Polistes (Palisotius) palmarum Bequaert

Somavilla, Alexandre, Oliveira, Marcio Luiz, Andena, Sergio Ricardo & Carpenter, James Michael, 2018, An illustrated atlas for male genitalia of the New World Polistes Latreille, 1802 (Vespidae: Polistinae), Zootaxa 4504 (3), pp. 301-344 : 340

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4504.3.1

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:1B0BEDBC-9409-41D7-B752-81D9843BACAA

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5996199

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03A787E7-FFCD-9410-B38D-9CF0FB48FCDB

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scientific name

Polistes (Palisotius) palmarum Bequaert
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Polistes (Palisotius) palmarum Bequaert

Paramere ( Fig. 41A View FIGURE 41 ): (1) about three times longer than wide at the middle; (2) lateral groove very shallow, almost straight; (3) parameral spine long (about 1/6 the total length of paramere), pointed apically and inclined slightly to the side with very long and dense bristles; (4) paramere lobe widely developed and rounded; (5) inferior portion narrowing gradually to the base of paramere, about a half the width at the middle portion. Aedeagus ( Fig. 41B, C View FIGURE 41 ): robust; (1) apical portion with intermediate and serrated denticulation, extended on the apical portion to the end of median expansion, lateral margin straight; (2) penis valve weakly dilated and with a slight central entrance, with a weakly bilobed appearance (little more than 1/3 of the total length of apical portion); (3) median expansion widely developed, pointed apex; (4) lateral apodeme directed forward and almost the same size than ventral process, (5) ventral process rounded and dilated in apex and slightly compressed in base; (6) inferior portion of aedeagus curved, in lateral view. Digitus ( Fig. 41D View FIGURE 41 ): slender; (1) apical process developed, about twice longer than the digitus base, same width from the base to the apex and straight, (2) apex rounded; (3) anteroventral lobe short and rounded apically; (4) punctation strong and forming a central band around the base of the digitus; (5) evanescent bristles. Cuspis ( Fig. 41E View FIGURE 41 ): slender; (1) apex pointed and tapering abruptly to the end; (2) long and sparse bristles, more on lateral margin; (3) punctation restricted on the lateral lobe; (4) lower part developed and membranous aspect.

Remarks. Richards (1978: 447) did not depict the genitalia of this species, which he treated as a subspecies of P. major . He noted only the ventral teeth of aedeagus were figured by Bohart & Bechtel (1957).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Vespidae

Genus

Polistes

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