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0383FE30A272C82621D9AD40FDDEBF3A.text	0383FE30A272C82621D9AD40FDDEBF3A.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Leptomenes Giordani Soika 1939	<div><p>Genus Leptomenes Giordani Soika, 1939</p> <p>Leptomenes Giordani Soika 1939: 87, genus. Type species: Pachymenes congensis Bequaert, 1918 [= Odynerus eumenoides Smith, 1857], by original designation.</p> <p>Malgachemenes Gusenleitner 1992: 91, genus. Type species: Malgachemenes angustus Gusenleitner, 1992, by original designation and monotypy syn. nov.</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0383FE30A272C82621D9AD40FDDEBF3A	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Selis, Marco	Selis, Marco (2023): Taxonomy of the Afrotropical genus Leptomenes Giordani Soika, with description of a new species from South Africa (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae). Zootaxa 5228 (5): 584-594, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5228.5.3
0383FE30A272C82521D9AE5CFBE6BAE4.text	0383FE30A272C82521D9AE5CFBE6BAE4.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Leptomenes obliquepunctatus Selis 2023	<div><p>Leptomenes obliquepunctatus Selis, sp. nov.</p> <p>(Figs. 1–3)</p> <p>Diagnosis. Recognized by large size (8–9 mm in ♂, 10 mm in ♀), extensive red and yellow markings and following morphological characters: clypeus weakly shiny, frons shiny with dense deep punctures, vertex lacking protuberances, pronotal carina rounded on humerus, anterior face of pronotum without median pit, dorsal face of propodeum largely smooth with sparse deep punctures, posterior depression of propodeum obliquely striate, T1 wider than long in dorsal view and strongly convex in lateral view.</p> <p>Material examined. HOLOTYPE: ♂, labeled “ Durban, / Natal / 16-2-21 / C. N. Barker / Bluff / 2600 // O. / obliquepunctatus nsp. / Giordani Soika det. 1936 // Leptomenes obliquepunctatus / Selis, sp. nov. / HOLOTYPUS ♂ / det. Marco Selis ” (MSNVE). PARATYPES. SOUTH AFRICA: Bluff, Durban, Natal, 19.III.1920, leg. C.N. Barker, 1♀ (MSNVE); Bluff, Durban, 28.X.1916, leg. C.N. Barker, 1♂ (MSVI).</p> <p>Description. Male holotype (Fig. 1). Body length 8 mm; fore wing length 7 mm.</p> <p>Head 1.1 × as wide as long in frontal view. Clypeus 1.1 × as wide as long in frontal view, apically semicircularly emarginate, apical emargination about as wide as interantennal distance and 2 × as wide as deep, apical angles triangular and sharp and bearing short blunt carinae, area bounded by carinae weakly depressed; clypeus in lateral view barely convex in basal third, then flattened to the apex. Interantennal space nearly flat, with a weak indication of median longitudinal ridge. Distance from posterior ocellus to occipital margin 2 × as long as the distance from posterior ocellus to inner eye margin; ocelli disposed as an obtuse triangle, distance between posterior ocelli 2.15 × as long as distance between anterior ocellus and posterior ocellus. Gena 0.6 × as wide as eye at bottom of ocular sinus; occipital carina complete but fading on transition from vertex to gena, evenly curved and shortly lamellate on gena. Scape 3 × as long as apically wide; F1 1.65 × as long as wide and 1.4 × as long as F2; F2–F8 barely longer than wide, becoming proportionally shorter, convex on dorsal side; F9 distinctly longer than wide; F10 small and subquadrate, concealed in a depression on F9; F11 small and claw-shaped with pointed apex, apically weakly curved in lateral view, reaching middle of F9; tyloid present on F9, as a subtriangular shiny depression. Mandible elongate and five-toothed, apical tooth long and pointed, other shorter and rounded. Mesosoma in dorsal view elongate, 1.35 × as long as wide; forming an even curve from pronotum to apex of propodeum in lateral view. Pronotum in dorsal view with weakly converging sides; pronotal carina complete and shortly lamellate on dorsal side, weakly sinuate below humeri, which are broadly rounded; pretegular carina fine but sharp; dorsal face of pronotum evenly convex and smoothly passing into lateral faces, which are weakly depressed. Mesoscutum as long as wide, with short and shallow hints of parapsidal sulci near