Taxonomic revision and cladistic analysis of the species of Zethus mexicanus group (Linnaeus, 1758) sensu Bohart & Stange, 1965 (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Eumeninae)
Author
Golfetti, Ivan F.
Author
Lopes, Rogério B.
Author
Noll, Fernando B.
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Zootaxa
2020
2020-02-26
4743
3
337
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journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.4743.3.2
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Zethus waldoi
Zavattari, 1912
Zethus waldoi
Zavattari, 1912
: Arch. Naturgesch. 78A (4): 10 (key), 19, male (in division
Zethus
)—“Columbia:
Bogota
” (
Berlin
).—
Bohart & Stange, 1965: 127
(key), 135 (in subgenus
Zethusculus
; only
holotype
studied).
Type:
Holotype
:
Colombia
:
male,
Berlin
(
MFN
).
Examined by picture
.
Diagnosis.
Distinct notaulices, scutellum with a fissure, petiole very smooth, stem of T2 long in relation with the stem of T1, and a large and nearly curved ligulate process on S5. Species known only from
holotype
.
Redescription.
Male:
Coloration:
Black with yellowish areas as follows: apex of clypeus; two spots above the antennal sockets; wings dark brown.
Structure:
Apex of clypeus with a slight concavity between two small teeth; mandible tridentate with the second tooth molariform; humerus rounded; mesoscutum with distinct notaulices; fissured scutellum; tegula with posterior margin rounded; T2 longer than T1; S5 with a large curved ligulate process.
Sculpture:
Clypeus with macro-punctures indistinct; scutum with macro-punctures more sparse; propodeum with transverse stripes on the posterior face; petiole nearly smooth; T1 and T2 with greater density of micro-punctation; T3 to T7 and S3 to S7 with macro-punctuated in the post-gradular region and smooth in the pre-gradular region.
Chaeototaxy:
Short, thick and yellowish-white; lateral region of clypeus with dense hair; metanotum and propodeum with erect, long and sparse hair; T3 to T7 with shorter but evident hair; S2 to S7 with long and thick hair, especially in the apical region.
Female: Unknown.
Comments.
The description is limited to what was examined in the pictures of the type specimen. A more detailed description of the
holotype
can be found in
Bohart & Stange (1965:135)
.