Chartergus artifex
Creators: name: Somavilla, Alexandre
name: Aragão, Marcos
name: Barroso, Paulo Cézar Salgado
name: Carpenter, James M.
name: Menezes, Rodolpho Santos Telles
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Eumenidae
Chartergus
Chartergus artifex

description: Chartergus artifex (Christ, 1791)
Fig. 1A–H, 4, 5
Vespa artifex surinamensis Christ, 1791, Naturgesch. Ins.: 226, pl. 20—“ Surinam ” (type lost).
Vespa chartaria Olivier, 1792, Encyc. Méthod. 6 (2): 687—“de Cayenne & de Surinam ” (type lost).—Bequaert, 1938, Rev. Entomol., Rio de Janeiro 9: 114 (syn.: Vespa nidulans Fabricius; designated as type of Epipona).
Vespa nidulans Fabricius, 1793, Entomol. Syst. 2: 271—[French Guiana] “Cajennae” (? Paris).—Coquebert, 1799, Illus. Icon. Ins.: 24, pl. VI fig. 3A.—Latreille, 1829, Crust. Arach. Ins. 2: 339.—Carpenter, 1999, Am. Mus. Novitat. 3259: 8 (note on type).
Epipona nidulans; Latreille, 1802, Hist. Nat. Crust. Ins. 3: 365; 1809, Gen. Crust. Ins. 4: pl. XIV fig. 6; 1824, Mém. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris 11: 316 (compared to Polistes lecheguana n. sp.).—Curtis, 1844, Trans. Linn. Soc. London 19: 258 (Epipone [!]; syn.: E. chartaria “Lat. ”).
Vespa chartifex Vallot, 1802, Concord. Syst.: 171—[French Guiana] “ Cayenne ” (type lost).
Epipona chartaria; Latreille, 1804, Hist. Nat. Crust. Ins. 13: 102, pl. XIV figs. 6–7; 1805, Hist. Nat. Crust. Ins. 13: 349, pl. CII figs. 6–7 (“Epipone cartonnière”), 1806, Hist. Nat. Crust. Ins. 1: Tab. XIV fig. 6 (Epipone [!]).—Bequaert, 1938, Rev. Entomol., Rio de Janeiro 9: 114 (syns.: V. nidulans Fabricius, V. artifex surinamensis Christ, V. chartifex Vallot, C. tuberculatus Cameron; Guyana; Brazil; Bolivia).
Polistes nidulans; Lepeletier and Serville, 1825, Encyc. Méthod. 10: 172.—Guérin, 1844, Icon. Règne Anim. Ins., Atlas: pl. 72, fig. 7.
Chartergus nidulans; Lepeletier, 1836, Hist. Nat. Ins. Hym. 1: 546.—White, 1841, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 7: 315.—Casolari and Casolari Moreno, 1979, Boll. Mus. Zool. Univ. Torino (4): 135 (list).
