Polistes (Aphanilopterus) oculatus Smith, 1857

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 : 316

Polistes (Aphanilopterus) oculatus Smith

Paramere: (1) about three times longer than wide at the middle; (2) lateral groove deep; (3) parameral spine long (about 1/6 the total length of paramere), pointed apically with long and dense bristles; (4) paramere lobe developed and widely rounded; (5) inferior portion of paramere narrow, about half the width at the middle portion. Aedeagus: slender; (1) apical portion with fine and serrated denticulation, extended the apex of the apical portion to the median expansion, lateral margin straight; (2) penis valve weakly dilated and with a slight central entrance (less than 1/3 of the total length of apical portion); (3) median expansion widely developed and rounded apex; (4) lateral apodeme directed forward, ventral process damaged. Digitus: slender; (1) apical process developed, about 1.5 times 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 weak, larger on the side of the base; (5) evanescent bristles. Cuspis: slender; (1) apex pointed and tapering abruptly to the end; (2) long and dense bristles, mainly on lateral margin; (3) punctation restricted on the lateral lobe; (4) lower part developed.

Remarks. Richards (1978: 513) described the genitalia as very long and narrow, the aedeagus having the ventral teeth “very small, hardly acute or countable”, “digitus essentially as in P. versicolor ”, and parameral spine clearly emarginated, as in our description.