A phylogenetic approach to the Neotropical social wasp genus Leipomeles Möbius, 1856 (Vespidae: Epiponini), with a new identification key Author Somavilla, Alexandre Author Vieira, Gabriel Santos Author Andena, Sérgio Ricardo Author Noll, Fernando Barbosa Author Carpenter, James M. text American Museum Novitates 2023 2023-12-19 2023 4006 1 12 https://bioone.org/journals/american-museum-novitates/volume-2023/issue-4006/4006.1/A-Phylogenetic-Approach-to-the-Neotropical-Social-Wasp-Genus-Leipomeles/10.1206/4006.1.full journal article 10.1206/4006.1 0003-0082 10777857 Leipomeles albogrisea ( Richards, 1978 ) Figures 1A , 2A Marimbonda albogrisea Richards, 1978 , ffie Social Wasps of the Americas: 201 (key), 202, fig. 84, female, male – “ BRAZIL : MT, base camp, 12°50′S , 51°47′W ” ( holotype female Rio de Janeiro ). – Carpenter and Mateus, 2004 , Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 48 (3): fig. 5 (male genitalia). DISTRIBUTION: Brazil : Mato Grosso . COMMENTS: According to Richards (1978) the holotype of this species is in the Museu Nacional of Rio de Janeiro ( MNRJ , Rio de Janeiro , Brazil ); this holotype was probably lost in the fire on September 2nd, 2018 . Here we insert images of a paratype from the Natural History Museum ( NHM , London), from the same location and same expedition .