Protopolybia isthmensis Richards, 1978 stat. nov.

(Figs 7, 8)

Pseudochartergus chartergoides isthmensis, Richards 1978: 155, 157. Holotype: ♀, Panama: Sabanas, 20.iv.1923 (R.C. Shan- non) (USNM), not examined; paratype: ♀ Panama: Tocumen, 26.iv.1961 (N.H.L. Krauss); ♀ Costa Rica, Palmar, 11.v.1950 (D.O. Allen) (USNM), not examined (identified from the original description).

Protopolybia chartergoides isthmensis: Carpenter et al. 2012: 269, 275.

Diagnosis. Length of fore wing 5.56 mm; ventral region of the gena width, about ½ smaller than its width at the midpoint; pronotal carina strong, oblique; prominence in front of the pronotal fovea developed, high, pronotal fovea wide and deep (Fig. 7), metanotal process with apex rounded (Fig. 8). Propodeal valves wide; propodeum deeply excavated above the valve. Color black richly marked with yellow spots; mesoscutum black; pronotum and scutelum almost entirely yellow.

Material examined. BOLIVIA: Beni, 1♀, Rurenabaque, 270m, 19.iv.1979 (M. Cooper) , 2♀, 25.iv.1979 (M. Cooper) (BMNH); ECUADOR: 1♀, Napo, Limonocha, 280m, 22.vi.1977 (C.W. Ruttenmeyer & R. Chadab) (BMNH) ; PANAMA: Barro Colorado, 1♀, 13.xi.1923, Bocas del Toro, 1♀, Changuinola, vi.1924 (J.C. Bradley) (AMNH) ; PERU: 5♀, 2♂, Tingo Maria, 670m, (W. Weyrauch) , 1♂, Cuzco, Paucartambo, 600m, 18.iv.1964 (A. Florez) (BMNH) .

Distribution. * Bolivia: Beni; * Ecuador: Napo, Costa Rica: Palmar; Guatemala: Suchitepéquez; Panama: *Barro Colorado, * Bocas del Toro, Sabanas, Tocumen; Peru.