Belonogaster neavei Richards, 1982

Selis, Marco & Longair, Robert W., 2025, New data on the genus Belonogaster de Saussure, with establishment of the atrata species-group (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Polistinae), Zootaxa 5692 (2), pp. 353-368 : 364

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5692.2.8
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17321749
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scientific name	Belonogaster neavei Richards, 1982
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Belonogaster neavei Richards, 1982 View in CoL

Belonogaster neavei Richards, 1982: 39 View in CoL , 45 (key), 89, ♂, ♀ – “ Kenya: Masongaleni GoogleMaps , ca 38°2’E, 2°4’S, 3000 ft [ 915 m]” ( holotype male NHMUK).

Material examined. BURUNDI: Bujumbura, Kirombwe , 3.395833S 29.399417E, 1148 m, 27.I.2011, leg. M. Mei, P. Cerretti, D. Whitmore, 1♂ ( MSVI) GoogleMaps . MOZAMBIQUE: Bilene , 25.272S 33.279E, 20 m, 1–13.XII.2015, leg. M. Uliana, 1♀ ( MSVI) GoogleMaps .

Distribution. Burundi *, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique *, South Africa.

Notes. The male from Burundi shows considerably reduced yellow markings on legs, visible on fore and mid coxa and base of mid femur only.