Polistes (Aphanilopterus) dominicus (Vallot)

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 : 311

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.5996032

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03A787E7-FFE0-943D-B38D-9FB8FF71F9DB

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Polistes (Aphanilopterus) dominicus (Vallot)
status

 

Polistes (Aphanilopterus) dominicus (Vallot)

Paramere ( Fig. 11A View FIGURE 11 ): (1) about three times longer than wide at the middle; (2) lateral groove shallow, more pronounced on the upper part; (3) parameral spine medium (1/7 the total length of paramere), pointed apically with long and sparse bristles; (4) paramere lobe widely developed and rounded; (5) inferior portion of paramere narrow, about 2/3 the width at the middle portion. Aedeagus ( Fig. 11B, C View FIGURE 11 ): slender; (1) apical portion with fine denticulation, extended only on the apical portion, lateral margin straight; (2) penis valve widely 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 and almost the same size as the ventral process, (5) ventral process rounded and widely dilated in apex; (6) inferior portion of aedeagus curved, in lateral view. Digitus ( Fig. 11D View FIGURE 11 ): 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. 11E View FIGURE 11 ): slender; (1) apex pointed and tapering abruptly to the end; (2) long and dense bristles, mainly on lateral margin on cuspis; (3) punctation restricted on the lateral lobe; (4) lower part developed with short bristles.

Remarks. Richards (1978) was unsure of the identity of this species, hence he did not mention the male genitalia.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Vespidae

Genus

Polistes

GBIF Dataset (for parent article) Darwin Core Archive (for parent article) View in SIBiLS Plain XML RDF