Published February 3, 2023 | Version v1
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Euodynerus (Euodynerus) histrionicus Selis & Carpenter 2023, comb. nov.

  • 1. Via dei Tarquini, 22 — 01100 Viterbo, Italy
  • 2. Division of Invertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79 th street, New York, NY 10024, USA

Description

Euodynerus (Euodynerus) histrionicus (Gerstäcker, 1857) comb. nov.

(Fig. 36)

Rhynchium histrionicum Gerstäcker 1857: 463, ♀ —“Mossambique” (holotype ZMHB).

Rhynchium foraminosum Gribodo 1895: 101, ♀ —“Lourenso-Marquez” (holotype lost, previously in MSNG)

Typical material examined. Holotype of Rhynchium histrionicum: “ histrionicum / Gerst. / (caput falsum!) // Type // Mozambique / Tette / Peters S. // 2662” (ZMHB).

Distribution. Angola, Botswana, Malawi *, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa *, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zimbabwe (Bequaert 1918; Carpenter et al. 2009; Gerstäcker 1857, 1862; Gribodo 1895; Radoszkovsky 1881; von Schulthess 1899, 1922 a, 1922b).

Remarks. This species was placed in the genus Anterhynchium by Carpenter et al. (2009), but the examination of the holotype in ZMHB and a series of specimens housed in MSNVE allows us to transfer it to Euodynerus. The characters that justify this new placement are: translucent margin at apex of T1, propodeum not elongate, tegula not exceeding parategula and propodeum without dorsal carinae. It needs to be noted that the head of the holotype is false, as written on a label pinned below the specimen, and belongs to a male Anterhynchium of the grayi group, but the rest of the body clearly indicates that this species is a Euodynerus.

Notes

Published as part of Selis, Marco & Carpenter, James M., 2023, Revision of the Afrotropical species of the genus Anterhynchium de Saussure (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae), pp. 1-102 in Zootaxa 5233 (1) on page 94, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5233.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7609870

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
MSNG , ZMHB
Scientific name authorship
Selis & Carpenter
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Hymenoptera
Family
Eumenidae
Genus
Euodynerus
Species
histrionicus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic status
comb. nov.
Type status
holotype
Taxonomic concept label
Euodynerus (Euodynerus) histrionicus (Gerstacker, 1857) sec. Selis & Carpenter, 2023

References

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  • Gribodo, G. (1895) Seconda contribuzione alla conoscenza della fauna Imenotterologica del Mozambico. Memorie della Reale Accademia delle Scienze dell'Instituto di Bologna, Series 5, 5, 77 - 120.
  • Bequaert, J. (1918) A revision of the Vespidae of the Belgian Congo based on the Collection of the American Museum Congo Expedition, with a list of the Ethiopian Diplopterous Wasps. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 39 (1), 1 - 384.
  • Carpenter, J. M., Gusenleitner, J. & Madl, M. (2009) A Catalogue of the Eumeninae (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) of the Ethiopian Region excluding Malagasy Subregion. Part I: Introduction, Key to Genera, Genera Aethiopicodynerus Gusenleitner 1997 to Cyrtolabulus van der Vecht 1969. Linzer Biologische Beitrage, 41 (1), 513 - 638.
  • Gerstacker, A. (1862) Hymenoptera. Hautflugler. In: Peters, W. C. (Ed.) Naturwissenschaftliche Reise nach Mossambique auf Befehl seiner Majestat des K ˆ nigs Friedrich Wilhelm IV in den Jahren 1842 bis 1848 ausgefurt von Wilhelm C. H. Peters. Zoologie V. Insectes und Myriopoden. G. Reimer, Berlin, pp. 439 - 526, pls. 19 - 32.
  • Radoszkovsky, O. (1881) Hymenopteres. Journal de Ciencias Mathematicas, Physicas et Naturales, 31, 197 - 221.
  • von Schulthess, A. (1899) La faune entomologique du Delagoa. Hymenopteres. Bulletin de la Societe Vaudoise des Sciences Naturelles, 25 (132), 249-277.
  • von Schulthess, A. (1922 a) Zur Kenntnis athiopischer Vespiden (Hym.). II. Rhynchium cyanopterum et similia. Vierteljahresschrift der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Zurich, 67, 30-44.
  • von Schulthess, A. (1922 b) Vespiden aus Sudafrika (Hym.), gesammelt von Professor Dr. Leonhard Schultze, Jena. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift, 1922 (4), 399-405. https://doi.org/10.1002/mmnd.48019220412