Synonymy of the potter wasp genus Philippodynerus Gusenleitner (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Eumeninae) with Apodynerus Giordani Soika, with taxonomic notes on Apodynerus species
Author
Nugroho, Hari
Museum Zoologicum Bogoriense, Research Center for Biology, Indonesian Institute of Sciences, Jl. Raya Jakarta-Bogor Km 46, Cibinong, Bogor, Indonesia
hntawon@gmail.com
Author
Kojima, Jun-ichi
Natural History Laboratory, Faculty of Science, Ibaraki University, Mito, 310 - 8512 Japan
Author
Ubaidillah, Rosichon
Museum Zoologicum Bogoriense, Research Center for Biology, Indonesian Institute of Sciences, Jl. Raya Jakarta-Bogor Km 46, Cibinong, Bogor, Indonesia
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Journal of Hymenoptera Research
2014
2014-02-14
36
131
151
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.36.6830
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Apodynerus
icarioides (Bingham)
Figs 14
, 18
, 19
, 24
, 29
Odynerus icarioides
Bingham, 1897: 363 (in key to aculeates of British India), 372, ♀,
"Tenasserim"
, type (BMNH).
Diagnosis.
This species can be distinguished from other species of
Apodynerus
by the combination of the following characters: head in frontal view subcircular, slightly wider than high, 1.1
x
as wide as high; female clypeus in frontal view wider than high, 1.3
x
as wide as high, with dorsal and ventral margins distinctly emarginate medially (
Fig. 14
); male clypeus in frontal view proportionally narrower than that of female, 1.15
x
as wide as high (
Fig. 18
); gena wide (
Fig. 19
); metanotum obtusely dentiform; metasomal tergum I stout, in lateral view swollen dorsally from base to mid-length, then moderately concave preapically (
Fig. 24
); metasomal tergum II in lateral view slightly convex dorsally (
Fig. 24
).
Material examined.
INDONESIA: Kalimantan: 2 ♀, Bukit Soeharto, East Kalimantan, 3, 23 Feb.1998, H. Makihara (FFPRI); 1 ♀, Mentawir River, about 50 m, Balikpapan, East Kalimantan, Oct.1950, A.M.R. Wegner (MZB); 1 ♂, Kayan Mentarang Nature Reserve, Pujungan, East Kalimantan, Apr.1993, D.C. Darling & R. Ubaidillah (MZB).
Remarks.
This species shows a disjunct distribution pattern, occurring in India and Myanmar, and on Borneo. Van der
Vecht (1937)
examined the type and provided a diagnosis for this species.