Chartergus chartarius; de Saussure, 1854, Ét. Fam. Vesp. 2: 217 (key), 220 (syns.: V. artifex surinamensis Christ, V. chartifex Vallot, V. nidulans Fabricius).—M̂bius, 1856, Nester Gesell. Wespen: 34 (key), pl. XIII fig. 6.—Fox, 1898, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad.: 457 (Brazil: Amazonas, Mato Grosso).—Dalla Torre, 1904, Gen. Ins. 19: 85 (cat.).—Ducke, 1904, Bol. Mus. Goeldi, Pará 4: 324, 328 (key), 334 (Brazil).—Cameron, 1906, Invert. Pacif. 1: 156 (compared to tuberculatus n. sp.).—Ducke, 1910, Ann. Hist.-Nat. Mus. Natl. Hung. 8: 484 (syns.: V. artifex surinamensis Christ, V. nidulans Fabricius, V. chartifex Vallot, C. globiventris de Saussure, C. tuberculatus Cameron; female, male; French Guiana; Brazil).—Cameron, 1912, Timehri (3) 2: 219 (Guyana).—Bequaert, 1944, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. 94: 274 (list); 1949 (1948), Bol. Entomol. Venez. 7: 131 (Chartegus [!]; Venezuela).—Machado and Hebling, 1972, in C. da Cruz-Landim et al., Homenagem à Warwick E. Kerr: 199–204 (caste polymorphism).— Richards, 1978, Soc.Wasps Am.: 132 (key), 134, fig. 68.—Overal, 1978, Bol. Mus. Para. Emílio Goeldi (N. S.), Zool. 94: 9 (list).—Raw, 1989, Maracá Rainfor. Proj., Invert. Limnol., Prelim. Rep.: 35 (Brazil), 36 (Chatergus [!]; distr.); 1989, Maracá Rainfor. Proj., Invert. Limnol., Prelim. Rep.: 41 (habitat preference).— Carpenter and van der Vecht, 1991, Ann. Carnegie Mus. 60 (3): 221 (note on material seen by Fox).—Almeida and Castro, 1991, Acta Biol. Par., Curitiba 20: 47 (coll. list).—Sarmiento, 1994, Rev. Biol. Trop. 42 (1/2): 358 (list).—Garcete-Barrett, 1999, Avispas Soc. Parag.: 30, fig.—Cooper, 2000, Entomol. Mon. Mag. 136: 196 (nest association with Azteca; Agelaia pallidiventris; Polybia rejecta, P. singularis, Synoeca virginea, and Icteridae).
Chartergus tuberculatus Cameron, 1906, Invert. Pacif. 1: 155, male—“Rio Branco, Obidos, Brazil ” (London).
Chartergus artifex; Carpenter, 1999, Am. Mus. Novitat. 3259: 1, 8.
Diagnosis. Clypeus wider than long, more transverse; clypeus touching the eyes for an extension equal than width of antennal socket; midlength gena equal to or wider than eye; genal margin clearly sinuate a little below the middle of eye, beyond it curved so that the gena becomes very broad again; humeri pronounced; pronotum with an anterior pale transverse band, and with prominence near ventral corner longer and more acute; pronotal fovea absent; scrobal furrow with less regular and usually weaker carinae; metanotum compressed; central tubercle of metanotum stronger; metanotum with a pale band across the top half, rarely partly black here; keel on dorsal half of propodeal angles longer; first metasomal segment wider than long; second metasomal segment as long as wide; usually the largest species in the genus Chartergus.
Remarks. Chartergus artifex (Christ, 1791) = Vespa artifex surinamensis Christ, 1791, Naturgesch. Ins.: 226, pl. 20—“Surinam” (the type is lost). Vespa chartaria Olivier, 1791: 687. Types, French Guiana: Cayenne; Surinam (lost). Vespa nidulans Fabricius, 1793: 271. Types, French Guiana: Cayenne, (MNHN, Paris, lost). Vespa chartifex Vallot, 1802: 171. Types, French Guiana: Cayenne (lost). According to Richards the types of these three synonyms of C. artifex are possibly lost and the only type in museums has been examined by us: Chartergus tuberculatus Cameron, 1906: 155. Holotype, BRAZIL: PA, Obidos, Rio Branco, (NHM).
Type material examined. Holotype ♀ BRAZIL: Pará, Óbidos, Rio Branco, P. Cameron Coll. 1914 110, 3952 [label], Chartergus tuberculatus Cam. Type, Brazil [label], B.M. Type Hym. 18771 [label], NHMUK 010817927 (NHM).