posterior margin, evenly convex in lateral view. Scutellum nearly flat; axillary fossa small but circular. Metanotum weakly convex in lateral view. Tegula with evenly rounded outer margin, posterior lobe pointed and weakly exceeding parategula, largest width of tegula situated near middle; parategula evenly curved and apically rounded. Mesepisternum nearly flattened, depressed near posterior margin of ventral plate; epicnemial carina distinct but not sharp, not reaching transverse furrow dorsally. Propodeum evenly and strongly convex in lateral view; dorsal face convex and smoothly passing into median posterior depression; lateral face flattened and separated from dorsal face by a rounded margin; median depression of propodeum with a sharp median longitudinal carina; submarginal carina produced in a subtriangular lobe, fused to propodeal valvula but posteriorly separated by a shallow incision. T 1 in dorsal view subtriangular, 1.7× as apically wide as medially long, strongly convex near middle in lateral view, the convexity nearly delimiting an anterior and a posterior face, apical margin weakly swollen. S1 triangular with a short basal petiole; apical enlarged part margined laterally by sharp carinae. T2 1.25 × as wide as long in dorsal view, with sides convex basally and straight posteriorly; evenly convex in lateral view, with apical margin weakly depressed. S2 strongly convex in basal fourth, then weakly and evenly convex to the apex.</p> <p>Clypeus weakly shiny and densely micropunctate, whit scattered fine punctures barely visible, some deeper punctures visible around apical emargination. Frons shiny with deep punctures, interspaces sparsely micropunctate and ranging from 0.5 to 1.5× as punctures diameter; interantennal space and lower third of ocular sinus nearly impunctate; vertex more densely punctate than frons; gena with large impunctate spaces, punctures similar to those on frons and disappearing ventrally. Scape micropunctate with scattered fine punctures, appearing silky shiny. Mandible densely microreticulate, appearing sub-opaque. Dorsal face of pronotum sculpted like vertex but punctures larger and deeper; lateral face of pronotum smooth and shiny with some deep small punctures arranged in irregular series; anterior face of pronotum smooth and shiny, with scattered fine deep punctures in lateral thirds. Mesoscutum and scutellum punctured like dorsal face of pronotum, but mesoscutum bearing some irregular interspaces ranging from 2× to 3× punctures diameter. Metanotum with large shallow punctures on anterior half, deep and fine punctures on posterior half, extreme sides impunctate. Mesepisternum with deep punctures similar to those on frons but sparser, interspaces wider and shinier, with scattered micropunctures, ventral third of ventral plate nearly impunctate; epicnemium shiny and microreticulate. Metaepisternum largely impunctate and finely microreticulate, upper plate more shiny, some shallow punctures along ventral margin of ventral plate. Tegula entirely micropunctate, except on posterior lobe. Dorsal face of propodeum largely smooth on anterior half, with sparse deep punctures and large interspaces on posterior half; posterior face mostly with fine and irregular oblique striae running from median carina, dorsal margins largely smooth with some shallow punctures; lateral face of propodeum irregularly microstriate with scattered deep small punctures. T1 densely micropunctate and shiny, with deep oblique punctures posteriorly to median depression; punctures arranged in irregular transverse series and interspaces from 1× to 3× punctures diameter, punctures not reaching apical margin, leaving smooth preapical band long about two punctures. T2 densely micropunctate and more dull than T1, punctures finer but more oblique, becoming denser and larger apically and laterally, leaving an impunctate preapical margin. T3–T6 with deep rounded punctures, larger and denser on T3 and becoming progressively smaller and sparser towards T6. T7 micropunctate with very scattered barely visible punctures. S1 with smooth and shiny basal petiole, apical enlarged part strongly shiny with deep punctures and irregular rugosities. S2–S6 sculpted similar to respective terga, but punctures less oblique and sparser, interspaces more shiny. Head and dorsal side of thorax with short and dense, but not very visible, brownish-yellow pubescence; clypeus, gena, sides of thorax and whole propodeum with short and dense silvery pubescence, with some longer fine setae near apex of propodeum; metasoma completely covered by dust-like grayish pubescence, with some short setae on T3–T7 and all sterna.