Protopolybia iheringi Ducke, 1910

Dos Santos Junior, José N. A., Silveira, Orlando T. & Carpenter, James M., 2020, Taxonomic revision of the Protopolybia picteti - emortualis species-group (Richards 1978), with descriptions of two new species (Hymenoptera: Vespidae, Polistinae), Zootaxa 4729 (2), pp. 228-248 : 238

Protopolybia iheringi Ducke, 1910

( Figs. 45, 46, 47, 48 )

Polybia pumila: R. von Ihering 1904: 176 , 247 (part).

Protopolybia iheringi Ducke, 1910: 469 , 474 (lectotype: ♀ Peru, Maracapata (MZUSP)), examined; paralectotype: 3♀ ( MPEG), examined .

Protopolybia iheringi: Richards 1978: 139 , 148 (designation of lectotype); Overal 1978: 11; Nascimento & Overal 1979: 11; Carpenter 1999: 17; Rasmussen & Asenjo 2009: 50.

Diagnosis. Length of fore wing 4.50–5.12 mm; metanotal process with apex truncated; propodeum with wide and deep excavated cavity; species black, with few yellow marks; T1–T3 with distal narrow bands; male with ventral process of aedeagus approximately trapezoidal, not projecting laterally, strongly sclerotized and not serrated ( Fig. 47 ); preapical region of aedeagus angular ( Fig. 47 ).

Male Genitalia. Parameral spine narrow, without elongate bristles; basal and apical angle of paramere widened ( Fig. 45 ); digitus narrow, with apical margin approximately rounded ( Fig. 48 ); basal process and posterodorsal lobe of digitus narrow and acuminate ( Fig. 48 ); digitus and cuspis covered with few elongated bristles; ventral process of aedeagus approximately trapezoidal, not projecting laterally, strongly sclerotized and not serrated ( Fig. 47 ); preapical region of aedeagus angular ( Fig. 47 ).

Material examined. PERU: Madre de Dios, 1♀, Quincemil, on branch R . Manu , viii.1962 (L.E. Pena) ( AMNH) ;

Distribution. Peru.

Figures

FIGURES 45–55. 45, 46, 47, 48. Protopolybia iheringi; 49, 50, 51, 52. Protopolybia nitida; 53, 54, 55. Protopolybia picteti. 45, 49, 53. Parameres of the male genitalia. 46, 47, 50, 51, 54. Aedeagus in dorsal and lateral view. 48, 52, 55. Volsella of male genitalia in lateral view. Scale 0.2 mm. ps, parameral spine; par, preapical region