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<emphasis id="E2C9EAB546CD66743CF4200AF4CCF7E6" italics="true">Metapolybia zucchiana</emphasis>
Andena &amp; Carpenter
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,
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,
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The species is easily recognized by its prominent aberrant propodeum, especially bulging laterally which is different of any other species of
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(see description).
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<heading id="ADD3F01E80D9505E98DBC20E86EE5476" reason="title">Description.</heading>
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Female.
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</emphasis>
: 6.0 mm. Length of fore wing: 5.0 mm.
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<emphasis id="80EE181243DA5F88E4DE8BD6F8E28DF8" bold="true" italics="true">Color</emphasis>
: Blackish / brownish species. Mandibles, dorsal antennae, tegula, metasoma and legs brownish. Weak yellow markings as follows: apical spot on mandibles; spot on the margin of clypeus and inner orbits; ventral antennae fading yellow apically; small yellow spot along the lateral pronotal carina, spot on lamella behind pretegular carina, and band on posterior margin of pronotum; Tergum I VI brownish; yellow band present on tergum I II and sternum II III; wings hyaline, venation brown.
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<label id="D092ABBD4BA23FB0E3BAB2E59C399DC1">Figure 17.</label>
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<emphasis id="7C8E5C7727EBFE104AA831155B0F4858" bold="true">A</emphasis>
lateral view
<emphasis id="FF52CD5C808424B260AF7ED1AE39370D" bold="true">B</emphasis>
dorsal view. Scale bars: 1.0 mm.
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: (1) clypeus 1.3 times wider than longer, punctures shallow, spaced, separated by 2.0 diameters or more; bristles on first third, straight; (2) inter-antennal prominence moderately raised, subacute with weak medial furrow; (3) frons and vertex covered with yellowish pubescence, punctures denser than clypeus, separated by about 1.02.0 diameters, becoming sparser on vertex; (4) gena 0.85 wider than width of the eyes, strongly narrowing to mandibular condyle, punctures very small and scattered, pubescence reduced and concentrated on inferior region; (5) tempora narrowing to vertex; (6) posterior region of the head excavated, strongly emarginated.
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<label id="0E843D35E5BBB8BE3144AD095F8407E0">Figure 18.</label>
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<emphasis id="08F6CD45B9FA45FB5955F4ADB431D5B1" bold="true">A</emphasis>
head, frontal view
<emphasis id="566E667FFE520F19A63E9EDA01DD3716" bold="true">B</emphasis>
propodeum, lateral view. Scale bars: 0.5 mm.
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<emphasis id="FF36A899536E14698377FD8020752F74" bold="true" italics="true">Mesosoma</emphasis>
: (1) lateral pronotal carina raised and acute; (2) humeri moderately produced in front of tegula, gently rounded; (3) pretegular carina acute on upper region, curved, not interrupted; (4) scutum 1.3 times wider than longer with very small and scattered punctures; (5) mesopleura with shallow punctures separated by 2 diameters, like those on clypeus; (6) scutellum with small and distinct punctures, separated by about 1.02.0 diameters slightly concave posteriorly, medial line raised anteriorly, vanishing posteriorly (7) metanotum strongly concave, pointed posteriorly; (8) metapleuron with scattered punctures, upper plate 1.3 times longer than wide; (9) propodeum strongly prominent latero-posteriorly, with short and sparse outstanding hairs concentrated on posterior region; (10) propodeal concavity weakly developed anteriorly, broad and deep posteriorly, striation weak, extending laterally; (11) legs brownish; (12) prestigma longer than wide, tip truncate.
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<label id="F97402D7FBC90A8D68FD1494C4CC8544">Figure 19.</label>
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<emphasis id="45B4BE2CB83C1BCFFB73BE085168F98C" bold="true">A</emphasis>
propodeum, dorso-lateal view
<emphasis id="28AAD56C6417A7F4E2860AABB20013C6" bold="true">B</emphasis>
propodeum, dorsal view. Scale bars: 0.5 mm.
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<emphasis id="70E22EC60662B19A305931AA7C7688F4" bold="true" italics="true">Metasoma</emphasis>
: (1) first metasomal tergum filiform, widening little after the prominent spiracles, posteriorly convex in lateral view, slightly prominent; (2) second metasomal tergum 1.2 times wider than long, coriaceous finely punctured on posterior fifth; (3) terga three to six densely punctured.
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<paragraph id="71CD3E412E44C4C5E6FCCDE1F53D3517">
<label id="6FBFB58EF59C9B7AE2DFB26C432DF3BF">Figure 20.</label>
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<paragraph id="0A5279A41712F04C760C4013B295951B">
<taxonomicName id="CB37FF6FF34BCFAF6EAEB9A3CA5EA646" authorityName="Andena &amp; Carpenter" authorityYear="2024" class="Insecta" family="Vespidae" genus="Metapolybia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="zucchiana">
<emphasis id="B7E2AD57D978065F8448DCD3F751373F" italics="true">Metapolybia zucchiana</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="2DC0BA6397F419C3B0B0720AB89F584E" bold="true">A</emphasis>
tergum I, lateral view
<emphasis id="9CC2FCB13A86D6F4F6D4713D06146997" bold="true">B</emphasis>
metasoma, lateral view. Scale bars: 0.5 mm.
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<emphasis id="6DC7A5553A440BB7C332E20208844FCF" bold="true">Male.</emphasis>
Unknown.
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<paragraph id="A4FCC25BA0B29D68730D1D249C39F609">
<heading id="06D571134DFC27312496D9D5772E5921" reason="title">Nest.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="19E9A73CE78AF4E03CA10922A41863B4">Unknown.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="DCC4B39A78A8847A212E4686C23BB19D">
<heading id="D3D4848C65D79D4BE63BA4393DA5EF58" reason="title">Distribution.</heading>
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<collectingCountry id="E81472C61DBADB2DF02D32EA4635009A" name="Panama">Panama</collectingCountry>
, Barro Colorado Island.
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<typeStatus id="238787BD1E1469FC7F9F84FDE725969D" type="holotype">Holotype</typeStatus>
.
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;
<collectorName id="ACCED9D5B22767AA7C94BC479A11D5E7">P. Rau</collectorName>
; col. # 7666; determined as
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by
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1980;
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<emphasis id="273B2C3566747F7EC56256E3C1755D06" bold="true">
<collectionCode id="5A13C63E85644ABABEC0FEC4A9BDC427" country="USA" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34925" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34925" name="American Museum of Natural History" type="">AMNH</collectionCode>
</emphasis>
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.
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</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0EJLAG" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="461357A52679CD44D8B8C7F1113179F6">
<heading id="C461F64654CDE8E1DF95F1CD42B2103A" reason="title">Etymology.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="2AEA11CBFADEE2800F433C8D22F0D383">The specific name honors Dr. Ronaldo Zucchi, for his contribution of the knowledge of behavior of Neotropical bees and wasps.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="D1ACE65DFEF3FC08D02E6799262E7B4F">
<title id="6D22A9B930E65B21D887186B65F086E2">Male genitalia descriptions</title>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="A116677543C7F78FA0E9C3899C72A0F6">
In this section we describe and depict the male genitalia of the following species:
<taxonomicName id="9BECDB01A655E3A2A19E3F50E43D71CA" authorityName="Araujo" authorityYear="1945" class="Insecta" family="Vespidae" genus="Metapolybia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bromelicola">
<emphasis id="812205DB99C54756B599C42C8CAF7687" italics="true">Metapolybia bromelicola</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="04553702F93A4BBD64FDDB66ECE200D9" authorityName="Andena &amp; Noll" authorityYear="2024" class="Insecta" family="Vespidae" genus="Metapolybia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="carpenteriana">
<emphasis id="AFCCDF5B391AECB1EB7E607685F8C740" italics="true">M. carpenteriana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="1A77668C3C3B38AD795064F8DA25C1EF" authorityName="Cooper" authorityYear="1999" class="Insecta" family="Vespidae" genus="Metapolybia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="encantata">
<emphasis id="1BBB6E69EEB45F675CBC3597BC792796" italics="true">M. encantata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="A87B72D5B032C374E46CEB0D3ED31E2C" authorityName="Smethurst &amp; Carpenter" authorityYear="1998" class="Insecta" family="Vespidae" genus="Metapolybia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="mesoamerica">
<emphasis id="532784F5865E40EC8B9A046E0ED45CBF" italics="true">M. mesoamerica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="34969B568346FA014C28A455DFEBEC25" authorityName="Richards" authorityYear="1978" class="Insecta" family="Vespidae" genus="Metapolybia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="rufata">
<emphasis id="1393BF6D8ACC7F78E1FD9D6099AAE076" italics="true">M. rufata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="05D8B8175520FEA4264413B4A4ED9EB5" authorityName="Cooper" authorityYear="1999" class="Insecta" family="Vespidae" genus="Metapolybia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="servilis">
<emphasis id="0FA413040C7CACC8164C8D8FE36E59F6" italics="true">M. servilis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="9EA4CA4B30BF2AC3F6E5E81FFB8B4B1A" authorityName="Carpenter" authorityYear="2024" class="Insecta" family="Vespidae" genus="Metapolybia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sulamerica">
<emphasis id="EF2D91BFFAE38CA4ECC8AB27DC3D99B7" italics="true">M. sulamerica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="05D694DFAE21B30EE72DD9AD923AB82C">
<taxonomicName id="878BBEFE2B162778F2373A1CF7C07D37" authorityName="Araujo" authorityYear="1945" class="Insecta" family="Vespidae" genus="Metapolybia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bromelicola">
<emphasis id="95D5A9945CC3F840AFC37BC4844D42D9" bold="true" italics="true">Metapolybia bromelicola</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="55FBA42B5E00E780355A21EC26B468B9">
Fig.
