Polistes (Epicnemius) claripennis Ducke, 1904

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 : 526

Polistes (Epicnemius) claripennis Ducke, 1904

( Figs 51, 52 )

Polistes claripennis Ducke, 1904: 366 (key), 370, ♀.

Diagnosis. Female. Body pigmentation light brown, with extensive yellow markings on the mesosoma. Wing pigmentation hyaline and matte. Intermediate size, about 20 mm in total length. Clypeus slightly wider than long or as long as wide, covered by short bristles at its base becoming long toward the apex, and with medium-sized and deep punctures present only in the apical region, apex pointed, 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; dorsal groove incomplete; mesepisternum with short and dense bristles, punctation small and shallow; propodeal concavity only in the center, propodeal striae absent; tergum I longer than wide, with short and dense bristles, and strong, medium sized, and deep punctures; tergum II wider than or as wide as long, with short and dense bristles, and strong punctures. Male. Similar to the females, except for the general body pigmentation reddish brown, central region of the gena, which is smaller in width than the eye and the propodeal area with striae, strong in the center and evanescent laterally.

Material examined. 6♀, 2♂ in total. Brazil: Amazonas, ♂ [Lectotype] ( MNHN) , 5♀ ( INPA) , 1♀, 1♂ ( MZSP) .

Distribution. Brazil: Amazonas, Distrito Federal, Pará; Colombia; Peru; Bolivia.

Figures

FIGURES 45–52. Polistes spp. 45, 46. P. (Epicnemius) bicolor Lepeletier. 47, 48. P. (E.) billardieri (Fabricius). 49, 50. P. (E.) cinerascens de Saussure. 51, 52. P. (E.) claripennis Ducke. 45, 47, 49, 51. Dorsal view. 46, 48, 50, 52. Lateral view. Scale bars: 5 mm.