</p> <p>Genitalia in Fig. 2.</p> <p>Black; following parts red: clypeus, mandibles except margins, labrum, upper half of gena, scape, underside of flagellum, most of pronotum except triangular markings in front of pretegular carina, short longitudinal lines on posterior margin of mesoscutum, tegula, small oval spots on side of scutellum, metanotum, most of mesepisternum, dorsa face of propodeum, sides and preapical margin of T1 connected to transverse spots on top of convexity, lateral spots on T2 connected to thin preapical band, margins of S1, large lateral spots on S2, and legs; following parts pale yellow: basal triangular spot on mandible, thin line along pronotal carina, parategula, anterior band on metanotum, projection of submarginal carina, narrow apical band on T1, wider apical bands on T2 and S2, apical spot on fore femur, outer faces of fore and mid tibia; following parts orange: basal band on clypeus, oval spot above interantennal space, line along inner eye margin filling ocular sinus, T3–T7 and S3–S7. Wings fuscous with weak brassy reflections, venation brownish-black.</p> <p>Female (Fig. 3). Body length 10 mm; fore wing length 9 mm.</p> <p>As male, but differing as follows: clypeus as long as wide, apical emargination shallower and apical teeth pointing out, F4–F9 wider than long, vertex with a pair of foveae close to each other near middle, foveae much smaller than punctures, T1–T2 more elongate, T3–T6 and S3–S6 with darker coloration, punctures on T1–T2 finer and sparser.</p> <p>Distribution. South Africa: KwaZulu-Natal.</p> <p>Etymology. The specific name was found written by Giordani Soika on labels pinned under the specimens found in MSNVE; it probably refers to the oblique punctures on the metasoma.</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0383FE30A272C82521D9AE5CFBE6BAE4	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Selis, Marco	Selis, Marco (2023): Taxonomy of the Afrotropical genus Leptomenes Giordani Soika, with description of a new species from South Africa (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae). Zootaxa 5228 (5): 584-594, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5228.5.3
0383FE30A277C82121D9AA1AFA74BFBA.text	0383FE30A277C82121D9AA1AFA74BFBA.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Leptomenes Giordani Soika 1939	<div><p>Key to the continental species of the genus Leptomenes</p> <p>[Modified from Selis (2020)]</p> <p>1. Vertex with a pair of rounded protuberances behind dorsal lobe of eyes.................... Leptomenes baphomet Selis</p> <p>- Vertex lacking protuberances........................................................................... 2</p> <p>2. Pronotal carina right angled on humerus. Anterior face of pronotum with a median rugose pit........................ 3</p> <p>- Pronotal carina obtusely angled or rounded on humerus. Anterior face of pronotum without pit....................... 6</p> <p>3. Propodeum with sharp dorsolateral teeth....................................... 4, Leptomenes eumenoides (Smith)</p> <p>- Propodeum without dorsolateral teeth, dorsal faces rounded................................................... 5</p> <p>4. Clypeus apically and legs ferruginous............................... Leptomenes eumenoides claripes Giordani Soika</p> <p>- Clypeus apically black and legs black with yellowish markings............. Leptomenes eumenoides eumenoides (Smith)</p> <p>5. Lateral face of propodeum smooth, with some large shallow punctures near posterior margin............................................................................................. Leptomenes ugandensis (Giordani Soika)</p> <p>- Lateral face of propodeum with dense deep punctures........................... Leptomenes richardsi Giordani Soika</p> <p>6. Frons shiny, with dense deep punctures, interspaces shorter than or as wide as puncture diameter...................... 