Revision of the subgenus Kappa de Saussure of Mischocyttarus de Saussure (Hym.; Vespidae, Polistinae, Mischocyttarini)
Author
Silveira, Orlando Tobias
text
Zootaxa
2006
2006-09-28
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https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1321.1.1
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.1321.1.1
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Group of
Mischocyttarus picturatus
Bequaert
Also includes
M. porantin
sp. n.
from Bujarú, PA,
Brazil
and
M
.
timbira
sp. n.
from Tabocas and Urbano Santos, MA,
Brazil
. While the latter species is more similar in color to
M
.
picturatus
,
M
.
porantin
is in this respect very similar to
M
.
injucundus
. The group may be recognized by reduction of the occipital carina and by the round apex of the clypeus, together with a normally elongated first metasomal segment whose sternum is flattened. The clypeus is also unusually wide and the sculpture of mesopleuron is rather coarse.