Polistes (Epicnemius) Richards, 1973
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https://doi.org/ 10.1206/3973.1 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/636187B3-FFF0-FFB9-FECD-37B6B3FF2C0D |
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Carolina |
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Polistes (Epicnemius) Richards, 1973 |
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Polistes (Epicnemius) Richards, 1973 , status rev.
Epicnemius Richards, 1973: 96, 102. Type species: Polistes bicolor Lepeletier, 1836 , by original designation.
INCLUDED SPECIES: P. actaeon , P. angulinus , P. atrox , P. bequaertianus , P. bicolor , P. billardieri , P. boharti , P. candidoi , P. cinerascens , P. claripennis , P. davillae , P. deceptor , P. geminatus , P. melanosoma , P. moraballi , P. niger , P. obscurus , P. occipitalis , P. pacificus , P. rufiventris , P. subsericeus , P. testaceicolor , P. thoracicus , and P. torresae .
DIAGNOSIS: Body of moderate to large size, 10–25 mm in length. Species with varying pigmentation: black or yellowish, with extensive spots on mesosoma and metasoma. Malar space slightly wider than long. Clypeus in female touching eye for an extent equal or greater than diameter of antennal socket; in male usually touching eye except for P. thoracicus . Pronotal fovea present or absent. Epicnemial carina complete and strongly distinct. Mesepisternal dorsal groove usually present and complete, sometimes incomplete or absent. Propodeal striae weak, sometimes evanescent, rarely with stronger striae restricted to central concavity. Tergum I longer than wide, gradually widened in lateral view. Last sternum without tubercles. Male genitalia with
Arévalo et al., 2004 Pickett and Wenzel, 2004
Palisotius
Epicnemius
(most)
Epicnemius
Fuscopolistes
(most)
Onerarius
Fuscopolistes
Aphanilopterus incl. Onerarius, Palisotius
Aphanilopterus + some Epicnemius
+ some Fuscopolistes
Pickett et al., 2006 Santos et al., 2015
This study, 53 terminals This study, 104 terminals Onerarius Epicnemius
Onerarius
Palisotius
Palisotius
Fuscopolistes
Epicnemius
Fuscopolistes
Aphanilopterus aedeagus slender, teeth on the apical portion reduced or evanescent, penis valve little dilated and not or only weakly bilobed, digitus with developed apical process and rounded anteroventral lobe.
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