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Issue: Vol. 2441 No. 1: 30 Apr. 2010
Type: Articles
Published: 2010-04-30
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2441.1.6
Page range: 63–68
Abstract views: 32
PDF downloaded: 2

A new eumenine wasp in the genus Pseudodynerus de Saussure (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Eumeninae)

Laboratório de Biologia Comparada de Hymenoptera, Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Cx. Postal 19020, 81531-980 Curitiba, PR, Brasil
Hymenoptera Eumeninae mimicry Neotropical potter wasps Pseudodynerus

Abstract

Pseudodynerus garcetei new species is newly described from the Brazilian Amazonia. The color pattern of this species is remarkable, being very similar to that found in the eumenine Montezumia liliacea Gribodo and in the polistine Polybia liliacea (Fabricius). A re-evaluation of the phylogenetic relationships among species of Pseudodynerus is presented, which places P. garcetei as sister to a clade composed of P. subapicalis (Fox), P. carpenteri Hermes & Melo and P. obesus Hermes & Melo. A matrix containing data from the new species and a partial key for its recognition are also provided.

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