Eumenes punctaticlypeus Giordani Soika, 1943

van Achterberg, Cornelis, Smit, John T. & Ljubomirov, Toshko, 2023, Review of the European Eumenes Latreille (Hymenoptera, Vespidae) using morphology and DNA barcodes, with an illustrated key to species, ZooKeys 1143, pp. 93-163 : 93

Eumenes punctaticlypeus Giordani Soika, 1943

Figs 170-179 , 180-188

Eumenes robusta Kostylev, 1940: 141 (primary homonym; not E. robustus Isely, 1917).

Eumenes (Eumenes) robustus ; van der Vecht and Fischer 1972: 132.

Eumenes (Eumenes) punctaticlypeus Giordani Soika, 1943: 29; van der Vecht and Fischer 1972: 132 (literature before 1972); Gusenleitner 1972: 104-105; Gereys 2016: 137; Fateryga 2017: 182, 2018: 208; Dal Pos et al. 2022: 16.

Eumenes punctaticlypeus punctaticlypeus ; Gusenleitner, 1999: 573.

Eumenes punctaticlypeus ; Castro 1997: 4; Castro and Sanza 2009: 266-267; Arens 2012: 488-489; Baldock et al. 2020: 44.

Eumenes (Eumenes) calabricus Giordani Soika, 1943: 31; Giordani Soika 1956: 316; van der Vecht and Fischer 1972: 132; Gusenleitner 1972: 104-105 (as synonym of E. punctaticlypeus ); Gereys 2016: 137 (id.).

Eumenes kostylevi Kurzenko, 1976: 437 (replacement name for E. robusta ); Tobias and Kurzenko 1978: 161; Gereys 2016: 137 (as synonym of E. punctaticlypeus ).

Eumenes kostylevi kostylevi ; Yildirim and Özbek 1996: 206.

Eumenes kostylevi punctaticlypeus ; Yildirim and Özbek 1996: 206.

Eumenes punctaticlypeus kostylevi ; Fateryga and Matushkina 2010: 377 (biology); Fateryga 2010: 78.

Notes.

As shown by the short setae of the hind coxa, the robust posterior part of the first metasomal tergite and frequently present moon-shaped yellow patch of the clypeus in females of both E. punctaticlypeus and E. lunulatus , the first one could be considered a large form of the latter. We recognise E. punctaticlypeus as a separate species because of the dark brown antennal hook of the males (yellow in E. lunulatus ), differences in sculpture (but part may be the result of the larger body size) and the presence of a pair of large yellow spots on the mesoscutum of females (but the latter is variable in E. papillarius and this may be also the case in this species).

Distribution.

Examined specimens are from Spain, France, Bulgaria, and Turkey. This rarely collected species is also reported from Albania, Italy (type series), Greece and Ukraine (Crimea).

Figures

Figures 170 - 179. Eumenes punctaticlypeus Giordani Soika, France, female 170 metasoma lateral 171 first metasomal tergite dorsal 172 first tergite latero-ventral 173 head and mesosoma dorsal 174 second tergite latero-dorsal 175 hind tarsal claw 176 head anterior 177 head and pronotum lateral 178 antenna anterior 179 propodeum dorsal.

Figures 180 - 188. Eumenes punctaticlypeus Giordani Soika, Spain, male 180 metasoma lateral 181 first metasomal tergite dorsal 182 first tergite ventral 183 head and mesosoma dorsal 184 second tergite dorso-lateral 185 antenna 186 head anterior 187 antenna anterior 188 apical hook of antenna lateral.