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Zetheumenidion celonitiforme

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Description

Zetheumenidion celonitiforme (GiOrdani SOika, 1944)

(Fig. 2)

Eumenes celonitiformis Giordani Soika 1944: 165, ♂ (in subgenus Zetheumenidion)—“ Africa orientale: Ukerewe, Marienhof” (MSNVE).

Diagnosis. Belonging to the group of species with dorsal side of mesosoma forming an even surface from pronotum to propodeum, very narrow and shallow median furrow of propodeum and shagreened outer face of male hind femur (Fig. 2D), in which is recognized by the strongly projecting and lamellar lateral carinae of propodeum, forming a hood-like projection above the lateral faces.

Material examined. HOLOTYPE OF EUMENES CELONITIFORMIS: ♂ labeled “D.O-Afrika / Marienhof / Ukerewe / 1911 / Conrads // HOLOTYPUS / celonitiformis / n.sp. / A Giordani Soika” (MSNVE). KENYA: Maziwa Mitatu and Maungu, 14.III/ 4.IV.1897, leg. C.S. Betton, 1♀ (MSVI).

Distribution. Kenya *; Tanzania (Giordani Soika 1944; Gusenleitner 2004) (Fig. 13).

Notes

Published as part of Selis, Marco, 2024, Revision of the Afrotropical genus Zetheumenidion Bequaert (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae), pp. 37-65 in Zootaxa 5406 (1) on page 41, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5406.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/10611276

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
MSNVE , MSNVE, MSVI
Event date
1897-04-04
Verbatim event date
1897-04-04
Scientific name authorship
GiOrdani SOika
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Hymenoptera
Family
Vespidae
Genus
Zetheumenidion
Species
celonitiforme
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype
Taxonomic concept label
Zetheumenidion celonitiforme (SOika, 1944) sec. Selis, 2024

References

  • Giordani Soika, A. (1944) Contributo alla conoscenza dei vespidi solitari e sociali della regione etiopica. Atti dell'Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere et Arti, 103 (2), 149 - 178.
  • Gusenleitner, J. (2004) Uber Vespoidea aus Kenya und Tanzania (Hymenoptera: Vespidae, Eumenidae, Masaridae). Linzer biologische Beitrage, 36 (1), 137 - 149.