Phimenes flavopictus blanchardi

Nugroho, Hari, Kojima, Jun-Ichi & Ubaidillah, Rosichon, 2013, Review of potter wasps with a petiolate metasoma excluding so-called " Zethinae " (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae) in the Lesser Sunda Islands of the Indonesian Archipelago, Zootaxa 3608 (1), pp. 1-25 : 16

Phimenes flavopictus blanchardi (de Saussure 1852)

(Figs 43, 44, 47, 49)

Material examined. LOMBOK I.: 1 Ƥ (MZB), 08°02'S 116°15'E, Sesaot, Narmada, Lombok Barat, J. Kojima, 7 Nov.2000; 1 Ƥ (MZB), 08°33'S 116°25'E, alt. 540 m, Tetebatu, Sikur, Lombok Barat, J. Kojima, 5 Nov.2000; 1 Ƥ (MZB), 08°21'41.7"S 116°31'18.7"E, alt. 1166 m, Sembalun Lawang, Sembalun, Lombok Timur, H. Nugroho & Y.R. Suhardjono, 1 Apr.2010; 1 Ƥ (MZB), 08°33'03.9"S 116°25'14.7"E, alt. 587 m, Tetebatu, Sikur, Lombok Timur, H. Nugroho, 3 Apr. 2010. SUMBAWA I.: 1 Ƥ (MZB), 08°35'S 119°00'E, Bugis, Sape, Bima, J. Kojima, 14 Nov.2000; 1 Ƥ (MZB), 08°37'33.3"S 117°10'42.6"E, alt. 916 m, Tepal, Batu Lanteh, Sumbawa, H. Nugroho & Y.R. Suhardjono, 14 Apr.2010. SUMBA I.: 1 Ƥ (MZB), 09°45'S 120°35'E, forest edge, Wanga, Sumba Timur, J. Kojima, 29 Jan.2003; 1 Ƥ (MZB), Rua, West Sumba, Bühler & Sutter, 29 Aug.1949; 1 Ƥ (MZB), Pogobina, West Sumba, Bühler & Sutter, 13 Sep.1949; 1 3 (MZB), Laluku, East Sumba, Bühler & Sutter, 7 Jul.1949; 1 3 (MZB), Laiwanggi, alt. 320 m, A. Perrard, 15–19 Jun. 2010; 1 Ƥ (MZB), Laiwanggi, alt. 349 m, A. Perrard, 17 Jun. 2010.

Remarks. The specimens listed above have propodeum nearly unpunctured on the lateral faces but superficially punctured on posterior face. The specimens of P. f. timorensis from Timor have propodeum entirely unpunctured. In the male specimens from Sumba, the interantennal spot is smaller and sometimes absent.

Distribution. Indonesia: Java (including Panaitan I., Karimunjawa and Kangean Islands), Bali, Lesser Sunda Islands (Lombok, Sumbawa, Sumba, Komodo, Flores).

FIGURES 43 – 50. Phimenes flavopictus . 43, 45, 49, 50. Ƥ. 44, 46–48. 3. 43, 44, 47, 49. P. f. blanchardi . 45, 46, 48, 50. P. f. timorensis . 43–46. Clypeus. 47, 48. Apical part of antenna. 49, 50. Metasomal tergum 1, dorsal view. Scale 1mm.