Review of potter wasps with a petiolate metasoma excluding so-called " Zethinae " (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae) in the Lesser Sunda Islands of the Indonesian Archipelago
Author
Nugroho, Hari
Author
Kojima, Jun-Ichi
Author
Ubaidillah, Rosichon
text
Zootaxa
2013
3608
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journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3608.1.1
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1175-5326
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Delta eremnum
(van der Vecht 1959)
(Figs 32, 35, 38, 41)
Eumenes eremnus
van der Vecht 1959: 51, Ƥ,
holotype
"Labuan Badjo,
Flores
", [Nationaal Naturhistorisch Museum - Naturalis, Leiden].
Material examined.
SUMBA I.: 1 Ƥ (MZB,
paratype
of
E. eremnum
), alt.
100 m
, Laora, N.W Soemba (=Sumba), Dammerman,
Apr.1925
; 1 Ƥ (MZB,
paratype
of
E. eremnum
), Mau Marru, E. Sumba, Bühler & Sutter,
22 Jul.1949
; 1 Ƥ (MZB,
paratype
of
E. eremnum
), Mao Marroe (=Mau Marru),
450 m
, Dammerman,
May 1925
; 1 Ƥ (MZB),
10°01.197'S
120°03.385'E
, alt.
320 m
, Laiwanggi, A. Perrard,
15–19 Jun.2010
; 1 Ƥ (MZB), Laiwanggi, alt.
567 m
, A. Perrard,
16 Jun.2010
; 1 3 (MZB),
10°01.061'S
120°04.163'E
, alt.
567 m
, Laiwanggi, A. Perrard,
16 Jun.2010
.
FLORES
I.: 1 Ƥ (MZB,
paratype
of
E. eremnum
), Labuan Badjo, JK de Jong,
Jun.1937
.
Remarks.
This species is very similar to
D. sciarum
and they may have sometimes been confused with each other. Next characters distinguish
D. eremnum
from
D. sciarum
[states for
D. sciarum
are given in the brackets]: lateral faces of propodeum barely punctured [propodeum entirely with superficial punctures]; posterior face of propodeum with paired narrow longitudinal pale-yellow bands [without such yellow bands]; apical part of volsella of male genitalia short and thick (see van der Vecht 1959: fig. 3f) [long and slender (van der Vecht 1959: fig. 2c)]. Further the following characters may help distinguishing
D. eremnum
from
D. sciarum
: female clypeus in frontal view (Fig. 32) slightly higher than wide, 1.1 × as high as wide [proportionally wider, as wide as high (Fig. 33)]; male clypeus 1.1 × as high as wide (Fig. 35) [proportionally slightly wider (Fig. 36)]; apex of male antenna without spot [with ferruginous spot]; metasomal tergum
1 in
dorsal view (Fig. 41) gradually and weakly widened posteriorly, with apical width 1.9 × the basal width [only slightly widened posteriorly, with apical width 1.7 × the basal width (Fig. 42)].
Distribution.
Indonesia
: Sumba,
Flores
.