DESCRIPTION OF A NEW AMAZONIAN SPECIES OF POLISTES (EPICNEMIUS) (VESPIDAE: POLISTINAE: POLISTINI)

Alexandre Somavilla; James M. Carpenter

doi:10.1664/NYES-D-21-00005

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Alexandre Somavillahttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-8174-7418,^1,* James M. Carpenter²

¹Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia – INPA, Coordenação de Biodiversidade, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil
²American Museum of Natural History, Division of Invertebrate Zoology, New York;

^*Email address for correspondence: alexandresomavilla@gmail.com, orcid.org/0000-0002-8174-7418

Abstract

The genus Polistes Latreille 1802 is the only cosmopolitan genus in the social Vespidae. In this paper, a new species of the genus is described, Polistes (Epicnemius) orlandoi Somavilla & Carpenter sp. n., collected in Amazonas State, Brazil. The male genitalia are described and comparative remarks are given.

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Alexandre Somavilla and James M. Carpenter "DESCRIPTION OF A NEW AMAZONIAN SPECIES OF POLISTES (EPICNEMIUS) (VESPIDAE: POLISTINAE: POLISTINI)," Entomologica Americana 128(1-4), 11-16, (3 February 2023). https://doi.org/10.1664/NYES-D-21-00005

Received: 8 March 2021; Accepted: 12 July 2021; Published: 3 February 2023

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