<documentid="5ED53E117F461FA0B4DCC30E4757080A"ID-DOI="10.11646/zootaxa.5529.2.5"ID-ISSN="1175-5326"ID-Zenodo-Dep="14022454"ID-ZooBank="CD62C48C-395B-4568-B24F-C4829FAEBF27"IM.bibliography_approvedBy="felipe"IM.illustrations_approvedBy="felipe"IM.materialsCitations_approvedBy="carolina"IM.metadata_approvedBy="carolina"IM.taxonomicNames_approvedBy="felipe"IM.treatmentCitations_approvedBy="felipe"IM.treatments_approvedBy="carolina"checkinTime="1730452829502"checkinUser="plazi"docAuthor="Fateryga, Alexander V. & Selis, Marco"docDate="2024"docId="AA1B878AFF868678FF16FA6E7B60FDE4"docLanguage="en"docName="zootaxa.5529.2.5.pdf"docOrigin="Zootaxa 5529 (2)"docSource="http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5529.2.5"docStyle="DocumentStyle:647186512141C8FC8976D5BCC54AEB7D.9:Zootaxa.2013-.journal_article"docStyleId="647186512141C8FC8976D5BCC54AEB7D"docStyleName="Zootaxa.2013-.journal_article"docStyleVersion="9"docTitle="Pseudepipona (Pseudepipona) cypria Bluthgen. A 1942, stat. nov."docType="treatment"docVersion="3"lastPageNumber="326"masterDocId="5622FFF2FF818670FF81FFC47936FFFD"masterDocTitle="Unexpected diversity in the Pseudepipona lativentris species-group (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae)"masterLastPageNumber="340"masterPageNumber="318"pageNumber="325"updateTime="1731011691348"updateUser="carolina"zenodo-license-document="CLOSED">
<mods:titleid="5F2E97E83A0C77F482263E052E69AAD1">Unexpected diversity in the Pseudepipona lativentris species-group (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae)</mods:title>
<mods:affiliationid="0A32C5A3371E5458978349B95B51E088">T. I. Vyazemsky Karadag Scientific Station — Nature Reserve of RAS — Branch of A. O. Kovalevsky Institute of Biology of the Southern Seas of RAS, Nauki Str. 24, Kurortnoye, 298188 Feodosiya, Russia</mods:affiliation>
<bibRefCitationid="46234B6DFF868677FDDEFA6F7A2DFA38"author="Bluthgen, P."box="[607,795,1451,1477]"pageId="7"pageNumber="325"pagination="300 - 322"refId="ref16478"refString="Bluthgen, P. (1942) Neue palaarktische Faltenwespen (Hym. Vespidae Eumenidinae). Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin, 25, 300 - 322."type="journal article"year="1942">Blüthgen, 1942</bibRefCitation>
<figureCitationid="BA892A19FF868677FF1EFA0B782AFA14"box="[159,284,1487,1513]"captionStart="FIGURE 4"captionStartId="8.[152,255,1794,1818]"captionTargetBox="[151,1436,561,1771]"captionTargetId="figure-201@8.[151,1436,561,1771]"captionTargetPageId="8"captionText="FIGURE 4. Pseudepipona cypria Blüthgen. A–D, ♀, Cyprus; E–G, ♂, Cyprus. A, F, habitus in dorsal view; B, E, head in front view; C, pronotum and anterior part of scutum in dorsal view; D, T2 in dorsal view; G, apex of flagellum (t, tyloid). Scale bars 0.5 mm."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14022465"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/14022465/files/figure.png"pageId="7"pageNumber="325">Figs 4A–G</figureCitation>
<figureCitationid="BA892A19FF868677FEABFA0B7845FA14"box="[298,371,1487,1513]"captionStart="FIGURE 10"captionStartId="17.[152,255,1809,1833]"captionTargetBox="[162,1426,202,1778]"captionTargetId="figure-19@17.[151,1436,199,1786]"captionTargetPageId="17"captionText="FIGURE 10. Male genitalia of Pseudepipona spp. A–C, Pseudepipona beckeri (Morawitz), Crimea; D–F, P.cretensis Blüthgen, Crete; G–I, P. cypria Blüthgen, Cyprus; J, L, M, P. falsa (Kostylev), Uzbekistan; K, P. falsa, lectotype; N–P, P. gineri (von Schulthess), Ibiza; Q–S, P. lativentris (de Saussure), Spain; T, P. rubricans Kurzenko, Kazakhstan; U–W, P. rubricans, China; X–Z, P. vicina Gusenleitner, Kyrgyzstan. A, D, G, J, N, Q, T, U, X, left paramere and volsella in medial view (d, digitus); B, E, H, K, L, O, R, V, Y, aedeagus in dorsal view (me, median expansion); C, F, I, M, P, S, W, Z, aedeagus in lateral view (vl, ventral lobe). Scale bar 0.5 mm (not exactly applied to D–F and N–P)."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14022483"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/14022483/files/figure.png"pageId="7"pageNumber="325">10G–I</figureCitation>