<figureCitation id="B15D821DA655BC3708BADA78774E855D" captionStart="Figure 21" captionStartId="F21" captionText="Figure 21. Male genitalia of Metapolybia bromelicola (A E), M. carpentirana (F J) and M. encantata (K O). A, F, K paramere B, G, L aedeagus, ventral view C, H, M aedeagus, lateral view D, I, N cuspis, lateral view E, J, O digitus, lateral view. Scale bars: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.97.115489.figure21" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1142361">21 A E</figureCitation>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="920D98D76F24F5C9BF9B5BD463480660">
<emphasis id="AC999AF6E5920ED2E769FA61A936803F" bold="true">Male genitalia.</emphasis>
(1) paramere about 1.7 times longer than wide at middle, basal angle obtuse, apical angle truncate, spine of paramere long, pointed, bare (Fig.
<figureCitation id="7904F3BB9CD001D70171F8028B60505C" captionStart="Figure 21" captionStartId="F21" captionText="Figure 21. Male genitalia of Metapolybia bromelicola (A E), M. carpentirana (F J) and M. encantata (K O). A, F, K paramere B, G, L aedeagus, ventral view C, H, M aedeagus, lateral view D, I, N cuspis, lateral view E, J, O digitus, lateral view. Scale bars: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.97.115489.figure21" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1142361">21 A</figureCitation>
); (2) aedeagus slightly curved, lobe rounded weakly produced, lateral margin produced; lateral ridge with a row of short teeth extending laterally; ventral process slightly produced, pointed (Fig.
<figureCitation id="19C83FCD3C7FFD0286189E99FDD8C3F8" captionStart="Figure 21" captionStartId="F21" captionText="Figure 21. Male genitalia of Metapolybia bromelicola (A E), M. carpentirana (F J) and M. encantata (K O). A, F, K paramere B, G, L aedeagus, ventral view C, H, M aedeagus, lateral view D, I, N cuspis, lateral view E, J, O digitus, lateral view. Scale bars: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.97.115489.figure21" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1142361">21 B, C</figureCitation>
); (3) cuspis long and pointed, with short and dense hairs apically, extending laterally (Fig.
<figureCitation id="2DFB4B3E07265DEB58814C2B7BD7CA13" captionStart="Figure 21" captionStartId="F21" captionText="Figure 21. Male genitalia of Metapolybia bromelicola (A E), M. carpentirana (F J) and M. encantata (K O). A, F, K paramere B, G, L aedeagus, ventral view C, H, M aedeagus, lateral view D, I, N cuspis, lateral view E, J, O digitus, lateral view. Scale bars: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.97.115489.figure21" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1142361">21 D</figureCitation>
); (4) digitus long apically, rounded, with short and dense hairs, mesal surface with scattered small punctures (Fig.
<figureCitation id="BE4F176252F0B73D8EFA63A98FB738EB" captionStart="Figure 21" captionStartId="F21" captionText="Figure 21. Male genitalia of Metapolybia bromelicola (A E), M. carpentirana (F J) and M. encantata (K O). A, F, K paramere B, G, L aedeagus, ventral view C, H, M aedeagus, lateral view D, I, N cuspis, lateral view E, J, O digitus, lateral view. Scale bars: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.97.115489.figure21" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1142361">21 E</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<caption id="A4FD959919C23E317BA0AD49F8DFFE6B" ID-DOI="10.3897/jhr.97.115489.figure21" ID-arpha="9DDBB2E3-0804-5D2E-927F-D8DAF879E479" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1142361" startId="F21">
<paragraph id="E29068FD323848C721EFA86D7C486630">
<label id="27470D3662EC95E5E437F3A7F1ED280F">Figure 21.</label>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="2CB66ED1030FA9D538FC4900BED9B4E2">
Male genitalia of
<taxonomicName id="EF6E5FBD7173CA60E46488443645E6CD" authorityName="Araujo" authorityYear="1945" class="Insecta" family="Vespidae" genus="Metapolybia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bromelicola">
<emphasis id="EEA4A99AEC07F9DA3F80DF482FE4AF8B" italics="true">Metapolybia bromelicola</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<emphasis id="68F294F2D4E69778FF6AF409BB0A3C07" bold="true">A E</emphasis>
),
<taxonomicName id="8765CD993DE671BCCF087A056BDD7484" class="Insecta" family="Vespidae" genus="Metapolybia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="carpentirana">
<emphasis id="91F73CCE0EAEC1D1DDEFFC45BC405257" italics="true">M. carpentirana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<emphasis id="5A9C276FF2C127ACDA2450C6D67CB7DA" bold="true">F J</emphasis>
) and
<taxonomicName id="44E30FF33EFB4F97CD16C82CC6205D83" authorityName="Cooper" authorityYear="1999" class="Insecta" family="Vespidae" genus="Metapolybia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="encantata">
<emphasis id="AA5CBE3D0745FE35213FF6CD8552051B" italics="true">M. encantata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<emphasis id="E04AE2ED18762509F5440849BE027FA9" bold="true">K O</emphasis>
).
<emphasis id="2AFBE510B3F22DC52C15AD6518765778" bold="true">A, F, K</emphasis>
paramere
<emphasis id="1634B3875F1B574A8BE6604A5D93FD7F" bold="true">B, G, L</emphasis>
aedeagus, ventral view
<emphasis id="553B196005B4235397D9D7F3538205ED" bold="true">C, H, M</emphasis>
aedeagus, lateral view
<emphasis id="9BAD503676976ACCFD4FC010202EEBC1" bold="true">D, I, N</emphasis>
cuspis, lateral view
<emphasis id="26E9B046AF38CB24122BB81C84A5C741" bold="true">E, J, O</emphasis>
digitus, lateral view. Scale bars: 0.5 mm.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="E2ABC22EC6DB01CF2F040C3CADD9452E">
<emphasis id="A6FF18AEADE0465523F3762D55E466C9" bold="true">Material examined.</emphasis>
<materialsCitation id="F3D64A25349E6EA69CF17A963A5DB1F1" collectionCode="AMNH" country="Brazil" location="Itatiaia" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-male="1" stateProvince="Rio de Janeiro">
<collectingCountry id="927FDA65C8D81F38F5C4F444E16FD9C6" name="Brazil">Brazil</collectingCountry>
<specimenCount id="7162C7459BF068AF84C4A63D6C7E4674" count="1" type="male">male</specimenCount>
;
<collectingRegion id="6EC01E4B0853FED2BA0BD1FA751FA728" country="Brazil" name="Rio de Janeiro">Rio de Janeiro</collectingRegion>
,
<location id="2639FA87C30ECE58EE0A50721D69EDA5" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:4F2BAEEB1C525D15B4C2C219C2559B84:2639FA87C30ECE58EE0A50721D69EDA5" country="Brazil" name="Itatiaia" stateProvince="Rio de Janeiro">Itatiaia</location>
;
<named-content id="E0ABC5305F7354041408A0A385626ED5" content-type="dwc:institutional_code" xlink_href="http://grbio.org/institution/american-museum-natural-history" xlink_title="Americam Museum of Natural History, New York, USA">
<emphasis id="F68BB8FBF9F8347150F5F475BD6D6BDC" bold="true">
<collectionCode id="59E0300AF1A918B40B1303B5F22B7BD4" country="USA" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34925" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34925" name="American Museum of Natural History" type="">AMNH</collectionCode>
</emphasis>
</named-content>
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.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="D19CE72C1996857320E6862B942C9368">
<taxonomicName id="963BF6E18025A4D019772F2CD8220C93" authorityName="Andena &amp; Noll" authorityYear="2024" class="Insecta" family="Vespidae" genus="Metapolybia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="carpenteriana">
<emphasis id="3571D47F9829B321EDB06981E6F25B5F" bold="true" italics="true">Metapolybia carpenteriana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="6299A0C8507B48C371F95AD2D2121D24">
Fig.