7</p> <p>- Frons sub-opaque, with sparse fine punctures, interspaces wider than puncture diameter............................. 9</p> <p>7. Large sized species, body length 8–9 mm in ♂ and 10 mm in ♀. Body extensively marked with red and yellow. T1 strongly convex near middle in lateral view, almost forming two distinct faces. Dorsal faces of propodeum largely smooth, with sparse deep punctures. Posterior depression of propodeum with oblique fine striae......... Leptomenes obliquepunctatus sp. nov.</p> <p>- Smaller species, body length less than 7 mm in ♂ and 8 mm in ♀. Body mostly black with reduced ivory markings, at most with some small reddish markings. T1 evenly convex in lateral view. Other characters variable........................... 8</p> <p>8. Clypeus wider than long, opaque with small and sparse punctures. Tegula wider in the posterior half. Dorsal faces of propodeum with punctures larger than those on mesoscutum and moderately dense, interspaces flat. Posterior depression of propodeum rugose-striate, with barely distinct sparse punctures............................. Leptomenes cribratus Giordani Soika</p> <p>- Clypeus about as wide as long, weakly shiny and impunctate. Tegula wider in the anterior half. Dorsal faces of propodeum with punctures smaller than those on mesoscutum and very dense, interspaces narrowly carinate. Posterior face of propodeum not rugose, with large and dense punctures......................................... Leptomenes major Giordani Soika</p> <p>9. Apical emargination of clypeus shallow and wide. T1 about 1.5× as wide as medially long. Mesepisternum without silvery pubescence............................................................. Leptomenes convexus Giordani Soika</p> <p>- Apical emargination of clypeus deeper and narrower. T1 as long as apically wide. Mesepisternum with dense silvery pubescence......................................................................................... 10</p> <p>10. Posterior face of propodeum obliquely striate and shining. Tegula smooth and shiny.... Leptomenes pulawskii Gusenleitner</p> <p>- Posterior face of propodeum not striate and opaque. Tegula micropunctate and dull... Leptomenes stevensoni Giordani Soika</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0383FE30A277C82121D9AA1AFA74BFBA	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Selis, Marco	Selis, Marco (2023): Taxonomy of the Afrotropical genus Leptomenes Giordani Soika, with description of a new species from South Africa (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae). Zootaxa 5228 (5): 584-594, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5228.5.3
0383FE30A275C82121D9AEDCFD05B8E1.text	0383FE30A275C82121D9AEDCFD05B8E1.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Leptomenes angustus (Gusenleitner 1992) Selis 2023	<div><p>Leptomenes angustus (Gusenleitner, 1992) comb. nov.</p> <p>(Fig. 4)</p> <p>Malgachemenes angustus Gusenleitner 1992: 91, 92, figs. 1–2, ♀ —“ Madagascar: Ankarafantsika (Forest Reserve) near Marovoay ” (CAS)</p> <p>Material examined. Holotype of Malgachemenes angustus: “ MADAGASCAR: / Ankarafantsika / (Forest Reserve) / near Marovoay / XII-1-1959 // E. S. Ross / Collector // Malgachemenes ♀ / angustus nov.sp. / J. Guselneitner,det.1994 // Holotypus // California Academy / of Sciences / Type No. 16821” (CAS).</p> <p>Distribution. Madagascar: Mahajanga (Gusenleitner 1992)</p> <p>Notes. Gusenleitner (1992) described the Malagasy endemic genus Malgachemenes, comparing it with the Neotropical genus Montezumia de Saussure, 1852, providing as diagnostic characters the absence of an epicnemial carina and shape of the tegula. Examination of the holotype of Malgachemenes angustus (Fig. 4), the only species described in the genus, clearly shows that this taxon has little in common with Montezumia, except a vague superficial similarity in habitus. The following diagnostic characters observed in this Malagasy endemic more closely match the genus Leptomenes: clypeus matte, metanotum oblique and not carinate, submarginal carina of propodeum fused to propodeal valvula, T1 subtriangular in dorsal view and not carinate, T2 without apical lamella, second submarginal cell basally acute. It should be noted that the submarginal carina of the propodeum is not developed to form a subtriangular projection as in other species of the genus, but this character is subject to interspecific variability in related genera (e.g. Antepipona de Saussure, Stenodynerus de Saussure), therefore the same degree of variability is expected to be found in Leptomenes too. Malgachemenes angustus is moved to Leptomenes, with the genus Malgachemenes being a junior synonym of the latter.