Fig. 11 in Revision and Cladistic Analysis of the Nocturnal Social Wasp Genus, Apoica Lepeletier (Hymenoptera: Vespidae; Polistinae, Epiponini)

Fig. 11. Digitus contact with cupsis: Dark spots appearing on both digitus and cuspis correspond to places of potential contact. A, Apoica albimacula, unmodified relative to other Polistinae, expanded posteriorly (see above), the region of the digitus that is positionally most similar to the apical tip of the digitus in other Apoica (indicated by arrows) contacts the cuspis; B, Apoica thoracica, representing the modified, restricted digitus shape, contacting apically; C, Apoica pallida, contacting medially, with the tip extending freely beyond the body of the cuspis. Scale bars 5 1.0 mm.