<figureCitation id="E7C22118D74CBC841B1F1A36AA621436" captionStart="Figure 21" captionStartId="F21" captionText="Figure 21. Male genitalia of Metapolybia bromelicola (A E), M. carpentirana (F J) and M. encantata (K O). A, F, K paramere B, G, L aedeagus, ventral view C, H, M aedeagus, lateral view D, I, N cuspis, lateral view E, J, O digitus, lateral view. Scale bars: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.97.115489.figure21" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1142361">21 F J</figureCitation>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="D6CA4A3330135F9D9F9D74E763DDAE7C">
<emphasis id="EB093C94F6F7460F67BAADFECAC56DB2" bold="true">Male genitalia.</emphasis>
(1) paramere about 1.5 times longer than wide at middle, basal angle obtuse, apical angle, prominent and truncate, spine of paramere long, pointed, bare (Fig.
<figureCitation id="6ECE78ABC736C8F5E0091D386BD28B11" captionStart="Figure 21" captionStartId="F21" captionText="Figure 21. Male genitalia of Metapolybia bromelicola (A E), M. carpentirana (F J) and M. encantata (K O). A, F, K paramere B, G, L aedeagus, ventral view C, H, M aedeagus, lateral view D, I, N cuspis, lateral view E, J, O digitus, lateral view. Scale bars: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.97.115489.figure21" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1142361">21 F</figureCitation>
); (2) aedeagus curved, lobe rounded and produced, lateral margin produced; lateral ridge with a row of short teeth extending laterally; ventral process produced, pointed (Fig.
<figureCitation id="67F3F17CAEE6F5C61848D54339603BC8" captionStart="Figure 21" captionStartId="F21" captionText="Figure 21. Male genitalia of Metapolybia bromelicola (A E), M. carpentirana (F J) and M. encantata (K O). A, F, K paramere B, G, L aedeagus, ventral view C, H, M aedeagus, lateral view D, I, N cuspis, lateral view E, J, O digitus, lateral view. Scale bars: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.97.115489.figure21" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1142361">21 G, H</figureCitation>
); (3) cuspis long and pointed and slightly curved, with short and dense hairs apically, extending laterally (Fig.
<figureCitation id="A53C763EF26F931A6AEF7B63B7F4D2A6" captionStart="Figure 21" captionStartId="F21" captionText="Figure 21. Male genitalia of Metapolybia bromelicola (A E), M. carpentirana (F J) and M. encantata (K O). A, F, K paramere B, G, L aedeagus, ventral view C, H, M aedeagus, lateral view D, I, N cuspis, lateral view E, J, O digitus, lateral view. Scale bars: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.97.115489.figure21" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1142361">21 I</figureCitation>
); (4) digitus short apically, blunt, with short and dense hairs, mesal surface with scattered small punctures (Fig.
<figureCitation id="45128E6C8DA368FDE5D71D9481758D35" captionStart="Figure 21" captionStartId="F21" captionText="Figure 21. Male genitalia of Metapolybia bromelicola (A E), M. carpentirana (F J) and M. encantata (K O). A, F, K paramere B, G, L aedeagus, ventral view C, H, M aedeagus, lateral view D, I, N cuspis, lateral view E, J, O digitus, lateral view. Scale bars: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.97.115489.figure21" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1142361">21 J</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="4940BF98071E502673A69C76E8616ED8">
<emphasis id="0E962F5254DB589AFC72B4541E895E7E" bold="true">Material examined.</emphasis>
<materialsCitation id="2123FBAEF7AC3CFD5B86C784C3FF459A" collectingDate="1990-12-16" collectionCode="AMNH" collectorName="Carpenter &amp; Wenzel" country="Ecuador" location="Misahualli" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-male="1" stateProvince="Napo" typeStatus="paratype">
<collectingCountry id="076CC230B5FD6A7F6E8C9488F2EFDF37" name="Ecuador">Ecuador</collectingCountry>
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<specimenCount id="57FCF7862B60A9C1B10CF00BB5E943C5" count="1" type="male">male</specimenCount>
;
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,
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<quantity id="6CCCDF5DCFD7527B39CDE959F510F959" metricMagnitude="4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.0" unit="km" value="10.0">10 km</quantity>
w
</locationDeviation>
<location id="FD7A1D05DA9F7C51CE52261AAAB15194" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:4F2BAEEB1C525D15B4C2C219C2559B84:FD7A1D05DA9F7C51CE52261AAAB15194" country="Ecuador" name="Misahualli" stateProvince="Napo">Misahualli</location>
;
<date id="C55FEEEAACFAE7820369D64F689D34C9" value="1990-12-16">
<collectingDate id="CDB9E82738D421A2B5E9B835E2178838" value="1990-12-16">16 Dec. 1990</collectingDate>
</date>
;
<collectorName id="C9DD78972E3A0471C10DAEADCEDBABB5">Carpenter</collectorName>
&amp;
<collectorName id="69FC7B0C33D473578DA50154FB45B152">Wenzel</collectorName>
; Nest 9012164;
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<emphasis id="F9870F0C2A5D298A27DDAC6CF9CADA6F" bold="true">
<collectionCode id="E249D41D1EE3980D4B25874EDEDF5032" country="USA" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34925" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34925" name="American Museum of Natural History" type="">AMNH</collectionCode>
</emphasis>
</named-content>
</materialsCitation>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="27C04CA794CF783AEC383E2B0DD2E4C5">
<taxonomicName id="0D875F1CF4EE8DA3B42E4B5853E92728" authorityName="Cooper" authorityYear="1999" class="Insecta" family="Vespidae" genus="Metapolybia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="encantata">
<emphasis id="047381A2A904390E505E493923CE98F7" bold="true" italics="true">Metapolybia encantata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="1267AF1052FCA9BDED02AC31F1460894">
Fig.
<figureCitation id="55509AF4C48093400D10A1AC866A4996" captionStart="Figure 21" captionStartId="F21" captionText="Figure 21. Male genitalia of Metapolybia bromelicola (A E), M. carpentirana (F J) and M. encantata (K O). A, F, K paramere B, G, L aedeagus, ventral view C, H, M aedeagus, lateral view D, I, N cuspis, lateral view E, J, O digitus, lateral view. Scale bars: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.97.115489.figure21" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1142361">21 K O</figureCitation>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="D9E707A5D94DCFAD0648C9172E4C77A2">
<emphasis id="60B893F61F778C869E2ED2616A4A315C" bold="true">Male genitalia.</emphasis>
(1) paramere about 1.4 times longer than wide at middle, basal angle obtuse, apical angle truncate, spine of paramere long, pointed, bare (Fig.
<figureCitation id="6830ECAB37E1F5EAB499E4DB5F02CAA8" captionStart="Figure 21" captionStartId="F21" captionText="Figure 21. Male genitalia of Metapolybia bromelicola (A E), M. carpentirana (F J) and M. encantata (K O). A, F, K paramere B, G, L aedeagus, ventral view C, H, M aedeagus, lateral view D, I, N cuspis, lateral view E, J, O digitus, lateral view. Scale bars: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.97.115489.figure21" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1142361">21 K</figureCitation>
); (2) aedeagus curved, lobe rounded and produced, lateral margin produced; lateral ridge with a row of short teeth extending laterally; ventral process produced, pointed (Fig.
<figureCitation id="0B9B54FFC9EE275AD4DA1A61F13A1B1F" captionStart="Figure 21" captionStartId="F21" captionText="Figure 21. Male genitalia of Metapolybia bromelicola (A E), M. carpentirana (F J) and M. encantata (K O). A, F, K paramere B, G, L aedeagus, ventral view C, H, M aedeagus, lateral view D, I, N cuspis, lateral view E, J, O digitus, lateral view. Scale bars: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.97.115489.figure21" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1142361">21 L, M</figureCitation>
); (3) cuspis long and rounded, with short and dense hairs apically, extending laterally (Fig.
<figureCitation id="05E1556F80A823CF28F288A89A109B8E" captionStart="Figure 21" captionStartId="F21" captionText="Figure 21. Male genitalia of Metapolybia bromelicola (A E), M. carpentirana (F J) and M. encantata (K O). A, F, K paramere B, G, L aedeagus, ventral view C, H, M aedeagus, lateral view D, I, N cuspis, lateral view E, J, O digitus, lateral view. Scale bars: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.97.115489.figure21" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1142361">21 N</figureCitation>
); (4) digitus long apically, rounded, with short and dense hairs, mesal surface with scattered small punctures (Fig.
