Pareumenes (Pareumenes) sansibaricus ( Schulz, 1905 ), 1944

Pareumenes (Pareumenes) sansibaricus ( Schulz, 1905) View in CoL

( Fig. 12 View FIGURE 12 )

Eumenes sansibarica Schulz, 1905: 9 , ♀ (in subgenus Pareumenes )

— “ Sansibar, Africae orientalis” ( ZSM) .

Pareumenes marshalli Meade-Waldo, 1910: 45 View in CoL , ♀

— “Salisbury, Mashonaland ” (NHMUK) . Junior subjective synonym of Eumenes sansibarica Schulz, 1905 according to Bequaert 1928: 171.

Diagnosis. Placed in the subgenus Pareumenes due to the lateral carina of propodeum forming a sharp triangular lobe, the propodeal valvula forming a long lobe strongly exceeding the apex of the propodeum, and the elongate and petiolate T1 with a basal angle, it is recognized from the other species of the subgenus by the mostly impunctate and velvety body, the wider and shallower apical emargination of clypeus, the largely smooth posterior depression of propodeum, the long, robust and flattened lobes of the lateral carina of propodeum, the more elongate T1 (2.3–2.6× as long as apically wide) with a deep pit near the posterior end, the decolorate and lamellar apical margin of T1, the barely reflexed apical margin of T2 not forming a distinct lamella, and the strongly silvery pubescence.

Material examined. MOZAMBIQUE: Inhaca, Hotel , 12.II.1978, leg. H.R. Feijen, 1♂ ( MSNVE) . NAMIBIA: Caprivi Strip, Lizauli , 7.I.2015, leg. S. Prepsl, 1♀ ( MSVI) ; Nagusib , I.1923, 1♀ ( MSNVE) ; Khomas, Gmundner Lodge , 15.III.2003, leg. M. & J. Schwarz, 1♀ ( OLML) . SOUTH AFRICA: N. Transvaal, Elisras , 7.X.1961, leg. H.N. Empey, 1♀ ( MSNVE) ; N. Transvaal, Shilouvane , 3.X.1899, leg. Junod, 1♀ ( MSVI) . ZAMBIA: N.E. Rhodesia, Luwingu to mouth of the Chambezi Riv. , 8.X.1908, leg. S.A. Neave, 1♀ ( MSNVE) . UNKNOWN: Afr. Centr., 1♀ ( MSNVE) ; D.O. Afrika , leg. A. Böttcher, 1♀ ( MSNVE) ; E.K.H., 20.X.1943, 1♀ ( MSNVE) .

Distribution. Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania (including Zanzibar), Zambia, Zimbabwe ( Schulz 1905; Meade-Waldo 1910; Bequaert 1928; Giordani Soika 1935, 1944, 1973; Selis 2018) ( Fig. 13H View FIGURE 13 ).

Notes. Giordani Soika (1944, 1979, 1981) used a broad concept of Pareumenes sansibaricus and divided this species into six subspecies differentiated only by pattern. Examination of type specimens and additional material revealed in fact the presence of morphological differences that allow to recognize all the subspecies as distinct species. The differences are resumed under each taxon and in the identification key.