Pseudepipona de Saussure, 1856

Bai, Yue, Chen, Bin & Li, Ting-Jing, 2021, A new species and two new records of the genus Pseudepipona de Saussure, 1856 (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Eumeninae) from China, with a key to the Chinese species, Journal of Hymenoptera Research 82, pp. 285-304 : 285

Genus Pseudepipona de Saussure, 1856

Pseudepipona de Saussure 1856: 309, 893; Blüthgen 1951: 186-194; Giordani Soika 1957: 129-137; van der Vecht and Fischer 1972: 82-87; van der Vecht and Carpenter 1990: 1-62. Type species: Odynerus herrichii de Saussure 1856 by monotypy.

Leptepipona Blüthgen 1951: 171, 194. Type species: " Pseudepipona tripunctata (Fabricius)" [= Vespa tripunctata Fabricius, 1787], by original designation.

Metepipona Blüthgen 1951: 193. Type species: Odynerus (Lionotus) peculiaris Morawitz, 1895, by original designation.

Trichepipona Blüthgen 1951: 171, 193. Type species: Odynerus lativentris de Saussure 1855, by original designation.

Diagnosis.

Body black, largely with yellow or ferruginous or white markings (Figs 8-9 , 26-27 , 35-36 , 46 ), or even the whole body almost ferruginous or yellow in some species (Figs 1 , 18 , 53-54 ); vertex with one fovea in female; propodeum with a raised horizontal carina between dorsal and posterior surfaces (Figs 5 , 12 , 23 , 32 , 42 , 50 , 59-60 ); propodeum with lateral tooth-like carina in subgenus Pseudepipona (Figs 5 , 12 , 23 , 42 , 50 , 59-60 ); in male of subgenus Pseudepipona , mandible with three teeth, and with a deep tooth gap between the first one and the second one (Figs 4 , 14 , 31 , 40 , 58 ); T1 narrower than T2 and basally without a transverse carina.

Distribution.

Palearctic region.

Figures

Figures 8 - 17. Pseudepipona (Pseudepipona) kozhevnikovi (Kostylev, 1927) 8 habitus in dorsal view, ♀ 9 habitus in dorsal view, ♂ 10 antenna, ♂ 11 vertex, ♀ 12 propodeum in dorsal view, ♀ 13 head in frontal view, ♀ 14 head in frontal view, ♂ 15 mesosoma, ♀ 16 metasoma in ventral view, ♀ 17 metasoma in dorsal view, ♀.

Figures 26 - 34. Pseudepipona (Pseudepipona) augusta (Morawitz, 1867) 26 habitus in dorsal view, ♀ 27 habitus in dorsal view, ♂ 28 antenna, ♂ 29 vertex, ♀ 30 head in frontal view, ♀ 31 head in frontal view, ♂ 32 mesosoma, ♀ 33 metasoma in ventral view, ♀ 34 metasoma in dorsal view, ♀.

Figures 35 - 45. Pseudepipona (Pseudepipona) herrichii (de Saussure, 1856) 35 habitus in dorsal view, ♀ 36 habitus in dorsal view, ♂ 37 antenna, ♂ 38 vertex, ♀ 39 head in frontal view, ♀ 40 head in frontal view, ♂ 41 mesosoma, ♀ 42 propodeum in dorsal view, ♀ 43 mesosoma in lateral view, ♀ 44 metasoma in ventral view, ♀ 45 metasoma in dorsal view, ♀.

Figures 46 - 52. Pseudepipona (Pseudepipona) lativentris (de Saussure, 1855) 46 habitus in dorsal view, ♀ 47 vertex, ♀ 48 head in frontal view, ♀ 49 mesosoma, ♀ 50 propodeum in dorsal view, ♀ 51 metasoma in ventral view, ♀ 52 metasoma in dorsal view, ♀.

Figures 1 - 7. Pseudepipona (Pseudepipona) punctulata sp. n., holotype 1 habitus in dorsal view, ♂ 2 antenna, ♂ 3 vertex, ♂ 4 head in frontal view, ♂ 5 mesosoma, ♂ 6 metasoma in ventral view, ♂ 7 metasoma in dorsal view, ♂.

Figures 18 - 25. Pseudepipona (Pseudepipona) straminea (Andre 1884) 18 habitus in dorsal view, ♀ 19 antenna, ♀ 20 vertex, ♀ 21 head in frontal view, ♀ 22 mesosoma, ♀ 23 propodeum in dorsal view, ♀ 24 mesosoma in lateral view, ♀ 25 metasoma in dorsal view, ♀.

Figures 53 - 64. Pseudepipona (Pseudepipona) przewalskyi (Morawitz, 1885) 53 habitus in dorsal view, ♀ 54 habitus in dorsal view, ♂ 55 antenna, ♀ 56 vertex, ♀ 57 head in frontal view, ♂ 58 head in frontal view, ♀ 59 mesosoma, ♀ 60 mesosoma, ♂ 61 mesosoma in lateral view, ♀ 62 metasoma in ventral view, ♀ 63 metasoma in dorsal view, ♀ 64 metasoma in dorsal view, ♂.