<figureCitation id="A12B76B3E86CB0FDD552830A9E68EF03" captionStart="Figure 21" captionStartId="F21" captionText="Figure 21. Male genitalia of Metapolybia bromelicola (A E), M. carpentirana (F J) and M. encantata (K O). A, F, K paramere B, G, L aedeagus, ventral view C, H, M aedeagus, lateral view D, I, N cuspis, lateral view E, J, O digitus, lateral view. Scale bars: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.97.115489.figure21" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1142361">21 O</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="08BED7921808851A710C0D8FD6B64A3B">
<emphasis id="250420650A8DA170C452B16492376A7F" bold="true">Material examined.</emphasis>
<collectingCountry id="93D226999C014780272EB561F7192B06" name="Colombia">Colombia</collectingCountry>
• male; El Encanto;
<named-content id="A705E396E58CC17BC33A295A393A2157" content-type="dwc:institutional_code" xlink_href="http://grbio.org/institution/american-museum-natural-history" xlink_title="Americam Museum of Natural History, New York, USA">
<emphasis id="C448158724B5EBD2124BB137E9B43E5A" bold="true">
<collectionCode id="44F4E4ACDA4C61D4E2CDBD5A9BFE231B" country="USA" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34925" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34925" name="American Museum of Natural History" type="">AMNH</collectionCode>
</emphasis>
</named-content>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="0F2ED57ADA20FF13FC1E8D2A481C9C30">
<taxonomicName id="449F67B1E10C15AC8391C74677114BFC" authorityName="Smethurst &amp; Carpenter" authorityYear="1998" class="Insecta" family="Vespidae" genus="Metapolybia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="mesoamerica">
<emphasis id="936745FF037DA020CBEC4F948B3DE907" bold="true" italics="true">Metapolybia mesoamerica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="C972B10405E591D776DC023A858ACA69">
Fig.
<figureCitation id="E606546A4F8023D5CFA981EB6B0D3836" captionStart="Figure 22" captionStartId="F22" captionText="Figure 22. Male genitalia of Metapolybia mesoamerica (A E), M. rufata (F J) and M. servilis (K O) A, F, K paramere B, G, L aedeagus, ventral view C, H, M aedeagus, lateral view D, I, N cuspis, lateral view E, J, O digitus, lateral view. Scale bars: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.97.115489.figure22" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1142362">22 A E</figureCitation>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="C2EB6AA915FAE5967C664D25D403CEEB">
<emphasis id="3EC94725D7687486F9295488F2DA150B" bold="true">Male genitalia.</emphasis>
(1) paramere about 1.5 times longer than wide at middle, basal angle obtuse, apical angle truncate, spine of paramere long, pointed, bare (Fig.
<figureCitation id="57A0E15DB734412AB2F533FE0696BDF1" captionStart="Figure 22" captionStartId="F22" captionText="Figure 22. Male genitalia of Metapolybia mesoamerica (A E), M. rufata (F J) and M. servilis (K O) A, F, K paramere B, G, L aedeagus, ventral view C, H, M aedeagus, lateral view D, I, N cuspis, lateral view E, J, O digitus, lateral view. Scale bars: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.97.115489.figure22" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1142362">22 A</figureCitation>
); (2) aedeagus curved, lobe rounded and strongly produced, lateral margin produced; lateral ridge with a row of short teeth extending laterally; ventral process produced, rounded (Fig.
<figureCitation id="982C126523067DAF5EE777FC2AA762B3" captionStart="Figure 22" captionStartId="F22" captionText="Figure 22. Male genitalia of Metapolybia mesoamerica (A E), M. rufata (F J) and M. servilis (K O) A, F, K paramere B, G, L aedeagus, ventral view C, H, M aedeagus, lateral view D, I, N cuspis, lateral view E, J, O digitus, lateral view. Scale bars: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.97.115489.figure22" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1142362">22 B, C</figureCitation>
); (3) cuspis long and pointed, with short and dense hairs apically, extending laterally (Fig.
<figureCitation id="4701F845762D35CACF23D00B4D42C187" captionStart="Figure 22" captionStartId="F22" captionText="Figure 22. Male genitalia of Metapolybia mesoamerica (A E), M. rufata (F J) and M. servilis (K O) A, F, K paramere B, G, L aedeagus, ventral view C, H, M aedeagus, lateral view D, I, N cuspis, lateral view E, J, O digitus, lateral view. Scale bars: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.97.115489.figure22" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1142362">22 D</figureCitation>
); (4) digitus short apically, blunt, with short and dense hairs, mesal surface with scattered small punctures (Fig.
<figureCitation id="9F4F7D6DF33A2C5A4825E318B1023CA8" captionStart="Figure 22" captionStartId="F22" captionText="Figure 22. Male genitalia of Metapolybia mesoamerica (A E), M. rufata (F J) and M. servilis (K O) A, F, K paramere B, G, L aedeagus, ventral view C, H, M aedeagus, lateral view D, I, N cuspis, lateral view E, J, O digitus, lateral view. Scale bars: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.97.115489.figure22" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1142362">22 E</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<caption id="E14EF71C38C7B1FA3AC35C30F8A548CA" ID-DOI="10.3897/jhr.97.115489.figure22" ID-arpha="085CD66A-5432-5FED-B7ED-72CA1FD6D6AB" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1142362" startId="F22">
<paragraph id="99D1453C1F6F9759E113C625C0A20644">
<label id="C8B39E74FC7D8DC4BA08AE6C0DA6F678">Figure 22.</label>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="5A573DFDCEE409F1E673DA149091D14F">
Male genitalia of
<taxonomicName id="11896885494660DF25E9CECBCFA7AE4A" authorityName="Smethurst &amp; Carpenter" authorityYear="1998" class="Insecta" family="Vespidae" genus="Metapolybia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="mesoamerica">
<emphasis id="9E83EC0D1AB21A052AFB77997EE2C4D5" italics="true">Metapolybia mesoamerica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<emphasis id="CBA76C55D5C8A16910276D7D6E36D4EF" bold="true">A E</emphasis>
),
<taxonomicName id="FEAA3B0C049AC9E7B6A1AA0F8D571B3A" authorityName="Richards" authorityYear="1978" class="Insecta" family="Vespidae" genus="Metapolybia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="rufata">
<emphasis id="79305E7685C9BF4C94F273A8AA5C9470" italics="true">M. rufata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<emphasis id="9EF1D8DF21642E7BA1B1280AE77C8FF9" bold="true">F J</emphasis>
) and
<taxonomicName id="9110B9A72459D6E60F667A459F06E328" authorityName="Cooper" authorityYear="1999" class="Insecta" family="Vespidae" genus="Metapolybia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="servilis">
<emphasis id="35A0099E945955AD86C8B16816005153" italics="true">M. servilis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<emphasis id="0B6FA6CB11E112E2E0D062D02FBBE0B2" bold="true">K O</emphasis>
)
<emphasis id="A0080684E785FB84571A2B4CFF3E4E85" bold="true">A, F, K</emphasis>
paramere
<emphasis id="27A68F81347C5E5AE7543E6A07C14382" bold="true">B, G, L</emphasis>
aedeagus, ventral view
<emphasis id="189423873D1128834977F6EEE28307FE" bold="true">C, H, M</emphasis>
aedeagus, lateral view
<emphasis id="ADB9C307D29D04C135F6A48E2D11A5C5" bold="true">D, I, N</emphasis>
cuspis, lateral view
<emphasis id="46488F676988C644AFD4C13B6ACEA21B" bold="true">E, J, O</emphasis>
digitus, lateral view. Scale bars: 0.5 mm.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="77E071B15B57BDABE3558B5A8ABFB185">
<emphasis id="0AB6250A922298836D0B991D7CA6088B" bold="true">Material examined.</emphasis>
<materialsCitation id="FD8C406313D917122DF0E1D98F821B5B" collectionCode="AMNH" country="Costa Rica" location="Amubri" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-male="1" stateProvince="Limon">
<collectingCountry id="85C7E5308565069575F3DB9C7A4816FE" name="Costa Rica">Costa Rica</collectingCountry>
<specimenCount id="D21C056D2D58D02F27F8FE795B11B8D8" count="1" type="male">male</specimenCount>
;
<collectingRegion id="DED709825B066202E0D14F36E8C188D8" country="Costa Rica" name="Limon">Limon</collectingRegion>
,
<location id="0CC5A3ADD204179B543B1929FED130A7" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:4F2BAEEB1C525D15B4C2C219C2559B84:0CC5A3ADD204179B543B1929FED130A7" country="Costa Rica" name="Amubri" stateProvince="Limon">Amubri</location>
;
<named-content id="79A1638F6578EB2301E86A1AC23A20B0" content-type="dwc:institutional_code" xlink_href="http://grbio.org/institution/american-museum-natural-history" xlink_title="Americam Museum of Natural History, New York, USA">
<emphasis id="5A40B20679E16D412641A5082D5E64DE" bold="true">
<collectionCode id="EF550CB7554A0D7C1AED24F0E9682C64" country="USA" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34925" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34925" name="American Museum of Natural History" type="">AMNH</collectionCode>
</emphasis>
</named-content>
</materialsCitation>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="5AB12FE0E76EF16A47F4D2CAB069E46F">
<taxonomicName id="064E4F5C57DD2B5916A5B3CA5A84EED6" authorityName="Richards" authorityYear="1978" class="Insecta" family="Vespidae" genus="Metapolybia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="rufata">
<emphasis id="19AAA3710E7D60F6BA2D241D7FF7F9A9" bold="true" italics="true">Metapolybia rufata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="65285E931ECEF0A93A41B77697E3B495">
Fig.
