Protopolybia chanchamayensis Bequaert, 1944

Dos Santos Junior, José N. A., Silveira, Orlando T. & Carpenter, James M., 2015, Phylogeny of Protopolybia Ducke, 1905 and taxonomic revision of the Protopolybia exigua species-group (Hymenoptera: Vespidae, Polistinae), with description of four new species, Zootaxa 3956 (2), pp. 151-182 : 167

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Protopolybia chanchamayensis Bequaert, 1944 View in CoL

Protopolybia chanchamayensis Weyrauch 1943: 7 View in CoL , nom. nudum.

Protopolybia chanchamayensis Bequaert 1944a: 101 View in CoL (holotype: ♀ Peru, Junin, San Ramon, Vale Chanchamayo (MCZ), not examined; paratype: ♀ Peru, San Ramon,Valle Chanchamayo, 800 m, 1939 (Weyrauch) (AMNH), examined). Protopolybia chanchamayensis: Richards 1978: 137 View in CoL , 140.

Protopolybia chanchamayensis: Carpenter & Wenzel 1989: 179 View in CoL .

Diagnosis. Length of fore wing 4.5 mm; clypeus (HClp=0.5; MxWClp =0.63; TeW=0.44; MiWClp = 0.56 mm) with ventral margin broadly curved; metanotum short with rounded apex; propodeum with posterior face projecting symmetrically to either side of median groove, forming two moderately high protuberances; T1 as long as wide; ground color yellow with testaceous marks.

Material examined. PERU, Junin, 1♀, Iurac, 67mi. E. of Tingo Maria, 850m, 11.xii.1954 (E. Schlinger & E.S. Ross) ( INBPY). BRAZIL: Acre, 1 ♀, Rio Branco, 25.x-8.xi.1991, Arm. Susp. 20m (F. Ramos, A. Henriques, I. Gorayeb, N. Bittencourt) ( MPEG).

Distribution. Peru: Junín, * Brazil: AC.

Remarks. Protopolybia chanchamayensis was only known from the type locality ( Peru: Junin) ( Richards 1978). We now provide the first occurrence for Brazil.