Zetheumenidion invertitum ( GiOrdani SOika, 1944 )

Selis, Marco, 2024, Revision of the Afrotropical genus Zetheumenidion Bequaert (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae), Zootaxa 5406 (1), pp. 37-65 : 49

Zetheumenidion invertitum ( GiOrdani SOika, 1944)

( Figs. 7 , 12 )

Eumenes invertitus Giordani Soika 1944: 164 , ♂ (in subgenus Zetheumenidion )—“ Africa orientale: Banno” (MSNVE).

Diagnosis. Belonging to the group of species with dorsal side of mesosoma forming an even surface from pronotum to propodeum, very narrow and shallow median furrow of propodeum and shagreened outer face of male hind femur, in which is recognized by pronotum and mesoscutum weakly shiny with micropunctate interspaces, interspaces on mesepisternum wide, lateral carinae of propodeum present but subtle, clypeus marked with pale yellow ( Fig. 7B ), male hind femur with barely visible punctures on outer face ( Fig. 7C ).

Material examined. HOLOTYPE OF EUMENES INVERTITUS : ♂ labeled “ Miss. E. Zavattari / Sagan-Omo A.O.I. / Banno / 5-v.1939 // Eumenes / invertitus n.sp. / A. Giordani Soika det. ’42 // HOLOTYPUS” ( MSNVE). ERITREA: Abyssinia , 1912, leg. R.J. Stordy, 1♂ ( MSVI).

Distribution. Eritrea *; Ethiopia; Tanzania ( Giordani Soika 1944, 1952; Gusenleitner 2003) ( Fig. 13 ).

Figures

FIGURE 7. Zetheumenidion invertitum (Giordani Soika, 1944), male.A, habitus in dorsal view. B, head in frontal view. C, hind femur in lateral view. D, metasoma in lateral view.

FIGURE 12. Male genitalia of Zetheumenidion species: aedeagus in ventral view, aedeagus in lateral view and digitus + volsella.

FIGURE 13. Distribution maps of Zetheumenidion species.