<figureCitation id="93605CB4FAF2B27129B39FECCD572E15" captionStart="Figure 22" captionStartId="F22" captionText="Figure 22. Male genitalia of Metapolybia mesoamerica (A E), M. rufata (F J) and M. servilis (K O) A, F, K paramere B, G, L aedeagus, ventral view C, H, M aedeagus, lateral view D, I, N cuspis, lateral view E, J, O digitus, lateral view. Scale bars: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.97.115489.figure22" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1142362">22 F J</figureCitation>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="EC1A1CFB4F1A159B67F44E73961784E9">
<emphasis id="AF0EFCC93075E4C44FB99F5D04BD4AA4" bold="true">Male genitalia.</emphasis>
(1) paramere about 1.6 times longer than wide at middle, basal angle obtuse, apical angle truncate, spine of paramere long, pointed, bare (Fig.
<figureCitation id="2CAAD146ED1D7730E9178A3AAD53E664" captionStart="Figure 22" captionStartId="F22" captionText="Figure 22. Male genitalia of Metapolybia mesoamerica (A E), M. rufata (F J) and M. servilis (K O) A, F, K paramere B, G, L aedeagus, ventral view C, H, M aedeagus, lateral view D, I, N cuspis, lateral view E, J, O digitus, lateral view. Scale bars: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.97.115489.figure22" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1142362">22 F</figureCitation>
); (2) aedeagus curved, lobe rounded produced, lateral margin produced; lateral ridge with a row of short teeth extending laterally; ventral process produced, pointed (Fig.
<figureCitation id="28A2418D3BA29357CB52FCA4E430AC15" captionStart="Figure 22" captionStartId="F22" captionText="Figure 22. Male genitalia of Metapolybia mesoamerica (A E), M. rufata (F J) and M. servilis (K O) A, F, K paramere B, G, L aedeagus, ventral view C, H, M aedeagus, lateral view D, I, N cuspis, lateral view E, J, O digitus, lateral view. Scale bars: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.97.115489.figure22" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1142362">22 G, H</figureCitation>
); (3) cuspis long and pointed, with short and dense hairs apically, extending laterally (Fig.
<figureCitation id="2FE01C245255936E2289F12DEB4142C1" captionStart="Figure 22" captionStartId="F22" captionText="Figure 22. Male genitalia of Metapolybia mesoamerica (A E), M. rufata (F J) and M. servilis (K O) A, F, K paramere B, G, L aedeagus, ventral view C, H, M aedeagus, lateral view D, I, N cuspis, lateral view E, J, O digitus, lateral view. Scale bars: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.97.115489.figure22" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1142362">22 I</figureCitation>
); (4) digitus long apically, rounded, with short and dense hairs, mesal surface with scattered small punctures (Fig.
<figureCitation id="407C032FCAFB3F7E17688003B11F7523" captionStart="Figure 22" captionStartId="F22" captionText="Figure 22. Male genitalia of Metapolybia mesoamerica (A E), M. rufata (F J) and M. servilis (K O) A, F, K paramere B, G, L aedeagus, ventral view C, H, M aedeagus, lateral view D, I, N cuspis, lateral view E, J, O digitus, lateral view. Scale bars: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.97.115489.figure22" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1142362">22 J</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="76F4B7A2809B7D15AFC7CBBD047083E8">
<emphasis id="3B398144EB824FC9E1FDD318D87CEE22" bold="true">Material examined.</emphasis>
<collectingCountry id="19FB102F2AE658DD8012253924294509" name="Brazil">Brazil</collectingCountry>
• male; Mamiraua;
<named-content id="9812204759A100D2DD9E513263F7E2E6" content-type="dwc:institutional_code" xlink_href="http://grbio.org/institution/museu-paraense-em%C3%ADlio-goeldi" xlink_title="Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi, Belém, Brazil">
<emphasis id="8569335F4DF8538A50B727F50F17DAE3" bold="true">
<collectionCode id="E3894A8BB4EC881E04B17F842D07BA94" country="Brazil" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/90vz-swjg" name="Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi" type="">MPEG</collectionCode>
</emphasis>
</named-content>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="3DFC52BBC57A893ADF8BC7D8EBD0F913">
<taxonomicName id="6BF73ECFC2FAC95AE85C2E600C231EB0" authorityName="Cooper" authorityYear="1999" class="Insecta" family="Vespidae" genus="Metapolybia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="servilis">
<emphasis id="B959359477B1652BAA6F40F6BDC79C06" bold="true" italics="true">Metapolybia servilis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="BA03DC0ADCDFC3C306DCC3A8D1E30968">
Fig.
<figureCitation id="2AFF4D5F1FBD8982578E5DDF119D2B49" captionStart="Figure 22" captionStartId="F22" captionText="Figure 22. Male genitalia of Metapolybia mesoamerica (A E), M. rufata (F J) and M. servilis (K O) A, F, K paramere B, G, L aedeagus, ventral view C, H, M aedeagus, lateral view D, I, N cuspis, lateral view E, J, O digitus, lateral view. Scale bars: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.97.115489.figure22" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1142362">22 K O</figureCitation>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="4C61C239459D9300ACCF1FB32B92DB49">
<emphasis id="D7D0441253F95FF2C6B217BC3F231AE5" bold="true">Male genitalia.</emphasis>
(1) paramere about 1.5 times longer than wide at middle, basal angle obtuse, apical angle pointed, spine of paramere long, pointed, bare (Fig.
<figureCitation id="F7F9CD5E70F438FCD715AD9896EAB266" captionStart="Figure 22" captionStartId="F22" captionText="Figure 22. Male genitalia of Metapolybia mesoamerica (A E), M. rufata (F J) and M. servilis (K O) A, F, K paramere B, G, L aedeagus, ventral view C, H, M aedeagus, lateral view D, I, N cuspis, lateral view E, J, O digitus, lateral view. Scale bars: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.97.115489.figure22" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1142362">22 K</figureCitation>
); (2) aedeagus curved, lobe rounded and strongly produced, lateral margin produced; lateral ridge with a row of short teeth extending laterally; ventral process produced, rounded (Fig.
<figureCitation id="BC22ECCAE548A7AA865642CC91B06D65" captionStart="Figure 22" captionStartId="F22" captionText="Figure 22. Male genitalia of Metapolybia mesoamerica (A E), M. rufata (F J) and M. servilis (K O) A, F, K paramere B, G, L aedeagus, ventral view C, H, M aedeagus, lateral view D, I, N cuspis, lateral view E, J, O digitus, lateral view. Scale bars: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.97.115489.figure22" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1142362">22 L, M</figureCitation>
); (3) cuspis long and pointed, with short and dense hairs apically, extending laterally (Fig.
<figureCitation id="C9B5CC8E4A667AF91CEFADCFAA134558" captionStart="Figure 22" captionStartId="F22" captionText="Figure 22. Male genitalia of Metapolybia mesoamerica (A E), M. rufata (F J) and M. servilis (K O) A, F, K paramere B, G, L aedeagus, ventral view C, H, M aedeagus, lateral view D, I, N cuspis, lateral view E, J, O digitus, lateral view. Scale bars: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.97.115489.figure22" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1142362">22 N</figureCitation>
); (4) digitus short apically, blunt, with short and dense hairs, mesal surface with scattered small punctures (Fig.
