Caliadurgus maestris Alayo, 1969

Waichert, Cecilia, Rodriguez, Juanita, Von Dohlen, Carol D. & Pitts, James P., 2012, Spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) of the Dominican Republic, Zootaxa 3353 (1), pp. 1-47 : 13

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3353.1.1
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5253389
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scientific name	Caliadurgus maestris Alayo, 1969
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Caliadurgus maestris Alayo, 1969 View in CoL

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Caliadurgus maestris Alayo, 1969 View in CoL , Poeyana, serie A, vol. 61, p. 17 [Holotype: ♀, CUBA, Oriente (IZAC?)].

Diagnosis. This species can be recognized by the following unique combination of characters: the integument is orange-reddish with sparse purple reflections ( Fig. 5J View FIGURE 5 ); the antenna is black, except the scape, which has the same color as the body; the pubescence on the body is short and silver, more abundant in the inner margin of the eyes; the front tibia has a large spine on the dorsal apex; the dorsal face of the hind tibia has scale-like spines; the last tarsal segment of hind leg is without a lateral row of spines; and the wings are uniformly dark with purple reflections. The male of this species is unknown.

Material examined. DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: 1 ♀, La Vega, Cordillera Central, Loma Casabito, 15.8 km NW, Bonao , 19–02–12N, 70–31–08W, 1455m, evergreen cloud forest, east slope, yellow pan trap, sample 21262, 28.V.2003, J. Rawlins et al. CMNH –370.551.

Distribution. Cuba, Dominican Republic.

Host. Unknown.

Remarks. This species was first described from Cuba by Alayo (1969) and included females only. To our knowledge, the males of this species are unknown. In Alayo's (1969) description, the institution in which the holotype is deposited was not specified, but the holotypes of other species described in his paper were deposited in the Academia de Ciencias de Cuba, Instituto de Zoologia. We believe the type series of C. maestris is at the same institution, although we have not studied these Cuban specimens nor been able to get confirmation. The Dominican Republic specimen differs from the Cuban in having sparse purple reflections on the body, which was not stated in the original description. This is the first record of this species from the Dominican Republic.