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The taxonomic history and current taxonomic status of the presocial potter wasp genus
Nugroho H, Ubaidillah R, Kojima J (2016) Taxonomy of the Indo-Malayan presocial potter wasp genus
Since
Nevertheless, the phylogenetic position of
Furthermore, despite such interesting aspects of
The present study is based on specimens deposited in the collections of the Museum Zoologicum Bogoriense Natural History Collection at Ibaraki University National Museum of Nature and Science Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources
Each species account is accompanied by the original citation; sex(es) and locality(ies), if mentioned, are given together with the repository(ies) of name-bearing type specimen(s) in parentheses. Distributional data are summarized under “Distribution”. The acronyms of the type repositories are as follows: , The Natural History Museum, London , Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge, U.S.A , Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova Giacomo Doria, Genova , Nationaal Natuurhistorisch Museum (formerly Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie), Leiden, Netherlands , University of San Carlos, Cebu City, Philippines , Zoologisches Museum der Humboldt Universität, Berlin
Morphological characters and marking patterns were observed on pinned-and-dried specimens under a stereoscopic dissecting microscope. Male genitalia of some species were dissected, cleared in lactic acid, and observed in glycerin under a stereoscopic dissecting microscope. Line drawings were made by using the drawing tube attached to the microscope. Terminology on morphological characters mainly follows
The genus
The taxonomic status of
As no specimens were available to us, the characters for
1 | Metasomal tergum I other than basal petiolate part in lateral view hardly convex dorsally (Fig. |
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– | Metasomal tergum I other than basal petiolate part in lateral view more or less distinctly convex dorsally (Figs |
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2 | Female clypeus with dense and coarse punctures. Propodeum with dorsal face smooth and barely punctured. Metasomal tergum II basally barely punctured, apically with sparse minute punctures. Female mandible entirely black |
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– | Female clypeus with sparse minute punctures. Propodeum with dorsal face coarsely punctured. Metasomal tergum II entirely with sparse minute punctures. Female mandible with yellow basal spot | |
3 | Male clypeus in frontal view about 1.5 times as wide as high. Body black entirely or with bright yellow markings |
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– | Male clypeus in frontal view about 2 times as wide as high; ventral margin shallowly emarginate medially. Body with pale-yellow markings | |
4 | Metasomal tergum I in lateral view without distinct subapical depression (Fig. |
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– | Metasomal tergum I in lateral view distinctly constricted subapically (Figs |
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5 | Metasomal segment I in dorsal view relatively slender, about 2.5 times as long as its maximum width (Fig. |
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– | Metasomal segment I in dorsal view shorter and stouter, about 1.8 times as long as its maximum width (Fig. |
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JAVA: 1♂ (
Sumatra Is. (Marang), Java Is., Bali Is. (new record).
In his monograph on solitary vespid wasps, de
This species have so far been recorded from Sumatra Is. (
This species was described based on a single male specimen from “Kuching, Borneo” in combination with
No specimen examined.
Only the type locality [Kuching in Sarawak, Borneo Is.].
The characters which may allow us to differentiate
VIETNAM: 1♂ (
Sikkim, China, Laos, northern parts of Vietnam.
Other than the locality given in the original description (Sikkim in India),
Based on the specimens recently collected in Central and Southeast Sulawesi we describe below the female of this Sulawesi-endemic
The female can be associated with the male by the combination of the following characters: posterior face of propodeum strongly and reticulately punctured; basal fossa of metasomal sternum II deep and distinct, with dense fulvous hairs; wings fuscous, with strong greenish-purple iridescence.
Body length (head + mesosoma + metasomal segments I and II) 21–22 mm; fore wing length 20 mm. Head in frontal view subcircular, slightly wider than high, 1.2 times as wide as high (Fig.
Mesosoma flattened dorsoventrally, 1.5 times as long as high in lateral view (Fig.
Body densely covered with dense whitish pubescence; tibia and tarsi with golden pubescence. Head strongly punctured, but vertex and gena only sparsely with smaller punctures. Mesosoma strongly punctured; mesoscutum, scutellum and metanotum with punctures sparser and smaller, as those on vertex and gena. Metasomal segment I with punctures slightly stronger than those on
Body black, without markings. Wings fuscous, with greenish-purple iridescence.
SULAWESI: 3♀ 1♂ (
Sulawesi Is. (central, south, and southeast Sulawesi).
LUZON: 1♀ (
Philippines: Luzon Is., Mindoro Is., Mindanao Is.
Van der
As listed above, we examined specimens also from Mindanao Is., suggesting this species would be distributed throughout the Philippines Islands except for Palawan Is.
No specimen examined.
Philippines: Negros Is., Bohol Is., Mindanao Is.
This study is supported by the JSPS–LIPI Bilateral Research (2012–2015). We are thankful to A. Shinohara (