<figureCitation id="4E1469A46D61437983ED142EBA9533E1" captionStart="Figure 22" captionStartId="F22" captionText="Figure 22. Male genitalia of Metapolybia mesoamerica (A E), M. rufata (F J) and M. servilis (K O) A, F, K paramere B, G, L aedeagus, ventral view C, H, M aedeagus, lateral view D, I, N cuspis, lateral view E, J, O digitus, lateral view. Scale bars: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.97.115489.figure22" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1142362">22 O</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="4A23AF973A25C50CBD9EC1B2ECCEAAB8">
<emphasis id="2FB3868A082104E42FF360FDE91C181D" bold="true">Material examined.</emphasis>
<materialsCitation id="EBF145C8F2330EA4F0055E94CA922F20" collectionCode="NHM" country="Paraguay" location="Pto. Bertoni" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-male="1" typeStatus="paratype">
<collectingCountry id="986185FF9BFDFB0C8B7C2FC8AAEEB72E" name="Paraguay">Paraguay</collectingCountry>
<specimenCount id="4C9B40A0DA3F8AD9D2AC5A756912899D" count="1" type="male">male</specimenCount>
,
<typeStatus id="8DCB26F2EFBDA46CCED86F6F31BABA8B" type="paratype">paratype</typeStatus>
;
<location id="F5B6CD2A90B69906A6CC0B306D229CB3" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:4F2BAEEB1C525D15B4C2C219C2559B84:F5B6CD2A90B69906A6CC0B306D229CB3" country="Paraguay" name="Pto. Bertoni">Pto. Bertoni</location>
;
<named-content id="EA00C019AB04264F6977011B1DACCC9B" content-type="dwc:institutional_code" xlink_href="http://grbio.org/institution/natural-history-museum-london" xlink_title="Natural History Museum, London, UK">
<emphasis id="9FC68E5DA35EC9FA36177AE978BB6E39" bold="true">
<collectionCode id="B78CFA09586FDBDC82CDDDCEC9CD5038">NHM</collectionCode>
</emphasis>
</named-content>
</materialsCitation>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="BC1B82F1C73148E8F0BD191D226ED60D">
<taxonomicName id="4A0194348689F515E3373A16FD4B24E0" authorityName="Carpenter" authorityYear="2024" class="Insecta" family="Vespidae" genus="Metapolybia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sulamerica">
<emphasis id="C41BB9DE619C35849CEBBA4794E7C94A" bold="true" italics="true">Metapolybia sulamerica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="4DD5A46841A28C9BFDBB638CC49B5234">
Fig.
<figureCitation id="04F1B3D1EAAA15719C86F89023806624" captionStart="Figure 23" captionStartId="F23" captionText="Figure 23. Male genitalia of Metapolybia sulamerica. A paramere B aedeagus, ventral view C aedeagus, lateral view D cuspis, lateral view E digitus, lateral view. Scale bars: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.97.115489.figure23" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1142363">23 A E</figureCitation>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="0E721B5B3D9FEA621B23A3FB495226A4">
<emphasis id="7D7BB19EB0CB9B0AFE35FB855E6C0572" bold="true">Male genitalia.</emphasis>
(1) paramere about 1.8 times longer than wide at middle, basal angle obtuse, apical angle mostly truncate, spine of paramere long, pointed, bare (Fig.
<figureCitation id="00EADCADB973F3316795349D4096F116" captionStart="Figure 23" captionStartId="F23" captionText="Figure 23. Male genitalia of Metapolybia sulamerica. A paramere B aedeagus, ventral view C aedeagus, lateral view D cuspis, lateral view E digitus, lateral view. Scale bars: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.97.115489.figure23" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1142363">23 A</figureCitation>
); (2) aedeagus curved, lobe rounded produced, lateral margin produced; lateral ridge with a row of short teeth extending laterally; ventral process produced, rounded (Fig.
<figureCitation id="02238A94A97DEA265E7D73F599D747A2" captionStart="Figure 23" captionStartId="F23" captionText="Figure 23. Male genitalia of Metapolybia sulamerica. A paramere B aedeagus, ventral view C aedeagus, lateral view D cuspis, lateral view E digitus, lateral view. Scale bars: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.97.115489.figure23" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1142363">23 B, C</figureCitation>
); (3) cuspis long and pointed and slightly curved, with short and dense hairs apically, extending laterally (Fig.
<figureCitation id="6C3726038AEDB6B0DC24F44D2A982CFE" captionStart="Figure 23" captionStartId="F23" captionText="Figure 23. Male genitalia of Metapolybia sulamerica. A paramere B aedeagus, ventral view C aedeagus, lateral view D cuspis, lateral view E digitus, lateral view. Scale bars: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.97.115489.figure23" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1142363">23 D</figureCitation>
); (4) digitus short apically, blunt, with short and dense hairs, mesal surface with scattered small punctures (Fig.
<figureCitation id="A72E38B80F91F6A312487966B14E3404" captionStart="Figure 23" captionStartId="F23" captionText="Figure 23. Male genitalia of Metapolybia sulamerica. A paramere B aedeagus, ventral view C aedeagus, lateral view D cuspis, lateral view E digitus, lateral view. Scale bars: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.97.115489.figure23" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1142363">23 E</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<caption id="FD8B748BFA1B88B696C70FCA475DB9F4" ID-DOI="10.3897/jhr.97.115489.figure23" ID-arpha="F6A04526-B82A-5BA7-8170-A18EDE0D6C9F" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1142363" startId="F23">
<paragraph id="14A9BD855AF758F31069E62241B752CC">
<label id="656B1D1427AA2048034236EA6D9ACC3A">Figure 23.</label>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="D6C177BD880D84D189C72B63F400400A">
Male genitalia of
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<emphasis id="794D1E837456DB8AF675E53958D6467E" italics="true">Metapolybia sulamerica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
<emphasis id="257133D510F78EA1D36083EFA11F6B5E" bold="true">A</emphasis>
paramere
<emphasis id="A899B8BBB6A458301CC5528EDC7CE68A" bold="true">B</emphasis>
aedeagus, ventral view
<emphasis id="C423A40869282823C58B611A3BE673E4" bold="true">C</emphasis>
aedeagus, lateral view
<emphasis id="07EB1EA3EF7F8D2B79D9149FFA4F3EEA" bold="true">D</emphasis>
cuspis, lateral view
<emphasis id="EB02CCDB3C3CA3EACEB909915876B4F4" bold="true">E</emphasis>
digitus, lateral view. Scale bars: 0.5 mm.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="E0BC5DE2A9D6983BBCDD8790717CFD49">
<emphasis id="B9A99A877D8952FE089B88F63322FDC8" bold="true">Material examined.</emphasis>
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<collectingCountry id="262330A3FA77E55178CC1818BE1E346C" name="Colombia">Colombia</collectingCountry>
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<specimenCount id="A1BD964409BCC421172860FED821D535" count="1" type="male">male</specimenCount>
;
<collectingRegion id="F4D18EC6EA8E2B69FE794FAC5B801682" country="Colombia" name="Boyaca">Boyacá</collectingRegion>
,
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;
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<emphasis id="1E18AF3B618758E50F74FD11032C4DC7" bold="true">
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.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="E50B49141E6F007184F431F05524C940">
<title id="B8F40A6FE3ED57D34E64431CEE4F1A06">Comparative remarks</title>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="5511E590C7D1E862F45DD7CB4437B441">
Araujo (1945) published a revision of the genus, which, at that time, had only five species, two being described by him. In the revision of
<bibRefCitation id="EAE543B4CBCFC9426982C18C3FEF9614" author="Richards OW" firstAuthor="Richards" journalOrPublisher="British Museum (Natural History), London" refId="B13" refString="Richards OW (1978) The social wasps of the Americas excluding the Vespinae. British Museum (Natural History), London, 580 pp." title="The social wasps of the Americas excluding the Vespinae." year="1978">Richards (1978)</bibRefCitation>
, four new species were described (
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<emphasis id="93F6E6864AF0A9DFCFC6B303F3B9F0CF" italics="true">M. rufata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="D91FC3DC721199A0B2EC9432F10020AC" authorityName="Richards" authorityYear="1978" class="Insecta" family="Vespidae" genus="Metapolybia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="aztecoides">
<emphasis id="2C4468EB01037F4C9561A740E6ED7E5A" italics="true">M. aztecoides</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="2D5E7009799E1C0E194D9D09E628CB26" authorityName="Richards" authorityYear="1978" class="Insecta" family="Vespidae" genus="Metapolybia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nigra">
<emphasis id="494B49B98A42CD55506F8AF54ED8E6D8" italics="true">M. nigra</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="F41EE3F198DE0BE5D1DDE432179B5EA3" authorityName="Richards" authorityYear="1978" class="Insecta" family="Vespidae" genus="Metapolybia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="docilis">
<emphasis id="F6F1BC70EEE5D4172327DF4EF2044E18" italics="true">M. docilis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
).
