Aethiopicodynerus punctiventris ( Gusenleitner, 2002 )

Selis, Marco & Carpenter, James M., 2023, Revision of the Afrotropical species of the genus Anterhynchium de Saussure (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae), Zootaxa 5233 (1), pp. 1-102 : 92

Aethiopicodynerus punctiventris ( Gusenleitner, 2002)

( Fig. 33–34 )

Parachilus punctiventris Gusenleitner 2002: 307 , ♀ —“ Senegal, G. de Bandiala ” (BMNH).

Anterhynchium dahomeyicus Gusenleitner 2018: 291 , 301, figs. 27–30, ♀ —“ Bénin, Attogon, Forêt de Nioaouli ” (holotype BGOF). Syn. nov.

Typical material examined. Holotype of Anterhynchium dahomeyicus : “ BÉNIN / Attogon 15. XII. 2014 / Forêt de Niaouli / Leg: A. Coache / COLL: B. GEREYS // Anterhynchium / dahomeyicu [sic!] nov. spec. ♀ / J.Gusenleitner,det.20117 / HOLOTYPUS // HOLOTYPUS [red label]” ( BGOF).

Distribution. Benin, Senegal ( Gusenleitner 2002, 2018).

Remarks. The holotype of Aethiopicodynerus punctiventris was not available for examination, but the original description allows considering Anterhynchium dahomeyicus as conspecific with this taxon. The latter is therefore synonymized.

Figures

FIGURE 33. Aethiopicodynerus punctiventris (Gusenleitner, 2002), female holotype of Anterhynchium dahomeyicus Gusenleitner, 2018. A, habitus. B, head in frontal view. C, metanotum and propodeum in posterodorsal view.

FIGURE 34. Aethiopicodynerus punctiventris (Gusenleitner, 2002), female holotype of Anterhynchium dahomeyicus Gusenleitner, 2018. A, mesosoma in dorsal view. B, T1–T3 in dorsal view.