Parapolybia fulvinerva (Cameron 1900) Cameron 1900
- Dataset
- Review of the paper wasps of the Parapolybia indica species-group (Hymenoptera: Vespidae, Polistinae) in eastern parts of Asia
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Hymenoptera
- family
- Vespidae
- genus
- Parapolybia
- species
- Parapolybia fulvinerva
description
Description. FEMALE. Body length (based on the specimens deposited in the IUNH) 15.0 mm; fore wing length 16.0 mm. MALE. Body length 10.5 mm; fore wing length 12.0 mm. Male antenna length 8.0 mm; F 11 1.6 × as long as F 10 (0.6 mm long).
diagnosis
Diagnosis. This species can be easily distinguished from other species of the P. i n di ca species-group by the following characters: body ground color orenge; wings covered with yellow setae.
discussion
Remarks. Designating the lectotype and a paralectotype of Icaria fulvinerva, van der Vecht (1966) remarked “ this [fulvinerva] will prove to be the worker of tinctipennis, but the status of both forms remains doubtful until nest populations have become available … ” We examined the types and found that the body coloration (Fig. 77, mesosoma and metasomal segment 1 orange-colored, metasomal segments 2 – 6 dark brown) and, as pointed out by van der Vecht (1966: 26), the wings with pronounced yellow tinge (wing setae yellow, Fig. 31; wing setae black in other species, Fig. 32) are distinct enough to diagnose this taxon as a good species.
distribution
Distribution. India (Assam).
materials_examined
Type material. INDIA: LECTOTYPE of Icaria fulvinerva Cameron, ♀, type no. 2074, Khasia [OUM]; PARALECTOTYPES of I. fulvinerva, 6 ♀, Khasia, G. A. J. Rothney [OUM]; 1 ♀ 1 ♂, Khasia Hills, Assam [IUNH]; 1 ♀, Khasia, P. Cameron coll, 1914 - 10 [BMNH].