Muskovits József - György Zoltán - Ábrahám Levente (szerk.): Magyarország hangyadarazsai - Natura Somogyiensis 18. (Kaposvár, 2011)
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100 NATURA SOMOGYIENSIS Body, antennae and legs black, metasomal segment 2 rusty red, with chestnut brown cuticular band. Vertex covered by sparse black setae, frons by appressed pale setae. Pronotum covered densely by appressed pale setae, mesonotum and tegulae sparsely covered by dark setae. Scutellum with dense white setae forming conspicuous spot. Legs with sparse pale setae, tergites 3 and 4 with band of pale pubescence, segments 5-7 with black pubescence. Wings intensively dark, „smoky", not transparent. Males conspicuously large, compared especially to females (Fig. 171). 12-19 mm. Nemka viduata (PALLAS, 1773) Physetopoda SCHUSTER, 1949 Female clypeus concave, with well developed transverse carina and basal tubercle base. Mandibles tridentate or unidentate. Pygidium tapering toward base, droplet shaped, covered by pale setae from sides. Male mandibles tri- or bidentate, with strong, obtuse basal protrusion on outer side (except Physetopoda pusilla). Clypeus usually flat, with shiny transverse band and two tubercles near to each other. Pterostigma usually narrow, not or weakly sclerotised. Felt lines present on metasomal tergite 2 but absent on sternite 2. Basal setae on volsella significantly longer than parameron. The genus includes 16 species in Europe, of which 6 occur in Hungary. Occurrence of Physetopoda punctata (LATREILLE, 1792) in Hungary was reported by BAJÁRI (1954), probably on the basis of misidentification, because not a single specimen of Hungarian localities has been found in the studied collections. This western Mediterranean species has four spots of pale setae arranged in the shape of a diamond on tergite 2, the posterior spot is the smallest and the spots on the sides are the largest. Physetopoda halensis has two spots on tergite 2, one beneath the other, but on some specimens the pale setae on the sides of tergite 2 form two weak lateral spots. As a result there are 4 spots altogether. However, on the basis of other features it is unequivocal that they do not belong to Physetopoda punctata. 1 (8) Apterous forms, females. 2 (5) Metasomal tergite 2 with only one rounded spot of pale pubescence. 3 (4) Dorsal side of mesosoma and posterior surface of propodeum weakly convex in lateral view (Fig. 125). Clypeus convex, with shiny transversal carina and small tubercle in middle. Mandibles tridentate, darkening toward apex, teeth small (Fig. 106). Scutellar scale medium-sized, apex black. Metasoma shiny, sparsely and coarsely punctate. Pygidium elongate, shiny and smooth in most part, weak wrinkles present only at base (Fig. 135). Mandibles, antennae, legs and mesosoma reddish brown, other parts of body black. Head, mesosoma and metasoma with sparse long erect dark setae. Head also with sparse erect appressed pale setae, and mesosoma with appressed reddish setae. Anterior part of metasomal tergite 2 with medial spot of pale pubescence, posterior part with narrow band of pale pubescence, barely produced forward in middle, its maximum length less than that of band on tergite 3. Pale pubescence covering tergite 3 entirely, pubescence Relatively small species (Fig. 182). 4-7 mm.
