Polistes (Aphanilopterus) notatipes Richards, 1978

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 : 519

Polistes (Aphanilopterus) notatipes Richards, 1978

( Figs 27, 28 )

Polistes notatipes Richards, 1978: 29 , 470 (key), 488, ♀.

Diagnosis. Female. Body pigmentation brown, with reddish scutum and yellowish pronotum. Wings pigmentation dark brown to black. Intermediate size, about 18 mm in total length. Clypeus slightly wider than it is long or as long as wide, with long bristles located only in the inferior region, and medium-sized and deep punctures 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; humeri not projecting; mesepisternum with short bristles, medium and deep 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, strong, medium sized, and deep punctures; tergum II wider or as wide as long, with short and dense bristles, weakly punctate. Male. Known, but not analyzed in our material examined.

Material examined. 3♀ in total. Brazil: Paraná , 1♀ ( CESC); Rio Grande do Sul , 1♀ [Paratype] ( NHM); São Paulo , 1♀ ( MZSP) .

Distribution. Brazil: Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul, São Paulo.

Figures

FIGURES 19–28. Polistes spp. 19, 20. P. (Aphanilopterus) ferreri de Saussure. 21, 22. P. (A.) goeldii Ducke. 23, 24. P. (A.) infuscatus Lepeletier. 25, 26. P. (A.) lanio (Fabricius). 27, 28. P. (A.) notatipes Richards. 19, 21, 23, 25, 27. Dorsal view. 20, 22, 24, 26, 28. Lateral view. Scale bars: 5 mm.