Afrepipona lamptoensis 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 : 19-21

Afrepipona lamptoensis Giordani Soika, 1965

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Afrepipona lamptoensis Giordani Soika, 1965: 46 , figs 1–2.

Diagnosis

Recognized by the following characters: clypeus of female 1.35 × as wide as long, apical margin narrow, 0.2 × as wide as clypeus ( Fig. 8B ); occipital carina evenly curved on gena; vertex of female 1.85– 1.95 × as long as distance between posterior ocellus and inner eye margin, cephalic foveae mixed with punctures and not placed in depression ( Fig. 8E ); mesosoma 1.2–1.3 × as long as wide; pronotal carina shortly lamellate for whole length, at most ⅓ × as long as ocellar diameter; T1 2.2–2.3 × as wide as long, T2 1.2–1.25 × as wide as long; apical translucent margin of T2 separated from rest of tergite by large punctures with pigmented interspaces, margin reflexed and duplicated by raised lamella ( Fig. 8D ); head and mesosoma finely and sparsely punctate, punctures on mesoscutum half as long as ocellar diameter, dorsal face of propodeum entirely and coarsely punctured, S2 finely and shallowly punctate; mesosternum with dense silvery pubescence. Genitalia in Fig. 27E .

Type material

Holotype

IVORY COAST • ♀; Lamto, Toumodi ; MNHN EY35370 .

Paratype

IVORY COAST • 1 ♀; Lamto, Toumodi ; MSNVE .

Other material examined

IVORY COAST • 1 ♀; Lamto; 6 Oct. 1969; Darchen leg.; MSVI • 1 ♂; Lamto; 9 Dec. 1988; R. Longair leg.; AMNH .

Distribution

Ivory Coast ( Giordani Soika 1965).

Remarks

Gusenleitner (2012) synonymized this species under Afrepipona angusta , but the examination of both species, including the holotype of A. lamptoensis , showed that they are very different and come from different areas of Africa. The distinctive characters are summarized in the key.

The records from the Democratic Republic of Congo, Zambia and Zimbabwe ( Gusenleitner 2011) are considered doubtful.

Figures

Fig. 8. Afrepipona lamptoensis Giordani Soika, 1965. A, C, E–F. ♀, paratype from Lamto (MSNVE). B, D. ♂ from Lamto (AMNH). A. Habitus, dorsal view. B–C. Head, frontal view. D. Flagellum, lateral view. E. Head, dorsal view. F. T2–3. dorsal view. Scale bars = 1 mm.

Fig. 27. Male genitalia: aedeagus in ventral view, aedeagus in lateral view, digitus. A. Afrepipona angusta (de Saussure, 1863) from Adi Keyh (MSVI). B. Afrepipona cellularis sp. nov., holotype from Nyamandhlovu (MSNVE). C. Afrepipona clonata sp. nov., holotype from Nairobi (MSNVE). D. Afrepipona cuprea sp. nov., paratype from Malindi (MSVI). E. Afrepipona lamptoensis Giordani Soika, 1965 from Lamto (AMNH).F. Afrepipona lobulata sp. nov.,holotype from Lubumbashi (AMNH). G. Afrepipona macrocephala (Gribodo, 1894) from Delagoa (MSNVE). H. Afrepipona meridionalis sp. nov., holotype from Durban (MSNVE). I. Afrepipona occidentalis sp. nov., paratype from Lamto (MSNVE).J. Afrepipona punctatissima sp. nov.,holotype from Maralal (MSNVE).K. Afrepipona scabra sp. nov., paratype from Kabongo (MSNVE). L. Afrepipona segregata sp. nov., holotype from Tulear (NHMW). M. Afrepipona tertia Gusenleitner, 2011, holotype from Bangui (OLML). N. Afrepipona ulterior sp. nov., paratype from Pretoria (MSVI). O. Afrepipona vulcanica sp. nov., paratype from Mount Kilimanjaro (MSVI). P. Afrepsilon ferrugineoaureum gen. et sp. nov., paratype from Berea (MSVI). Q. Afrepsilon minor gen. et gen. et sp. nov., holotype from Mount Kilimanjaro (OLML).