Calligaster cyanoptera de Saussure, 1852

Nugroho, Hari, Ubaidillah, Rosichon & Kojima, Jun-ichi, 2016, Taxonomy of the Indo-Malayan presocial potter wasp genus Calligaster de Saussure (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Eumeninae), Journal of Hymenoptera Research 48, pp. 19-32 : 23-24

Calligaster cyanoptera de Saussure, 1852

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Calligaster cyanoptera de Saussure, 1852: 23, pl. IX figs. 7, 7a, ♀, “Java”, syntypes (? RMNH).

Zethus cyanopterus ; de Saussure 1855: 115 (here called Zethus cyanopterus Lep. [!]), 123 (in division Calligaster ; ♂).

Zethus (Calligaster) cyanoptera ; Gribodo 1892 (1891): 260.

Zethus (Calligaster) javanus Gribodo, 1892 (1891): 261, ♂ (in subgenus Calligaster ), “Kaliparè (Giava orientale)", holotype [by monotypy] (MSNG). Synonymized under Calligaster cyanoptera de Saussure, 1852 by van der Vecht (1937: 262).

Calligaster javana ; Dalla Torre 1904: 17 (cat.).

Zethus erythrostomus Cameron Meade-Waldo, 1914: 404, “Java”, holotype [by monotypy] (BMNH), as a synonym of Calligaster cyanopterus de Saussure. Available under Article 11.6.1 of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature.

Diagnosis.

Calligaster cyanoptera is distinguished from its congeners by the combination of the following characters: metasomal tergum I in lateral view moderately convex dorsally, with distinct preapical depression (Fig. 3 ), in dorsal view nearly parallel-sided, relatively slender, about 2.5 times as long as its maximum width (Fig. 7 ); female clypeus in frontal view about 1.5 times as wide as high, with ventral margin more or less truncated rather than broadly rounded (Fig. 10 ); male clypeus in frontal view about 1.5 times as wide as high, with semi-elliptic emargination at ventral margin (Fig. 14 ); tergum I hardly punctured, so that dorsal striae are more or less conspicuous (Fig. 7 ).

Material examined.

JAVA: 1♂ (MZB), Tjikadjang , Bandjarwangi, alt. 8-900 m, 7-10.iv.1939 , M.A. Lieftinck; 1♂ (MZB), Priangan , Gn. [= “Mt.”] Limboeng, alt. 1000 m, 28.vii.1934 , M.A. Lieftinck; 1♀ (MZB), Priangan , Gn. Limboeng, 1000 m, 28.vii.1934 , M.A. Lieftinck; 2♂ (MZB), Djampang , Gn. Tjimerang, xii.1932 , M. E. Walsh; 1♀ (MZB), Djasinga , 4.xii.1938 , M. A. Lieftinck; 1♂ (MZB), Djampang Tengah, G. Tjisoeroe , alt. 600-800 m, 1933, M. E. Walsh ; 1♂ (MZB), G. Gedeh, Tjiboenar , 14.xi.1929 , F.C. Drescher; 1♂ (MZB), Tjipanas , 19.xii.1930 ; 3♀ (MZB), Soekanegara , alt. 400-1000 m, ii.1940 , native coll.; 1♂ (MZB), Pelaboean Ratoe , 16-17.iv.1933 , M.A. Lieftinck; 1♂ 2♀ (MZB), Priangan , Mt. Limboeng, alt. 900 m, 30.vii.1934 , M.A. Lieftinck; 1♂ (MZB), Cikaniki , Gn. Halimun, Sukabumi, alt. 950 m, 8.viii.1997 , Zamilah et al.; 1♀ (MZB), Cikaniki , Gn. Halimun, Sukabumi, alt. 950-1000 m, 26.iv-2.v.1999 , T. Ueno, M.R. Sofyan; 1♀ 1♂ (MZB), 2.v.1937, Mt. Salak ; 1♀ (MZB), Mt. Gede , i.1935 ; 1♂ (MZB), Djasinga , 2.viii.1952 , Amsari; 1♀ (MZB), Gn. Tjimerang, 600 m, Bodjongkulong , Djampang Tengah, iii.1941 , native coll.; 5♀ 3♂ (MZB), Mt. Gede , 1000 m, i.1935 , native coll.; 1♂ (MZB), Gn. Halimun Nat. Park , Cikaniki, 06°45'04"S 106°31'31"E, alt. 925 m, 15.ix.1999 , W.A. Noerdjito; 1♀ (MZB), Sukabumi , Jampang, Bojong Pari, 07°10'S 106°37'E, 29.iii.2002 , R. Ubaidillah; 1♂ (MZB), Penandjoeng bay , Kalipoetjang, alt. 300 m, vi.1936 , M.A. Lieftinck; 1♀ 1♂ (MZB), Batoerraden , Gn. Slamat, Java, 23.xii.1928 , F.C. Drescher; 1♀ (MZB), Batoerraden , Gn. Slamat, Java, 9.vii.1939 , F.C. Drescher; 3♀ 1♂ (MZB), Cisompet , Garut, W. Java, 4.vii.2013 , H. Nugroho & J. Kojima. BALI: 2♀ (MZB), Baturiti , Tabanan, 13.ix.2013 , H. Nugroho et al.

Distribution.

Sumatra Is. (Marang), Java Is., Bali Is. (new record).

Remarks.

In his monograph on solitary vespid wasps, de Saussure (1852) described Calligaster cyanoptera based on at least two (the body length was mentioned as "20 á 25 mill. [20 to 25 mill.]") females from “Java”. The syntypes were indicated to be in “Musée de Leyde" (de Saussure 1852: 24), but no one has referred to the syntypes. Gribodo (1892: 261) described Zethus (Calligaster) javanus based on a single male from “Kaliparè [in Malang] (Giava orientale [East Java])", and van der Vecht (1937: 262) synonymized it under C. cyanoptera , stating “… Gribodo’s species is undoubtedly conspecific with C. cyanopterus … the shape of the clypeus is very different in the two sexes". Meade-Waldo (1914: 204) published, as a synonym of C. cyanopterus de Saussure, 1852, " Zethus erythrostomus Cameron", which was actually an unpublished Cameron’s manuscript name for a female specimen from Lawang, East Java ( Bequaert 1928: 157).

This species have so far been recorded from Sumatra Is. ( Gribodo 1892: 260) and Java Is. (de Saussure 1852, Gribodo 1892, van der Vecht 1937, 1938; our own data as listed below), and we herewith firstly record the species from Bali Is. We also collected a couple of nests made on tree twigs along the creek at Baturiti, Bali; their structure is basically the same as that from the south of Garut, West Java, described by van der Vecht (1938).

Figures

Figures 1 - 9. Calligaster species. 1 - 9 Female 1, 2, 6 C. viridipennis 3, 7 C. cyanoptera 4, 8 C. williamsi 5, 9 C. himalayensis 1 Body, lateral view 2 Head, frontal view 3 - 5 Metasomal segments I-II, lateral view 6 - 9 Metasomal tergum I, dorsal view. Scale 1 mm.

Figures 10 - 18. Calligaster species. 10 - 13 Female. 14 - 18 Male 10, 14, 17 C. cyanoptera 11 C. viridipennis 12, 15, 18 C. williamsi 13, 16 C. himalayensis 10 - 13 Female clypeus 14 - 16 Male clypeus 17, 18 Apex of male antenna. Scale 1 mm.

Figures 19 - 22. Calligaster cyanoptera. 19 Female from Garut, West Java 20 Single cell nest from Garut, West Java 21 Nest with a newly constructed cell (made of cuts of fresh leaves) from Garut, West Java 22 Nest from Bali.