Polistes (Epicnemius) thoracicus Fox, 1898

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 : 535-536

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

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13617681

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scientific name

Polistes (Epicnemius) thoracicus Fox, 1898
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Polistes (Epicnemius) thoracicus Fox, 1898 View in CoL

( Figs 77, 78 View FIGURES 77–86 )

Polistes thoracicus Fox, 1898: 447 View in CoL , ♀, ♂.

Diagnosis. Female. Body pigmentation brown with largely black mesospisternum. Wings pigmentation yellowish to light brown. Big size, usually more than 25 mm in total length. Clypeus long than wider, with long bristles located only in the inferior region, and small and shallow punctures in the lower region, apex pointed, clypeus-eye slightly separated; gena width at midlength equal to or slightly wider than eye; occipital carina strong, extending through entire gena; humeri not projecting; dorsal groove incomplete; mesepisternum with short and dense bristles, small and shallow punctation; propodeal concavity widely extended in the center, propodeal striae strong in the center and weak on the sides; 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 females except for yellowish face, coxae and posterior tarsal region, may be clear than the body, propodeum with weak striae.

Material examined. 4♀, 1♂ in total. Brazil: Brasília , 2♀ ( NHM); Goiás , 1♀ ( MZSP) , 1♀, 1♂ ( NHM) .

Distribution. Brazil: Distrito Federal, Goiás, Mato Grosso, Pará; Paraguay.

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) thoracicus Fox, 1898

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

Polistes thoracicus

Fox, W. J. 1898: 447
1898
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