Rhynchagris Maidl, 1914

Selis, Marco & Carpenter, James M., 2022, Cladistic analysis and reclassification of Synagris Latreille (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae), Zootaxa 5159 (4), pp. 487-512 : 503-504

Rhynchagris Maidl, 1914 stat. nov.

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Rhynchagris Maidl 1914: 97 , subgenus of Synagris Latreille. Type species: Synagris vicaria Stadelmann, 1898 , by monotypy.

Pteromenes Giordani Soika 1960: 389 , 407, genus. Type species: Pterochilus paradisiacu s Giordani Soika, 1941, by original designation and monotypy. Syn. nov.

Diagnosis. Large-sized “odynerine” wasps characterized by the following combination of characters: mandibles with strongly projecting pointed teeth and dense fringe of long setae near ventral margin, rounded interantennal region, pronotal carina interrupted below humeri, posteriorly rounded tegula, large axillary fossa, T1 semicircular in shape, T2 wider than long, S1 posteriorly depressed, prestigma shorter than pterostigma, tarsal claws with an accessory basal sharp tooth, clypeus finely sculpted and without coarse punctures, female labial palpi long and robust, three-segmented but sometimes with a rudimentary fourth segment, female vertex without cephalic foveae, male clypeus longer than wide, male antenna simple apically, male fore tibia depressed on outer face.

Included species. Rhynchagris mediocarinata (Giordani Soika) , Rhynchagris paradisiaca (Giordani Soika) comb. nov., Rhynchagris vicaria luteopicta (Maidl) , Rhynchagris vicaria vicaria (Stadelmann) , Rhynchagris zebra Gusenleitner.

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FIGURE 4. Synapomorphies and other diagnostic characters of Rhynchagris. a, habitus of male R. mediocarinata. b, habitus of female R. paradisiaca. c, head of female R. vicaria. d, head of male R. vicaria. e, labial palp of female R. vicaria. f, tegula and axillary fossa of female R. paradisiaca. g, tarsal claw of female R. vicaria.

FIGURE 5. Synapomorphies and other diagnostic characters of Rhynchagris. a, metasoma of female R. vicaria. b, flagellum of male R. vicaria. c, aedeagus in ventral view of R. mediocarinata.