Anoplius (Arachnophroctonus) hispaniolae Evans 1966
Creators: name: Waichert, Cecilia
name: Rodriguez, Juanita
name: Von Dohlen, Carol D.
name: Pitts, James P.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2012
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Pompilidae
Anoplius
Anoplius hispaniolae

description: Anoplius (Arachnophroctonus) hispaniolae Evans, 1966   
 Anoplius (Pompilinus) hispaniolae Evans, 1966, Memoirs of the American Entomological Society, vol. 20, p. 324–325 [Holotype: ♂, HAITI, Port Au Prince (MCZC)].   
 Diagnosis. This species can be recognized by the following unique combination of characters: the third antennal segment is more than 2.0 × as long as wide; the 1cu-a vein of the fore wing meets the M+Cu vein slightly beyond the origin of the M; and the fore wing has a Cu vein distinctly deflected downward at the base forming a posterior pocket in the second medial cell and three radial sectors (Fig. 2G). Additionally, the female (Fig. 6G) has black integument except on metasomal terga 1–3 and all but the apical margin of metasomal tergum 4, which are bright orange-brown; a tarsal comb with short spines; and the pronotum with the collar differentiated from the disc. The male (Fig. 6H) has the integument black; the posterior margin of the pronotum sometimes has a whitish stripe; and the metasoma is orange-brown on the second and third segments.   
 Material examined. DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: Independencia, Sierra de Bahoruco, north slope, 13.5 km SE Puerto Escondido, (18–12–24N, 71–30–54W), 1807 m, 24–25.III.2004, J. E. Rawlins et al. ecotonal Pinus grassland, sample 41165, 1 ♂ CMNH – 371,232, 1 ♀ CMNH – 370,286, broadleaf dense Pinus dense woodland, hand collected, 1 ♀ CMNH –367,355; Pedernales, Sierra de Bahoruco, Aceitillar, 25.4 km ENE Pedernales, (18–05–27N, 71–31–08W), 1270 m, 14.VI.2003, E. Young et al. 5 ♂ CMNH – 370,480/ 371,188/ 366,757/ 371,281/ 370,105 3 ♀ CMNH – 363,476/ 371,078 (dense broadleaf forest, pine, yellow pan trap, sample 42262), 1 ♀ CMNH – 370,913 (dense broadleaf seasonal forest, pine, malaise trap, sample 42382), 2 ♀ CMNH –366,853/ 370,153 (open pine forest with grassland, yellow pan trap, sample 42162); 2 ♂, 8 ♀, Pedernales, La Abeja, 38 km NNW Cabo Rojo, (18–09N, 71–38W), 1250 m, 15.VII.1987, J. Rawlins, R. Davidson (CMNH), 1 ♀ CMNH –370,283; Distrito Nacional, Santo Domingo, Parque Paseo de los Indios, (18–26–53N, 69–56–39W), 60 m, 1–10.XI.2002, urban park near ocean, hand collected, sample 50449, A. Walter, 1 ♂ CMNH – 286,811, 1 ♀ CMNH –369,972; Pedernales, 37 km N Cabo Rojo, (18–09N, 71–35W), 1500 m, 11.VII.1987, (CMNH), 2 ♂ CMNH – 370.077/ 364,586, 2 ♀ CMNH –370,090/ 366,796; La Vega, Cordillera Central, 4.1 km SW El Convento, (18–50–37N, 70–42–48W), 1730 m, 31.V.2003, dense secondary evergreen forest with pine, yellow pan trap, sample 22262, J. Rawlins et al. 3 ♂ CMNH – 370,279/ 370,430/ 370,398, 4 ♀ CMNH –369,661/ 371,067/ 370,244/ 371,048/ 369,992/ 370,669; 1 ♀, Barahona, Eastern Sierra Bahoruco, Reserva Cachote, 12 km NE Paraiso, (18–05–54N, 71–11–21W), 1230 m, 21–23.III.2004, cloud forest with tree ferns, yellow pan trap, sample 44263, J. Rawlins et al. CMNH –369,992; 1 ♀, La Vega, Cordillera Central, Reserva Valle Nuevo, La Nevera, 15.1 km SE Valle Nuevo, 18–41–47N, 70–35–30W, 2252 m, 3.VI.2003, montane meadow in cloud forest, pine, yellow pan trap, sample 24462, CMNH –370,664; 1 ♀, Pedernales, El Aceitillar, 7.XII.1978, Col. Vargas., MHND – 00374; 2 ♂, Altagracia Prov. [ince], Punta Cana, 13–14.IX.2008, Sand Mill, M [alaise] T[rap] (EMUS).   
 Distribution. Hispaniola and Puerto Rico (Snelling & Torres 2004)   
 Host. Unkown.   
 Remarks. This species bears a strong resemblance to A. (Arachnophroctonus) americanus ambiguus in coloration and general morphology as discussed previously. Evans (1966) mentioned the lack of a whitish stripe on the pronotum in A. hispaniolae, but most males from the material studied here possess this band. The most reliable character to distinguish them is the wing venation. In A. hispaniolae the 1cu-a vein of the fore wing meets the M+Cu vein slightly beyond the origin of the M (Fig. 2G), while in A. americanus ambiguus the transverse median vein of the fore wing meets the median at the origin of the basal vein (Fig. 2F).
description: Published as part of Waichert, Cecilia, Rodriguez, Juanita, Von Dohlen, Carol D. & Pitts, James P., 2012, Spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) of the Dominican Republic, pp. 1-47 in Zootaxa 3353 (1) on pages 26-27, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3353.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5251730