<bibRefCitationid="46234B6DFF868677FE6BF9D77BF4F9D1"author="Bluthgen, P."box="[490,706,1555,1580]"pageId="7"pageNumber="325"pagination="300 - 322"refId="ref16478"refString="Bluthgen, P. (1942) Neue palaarktische Faltenwespen (Hym. Vespidae Eumenidinae). Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin, 25, 300 - 322."type="journal article"year="1942">Blüthgen, 1942: 309</bibRefCitation>
<figureCitationid="BA892A19FF868677FC14F9BC7D24F96F"box="[917,1042,1656,1682]"captionStart="FIGURE 4"captionStartId="8.[152,255,1794,1818]"captionTargetBox="[151,1436,561,1771]"captionTargetId="figure-201@8.[151,1436,561,1771]"captionTargetPageId="8"captionText="FIGURE 4. Pseudepipona cypria Blüthgen. A–D, ♀, Cyprus; E–G, ♂, Cyprus. A, F, habitus in dorsal view; B, E, head in front view; C, pronotum and anterior part of scutum in dorsal view; D, T2 in dorsal view; G, apex of flagellum (t, tyloid). Scale bars 0.5 mm."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14022465"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/14022465/files/figure.png"pageId="7"pageNumber="325">Fig. 4A, F</figureCitation>
<figureCitationid="BA892A19FF868677FBB8F9587DA5F94B"box="[1081,1171,1692,1718]"captionStart="FIGURE 4"captionStartId="8.[152,255,1794,1818]"captionTargetBox="[151,1436,561,1771]"captionTargetId="figure-201@8.[151,1436,561,1771]"captionTargetPageId="8"captionText="FIGURE 4. Pseudepipona cypria Blüthgen. A–D, ♀, Cyprus; E–G, ♂, Cyprus. A, F, habitus in dorsal view; B, E, head in front view; C, pronotum and anterior part of scutum in dorsal view; D, T2 in dorsal view; G, apex of flagellum (t, tyloid). Scale bars 0.5 mm."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14022465"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/14022465/files/figure.png"pageId="7"pageNumber="325">Fig. 4B</figureCitation>
<figureCitationid="BA892A19FF868677FC0BF9047AD5F927"box="[906,995,1728,1754]"captionStart="FIGURE 4"captionStartId="8.[152,255,1794,1818]"captionTargetBox="[151,1436,561,1771]"captionTargetId="figure-201@8.[151,1436,561,1771]"captionTargetPageId="8"captionText="FIGURE 4. Pseudepipona cypria Blüthgen. A–D, ♀, Cyprus; E–G, ♂, Cyprus. A, F, habitus in dorsal view; B, E, head in front view; C, pronotum and anterior part of scutum in dorsal view; D, T2 in dorsal view; G, apex of flagellum (t, tyloid). Scale bars 0.5 mm."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14022465"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/14022465/files/figure.png"pageId="7"pageNumber="325">Fig. 4G</figureCitation>
<figureCitationid="BA892A19FF868677FE3DF9207B2EF903"box="[444,536,1764,1790]"captionStart="FIGURE 4"captionStartId="8.[152,255,1794,1818]"captionTargetBox="[151,1436,561,1771]"captionTargetId="figure-201@8.[151,1436,561,1771]"captionTargetPageId="8"captionText="FIGURE 4. Pseudepipona cypria Blüthgen. A–D, ♀, Cyprus; E–G, ♂, Cyprus. A, F, habitus in dorsal view; B, E, head in front view; C, pronotum and anterior part of scutum in dorsal view; D, T2 in dorsal view; G, apex of flagellum (t, tyloid). Scale bars 0.5 mm."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14022465"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/14022465/files/figure.png"pageId="7"pageNumber="325">Fig. 4C</figureCitation>
<figureCitationid="BA892A19FF868677FBC5F9207DF7F903"box="[1092,1217,1764,1790]"captionStart="FIGURE 4"captionStartId="8.[152,255,1794,1818]"captionTargetBox="[151,1436,561,1771]"captionTargetId="figure-201@8.[151,1436,561,1771]"captionTargetPageId="8"captionText="FIGURE 4. Pseudepipona cypria Blüthgen. A–D, ♀, Cyprus; E–G, ♂, Cyprus. A, F, habitus in dorsal view; B, E, head in front view; C, pronotum and anterior part of scutum in dorsal view; D, T2 in dorsal view; G, apex of flagellum (t, tyloid). Scale bars 0.5 mm."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14022465"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/14022465/files/figure.png"pageId="7"pageNumber="325">Fig. 4A, F</figureCitation>