<bibRefCitation id="803AB0F9C562DD73567671B5FD83FD87" author="Richards OW" firstAuthor="Richards" journalOrPublisher="British Museum (Natural History), London" refId="B13" refString="Richards OW (1978) The social wasps of the Americas excluding the Vespinae. British Museum (Natural History), London, 580 pp." title="The social wasps of the Americas excluding the Vespinae." year="1978">Richards (1978)</bibRefCitation>
recognized the importance of Araujos revision, but pointed out that the key proposed by Araujo was not very easy to use. He suggested that striation on propodeum, used to separate
<taxonomicName id="F82071910637D32E9C05F86FF7159C72" baseAuthorityName="Fabricius" baseAuthorityYear="1804" class="Insecta" family="Vespidae" genus="Metapolybia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="cingulata">
<emphasis id="D54C263B8AA48B8DFB1E7413B8795D43" italics="true">M. cingulata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="43B7F80273078315FEAC625C0B0A6693" baseAuthorityName="Ihering" baseAuthorityYear="1904" class="Insecta" family="Vespidae" genus="Metapolybia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="unilineata">
<emphasis id="D8C8AED0137F308B509384F0F961C770" italics="true">M. unilineata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, was less developed than what was described by Araujo (1945). We have seen some variation not only in this feature cited by
<bibRefCitation id="0C9ACDB29BCF890FCF1FCC628687ED1C" author="Richards OW" firstAuthor="Richards" journalOrPublisher="British Museum (Natural History), London" refId="B13" refString="Richards OW (1978) The social wasps of the Americas excluding the Vespinae. British Museum (Natural History), London, 580 pp." title="The social wasps of the Americas excluding the Vespinae." year="1978">Richards (1978)</bibRefCitation>
but also the punctation, mainly in frons and vertex, which may cause some mistakes during the identification of the species.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="843989DF5E86C066F18621A92DDF7B03">
The species here described were deposited in the American Museum of Natural History, and were unidentified or misidentified, certainly due to variation.
<taxonomicName id="EB2DA464D010FEAC6D68AC192E325986" authorityName="Andena &amp; Noll" authorityYear="2024" class="Insecta" family="Vespidae" genus="Metapolybia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="carpenteriana">
<emphasis id="B361975136D3A26A50EBAB58CC042352" italics="true">Metapolybia carpenteriana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
was identified as
<taxonomicName id="A57C492C86E34399CFA070F8648AB36E" baseAuthorityName="Fox" baseAuthorityYear="1899" class="Insecta" family="Vespidae" genus="Metapolybia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="suffusa">
<emphasis id="EE9956623E499E33EA4855153C4D4D37" italics="true">M. suffusa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, however, as showed above, it has minor differences that place it as a new species. This is the same as the case of
<taxonomicName id="C927BEF9D8E94D4721B80A6D73527756" authorityName="Andena &amp; Carpenter" authorityYear="2011" class="Insecta" family="Vespidae" genus="Metapolybia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="miltoni">
<emphasis id="64150A31DEF4339B21C12B34901079E7" italics="true">M. miltoni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, which had been misidentified as
<taxonomicName id="967799E4DBE904F64E65AD9F613CBDF6" authorityName="Richards" authorityYear="1978" class="Insecta" family="Vespidae" genus="Metapolybia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="docilis">
<emphasis id="3A85E122F8813D8E9D14C0B5A7D20458" italics="true">M. docilis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="2D8DDA1309FA0A24403F13A39097906E" authorityName="Somavilla &amp; Andena" authorityYear="2018" class="Insecta" family="Vespidae" genus="Metapolybia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="araujoi">
<emphasis id="415420EB54A774E09CF0E12B7C0D37F0" italics="true">M. araujoi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, which is very similar to
<emphasis id="4B9A07BEF198592D1FB94CC1EF2CDD0C" italics="true">
<taxonomicName id="CE6951F85B6DDDB38D942E65AB8CCF2D" baseAuthorityName="Fox" baseAuthorityYear="1899" class="Insecta" family="Vespidae" genus="Metapolybia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="suffusa">M. suffusa</taxonomicName>
.
<taxonomicName id="353E7B39C532CC8708FCBA1C231DCF8D" authorityName="Cortes" authorityYear="2024" class="Insecta" family="Vespidae" genus="Metapolybia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pseudodocilis">Metapolybia pseudodocilis</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
is close to
<taxonomicName id="710CB0BBB6FE92714B81C59B74446BA4" authorityName="Richards" authorityYear="1978" class="Insecta" family="Vespidae" genus="Metapolybia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="docilis">
<emphasis id="648B09597308919C659ABCDB1F2D7E10" italics="true">M. docilis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, however the striation is stronger, a feature cited by Richards that should be better studied. Besides striation the propodeal concavity is broader, a key feature to separate it from
<emphasis id="C2904A73EEF232736280C35107F82219" italics="true">
<taxonomicName id="37732D895418D67E073FB79115BC402C" authorityName="Richards" authorityYear="1978" class="Insecta" family="Vespidae" genus="Metapolybia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="docilis">M. docilis</taxonomicName>
.
<taxonomicName id="6279493B58DC7A38B8F3326ECC49F944" authorityName="Carpenter" authorityYear="2024" class="Insecta" family="Vespidae" genus="Metapolybia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sulamerica">Metapolybia sulamerica</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
is closer to
<taxonomicName id="371113CF8C81BA52626727FDDBC2FCF1" authorityName="Cooper" authorityYear="1999" class="Insecta" family="Vespidae" genus="Metapolybia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="servilis">
<emphasis id="34127176BCA8B811FDA13106353FDCD1" italics="true">M. servilis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
— three features may help in diagnosis: the pronotal carina less raised and sharp, clypeus wider and propodeal concavity deeper.
<taxonomicName id="2AA48771CD6DD1A9F255EB07B2239887" authorityName="Andena &amp; Carpenter" authorityYear="2024" class="Insecta" family="Vespidae" genus="Metapolybia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="zucchiana">
<emphasis id="1F3756B41F82E958737F355A0623DA42" italics="true">Metapolybia zucchiana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is the only new species described that is unique by having an aberrant propodeum that is a very useful diagnostic feature to the species.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="1AC01B0C16B075EB321E135EECC1DFD2">
In the recent publications about
<taxonomicName id="29F5D293A03978F1A6CBE692A77703BF" authorityName="Ducke" authorityYear="1905" class="Insecta" family="Vespidae" genus="Metapolybia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="4785A18CBB3E882C300DF899C3314B51" italics="true">Metapolybia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<bibRefCitation id="1B4E49BBD6F2A6104B271E86FA761DDD" author="Cooper" firstAuthor="Cooper" journalOrPublisher="Entomologists Monthly Magazine" pagination="107-110" refId="B10" refString="Cooper M (1999) New species of Metapolybia Ducke (Hym., Vespidae, Polistinae). Entomologists Monthly Magazine 135: 107110." title="New species of Metapolybia Ducke (Hym., Vespidae, Polistinae)." volume="135" year="1999">Cooper 1999</bibRefCitation>
; Andena and Carpenter (2011);
<bibRefCitation id="47B0A453C802C53B07FF99EDCCC405AD" DOI="10.1016/j.rbe.2018.02.001" author="Somavilla and Andena" firstAuthor="Somavilla" journalOrPublisher="Revista Brasileira de Entomologia" pagination="83-86" refId="B15" refString="Somavilla A, Andena SR (2018) Metapolybia araujoi, a new species of swarming social wasp from the Brazilian Amazon rainforest (Vespidae: Polistinae). Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 62: 8386. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rbe.2018.02.001" title="Metapolybia araujoi, a new species of swarming social wasp from the Brazilian Amazon rainforest (Vespidae: Polistinae)." volume="62" year="2018">Somavilla and Andena 2018</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="8F959DC0E165BA1598CD027B9CEA2644" DOI="10.13102/sociobiology.v66i2.3731" author="Andena" etAl="et al." firstAuthor="Andena" issue="2" journalOrPublisher="Sociobiology" pagination="377-380" refId="B3" refString="Andena SR, Mateus S, Nascimento FS, Carpenter JM (2019) Description of a new species of Metapolybia, a Neotropical genus of social wasps, from the Amazon Forest. Sociobiology 66 (2): 377380. https://doi.org/10.13102/sociobiology.v66i2.3731" title="Description of a new species of Metapolybia, a Neotropical genus of social wasps, from the Amazon Forest." volume="66" year="2019">Andena et al. 2019</bibRefCitation>
), as well the revisions of Araujo (1945) and
<bibRefCitation id="494CBF96FE78D3F97F7021C467DBE70D" author="Richards OW" firstAuthor="Richards" journalOrPublisher="British Museum (Natural History), London" refId="B13" refString="Richards OW (1978) The social wasps of the Americas excluding the Vespinae. British Museum (Natural History), London, 580 pp." title="The social wasps of the Americas excluding the Vespinae." year="1978">Richards (1978)</bibRefCitation>
, the characters of the male genitalia did not have special merit. Some authors described the male for some species, but they did not mention the male genitalia, probably because males are seldom collected in nests, and they could have intended to preserve the exemplars.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="3450FE480E3001B051D53A38018AEA71">
Concerning male genitalia, the paramere is about 1.8 times longer than wide in
<taxonomicName id="FD43B1EA7D47685CB20E659CA12327FD" authorityName="Araujo" authorityYear="1945" class="Insecta" family="Vespidae" genus="Metapolybia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bromelicola">
<emphasis id="71719960D155C0C523B661F415925ED3" italics="true">M. bromelicola</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<emphasis id="CB5BAD910B23D182C5B8982CAE3A847B" italics="true">
<taxonomicName id="38130EDAC7215158BAA301C740C16B46" authorityName="Carpenter" authorityYear="2024" class="Insecta" family="Vespidae" genus="Metapolybia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sulamerica">M. sulamerica</taxonomicName>
.