</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0383FE30A275C82121D9AEDCFD05B8E1	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Selis, Marco	Selis, Marco (2023): Taxonomy of the Afrotropical genus Leptomenes Giordani Soika, with description of a new species from South Africa (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae). Zootaxa 5228 (5): 584-594, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5228.5.3
0383FE30A275C82E21D9AA20FC4BBF58.text	0383FE30A275C82E21D9AA20FC4BBF58.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Raphiglossa lemuriae Giordani Soika 1941	<div><p>Raphiglossa lemuriae Giordani Soika, 1941</p> <p>(Fig. 5)</p> <p>Raphiglossa lemuriae Giordani Soika 1941: 179, fig. 11, ♂, ♀ —“ Madagascar: Bekily ” (type specimens lost).</p> <p>Leptomenes extremus Gusenleitner 2005: 1177, 1182, figs. 7–8, ♂—“ Madagaskar, Fianarantsoa Prov., 40 km S Ambositra, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=47.181667&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-20.79889" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 47.181667/lat -20.79889)">Radia Rower</a>, humid forest, 20°47′56″S 47°10′54″E ″ (holotype male CAS) syn. nov.</p> <p>Material examined. Holotype of Leptomenes extremus: “CASENT / 8077958 // MADAGASCAR, Fianarantsoa Pro. / 40 km S Ambosittra, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=47.181667&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-20.79889" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 47.181667/lat -20.79889)">Radio Tower</a>, / 12.X.2004 M.Hauser humid forest / 20°47′56″S 47°10′54″E 820m // Leptomenes / extremus nov. spec. ♂ / J.Gusenleitner,det.2005 / Holotypus // Holotypus // California Academy / of Sciences / Type No. 18111” (CAS).</p> <p>Distribution. Madagascar: Fianarantsoa, Toliara (Borsato 1999; Giordani Soika 1941; Gusenleitner 2005).</p> <p>Notes. Gusenleitner (2005) described Leptomenes extremus considering it an aberrant species for the genus, characterized by very elongate T1, broad clypeus with lateral lamellae and antenna of male not hooked, noting that the lamellate clypeus was similar to what is observed in Raphiglossa Saunders, 1850. Examination of the holotype of L. extremus (Fig. 5) clearly shows that this species is a Raphiglossa indeed, due to wing venation, short and robust mandibles, elongate mouthparts, simple antennae and morphology of propodeum. Moreover, the peculiar shape of the pronotal carina and the perfect match of other characters place this taxon as a junior synonym of Raphiglossa lemuriae Giordani Soika, 1941, the only known Malagasy species of this genus.</p> <p>The original description of L. extremus (Gusenleitner 2005) indicates the private collection of Josef Gusenleitner as depository of the holotype, but it is actually found in the collection of the California Academy of Science (CAS).</p> <p>The type specimens of Raphiglossa lemuriae, including the lectotype, are reported to be deposited in MSNVE (Giordani Soika 1941, 1973), but they were not found during the reordering recently carried out on the Giordani Soika collection (Dal Pos et al. 2022). They are to be considered lost.</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0383FE30A275C82E21D9AA20FC4BBF58	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Selis, Marco	Selis, Marco (2023): Taxonomy of the Afrotropical genus Leptomenes Giordani Soika, with description of a new species from South Africa (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae). Zootaxa 5228 (5): 584-594, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5228.5.3
