Folia Entomológica Mexicana ISSN: 0430-8603 [email protected] Sociedad Mexicana de Entomología, A.C. México Carpenter, James M.; Garcete Barrett, Bolívar R. Revision of the genus Parazumia de Saussure (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae) Folia Entomológica Mexicana, vol. 44, núm. Su1, noviembre, 2005, pp. 21-34 Sociedad Mexicana de Entomología, A.C. Xalapa, México Disponible en: http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=42409904 Cómo citar el artículo Número completo Sistema de Información Científica Más información del artículo Red de Revistas Científicas de América Latina, el Caribe, España y Portugal Página de la revista en redalyc.org Proyecto académico sin fines de lucro, desarrollado bajo la iniciativa de acceso abierto Folia Entomol. Mex., 44 (supl. 1): 21-34 (2005) REVISION OF THE GENUS PARAZUMIA DE SAUSSURE (HYMENOPTERA: VESPIDAE; EUMENINAE) JAMES M. CARPENTER* AND BOLÍVAR R. GARCETE-BARRETT** *Division of Invertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, NY 10024, U. S. A.; [email protected] **Museo Nacional de Historia Natural del Paraguay, Sucursal 1 Campus U.N.A., 2169 CDP, Central XI, San Lorenzo, Paraguay; [email protected] Carpenter, J.M. and B.R. Garcete-Barrett. 2005. Revision of the genus Parazumia de Saussure (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae). Folia Entomol. Mex., 44 (supl. 1): 21-34. ABSTRACT. The eumenine genus Parazumia is revised. Three new species are described: aliciae Carpenter from Mexico, ticae Carpenter and Garcete-Barrett from Costa Rica, and yucateca Carpenter from Mexico. The subspecies P. symmorpha sonorensis (Bequaert) is newly synonymized with P. tolteca (de Saussure), which is restored to species status. New combinations are Parazumia sulcata (Ducke) and surinama (von Schulthess). The lectotype of P. paranensis (Bertoni) is designated. KEY W ORDS: Taxonomy, Revision, Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Eumeninae, Parazumia, Mexico, Costa Rica. Carpenter, J.M. y B.R. Garcete-Barrett. 2005. Revisión del género Parazumia de Saussure (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae). Folia Entomol. Mex., 44 (supl. 1): 21-34. RESUMEN. Se revisan los eumeninos del género Parazumia. Se describen tres especies nuevas: aliciae Carpenter de México, ticae Carpenter y Garcete-Barrett de Costa Rica, y yucateca Carpenter de México. La subespecie P. symmorpha sonorensis (Bequaert) es sinonimizada aquí con P. tolteca (de Saussure), siendo esta última reeestablecida en el estatus de especie. Parazumia sulcata (Ducke) y surinama (von Schulthess) son combinaciones nuevas. Se designa el Lectotipo de P. paranensis (Bertoni). PALABRAS CLAVE: Taxonomía, Revisión, Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Eumeninae, Parazumia, México, Costa Rica. The potter wasp genus Parazumia is a small the genus with Pachymenes de Saussure. Bertoni group of species distributed from the United Sta- (1934: 109) proposed the name Paranortonia as tes to Argentina. It has had a tangled nomenclatu- a genus or subgenus of Nortonia de Saussure, but ral history-typical for eumenine genera. It was did not designate a type species. Bequaert (1940: originally described by de Saussure (1855; see 100) designated a type species for Paranortonia, Griffin, 1939, for the dates of de Saussure’s mo- Nortonia tolteca de Saussure, thus making the nograph) as a division of the genus Montezumia name available. He treated this as a subgenus of de Saussure; there were two included species. Pachymenes, but included carinulatus (Spinola) Bertoni (1918: 192) first treated it as a genus. in the taxon, thus making Paranortonia Bequaert Bequaert (1921: 241) designated as type species a synonym of Parazumia de Saussure. However, Odynerus carinulata (Spinola), but synonymized this was not pointed out until van der Vecht and Carpenter and Garcete-Barrett: Revision of Parazumia Carpenter (1990: 42); until then the name Para- so while Parazumia belongs in this group, its nortonia was used. To top this all off, Giordani sister-group is unclear. The only character cited Soika (1973: 25, footnote) overlooked Be- as an autapomorphy of the genus was loss of the quaert’s (1940) type designation for Paranorto- epicnemial carina, but only relative to Mon- nia Bertoni, and proposed his own, superfluous, tezumia and Monobia. However, all the males we type designation of Nortonia tolteca. have dissected (five species) have the digitus As presently construed (see the generic key by bearing a small tooth-like lobe adjoining the arti- Carpenter and Garcete-Barrett, 2003), the genus culation with the cuspis, in addition to the usual comprises six described species. Additionally the broad lobe forming most of the digitus. We have Nearctic P. symmorpha (de Saussure) is divided not seen such a structure before in Vespidae, and into three subspecies, following Bequaert (1940), pending dissection of the remaining species, mo- who reduced tolteca from species rank, and des- nophyly of the genus seems supported. cribed sonorensis as a new subspecies. However, symmorpha s. str. is not only geographically se- KEY TO SPECIES gregated from the other subspecies, occurring in 1. Metasomal tergum I with anterior median lon- the eastern United States versus western United gitudinal carina (Fig. 1); clypeus with lateral States and Mexico, it does not intergrade in co- angular projections above the apical emargi- lor, always lacking ferruginous markings on the nation (Fig.4)....................... 