</emphasis>
In the remaining species it ranges from 1.41.6 times. The hairs on spine of paramere are absent in
<taxonomicName id="3BE8C41A0218ECD5625458135578444C" class="Insecta" family="Vespidae" genus="Metapolybia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="undetermined">
<emphasis id="834A6B2F46FDB00BC626EE11F44DAEA3" italics="true">Metapolybia</emphasis>
species.
</taxonomicName>
As pointed out by
<bibRefCitation id="DC6ACBCB57B35E757398E8FC01646874" DOI="10.1206/0003-0082(2007)3586[1:PAOTNP]2.0.CO;2" author="Andena SR &amp; Noll FB &amp; Carpenter JM &amp; Zucchi R" etAl="et al" firstAuthor="Andena" refId="B4" refString="Andena SR, Noll FB, Carpenter JM, Zucchi R (2007) Phylogenetic analysis of the neotropical Pseudopolybia de Saussure, 1863, with description of the male genitalia of Pseudopolybia vespiceps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae, Epiponini). American Museum Novitates 3586: 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1206/0003-0082 (2007) 3586 [1: PAOTNP] 2.0. CO; 2" year="2007">Andena et al (2007)</bibRefCitation>
and
<bibRefCitation id="1D4BE313A0372330FA220FB8D93BC83C" DOI="10.1206/3753.2" author="Andena SR &amp; Carpenter JM" firstAuthor="Andena" journalOrPublisher="American Museum Novitates" pagination="1-38" refId="B2" refString="Andena SR, Carpenter JM (2012) A phylogenetic analysis of the social wasp genus Brachygastra Perty, 1833, and description of a new species (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Epiponini). American Museum Novitates 3753: 138. https://doi.org/10.1206/3753.2" title="A phylogenetic analysis of the social wasp genus Brachygastra Perty, 1833, and description of a new species (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Epiponini)." volume="3753" year="2012">Andena and Carpenter (2012)</bibRefCitation>
, the hairs are present only for
<taxonomicName id="375A50E5063EDA75C846B28C3C47B9B1" authorityName="Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau" authorityYear="1836" class="Insecta" family="Vespidae" genus="Apoica" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="870E5E6661E095662B6113EE42B1FCF5" italics="true">Apoica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="BC510294D8B3AB4B3F1E1145B4FDA11E" class="Insecta" family="Vespidae" genus="Pseudopolybia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="E380E828A2A113FDA116493DD1F5C2F1" italics="true">Pseudopolybia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="BB4E7CEB5ADF0F535816CF857267A97B" authorityName="R.von Ihering" authorityYear="1904" class="Insecta" family="Vespidae" genus="Parachartergus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="195D89C3DCC8E42900F1BB63B665C2C7" italics="true">Parachartergus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; hence ¨ hair absent ¨ is general for Epiponini. The apical angle of the paramere is truncate in all species described here, except
<taxonomicName id="B1EFA9C8D5F1244C75C9D64E496871C7" authorityName="Cooper" authorityYear="1999" class="Insecta" family="Vespidae" genus="Metapolybia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="servilis">
<emphasis id="9C6F1C446A8E77383D3BD730A862F05E" italics="true">M. servilis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, where it is pointed.
<taxonomicName id="33C80315861475380DCE04C806944D23" authorityName="Carpenter" authorityYear="2024" class="Insecta" family="Vespidae" genus="Metapolybia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sulamerica">
<emphasis id="1550C68798BB72F4E7BAA693F93D1F79" italics="true">Metapolybia sulamerica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has an apical angle less truncate, little angled, but, here, we considered it also as truncate. In general, the aedeagus is curved (slightly less curved in
<taxonomicName id="0EFED1613AF8DAD35ECF77E6B5D9D734" authorityName="Araujo" authorityYear="1945" class="Insecta" family="Vespidae" genus="Metapolybia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bromelicola">
<emphasis id="74C9F0A455B505F6AB27F1420B808570" italics="true">M. bromelicola</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), with the lobe rounded, however in
<taxonomicName id="E664744B5C53C97F38507A32111B1719" authorityName="Araujo" authorityYear="1945" class="Insecta" family="Vespidae" genus="Metapolybia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bromelicola">
<emphasis id="2D6EC57B72BAD08BCD14E24CAD2713F9" italics="true">M. bromelicola</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
it is very weak, while in
<taxonomicName id="904F32F15312FEF6EE42C94403872FF1" authorityName="Cooper" authorityYear="1999" class="Insecta" family="Vespidae" genus="Metapolybia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="servilis">
<emphasis id="F0E36B1A688B08765D49E394A5104169" italics="true">Metapolybia servilis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="3A0F52B045B17CD25B92508AA52365F7" authorityName="Smethurst &amp; Carpenter" authorityYear="1998" class="Insecta" family="Vespidae" genus="Metapolybia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="mesoamerica">
<emphasis id="A720FFA94EFCEEAA91A424EC10977725" italics="true">M. mesoamerica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
the lobe is more produced; the remaining species are in between. The ventral process of aedeagus is always produced, however it may separate two forms: 1) long — in
<taxonomicName id="F3AADCC54F7D4A2F59663DA6DAC45A21" authorityName="Araujo" authorityYear="1945" class="Insecta" family="Vespidae" genus="Metapolybia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bromelicola">
<emphasis id="D189D66520F7E0E5D127661041F05DBA" italics="true">M. bromelicola</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="687ECA3F7D12E47EA51ADA812D54A7B4" authorityName="Andena &amp; Noll" authorityYear="2024" class="Insecta" family="Vespidae" genus="Metapolybia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="carpenteriana">
<emphasis id="7868E56401B88BDA12E043BE95F679BC" italics="true">M. carpenteriana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="D489E442A3931635FF6DDE804BBBCBA8" authorityName="Cooper" authorityYear="1999" class="Insecta" family="Vespidae" genus="Metapolybia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="encantata">
<emphasis id="43EEE6A0DF5D35F4F5AAAD30F8B4AB41" italics="true">M. encantata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<emphasis id="02A298ABCA0020E998E214A181A27230" italics="true">
<taxonomicName id="C64C0F2E1BD4F46CA3BA90E1234B3A7E" authorityName="Richards" authorityYear="1978" class="Insecta" family="Vespidae" genus="Metapolybia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="rufata">M. rufata</taxonomicName>
vs.
</emphasis>
2) rounded — found in
<taxonomicName id="AEFD0C19914B9AB1F6231D9BF86E5027" authorityName="Smethurst &amp; Carpenter" authorityYear="1998" class="Insecta" family="Vespidae" genus="Metapolybia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="mesoamerica">
<emphasis id="635BFD77654A03B55C4FA15FB2EFFE37" italics="true">M. mesoamerica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="16BFF86D1DE2C0DC52A5312F257188DF" authorityName="Cooper" authorityYear="1999" class="Insecta" family="Vespidae" genus="Metapolybia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="servilis">
<emphasis id="DACABFE767DED1F645ED22EFA7F27F04" italics="true">M. servilis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<emphasis id="99328003BFA0F52C12352EE0FC66E6E4" italics="true">
<taxonomicName id="5B5AB389FCD00B9CA0594C5B7681F53C" authorityName="Carpenter" authorityYear="2024" class="Insecta" family="Vespidae" genus="Metapolybia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sulamerica">M. sulamerica</taxonomicName>
.
</emphasis>
The cuspis is long and pointed, except
<taxonomicName id="9C6496AEC4C279F1E7BA8E24A066DE5F" authorityName="Cooper" authorityYear="1999" class="Insecta" family="Vespidae" genus="Metapolybia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="encantata">
<emphasis id="CAF402B4CA481C1A8E6306E5915F21A4" italics="true">M. encantata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, in which it is rounded. The species of form 1 also share the digitus long apically and rounded, except for
<taxonomicName id="563EAAF32D447EE9CEDE42700DE5AECA" authorityName="Andena &amp; Noll" authorityYear="2024" class="Insecta" family="Vespidae" genus="Metapolybia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="carpenteriana">
<emphasis id="7FB1365DFB6B58E0B9EF9A2382120A07" italics="true">M. carpenteriana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
that has the digitus short apically and blunt like those of form 2.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="15A4FD9AA09D93F2F010D41375E585F0">In conclusion, the description of new species, including new information about male genitalia increases the knowledge of the genus and highlights how the diversity of this tribe is still underestimated.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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