Pachodynerus tibialis (de Saussure)

Genaro, Julio A., 2011, Vespidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera) of Puerto Rico, West Indies, Insecta Mundi 2011 (202), pp. 1-35 : 12

Pachodynerus tibialis (de Saussure)

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Odynerus tibialis de Saussure, 1853a: 154 (key), 183, female (in subgenus Leionotus ) � “La Colombie, Caracas” [corrected 1875: Venezuela] (MHNG); 1875: 230 (key), 241 ( Venezuela label perhaps erroneous; Haiti). � Wolcott 1924: 42 (in subgenus Pachodynerus ); 1936: 568 (in subgenus Pachodyneurus [!]). � Bequaert 1948: 109 (only Hispaniola and Mona). � Menke 1986: 663 (type locality restricted to Hispaniola).

Pachodyneurus [!] tibialis ; Wolcott 1941: 156 . � Ramos 1946: 68. – Wolcott 1951: 861 ( Pachodynerus ). � Torres and Snelling 1992: 93 ( Pachodynerus ).

Pachodynerus tibialis var. (or. subsp.) barbouri Bequaert, 1948: 107 (key), 109, female � “ Bahamas: Great Inagua ” (MCZH). � Willink and Roig�Alsina 1998: 3, 100 (syn. of Pach. tibialis (de Saussure)) .

Pachodynerus tibialis barbouri ; Menke 1986: 654 (key), 664.

Aside from Mona, this species is found in Hispaniola and the Bahamas (Menke 1986; Willink and Roig�Alsina 1998). The original description from Caracas is erroneous, as are records from Puerto Rico by Wolcott (1924; 1936); see Bequaert (1948), Wolcott (1951) , and Menke (1986). The only published information on its biology is flower visitation records ( Wolcott 1941 , 1951).

Figures

Figures 45-50. Images from life of vespid wasps from Greater Puerto Rico. 45) Pachodynerus atratus gathering mud up for nest construction on a path, Culebra Island. 46) Pachodynerus tibialis involved in the same activity, Mona Island. 47) Zeta abdominale with a mud ball ready for transportation to the nest, Puerto Rico. 48) Zethus rufinodus, Puerto Rico. 49) Mischocyttarus phthisicus on the nest, Puerto Rico. 50) Polistes crinitus on the nest, Mona Island.