Polistes (Epicnemius) deceptor Schulz, 1905

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 : 528

publication ID

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

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13617632

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scientific name

Polistes (Epicnemius) deceptor Schulz, 1905
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Polistes (Epicnemius) deceptor Schulz, 1905 View in CoL

( Figs 55, 56 View FIGURES 53–60 )

Polistes deceptor Schulz, 1905: 119 View in CoL , ♂.

Diagnosis. Female. Body pigmentation black, no spots.Wings pigmentation yellowish to faintly brown. 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 medium-sized and deep punctures present only in the apical region, apex pointed, clypeus-eye touching for an extent smaller 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, punctation small and shallow; propodeal concavity widely extended in the center, propodeal striae absent; tergum I longer than wide, short and dense bristles, and weak, small, and shallow punctures; tergum II wider or as wide as long, short and dense bristles, weakly punctate. Male. Similar to the females, except for the contact between the clypeus and the eye, for a width equal to or greater than the diameter of the antennal socket; propodeal area with weak striae in center.

Material examined. 5♀, 1♂ in total. Brazil: Amazonas , 1♀ ( MNHN) , 1♀ [Paratype] ( NHM); Mato Grosso , 1♀ [Holotype] ( NHM); Rio Grande do Sul , 2♀ ( CESC). Colombia: Putomayo , 1♂ ( NHM) .

Distribution. Brazil: Amapá, Amazonas, Mato Grosso, Pará, Rio Grande do Sul, São Paulo; Costa Rica; Panama; Colombia; Guyana; Suriname; Ecuador; Peru; Bolivia; Paraguay; Argentina.

MNHN

Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle

NHM

University of Nottingham

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Eumenidae

Genus

Polistes

Loc

Polistes (Epicnemius) deceptor Schulz, 1905

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

Polistes deceptor

Schulz, W. A. 1905: 119
1905
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