1965: 46 .

Type species

Odynerus macrocephalus Gribodo, 1894 , by original designation.

Diagnosis

“Odynerine” wasps of small size (body length 6.1–9.7 mm in female and 5.8–8.0 mm in male), with following characters: free apical part of clypeus much shorter than basal part ( Fig. 1A ); vertex long, distance from posterior ocellus to occipital margin 1.8–2.3 × (female, in A. anomala 1.4 ×) or 1.55– 2.2 × (male) as long as distance between posterior ocellus and eye, in female gena in dorsal view at least as long as dorsal lobe of eye ( Fig. 1C ); cephalic foveae of female placed in small differentiated area, depressed and usually with shiny integument (except A. lamptoensis , Fig. 1C ); margins of eye and vertex forming single even curve in frontal view ( Fig. 1A ); mandible robust and mostly shiny on outer surface, bearing five teeth in female and four in male, first four or three similar and with same orientation, basalmost more or less developed and pointing more medially ( Fig. 1B ); epicnemial carina present even if weak; axillary fossa small and elliptical; tegula with short posterior lobe not equaling parategula ( Fig. 1D ); metanotum not carinate and sloping down from base to apex, oblique in lateral view; posterior face of propodeum with dorsal propodeal aperture covering half of midline ( Fig. 1E ), submarginal carina not projecting (except in A. lobulata ), propodeal valvula completely fused with submarginal carina; T1 sessile and not carinate, apically with very short translucent border, T2 and usually T3 apically lamellate ( Fig. 1G ); prestigma shorter than half pterostigma, second submarginal cell sessile, with acute basal angle and receiving both recurrent veins ( Fig. 1F ).

Figures

Fig. 1. Diagnostic characters of Afrepipona Giordani Soika, 1965. A–C, E. ♀. D, F–G. ♂. A. Head of A. meridionalis sp. nov., paratype from Durban (MSNVE), frontal view. B. Mandible of A. vulcanica sp. nov., holotype from Mount Kilimanjaro (MSNVE), frontal view. C. Head of A. lamptoensis Giordani Soika, 1965, paratype from Lamto (MSNVE), dorsal view, arrow heads pointing to cephalic foveae. D. Tegula, parategula and axillary fossa of A. cuprea sp. nov., holotype from Malindi (MSNVE), dorsal view. E. Metanotum and propodeum of A. occidentalis sp. nov., paratype from Senegal (MSVI), posterior view. F. Apex of fore wing of A. cuprea sp. nov., holotype from Malindi (MSNVE), dorsal view. G. Metasoma of A. cuprea sp. nov., holotype from Malindi (MSNVE), dorsal view. Scale bars: A–C, E–G = 1 mm; D = 0.5 mm.