Apodynerus quadricolor Giordani Soika, 2014

Nugroho, Hari, Kojima, Jun-ichi & Ubaidillah, Rosichon, 2014, Synonymy of the potter wasp genus Philippodynerus Gusenleitner (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Eumeninae) with Apodynerus Giordani Soika, with taxonomic notes on Apodynerus species, Journal of Hymenoptera Research 36, pp. 131-151 : 140-141

Apodynerus quadricolor Giordani Soika stat. n. Figs 12 , 16 , 22 , 27 , 28

Apodynerus yayeyamensis tricolor Giordani Soika 1994: 209 (key), [incorrect spelling].

Apodynerus yayeyamensis quadricolor Giordani Soika 1994: 215, ♂♀, "C. Sumba: Lokojengo", holotype ♂ (RMNH).

Diagnosis.

Apodynerus quadricolor is distinguished from Apodynerus yayeyamensis in the following characters [states for the latter are given in the brackets]: clypeus in frontal view proportionally narrower, about 1.1 × as wide [1.2 × as wide] as high in female ( Fig. 12 ) and slightly narrower [wider] than high in male ( Fig. 16 ); gena narrow ( Fig. 22 ) [wider ( Fig. 21 )]; vertical anterior face of pronotum with series of striae faintly produced [distinct and conspicuously produced]; mesosoma more or less stout [slenderer], in lateral view about 1.2 [1.4] × as long as high, in dorsal view about 1.2 [1.4] × as long as wide; metanotum with posterodorsal margin rather sharply dentiform [obtusely dentiform]; metasomal tergum I in lateral view with dorsal margin arising after short distance from [at] basal slit; metasomal tergum II with dorsal margin basally strongly convex ( Fig. 27 ) [less convex ( Fig. 26 )].

Description.

Color. MALE. Black, with following bright-colored markings: yellowish-orange: band on gena, interantennal spot, ocular sinus, anterior half of dorsal face of pronotum, large scrobal spot on mesepisternum, tegula except semitransparent ferruginous median spot, parategula, scutellum nearly entirely, paired small lateral spots on metanotum, dorsal face of propodeum, paired large anterolateral spots on metasomal tergum II; yellow: clypeus except dark-brown median spot and ferruginous semitransparent ventral part, mandible basally, posteromedian spot on metasomal terga V and VI; apical bands on metasomal tergum I and segment II pale yellow. Antenna pale ferruginous, darker dorsally. Pronotal lobe dark ferruginous. Coxae black; trochanters, femora, tibiae, and tarsi ferruginous. Fore wings ferruginous, slightly darker along anterior margin.

Female. Markings as those on male, but clypeus black with yellow dorsal spot and ventral scrobal spot, only metasomal tergum V apically with median yellow oval spot.

Material examined.

INDONESIA: Sumba I.: 1 ♂, 9°40'S, 119°51'E, Sumba Timur, 30 Jan.2003, J. Kojima (IUNH); 2 ♂, 10°02.247'S, 120°03.332'E, alt. about 350 m, Laiwangi, 17 Jun.2010, A. Perrard (MZB); 1 ♀, 9°45'S, 120°35'E, Sumba Timur, 29 Jan.2003, J. Kojima & R. Ubaidillah (MZB).

Remarks.

Giordani Soika (1994) described Apodynerus yayeyamensis quadricolor based on two males and one female collected in Central Sumba. Our specimens from Sumba more or less agree with his original description of quadricolor, while as mentioned above they are different from the specimens of Apodynerus yayeyamensis (including the lectotype) enough to allow us to conclude that quadricolor is a distinct species.

Figures

Figures 11 - 18. Apodynerus species. 11 - 14 ♀ 15 - 18 ♂. 11, 15 Apodynerus yayeyamensis 12, 16 Apodynerus quadricolor 13, 17 Apodynerus flavospinosus, holotype and paratype - allotype, respectively 14, 18 Apodynerus icarioides 11 - 18 Clypeus, frontal view.

Figures 19 - 29. Apodynerus species. 19 - 27 ♀ 28 - 29 ♂ 19, 24, 29 Apodynerus icarioides 20, 23 Apodynerus flavospinosus, holotype 25 Apodynerus troglodytes 21, 26 Apodynerus yayeyamensis 22, 27, 28 Apodynerus quadricolor 19 - 22 Head, lateral view 23 - 27 Metasomal segments I-II, lateral view 28, 29 Apical part of antenna. Scale 1 mm.