Catalog of the Neotropical Masarinae (Hymenoptera, Vespidae)

Abstract

The Neotropical fauna of pollen wasps is not rich in species, with 23 species described. But it is noteworthy for phylogenetic diversity, having one of the two tribes of Masarinae endemic, the Gayellini, with two genera, while the other tribe, Masarini, is represented by two endemic genera that are not each other's closest relative (Carpenter 1993). Most of the species were described during the last century, and there has been recent taxonomic work on each part of the fauna (Carpenter 1989, on Gayellini; Garcete-Barrett and Carpenter 2000, on the genus Ceramiopsis; and Carpenter 2001 and Hermes and Melo 2006, on Trimeria). There has also been recent work on the behavioral ecology of several species, and numerous floral records have been published. We bring together all of this literature here.The arrangement of the catalog is alphabetical. Each species is followed by the original citation and then by synonyms and subsequent combinations, which are listed chronologically. Other references are listed chronologically under each synonym or generic change, regardless of changes in gender or incorrect spellings (these latter are indicated in brackets, with a exclamation mark for an incorrect spelling). To facilitate ready reference, each publication is cited in abbreviated form. Where two dates are listed, the first is the true date of publication, so far as can be determined, with the date following in parentheses being the date printed on the publication. The sex of the type specimens, if stated in the description, is then listed. The original locality is quoted for each description, and the type depository is then listed in parentheses. If the sex of the holotype or lectotype is known, this is listed with the depository, except where a single sex was specified in the original description, in which case this information is not repeated. A code word is used to designate most type depositories in the checklist, typically the name of city in which the collection is located; this precedes the name Catalog of the Neotropical Masarinae (Hymenoptera, Vespidae)

An illustrated key to the genera of Eumeninae from China, with a checklist of species (Hymenoptera, Vespidae)

“…Morphological terminology follows Carpenter and Cumming (1985), Yamane (1990), and Carpenter and Garcete-Barrett (2003). Observations and descriptions were made with an Olympus SZX11 stereomicroscope and fluorescent lamps.…”

“…The extreme splitting haphazardly pursued during much of the 20th century has contributed much to this current state (Hermes et al 2014). Clearly, the situation with the generic classification will have to be rationalized by future synonymy of numerous taxa after their phylogeny is better known (Carpenter and Cumming 1985; Carpenter and Garcete-Barrett 2003; Hermes et al 2014). The need for taxonomic work on Eumeninae is underlined by the lack of adequate and well-illustrated keys, both to genera and to species (Pannure et al 2016).…”

“…The need for taxonomic work on Eumeninae is underlined by the lack of adequate and well-illustrated keys, both to genera and to species (Pannure et al 2016). The few generic keys available concern one region or a country: Yamane (1990) revised the Japanese fauna of Eumeninae with a key to 18 genera, Carpenter and Garcete-Barrett (2003) presented a key to the genera of Neotropical Eumeninae and Pannure et al (2016) included a key to the 31 eumenine genera known from South India. We present the first illustrated key to genera of Eumeninae from a major area encompassing two faunal regions and the first complete key to genera of Chinese Eumeninae.…”

New species of Ancistrocerus (Vespidae, Eumeninae) from the Neotropics with a checklist and key to all species south of the Rio Grande

“…Terminology follows Carpenter and Cumming (1985), and Carpenter and Garcete-Barrett (2002). Terga are referred to as T I, T II, etc.…”

A checklist to the wasps of Peru (Hymenoptera, Aculeata)

“…Subgenus: Symmorphus Wesmael, 1836 884. cristatus de Saussure, 1855, (=pumilus de Saussure, 1855 [Cumming (1989:85) [Richards 1962, Carpenter 2001, Carpenter et al 2006 928. cockerelli (Bequaert, 1928) 959. traili (Cameron, 1906) [Carpenter et al 1996] 978. apicipennis (Spinola, 1851) …”