Polistes (Epicnemius) melanosoma de Saussure, 1853

Brito, Samanta, Oliveira, Marcio L., Carpenter, James M. & Somavilla, Alexandre, 2024, The genus Polistes Latreille, 1802 (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) of Brazil: morphological diagnoses, identification key, and geographical distribution, Zootaxa 5496 (4), pp. 509-545 : 529

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5496.4.3

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13617644

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scientific name

Polistes (Epicnemius) melanosoma de Saussure, 1853
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Polistes (Epicnemius) melanosoma de Saussure, 1853 View in CoL

( Figs 59, 60 View FIGURES 53–60 )

Polistes melanosoma de Saussure, 1853: 76 View in CoL , ♂.

Diagnosis. Female. Body pigmentation black, there may be reduced brown marks. Wing pigmentation yellowish to faintly brown. Intermediate size, about 18 mm in total length. Clypeus slightly wider than it is long or as long as wide, with dimorphism of the bristles, which may be in the entire length or only in the lower region, but short bristles at its base becoming long toward the apex, and punctures medium-sized, deep present only in the apical region, apex rounded, clypeus-eye touching for an extent equal to or greater than width of antennal socket; gena width at midlength equal to or slightly wider than eye; occipital carina strong, extending through entire gena; humeri slightly projecting; mesepisternum with short and dense bristles, small and shallow punctation; propodeal concavity and striae absent; tergum I longer than wide, with short and dense bristles, and strong, medium sized, and deep punctures; tergum II wider or as wide as long, with short and dense bristles, weakly punctate. Male. Similar to females, except for clypeus with pointed apex.

Material examined. 14♀, 2♂ in total. Brazil: Bahia , 4♀ ( MNB); Espírito Santo , 1♀ ( MNB); Goiás , 1♀, 1♂ ( MNHN); Paraná , 2♀ ( CESC); Rio de Janeiro , 2♀ ( MNB) , 1♀ ( NHM); Rio Grande do Sul , 1♀, 1♂ ( CESC); Santa Catarina , 1♀ ( MNB); São Paulo , 1♀ ( MZSP) .

Distribution. Brazil: Amapá, Amazonas; Bahia, Espírito Santo, Goiás, Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, São Paulo; Guyana; Paraguay; Argentina.

MNHN

Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle

NHM

University of Nottingham

MZSP

Sao Paulo, Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de Sao Paulo

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Eumenidae

Genus

Polistes

Loc

Polistes (Epicnemius) melanosoma de Saussure, 1853

Brito, Samanta, Oliveira, Marcio L., Carpenter, James M. & Somavilla, Alexandre 2024
2024
Loc

Polistes melanosoma de Saussure, 1853: 76

Saussure, H. de 1853: 76
1853
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