Pararrhynchium subfistulosum (Wickwar, 1908) Zhang & Chen & Li, 2020

Zhang, Xue, Chen, Bin & Li, Ting-Jing, 2020, Taxonomy of the genus Epsilon from China, with a new species and an updated key to the Oriental species (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Eumeninae), ZooKeys 910, pp. 131-142 : 131

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.910.35846

publication LSID

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scientific name

Pararrhynchium subfistulosum (Wickwar, 1908)
status

comb. nov.

Pararrhynchium subfistulosum (Wickwar, 1908) comb. nov. Figures 22-27 View Figures 22–27

Odynerus subfistulosum Wickwar 1908: 118, 120;

Odynerus (Stenodyneroides) subfistulosum Wickwar 1908: Giordani Soika 1941: 249 (notes on female type).

Epsilon subfistulosum : Girish Kumar et al. 2014: 5384.

Material examined.

1♀, Sri Lanka (Ceylon), deposited in London, type no. 18. 314 (NHM).

Remarks.

Wickwar (1908) described this specimen as belonging to the genus Odynerus Latreille. Having examined the same specimen, Giordani Soika (1941) placed Odynerus subfistulosus in the subgenus Stenodyneroides and then added the following characters: superior carina of propodeum dentiform, tergum I sub-square, basally truncated, slightly wider than long, and its lateral margins parallel, tergum II very slightly longer and slightly wider than tergum I and strongly reflected at the apex. With those characters in mind, we examined the holotype specimen and found that more characters match to those of the genus Pararrhynchium , such as one large cephalic fovea on the vertex (Fig. 23 View Figures 22–27 ), the clypeus coarsely punctate and more or less emarginated at apex (Fig. 24 View Figures 22–27 ), the scutellum and mesoscutum flattened (Fig. 22 View Figures 22–27 ), the propodeum with a superior carina (Fig. 26 View Figures 22–27 ), and tergum I with transverse carina basally (Figs 25 View Figures 22–27 , 26 View Figures 22–27 ). Therefore, we suggest that Odynerus subfistulosum Wickwar, 1908 should be transferred to the genus Pararrhynchium .

Distribution.

Sri Lanka.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Vespidae

Genus

Pararrhynchium