On the genus Gastrodynerus Bohart, 1984 (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae)
Author
Grandinete, Yuri Campanholo
Author
Cortes, Gustavo Bellini
Author
Carpenter, James Michael
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Zootaxa
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Gastrodynerus barretti
Grandinete & Cortes
,
sp. nov.
(
Figs 7
,
12
,
18
, 27)
Comments and diagnosis.
Gastrodynerus barretti
may be confused with
G. aimara
due to the similar color pattern, structures and pubescence, but the punctation of T1 should be used to separate them.
Gastrodynerus barretti
has the basal portion of T1 with strong (wider on lateral surface) reticulate punctures, becoming slightly more distant near apex (
Fig. 18
), while
G. aimara
has the punctures of T1 clearly smaller and sparser, homogeneously distributed (
Fig. 19
).
Description.
Holotype
female
Color
: Same as
Gastrodynerus yungaensis
, except for smaller spots on the clypeus and mesepisternum; posterior half of metanotum black.
Pubescence
: Same pattern as
Gastrodynerus yungaensis
, except for the absence of erect bristles on the dorsolateral surface of the propodeum.
Sculpture
: Shallow and sparse punctures over clypeus; head covered with coarse and dense punctures. Mesosoma with coarse (as in head) punctures, dense on pronotum, mesoscutum, scutellum and dorsal surface of propodeum; sparser punctures on mesepisternum, mesepimeron, lateral and posterior surfaces of propodeum. Coarse (larger than on mesosoma) and dense punctures on T1 (except on basal region where there are some small and shallow punctures), becoming slightly smaller towards apex; small and sparse punctures over T2, becoming coarse and dense on pre-apical region; weak and sparse punctures on T3 and T4; T5 and T6 without punctures; S2 and S3 with small, shallow and sparse punctures, except on apical region; S4–S6 without evident punctures.
Structure
: Clypeus wider than long, convex in lateral view, with two apical teeth; inter-antennal region longitudinally cariniform, with a deep pit right beside the carina, on lower half, and one adjacent to the antennal socket, on upper half; cephalic fovea present, close to each other; occipital carina well developed along gena, becoming weaker dorsally. Lateral pronotal carina present; pronotal carina on dorsal surface present just after the humeral projection, but very incipient and interrupted centrally; pronotal fovea present; humeral region weakly projected; parategula lamelliform, flattened laterally; scutellum flattened; a longitudinal furrow on the dorsal surface of propodeum; longitudinal carina on posterior surface of propodeum uniform all along; submarginal carina fused to the propodeal valve, weakly projected and pointed; external margin of propodeal valve rounded; longitudinal carina on posterior coxa weakly projected, rounded; T1 longer than wide, strongly concave on central region (on lateral view); transverse carina on anterior region of S1; T2 longer than wide; S2 strongly truncate at the base; row of small teeth on apex of S6.
Male
: Same color pattern, except for: clypeus smaller with larger yellow marks; F11 hooked-shape, narrow and pointed, with the apex not surpassing the apex of F9. Male genitalia as in
Figure 27
.
Variation:
One male specimen (
paratype
) from
Amazonas
Department (
Peru
) presented more extensive yellow marks, mostly on the pronotum and metasoma.
Etymology.
The epithet is in honor to the entomologist
Bolívar
Rafael Garcete-Barrett, who questioned the identity of the specimens and advised the authors that they might belong to a new species of
Gastrodynerus
.
Distribution.
Bolivia
;
Colombia
;
Peru
.
Type material.
The
holotype
female
(
AMNH
) of
Gastrodynerus barretti
is good condition and bears the label: ‘
PERU
:/
Monson Valley/Tingo Maria/XI.
10.1954’ ‘
E. I. Schlinger/& E. S. Ross
/collectors’ ‘
Gastrodynerus
sp.
/det
B. Garcete-Barret
2002’
.
Three
paratype
males
(
AMNH
) are in good condition and bear the labels: ‘
OREJA
DE/CAPE-
LO
(
PERU
)/
1600 M.
1.5.1943
/LEG. WEYRAUCH’ ‘[Red label] 467’
;
‘Vista Nieve/San Lorenzo Mt./XII.20.1922 Colombia’ and ‘
BOLIVIA
: Coroico-/Chulomani,
La Paz
/
III-7-1968
/
Garcia
& Porter’
.
One
paratype
male
(
CAS
) has the metasoma in a separate label, and bears the labels: ‘
PERU
: Dept.
Amazonas
/19
Km S. Chachapoyas/on Rio Utcubamba
/
1700 m
.
1.VI.1964
’ ‘
P. C. Hutchinson
/and/
J. K. Wright
/Collectors’.