2 body (tegulae and antennae beneath orange- - Metasomal tergum I without anterior median ferruginous), which are variably developed but longitudinal carina, instead with posterior me- always present in the other two subspecies. dian longitudinal groove (Figs. 2-3); clypeus Bequaert (1940) was unable to find structural without lateral angular projections above the differences among these taxa, but the clypeus is apical emargination (Figs. 5-6) ......... 3 different, as are various aspects of the sculpture, as detailed in the key. We are therefore restoring 2. Mesosoma black, metasoma auburn, wings P. tolteca to species rank, and synonymizing P. hyaline......... carinulata (de Saussure) symmorpha sonorensis with it. To this we are - Mesosoma and metasoma entirely black, wings adding three new species, so that the genus now infuscate.............paranensis Bertoni has a total of 10 species. Nothing appears to have been published about 3. Punctation very sparse and fine over entire the ethology of any of the species. Regarding body, appearing practically impunctate (Fig. 7) phylogeny, in the cladistic analysis of the nearctic .................... impunctata (Bohart) eumenine genera by Carpenter and Cumming - Punctation distinct on entire body (Figs. 8-11, (1985) Parazumia (as Paranortonia) was placed 13-16) ............................ 4 with Montezumia, Monobia and Pseudodynerus, based on the synapomorphy of a narrowed, slit- 4. Propodeal concavity very shallow; metasomal like axillary fossa. An elongate prestigma sup- terga I and II reddish-brown, on the remainder ported closer relationship to Montezumia + Mo- black, III-V with rust-colored apical margins. nobia, relative to Pseudodynerus, but the charac- ...................... sulcata (Ducke) ter was considered to be weakened by homo- - Propodeal concavity deep; metasoma colored plasy. The slit-like axillary fossa is shared with differently, black with pale apical bands to several other genera in the world fauna, whose mostly ferruginous. .................. 5 relationships have not yet been investigated, and 22 Folia Entomol. Mex., 44 (supl. 1) (2005) FIGURES 1-6. Species of Parazumia. 1-3, metasomal tergum I; 1, P. carinulata, dorsal view; 2-3, dorsal view; 2, P. symmorpha; 3, P. tolteca. 4-6, clypeus; 4, P. carinulata; 5, P. symmorpha; 6, P. tolteca. All scale bars 1 mm. 23 Carpenter and Garcete-Barrett: Revision of Parazumia FIGURES 7-12. Species of Parazumia. 7, P. impunctata, head and mesosoma in lateral view. 8-9, pronotum and scutum in dorsolateral view; 8, P. symmorpha; 9, P. tolteca. 10-11, propodeum in lateral view; 10, P. symmorpha; 11, P. tolteca. 12, P. aliciae, holotype, metasoma in posterior view. All scale bars 1 mm. 24 Folia Entomol. Mex., 44 (supl. 1) (2005) 5. Propodeum dorsally with a few scattered pun- yellow markings, without ferruginous except on ctures; metasomal terga II to V densely punc- tegulae and antennae beneath. ............ tate; mostly black, with the exception of the red .............. symmorpha (de Saussure) clypeus, sparse yellow markings on the head, a - Clypeus with lateral and apical margin lamellate narrow yellow band apically on tergum I, and (Fig. 6); metasomal tergum I longer, measured auburn foretibiae and tarsi and hindtibial apex from spiracles at most 1.2X wider than long ............. surinama (von Schulthess) (Fig. 3); pronotum with few interspaces larger - Hind upper part of the propodeum densely than macropunctures (Fig. 9); scutum with punctate; coloration different, if mostly black micropunctures dense, close (Fig. 9); propo- then pronotum mesally, apical margins of terga deum laterally with small punctures, interspaces I and II, often also III, tibiae and tarsi yellow mostly larger than punctures (Fig. 11); ferru- .................................. 6 ginous markings extensive on body. ....... .................. tolteca (de Saussure) 6. Apical lamella on metasomal terga II and III reflexed, then edge bent down, height about an TAXONOMY ocellus diameter (Fig. 12) . aliciae sp. nov. - Apical lamellae flat, not reflexed (Figs. 13-16) Genus Parazumia de Saussure .................................