<figureCitationid="BA892A19FF868677FBAFF8CC7DBCF8DF"box="[1070,1162,1800,1826]"captionStart="FIGURE 4"captionStartId="8.[152,255,1794,1818]"captionTargetBox="[151,1436,561,1771]"captionTargetId="figure-201@8.[151,1436,561,1771]"captionTargetPageId="8"captionText="FIGURE 4. Pseudepipona cypria Blüthgen. A–D, ♀, Cyprus; E–G, ♂, Cyprus. A, F, habitus in dorsal view; B, E, head in front view; C, pronotum and anterior part of scutum in dorsal view; D, T2 in dorsal view; G, apex of flagellum (t, tyloid). Scale bars 0.5 mm."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14022465"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/14022465/files/figure.png"pageId="7"pageNumber="325">Fig. 4D</figureCitation>
<figureCitationid="BA892A19FF868677FF1EF8E87832F8BB"box="[159,260,1836,1862]"captionStart="FIGURE 10"captionStartId="17.[152,255,1809,1833]"captionTargetBox="[162,1426,202,1778]"captionTargetId="figure-19@17.[151,1436,199,1786]"captionTargetPageId="17"captionText="FIGURE 10. Male genitalia of Pseudepipona spp. A–C, Pseudepipona beckeri (Morawitz), Crimea; D–F, P.cretensis Blüthgen, Crete; G–I, P. cypria Blüthgen, Cyprus; J, L, M, P. falsa (Kostylev), Uzbekistan; K, P. falsa, lectotype; N–P, P. gineri (von Schulthess), Ibiza; Q–S, P. lativentris (de Saussure), Spain; T, P. rubricans Kurzenko, Kazakhstan; U–W, P. rubricans, China; X–Z, P. vicina Gusenleitner, Kyrgyzstan. A, D, G, J, N, Q, T, U, X, left paramere and volsella in medial view (d, digitus); B, E, H, K, L, O, R, V, Y, aedeagus in dorsal view (me, median expansion); C, F, I, M, P, S, W, Z, aedeagus in lateral view (vl, ventral lobe). Scale bar 0.5 mm (not exactly applied to D–F and N–P)."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14022483"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/14022483/files/figure.png"pageId="7"pageNumber="325">Fig. 10G</figureCitation>
<figureCitationid="BA892A19FF868677FCD1F8E87A9BF8BB"box="[848,941,1836,1862]"captionStart="FIGURE 10"captionStartId="17.[152,255,1809,1833]"captionTargetBox="[162,1426,202,1778]"captionTargetId="figure-19@17.[151,1436,199,1786]"captionTargetPageId="17"captionText="FIGURE 10. Male genitalia of Pseudepipona spp. A–C, Pseudepipona beckeri (Morawitz), Crimea; D–F, P.cretensis Blüthgen, Crete; G–I, P. cypria Blüthgen, Cyprus; J, L, M, P. falsa (Kostylev), Uzbekistan; K, P. falsa, lectotype; N–P, P. gineri (von Schulthess), Ibiza; Q–S, P. lativentris (de Saussure), Spain; T, P. rubricans Kurzenko, Kazakhstan; U–W, P. rubricans, China; X–Z, P. vicina Gusenleitner, Kyrgyzstan. A, D, G, J, N, Q, T, U, X, left paramere and volsella in medial view (d, digitus); B, E, H, K, L, O, R, V, Y, aedeagus in dorsal view (me, median expansion); C, F, I, M, P, S, W, Z, aedeagus in lateral view (vl, ventral lobe). Scale bar 0.5 mm (not exactly applied to D–F and N–P)."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14022483"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/14022483/files/figure.png"pageId="7"pageNumber="325">Fig. 10I</figureCitation>
<bibRefCitationid="46234B6DFF898678FC6BFF1B7DA0FF04"author="Bluthgen, P."box="[1002,1174,223,249]"pageId="8"pageNumber="326"pagination="300 - 322"refId="ref16478"refString="Bluthgen, P. (1942) Neue palaarktische Faltenwespen (Hym. Vespidae Eumenidinae). Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin, 25, 300 - 322."type="journal article"year="1942">Blüthgen 1942</bibRefCitation>
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). These authors reported only female specimens, which can be easily confused.
, due to a distinct morphology of male F11 (presence of a tyloid) and genitalia (a very slender paramere and rather acutely triangular ventral lobe of the aedeagus).