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Pseumenes Giordani Soika 1935

Description

Genus Pseumenes Giordani Soika, 1935

Pseumenes Giordani Soika 1935: 145, subgenus of Pareumenes de Saussure. Type species: Eumenes eximius Smith, 1861, by original designation.

Pseumenes: van der Vecht 1937: 269, 273; 1963: 16 (genus; key), 25; Yamane 1990: 159.

Diagnosis. Clypeus as long as wide, emarginate apically. Female without cephalic foveae. Vertex raised dorsally behind ocelli. Mesosoma flattened dorsoventrally. Pretegular carina present. Mesoscutum without prescutal grooves. Tegula usually longer than wide, emarginate on inner margin posteriorly, not reaching apex of parategula. Axillary fossa slit-like. Metanotum barely convex, non-dentiform. Mesepisternum without epicnemial carina. Propodeum gradually sloping from base to apex, dorsal surface basally with longitudinal slit, from which runs median carina to apex; posterior surface with dentiform projection. Propodeal valvula produced. T1 long and slender, in lateral view swollen dorsally in apical third, in dorsal view distinctly swollen apically; usually with preapical longitudinal furrow. S1 long and narrow anteriorly, weakly striate, nearly entirely fused with T1; posterior part short, triangular, not striate. Mid tibia with one spur. Prestigma equals to length of pterostigma. SMC2 of fore wing basally acute. Ƌ: F11 hook like, rounded apically; F10 shorter than F9; apical flagellomeres without cavity on inner margin. Body length usually 15–20 mm.

Distribution. Palearctic and Oriental regions.

Remarks. No specimens from south India examined, but its diagnosis is based on its inclusion in an unpublished key by one author (J.M. Carpenter).

Notes

Published as part of Pannure, Arati & Carpenter, James M., 2016, Taxonomic studies on potter wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae) of south India, pp. 1-50 in Zootaxa 4171 (1) on pages 37-38, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4171.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/258090

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Eumenidae
Genus
Pseumenes
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Hymenoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Giordani Soika
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Pseumenes Soika, 1935 sec. Pannure & Carpenter, 2016

References

  • Giordani Soika, A. (1935) Richerche Sistematiche Sugli Eumenes a Pareumenes dell'Arcipelago Malese e della Nuova Guinea. Annali di Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova, 57, 114 - 151.
  • van der Vecht, J. (1937) Descriptions and records of Oriental and Papuan solitary Vespidae. Treubia, 16, 261 - 293.
  • van der Vecht, J. (1963) Studies on Indo - Australian and East Asiatic Eumenidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea). Zoologische Verhandelingen, 42 (24), 1 - 113.
  • Yamane, S. (1990) A Revision of the Japanese Eumenidae (Hymenoptera, Vespoidea). Insecta Matsumurana, 43, 1 - 189.