Revision of the Afrotropical genus Afrepipona Giordani Soika, 1965 and description of Afrepsilon gen. nov. (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae) Author Selis, Marco marcozetsu@hotmail.it Author Carpenter, James M. 5B083A01-3066-4147-8ECA-8D27B9987F88 Division of Invertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79 street, New York, NY 10024, USA. carpente@amnh.org text European Journal of Taxonomy 2024 2024-07-24 944 1 80 https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2607/11927 journal article 10.5852/ejt.2024.944.2607 2118-9773 12808564 D4F1EBC9-340F-4957-BCC3-27550DF0F224 Afrepipona lamptoensis Giordani Soika, 1965 Figs 8 , 27E Afrepipona lamptoensis Giordani Soika, 1965: 46 , figs 1–2. Diagnosis Recognized by the following characters: clypeus of female 1.35 × as wide as long, apical margin narrow, 0.2 × as wide as clypeus ( Fig. 8B ); occipital carina evenly curved on gena; vertex of female 1.85– 1.95 × as long as distance between posterior ocellus and inner eye margin, cephalic foveae mixed with punctures and not placed in depression ( Fig. 8E ); mesosoma 1.2–1.3 × as long as wide; pronotal carina shortly lamellate for whole length, at most ⅓ × as long as ocellar diameter; T1 2.2–2.3 × as wide as long, T2 1.2–1.25 × as wide as long; apical translucent margin of T2 separated from rest of tergite by large punctures with pigmented interspaces, margin reflexed and duplicated by raised lamella ( Fig. 8D ); head and mesosoma finely and sparsely punctate, punctures on mesoscutum half as long as ocellar diameter, dorsal face of propodeum entirely and coarsely punctured, S2 finely and shallowly punctate; mesosternum with dense silvery pubescence. Genitalia in Fig. 27E . Type material Holotype IVORY COAST • ♀ ; Lamto , Toumodi ; MNHN EY35370 . Fig. 8. Afrepipona lamptoensis Giordani Soika, 1965 . A , C , E–F . ♀, paratype from Lamto (MSNVE). B , D . ♂ from Lamto (AMNH). A . Habitus, dorsal view. B–C . Head, frontal view. D . Flagellum, lateral view. E . Head, dorsal view. F . T2–3. dorsal view. Scale bars = 1 mm. Paratype IVORY COAST • 1 ♀ ; Lamto , Toumodi ; MSNVE . Other material examined IVORY COAST • 1 ♀ ; Lamto ; 6 Oct. 1969 ; Darchen leg.; MSVI • 1 ♂ ; Lamto ; 9 Dec. 1988 ; R. Longair leg.; AMNH . Distribution Ivory Coast ( Giordani Soika 1965 ). Remarks Gusenleitner (2012) synonymized this species under Afrepipona angusta , but the examination of both species, including the holotype of A. lamptoensis , showed that they are very different and come from different areas of Africa. The distinctive characters are summarized in the key. The records from the Democratic Republic of Congo , Zambia and Zimbabwe ( Gusenleitner 2011 ) are considered doubtful.