Phylogeny of Protopolybia Ducke, 1905 and taxonomic revision of the Protopolybia exigua species-group (Hymenoptera: Vespidae, Polistinae), with description of four new species Author Dos Santos Junior, José N. A. Author Silveira, Orlando T. Author Carpenter, James M. text Zootaxa 2015 3956 2 151 182 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.3956.2.1 0cef7fa5-f64d-4988-b1b1-104c36ae02a2 1175-5326 237836 26251DCD-0660-4E4A-B5D1-FDC05BCFBE0F Protopolybia aliciae Silveira, 2004 Protopolybia aliciae Silveira, 2004 : 2 ( holotype : ♀ Brasil , Pará, Melgaço, Caxiuanã, ECFPn, 1°44`S 51°28` O , 28.vi.1998 , Silveira & Dias (MPEG); examined). Diagnosis . Small species, length of fore wing 4.0 mm; T1 almost as wide as long, with short basal petiole armed with paired wing-like processes; ground color black or dark brown richly marked with yellow, but scutellum and metanotum only partially marked; nest with envelope. Material examined . FRENCH GUIANA : Sentier de Rorota, 8 ♀, Montioly, 20m , 4°53’N , 52°15’W , 5.x.1996 (Wenzel & Carpenter) ( AMNH ); BRAZIL : Pará, 4 ♀, Benevides, F. Morelândia, 14.xi.1986 (J.A. Rafael) ( INPA ). Distribution . * French Guiana , Brazil : PA. Remarks . Protopolybia aliciae was only known from the type locality in Melgaço municipality, Pará State ( Silveira 2004 ). We present additional records, for Pará State (Benevides), and another for French Guiana . FIGURES 59–64 . 59. Protopolybia duckeianus ; 60. P. chartergoides ; 61. P. nitida ; 62. P. bituberculata ; 63. P. acutiscutis ; 64. P. clypeata sp. nov.