Parancistrocerus obliquus (Cresson)

Genaro, Julio A., 2011, Vespidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera) of Puerto Rico, West Indies, Insecta Mundi 2011 (202), pp. 1-35 : 13

Parancistrocerus obliquus (Cresson)

Odynerus obliquus Cresson, 1865: 163 , female, male � “ Cuba ” (lectotype female ANSP). – Ashmead 1900: 312. � Cresson 1916: 105 (designation of lectotype).

Nortonia obliquus ; Bequaert 1925: 117.

Stenodynerus obliquus ; Alayo 1976: 8 (key), 21.

Parancistrocerus obliquus ; Genaro 2004: 67, 69 ( P. obliguus [!]).

This species was previously known only from Cuba. The junior author collected a female at La Rita, Ponce, in May 2008. It differs from Cuban specimens we have seen in being somewhat darker: it lacks lateral spots on the second metasomal tergum, the scape is black apically (not all yellow), the clypeus is black only at the very apical extremity (not most of apex), the gena has only small yellow spots (not mostly yellow), the mesepisternum lacks a small yellow spot below the large one, the fore� and mid� femora are largely black (not yellow), and the tarsi are black (not brownish).