Revision of the Zethus luzonensis species-group (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae), with description of a new species
Author
Selis, Marco
text
Zootaxa
2017
4232
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journal article
36511
10.11646/zootaxa.4232.3.13
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1175-5326
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Key to species of the
Zethus luzonensis
species-group
The characters used are applicable to both sexes unless the sex is specified.
1. Apical lamella of T3 indistinct, not clearly separated from rest of tergum; mesoscutum with large and dense punctures; pronotum and scutellum with distinct red markings; clypeus of male normally and weakly convex for all its length..........................................................................................
Z. celebensis
Giordani Soika
- Apical lamella of T3 distinct, well separated from rest of tergum; mesoscutum with indistinct punctures, almost entirely smooth; ferruginous markings on thorax absent or limited to pronotum; clypeus of male frontally flattened, apically bent forming ventral horizontal portion........................................................................... 2
2. T3 preapically inflated, sparsely punctate, apical lamella regularly long on its entire width; S2 of male with an elongate deep depression with preapical lateral calluses; antennae black, apical flagellomere of the male rounded apically and reaching half of F7; anterior vertical portion of male clypeus semicircular in shape, apical margin without teeth; apical lamella of T2 of female black; apical margin of S3 of female with a punctate median lobe............................
Z. soikai
sp. nov.
- T3 preapically flattened, densely punctate, apical lamella slightly longer in the middle; S2 not depressed, entirely flattened; antennae orange, apical flagellomere of the male pointed apically and reaching half of F8; anterior vertical portion of male clypeus triangular in shape, apical margin with two flattened, triangular teeth; apical lamella of T2 of female hyaline; apical margin of S3 of female simple....................................................
Z. luzonensis
Giordani Soika