Afrepipona angusta ( de Saussure, 1863 )

Selis, Marco & Carpenter, James M., 2024, Revision of the Afrotropical genus Afrepipona Giordani Soika, 1965 and description of Afrepsilon gen. nov. (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae), European Journal of Taxonomy 944, pp. 1-80 : 3-6

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Afrepipona angusta ( de Saussure, 1863)

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Odynerus angustus de Saussure, 1863: 228 .

Diagnosis

Recognized by the following characters: apical teeth of clypeus sharply carinate; clypeus 1.2 × as wide as long ( Fig. 2B–C View Fig ); gena flattened on ventral ⅔; occipital carina of even height on gena, lower but complete on vertex; vertex of female 1.8 × as long as distance between posterior ocellus and inner eye margin ( Fig. 2E View Fig ), 1.55 × in male; T1 narrower than T2, separated by constriction; apical translucent margin of T2 sharply separated by change in sculpture and coloration, lacking preapical series of large punctures; S2 not or barely furrowed basally; clypeus with deep punctures; preapical depressed area of T2 coarsely and densely punctured, interspaces ridge-like to reaching one puncture diameter in width ( Fig. 2F View Fig ); metanotum black. Genitalia in Fig. 27A View Fig .

Material examined

ERITREA • 1 ♂; Adi Keyh ; Jun. 1902; Andreini leg.; MSVI • 1 ♀; Asmara; MSNVE .

Distribution

Eritrea *, Ethiopia ( de Saussure 1863).

References

de Saussure H. 1863. Melanges hymenopterologiques II. Vespides. Memoires de la Societe de physique et d'histoire naturelle de Geneve 17 (1): 171 - 244.

Giordani Soika A. 1965. Notulae vespidologicae XXIII. Descrizione di tre nuovi Eumenidi dell'Africa occidentale. Bollettino della Societa Entomologica Italiana 95 (3 - 4): 46 - 51.

Figures

Fig. 2. Afrepipona angusta (de Saussure, 1863). A–B, D. ♂ from Adi Keyh (MSVI). C, E–F. ♀ from Asmara (MSNVE). A. Habitus, dorsal view. B–C. Head, frontal view. D. Flagellum, lateral view. E. Head, dorsal view. F. T2–3, dorsal view. Scale bars = 1 mm.

Fig. 27. Male genitalia: aedeagus in ventral view, aedeagus in lateral view, digitus. A. Afrepipona angusta (de Saussure, 1863) from Adi Keyh (MSVI). B. Afrepipona cellularis sp. nov., holotype from Nyamandhlovu (MSNVE). C. Afrepipona clonata sp. nov., holotype from Nairobi (MSNVE). D. Afrepipona cuprea sp. nov., paratype from Malindi (MSVI). E. Afrepipona lamptoensis Giordani Soika, 1965 from Lamto (AMNH).F. Afrepipona lobulata sp. nov.,holotype from Lubumbashi (AMNH). G. Afrepipona macrocephala (Gribodo, 1894) from Delagoa (MSNVE). H. Afrepipona meridionalis sp. nov., holotype from Durban (MSNVE). I. Afrepipona occidentalis sp. nov., paratype from Lamto (MSNVE).J. Afrepipona punctatissima sp. nov.,holotype from Maralal (MSNVE).K. Afrepipona scabra sp. nov., paratype from Kabongo (MSNVE). L. Afrepipona segregata sp. nov., holotype from Tulear (NHMW). M. Afrepipona tertia Gusenleitner, 2011, holotype from Bangui (OLML). N. Afrepipona ulterior sp. nov., paratype from Pretoria (MSVI). O. Afrepipona vulcanica sp. nov., paratype from Mount Kilimanjaro (MSVI). P. Afrepsilon ferrugineoaureum gen. et sp. nov., paratype from Berea (MSVI). Q. Afrepsilon minor gen. et gen. et sp. nov., holotype from Mount Kilimanjaro (OLML).