Polistes (Palisotius) paraguayensis Bertoni

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 : 340-341

publication ID

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

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5996203

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scientific name

Polistes (Palisotius) paraguayensis Bertoni
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Polistes (Palisotius) paraguayensis Bertoni

Paramere ( Fig. 42A View FIGURE 42 ): (1) about three times longer than wide at the middle; (2) lateral groove deep; (3) parameral spine long (about 1/6 total length of paramere), pointed apically and inclined slightly to the side with very long and sparse 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. 42B, C View FIGURE 42 ): 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 (about 1/3 of the total length of apical portion); (3) median expansion developed, rounded apex; (4) lateral apodeme directed forward, with a weak central projection and shorter then ventral process, (5) ventral process rounded and dilated in apex; (6) inferior portion of aedeagus curved, in lateral view. Digitus ( Fig. 42D View FIGURE 42 ): slender; (1) apical process developed, about twice longer than the digitus base, same width from the base to the apex, (2) apex rounded; (3) anteroventral lobe short and rounded apically; (4) punctation strong, forming a central band around the base of the digitus; (5) evanescent bristles. Cuspis ( Fig. 42E View FIGURE 42 ): slender; (1) apex pointed and tapering abruptly to the end; (2) short and sparse bristles, more on lateral margin; (3) punctation restricted on the lateral lobe; (4) lower part developed and membranous aspect with short bristles.

Remarks. Richards (1978: 449) did not describe the genitalia of this species. He commented that the genitalia were “not really different from those of P. major but smaller, distal process of digitus in side view a little wider”.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Vespidae

Genus

Polistes

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