Protopolybia isthmensis Richards, 1978

Dos Santos Junior, José N. A., Silveira, Orlando T. & Carpenter, James M., 2020, Taxonomic revision of the P. chartergoides species-group of the genus Protopolybia Ducke, 1905 (Hymenoptera: Vespidae, Polistinae), Zootaxa 4858 (4), pp. 542-554 : 547-548

Protopolybia isthmensis Richards, 1978 stat. nov.

( Figs 7, 8 )

Pseudochartergus chartergoides isthmensis, Richards 1978: 155 , 157. Holotype: ♀, Panama: Sabanas , 20.iv.1923 (R.C. Shan- non) (USNM), not examined; paratype: ♀ Panama: Tocumen, 26.iv.1961 (N.H.L. Krauss); ♀ Costa Rica, Palmar, 11.v.1950 (D.O. Allen) (USNM), not examined (identified from the original description).

Protopolybia chartergoides isthmensis: Carpenter et al. 2012: 269 , 275.

Diagnosis. Length of fore wing 5.56 mm; ventral region of the gena width, about ½ smaller than its width at the midpoint; pronotal carina strong, oblique; prominence in front of the pronotal fovea developed, high, pronotal fovea wide and deep ( Fig. 7 ), metanotal process with apex rounded ( Fig. 8 ). Propodeal valves wide; propodeum deeply excavated above the valve. Color black richly marked with yellow spots; mesoscutum black; pronotum and scutelum almost entirely yellow.

Material examined. BOLIVIA: Beni, 1♀, Rurenabaque , 270m, 19.iv.1979 (M. Cooper) , 2♀, 25.iv.1979 (M. Cooper) ( BMNH) ; ECUADOR: 1♀, Napo, Limonocha , 280m, 22.vi.1977 (C.W. Ruttenmeyer & R. Chadab) ( BMNH) ; PANAMA: Barro Colorado , 1♀, 13.xi.1923, Bocas del Toro , 1♀, Changuinola , vi.1924 (J.C. Bradley) ( AMNH) ; PERU: 5♀, 2♂, Tingo Maria , 670m, (W. Weyrauch) , 1♂, Cuzco, Paucartambo , 600m, 18.iv.1964 (A. Florez) ( BMNH) .

Distribution. * Bolivia: Beni; * Ecuador: Napo, Costa Rica: Palmar; Guatemala: Suchitepéquez; Panama: *Barro Colorado, * Bocas del Toro, Sabanas, Tocumen; Peru.

Figures

FIGURES 7–10. 7, 8. Protopolybia isthmensis; 9, 10. Protopolybia pallidibalteatus.