Additional material examined: CUBA: Santiago de Cuba (Maybe introduced or wrong label) (2♀, AMNH not in Map); ECUADOR: Sucumbios Prov., Limoncocha 00º24’S 76º36’W, 26.vi.1970, M. Naumann leg., nest (30♀, AMNH); Sucumbios Prov., Limoncocha 00º24’S 76º36’W, 26.viii.1970, M. Naumann leg., nest (20♀, AMNH); Coca on Rio Napo, Napo Pastaza prov., v.1966, L.E. Pena leg. (1♀, AMNH); COLOMBIA: Amazonas, Letícia, 70m, 29.x.1973, M. Corn leg. (3♀, AMNH); PERU: Huanaco, Tingo Maria, Rio Hualalga, 9.vii.1974, C. Potter & L. Stage leg. (1♀, AMNH); Rio Morona (1♀, AMNH); BOLIVIA: Chapare, Cesarzama, i.1975, Horacio leg. (2♀, AMNH); BRAZIL: Roraima, Tepequém, 14.xii.2015, M.L. Oliveira & P.R. Bartholomay leg. (1 ♀, INPA); P.N. Viruá, 16.xii.2015, M. L. Oliveira & P. R. Bartholomay leg. (1♀, INPA); Rorainópolis, -0.9458; -60.4178 / 21.vii.2012, Busca ativa, A. Somavilla et al. leg. (1♀, INPA); Amazonas, Rio Acre, 9º27’S 67º31’W, 70m, 17.x.1998 (5♀, AMNH); Amazonas, Paraná do Xiboreninho, 03°15’S 60°00’W, 5.viii.79 —mixed water/canopy fogging project, TRS#05, Col. by hand Adis, Erwin, Montgomery, et. al. leg. / Chartergus chartarius (Olivier) ♀, Det. C.K. Starr, 1988 / Chatergus artifex ♀, Somavilla, A. Det (1♀, INPA); Manaus, EMBRAPA, 02°53’29”S- 59°58’45”W / 23.xii.2012, Lote: 694, Guaraná orgânico, borda, K. Schoeninger leg. (1♀, INPA); Manaus, INPA I, 10.x.2014, D. Nogueira leg. (1♀, INPA); Iranduba, Cabeceira da Ponte, -3.1600 -60.0986 / 17.xi.2011, Oliveira, Tonon, Somavilla & Azevedo leg. (1♀, INPA); Est. Am1. Km64, Mn.Am. Brasil, 29/7/70, col— A. Faustino (1♀, INPA); Manacapuru, 3°14’17.09”S / 0°36’1.31”O, 29.i.2019, C. Krug leg. / 10465 (1♀, INPA); Manicoré, Cachoeira, 05°29’44”S- 60°49’21”W, ix.2004, Malaise de solo, Floresta úmida, Silva & Pena leg. (1♀, INPA); PARNA do Jaú, 19.iii à 05.iv.2003 / M.L. Oliveira & J.A. Cunha leg., Avulso (1♁, INPA); Pará, Rio Trombetas / 05-iii-1981, Eq. Apoidea / Chartergus chartarius (1♀, INPA); Acre, Bujari, F.E.S. Antimary, 9°20’01”S / 68°19’17”W, 22.ix–06.x.2016, Malaise grande, E.F Morato & J.A Rafael leg. / Chartergus artifex ♀, Somavilla, A. Det. (1♀, INPA); Mato Grosso, Nova Xavantina, 17.viii.1997, F.B. Noll leg. (29♀, AMNH); SURINAME: Sarakreek, Afobaka, 15.10.1964, D.C. Geijskes leg. (2♀, AMNH); FRENCH GUIANA: Cayenne, Petit Saul, 26.x.2005, A Degean leg. (2♀, AMNH).
Distribution (Fig 4). Colombia: Amazonas*, Meta, Putumayo, Vaupés; Venezuela: Monagas; Guyana; Suriname; French Guiana; Ecuador: Napo, Pastaza *, Sucumbios *; Peru: Huanaco*, Loreto; Brazil: Acre, Amapá, Amazonas, Goiás, Mato Grosso, Pará, Rondônia, Roraima, Santa Catarina, S„o Paulo*; Bolivia: Beni, Chapare*, Cochabamba *; Paraguay.
description: Published as part of Somavilla, Alexandre, Aragão, Marcos, Barroso, Paulo Cézar Salgado, Carpenter, James M. & Menezes, Rodolpho Santos Telles, 2024, Taxonomic account and phylogenetic relationships of the species of the Neotropical social wasp genus Chartergus Lepeletier, 1836 (Vespidae: Polistinae: Epiponini), pp. 279-290 in Zootaxa 5418 (3) on pages 281-282, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5418.3.6, http://zenodo.org/record/10726504