Polistes (Epicnemius) testaceicolor Bequaert, 1937
publication ID |
https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5496.4.3 |
publication LSID |
lsid:zoobank.org:pub:CC25A6CB-0783-4917-BEF7-0F332F6451F5 |
DOI |
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13617679 |
persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03BC87B0-FFAF-FFE3-CCEE-FBE84F42F907 |
treatment provided by |
Plazi |
scientific name |
Polistes (Epicnemius) testaceicolor Bequaert, 1937 |
status |
|
Polistes (Epicnemius) testaceicolor Bequaert, 1937 View in CoL
( Figs 75, 76 View FIGURES 69–76 )
Polistes testaceicolor Bequaert, 1937: 179 View in CoL , ♀.
Diagnosis. Female. Body pigmentation light brown with yellow bands, last terga darker than body color. Wings pigmentation hyaline and matte. Intermediate size, about 20 mm in total length. Clypeus long than wider, with long bristles located only in the inferior region, and punctures medium-sized, deep 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 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 the females, except for the contact between the clypeus and the eye, with a width smaller than the diameter of the antennal socket.
Material examined. 10♀, 1♂ in total. Brazil: Amazonas , 3♀ ( INPA); Maranhão , 1♀ ( INPA); Pará , 1♀ ( INPA) , 2♀ ( MNB) , 1♀ ( MNHN) , 1♀ ( MZSP) ; 1♀, 1♂ ( NHM) .
Distribution. Brazil: Acre, Amapá, Amazonas, Maranhão, Mato Grosso, Pará, Rondônia, Roraima; Costa Rica; Colombia; Venezuela; Guyana; Suriname; French Guiana; Ecuador; Peru; Bolivia.
No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.
Kingdom |
|
Phylum |
|
Class |
|
Order |
|
Family |
|
Genus |
Polistes (Epicnemius) testaceicolor Bequaert, 1937
Brito, Samanta, Oliveira, Marcio L., Carpenter, James M. & Somavilla, Alexandre 2024 |
Polistes testaceicolor
Bequaert, J. C. 1937: 179 |