Parapolybia fulvinerva ( Cameron , 1900 )

Saito-Morooka, Fuki, Nguyen, Lien T. P. & Kojima, Jun-Ichi, 2015, Review of the paper wasps of the Parapolybia indica species-group (Hymenoptera: Vespidae, Polistinae) in eastern parts of Asia, Zootaxa 3947 (2), pp. 215-235 : 222-223

Parapolybia fulvinerva ( Cameron, 1900) , stat, resurr.

( Figs 31 , 77 )

Icaria fulvinerva Cameron 1900: 504 , ♀, lectotype (designated by van der Vecht 1966), “Khasia Hills” [ India] [OUM]. Parapolybia indica var. (or subsp.) fulvinerva : van der Vecht 1966: 26 (key), 30.

Parapolybia indica fulvinerva: Das & Gupta 1984: 429 (catalog); 1989: 179, map 27 (distribution).

Diagnosis. This species can be easily distinguished from other species of the P. i n di ca species-group by the following characters: body ground color orenge; wings covered with yellow setae.

Type material. INDIA: LECTOTYPE of Icaria fulvinerva Cameron , ♀, type no. 2074, Khasia [ OUM]; PARALECTOTYPES of I. fulvinerva , 6 ♀, Khasia, G.A.J. Rothney [ OUM]; 1 ♀ 1 ♂, Khasia Hills, Assam [ IUNH]; 1 ♀, Khasia, P. Cameron coll, 1914-10 [ BMNH].

Description. FEMALE. Body length (based on the specimens deposited in the IUNH) 15.0 mm; fore wing length 16.0 mm.

MALE. Body length 10.5 mm; fore wing length 12.0 mm. Male antenna length 8.0 mm; F11 1.6 × as long as F10 (0.6 mm long).

Distribution. India (Assam).

Remarks. Designating the lectotype and a paralectotype of Icaria fulvinerva , van der Vecht (1966) remarked “this [ fulvinerva ] will prove to be the worker of tinctipennis , but the status of both forms remains doubtful until nest populations have become available…” We examined the types and found that the body coloration ( Fig. 77 , mesosoma and metasomal segment 1 orange-colored, metasomal segments 2–6 dark brown) and, as pointed out by van der Vecht (1966: 26), the wings with pronounced yellow tinge (wing setae yellow, Fig. 31 ; wing setae black in other species, Fig. 32 ) are distinct enough to diagnose this taxon as a good species.

Figures

FIGURES 31 – 40. Parapolybia fulvenerva, P. crocea sp. nov., P. takasagona and P. tinctipennis. 31 – 32. Setae of wings. 31. Paraplybia fulvinerva. 32. P. crocea sp. nov. 33 – 35. Parapolybia takasagona, ♀. 33. Head, lateral view. 34, 35. T 1 (34. Lateral view, 35. Dorsal view). 36 – 40. Parapolybia tinctipennis, ♀. 36, 37. Head (36. Frontal view, 37. Lateral view). 38. Ocelli, dorsal view. 39, 40. T 1 (39. Lateral view, 40. Dorsal view). Scale 1 mm.

FIGURES 76 – 84. 76. Parapolybia bioculata. 77. P. fulvinerva. 78. P. takasagona. 79. P. tinctipennis. 80. P. flava sp. nov. 81. P. nana sp. nov. 82. P. nana sp. nov. 83. P. indica. 84. P. crocea sp. nov. 76 – 81. ♀, dorsal view. 82 – 84. Vertex, ♀, dorsal view. An arrow indicating flat area behind ocelli.