Anoplius (Anoplius) fulgidus ( Cresson, 1865 )

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 : 23-24

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3353.1.1

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5253421

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/A9185567-9B11-FFB3-92FE-F9D74B26181D

treatment provided by

Felipe

scientific name

Anoplius (Anoplius) fulgidus ( Cresson, 1865 )
status

 

Anoplius (Anoplius) fulgidus ( Cresson, 1865) View in CoL

( Figs 2D View FIGURE 2 , 5C–D View FIGURE 5 , 8B, G–H, K View FIGURE 8 )

Pompilus fulgidus Cresson, 1865 View in CoL , Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia, vol. 4, p. 131 [Holotype: ♀, CUBA (ANSP)].

Pompilus aeneopurpureus Fox, 1891 View in CoL , Transactions of the American Entomological Society, Philadelphia, vol. 18, p. 339 [Holotype: ♀, JAMAICA, Portland (ANSP)].

Pompilus championi Cameron, 1893 View in CoL , Biologia Centrali-Americana, vol. 2, p. 196 [Holotype: ♀, GUATEMALA, Guatemala City (BMNH)].

Pompilus mundulus Fox, 1897 View in CoL , Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, vol. 49, p. 243–244 [Holotype: ♀, BRAZIL, Chapada (ANSP)].

Anoplius amarus Banks, 1947 View in CoL , Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, vol. 99, p. 416–417 [Holotype: ♀, PERU, Puerto Pichis (CUIC)].

Diagnosis. This species can be recognized by the following unique combination of characters: the integument is brilliant metallic blue ( Figs 6C–D); the pubescence on the body is bluish to ash-grey; the pronotum has a collar differentiated from the disc; the third antennal segment is more than 2.0 × as long as wide; the fore wing has a Cu vein distinctly deflected downward at the base forming a posterior pocket in the second medial cell; and the wings are uniformly dark. Additionally, the female ( Fig. 6C) has a weakly spined front basitarsus, where the spines in the upper row are minute ( Fig. 8H View FIGURE 8 ). The male ( Fig. 6D) has moderately abundant short, suberect setae in the venter, which are not long or dense enough to form brushes ( Fig. 8K View FIGURE 8 ).

Material examined. DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: 4 ♂, Barahona, Eastern Sierra Bahoruco, Reserva Cachote , 12 km NE Paraiso, (18–05–54N, 71–11–21W), 1230 m, 21–23.III.2004, cloud forest with tree ferns, yellow pan trap, sample 44263, J. Rawlins et al. CMNH –370,099/ 370,305/ 370,622/ 371,062; 1 ♂, La Estrelleta, Rio Limpio , 650m, 15.VIII.1980, malaise trap, A. Norrbom CMNH –370,570; 1 ♂, Peravia, Arroyo Canas , 650 m, 15.VIII.1980, malaise trap, A. Norrbom CMNH 370,447; Pedernales, Upper Las Abejas , 38 km NNW Cabo Rojo, (18–09N, 71–38W), 1350 m, 22.VI.1990, Mesic deciduous forest, sweeping, L. Masner , 8 ♂ CMNH –369,922/ 370,783/ 370,660/ 370,659/ 370,488/ 369,653/ 370,895/ 363,144, 1 ♀ CMNH –371,196; 2 ♂, La Vega, Cordillera Central Loma Casabito , 15.8 km NW Bonao, (19–02–12N, 70–31–08W), 1455 m, 28.V.2003, evergreen cloud forest, east slope, yellow pan trap, sample 21262, J. Rawlins et al ., 1 ♂, Azua, East Side of Crest, Sierra Martin Gracia , 7 km WNW Barrero, (18–21N, 70–50W), 860 m, 25–26.VII.1992, cloud forest adjacent to disturbed forest, C. Young et al. CMNH –371,052; 1 ♂, Independencia, Sierra de Neiba just south of crest, 5 km NNW Angel Feliz, 1780 m, (18–41N, 71–47W), 13–15.X.1991, cloud forest, J. Rawlins et al. CMNH –370,898; 1 ♂, Provincia Sanchez, Ramirez , 23 km SW Cotui, 7.X.1986, W. J. Pulawski ( CAS) ; 1 ♂, Provincia Hato Mayor, Farm Mango Limpio (25 km NNW Hato Mayor), 29.X.1986, W. J. Pulawski ( CAS) ; 1 ♂, Distrito Nacional, Haina , 1.X.1986, W. J. Pulawski ( CAS) .

Distribution. Argentina, Brazil, Peru, Central America, Caribbean, USA (southern Florida, Texas, southern Utah, southern California) ( Wasbauer & Kimsey 1985).

Host. Pirata sedentarius Montgomery (Lycosidae) ( Wasbauer 1955) and Arctosus sp. nr. littoralis (Hentz) (Lycosidae) ( Kurczewski & Kurczewski 1968).

Remarks. This is one of the two Dominican Republic Anoplius species with bluish coloration. Anoplius fulgidus can be separated from A. amethystinus amethystinus by the absence of strong spines on the front basitarsus of the female ( Fig. 8H View FIGURE 8 ); the ventral setae not forming brushes on the metasoma in the former ( Fig. 8K View FIGURE 8 ); and presence of these characters in the latter ( Figs 8I–J View FIGURE 8 ). This species is morphologically similar to others in the A. nigerrimus species-group, but the color serves to separate males and females from other species in the subgenus Anoplius ( Wasbauer & Kimsey 1985) . There is only one record of flower visitation by the adults ( Evans 1951). Wasbauer (1955) observed the hunting behavior of females near the edge of a stream.

CMNH

The Cleveland Museum of Natural History

CAS

California Academy of Sciences

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Pompilidae

Genus

Anoplius

Loc

Anoplius (Anoplius) fulgidus ( Cresson, 1865 )

Waichert, Cecilia, Rodriguez, Juanita, Von Dohlen, Carol D. & Pitts, James P. 2012
2012
Loc

Anoplius amarus

Banks 1947
1947
Loc

Pompilus mundulus

Fox 1897
1897
Loc

Pompilus championi

Cameron 1893
1893
Loc

Pompilus aeneopurpureus

Fox 1891
1891
Loc

Pompilus fulgidus

Cresson 1865
1865
Darwin Core Archive (for parent article) View in SIBiLS Plain XML RDF