Pachodynerus guadulpensis (de Saussure)

Genaro, Julio A., 2011, Vespidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera) of Puerto Rico, West Indies, Insecta Mundi 2011 (202), pp. 1-35 : 11

Pachodynerus guadulpensis (de Saussure)

Odynerus guadulpensis de Saussure, 1853a: 154 (key), 182, female (in subgenus Leionotus ) � “La Gua � deloupe” (lectotype MNHN). � Willink and Roig�Alsina 1998: 69 (designation of lectotype).

Odynerus praecox de Saussure, 1855: 254 , pl. XI fig. 9, female (in subgenus Odynerus division Epsilon ) � “L’Amerique du Sud depuis l’Uruguay jusqu’aux missions” (lectotype MNHN). � Willink and Roig� Alsina 1998: 69 (designation of lectotype), 70 (syn. of O. guadulpensis de Saussure ).

Odynerus zonatus de Saussure, 1870: 57 , male (in subgenus Odynerus division Pachodynerus ) � “Cay� enna” (MHNG). � Willink 1972: 70, 72 (syn. of P. praecox (de Saussure)) .

Odynerus sancti-vincenti Ashmead, 1900: 233 , 312 (list), female, male � “ St. Vincent � Kingstown (Windward side)” (lectotype female USNM). � Menke 1986: 659 (designation of lectotype; syn. of P. guadulpensis ).

Odynerus grenadensis Ashmead, 1900: 234 , 312 (list), female, male � “ Grenada �St. Georges (Leeward side)” (lectotype female USNM). � Bequaert 1948: 108 (syn. of P. guadulpensis (de Saussure)) . � Menke 1986: 659 (designation of lectotype).

Odynerus astraeus Cameron, 1905: 390 , female, male (in subgenus Pachodynerus ) � “ Mexico ” (BMNH). � Willink 1972: 69, 72 (female P. astraeus syn. of P. praecox (de Saussure) ; male P. astraeus described by Cameron is not a Pachodynerus ).

Pachodynerus praecox ; Brèthes 1906: 345, fig. 20, 24.

Pachodynerus zonatus ; Bertoni 1911: 113.

Odynerus clavilinatus Cameron, 1912: 222 , male non female.

Pachodynerus guadulpensis ; Salt and Bequaert 1929: 258. – Snelling 1992: 13 ( Puerto Rico).

Pachodynerus guadulpensis var. sanctivincenti ; Bequaert 1948: 106 (key), 108.

Odynerus sp. near grenadensis ; Callan 1954: 18, female. � Menke 1986: 659 (apparently P. praecox ).

Pachodynerus astraeus ; Davis 1964: 13. � Krombein 1967: 85 �87.

Pachodynerus guadulpensis sanctivicenti [!]; Willink 1972: 70, 71.

Snelling (1992) first mentioned this species from Puerto Rico, in a collecting note without providing further detail. The junior author collected a female at Ventana, Guayanilla, 10 Nov. 2007. The senior author collected a female at Guánica, carretera 333, 17°56’55”N 66°52’36”W, 50 m, 27 Nov. 2008, and A. Davidson collected a male at the same locality on 29 Nov. 2008. The species is widespread in the Lesser Antilles, Central and South America (Menke 1986; Willink and Roig�Alsina 1998). It is perhaps rare in Puerto Rico, or recently established � or is another demonstration, along with the new species described herein, that Puerto Rico has been insufficiently collected .

This species has been recorded nesting in bagworm cases ( Davis 1964), and Krombein (1967) has given an account of its biology in trap�nests.