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Anisepyris eonwei Barbosa & Azevedo 2018, sp. nov.

Description

Anisepyris eonwei Barbosa & Azevedo, sp. nov.

(Figs 12H; 14J; 15D; 15K)

Description, male. Body length 3.92 mm. Head and mesosoma black; wings clear hyaline; metasoma dark castaneous. Head wide. Flagellomeres short, with dense and very short setae. Mandible narrow and with two upper teeth wider than others. Median clypeal lobe angulate, long; median clypeal carina higher than frons level. Frons coriaceous. Antennal scrobe ecarinate. Eye large. Frontal angle of ocellar triangle obtuse; ocelli large. Vertex convex. Pronotal disc shorter than wide, strongly coriaceous; transverse pronotal carina complete; with posterior pronotal sulcus. Notaulus narrow. Mesoscutellar sulcus narrow; posterior mesoscutellar sulcus present. Metapectalpropodeal disc short; metapostnotal median carina complete; longitudinal ridges absent; metapostnotal-propodeal suture fused with first metapostnotal carina; paraspiracular carina present and conspicuous; metapleural carina present and conspicuous; metapectal-propodeal disc with short striae; propodeal declivity strigate. Mesopleuron with anterior fovea closed; mesopleural fovea closed; lower fovea divided; posterior fovea absent; mesopleural suture closed. Forewing with stigma developed; Rs&M vein not distinguished. Mesotibia not spinose. Claws trifid. Metasomal segments glabrous. Genitalia. Basiparamere longer than paramere; paramere wide, rounded, with ventral margin convex and dorsal margin straight, sparsely setose; basivolsella straight; cuspis with arms very short, dorsal arm wide; aedeagus with basal portion angled and wide, and apical portion as long as basal and swollen; apodeme slender.

Material examined. Holotype, ♂, BRAZIL, São Paulo, Descalvado, Faz[enda] Itaúnas, Cerrado, 21°54'S 47°37"W, 19.x.2006, arm[adilha] Malaise, N.W. Perioto & equipe col[etores] (UFES 79130). Paratypes (15). NICARAGUA, Granada, 1 ♂, Volcan Mombacho, El Progreso 1, 16.iii.1998,—Mal[aise] trap, J.M. Maes col[ector] (SEAN); 1 ♂, San Joaquim 3, 15.v.1998; 2 ♂, Bosque Seco, 30.vi.1998; BRAZIL, Pará, 1 ♂, Altamira, Rio Xingu, Ilha Grande, 06–10.xi.2007, arm[adilha] Malaise, O.T. Silveira & equipe col[etores] (MPEG); Goiás, 1 ♂, Alto Paraíso, P[ar]q[ue] Nac[ional] Chapada do Veadeiros, 14°00'S 47°41'W, 15–25.ix.2005, arm[adilha] Malaise, Aguiar & eq[uipe] col[etor] (MZSP); Bahia, 1 ♂, Encruzilhada, 800m, 15°32'25"S 40°50'12"W, 10–12.xii.2007, arm[adilha] Malaise, Rafael, Grossi & Parizzoto col[etores] (INPA); Minas Gerais, 1 ♂, Marliéria, P[arque] E[stadual] Rio Doce, Mata do Gambá, 19°37'S 42°34'W, 25.x–1.xi.2001, arm[adilha] Malaise, JCR Fontenelle col[etor] (UFES 102926); 2 male, Belo Horizonte, UFMG, Est[ação] Ecológica, 4.xii.1996 —arm[adilha] Malaise, J.C.R. Fontenelle col[etor] (UFMG); Espírito Santo, 1 ♂, Santa Teresa, Est[ação] Biol[ógica] de S[an]ta Lúcia, 638m, 19°58'18.5"S 40°32'7.6"W, 9–12.iv.2001, [armadilha] Malaise, C.O. Azevedo & equipe col[etores] (UFES 29761); 1 ♂, Santa Teresa, Estação Biológica de Santa Lúcia, 19°58'18.5"S 40°32'7.6"W, 13–17.x.2008 (UFES 125676); São Paulo, 1 ♂, Descalvado, Faz[enda] Itaúnas, Cerrado, 47°37"W, 21°54'S 06.x.2005, arm[adilha] Malaise, N.W. Perioto & equipe col[etores] (UFES 79920); 1 ♂, 1.xii.2005 (UFES 79939); 1 ♂, 11.xi.2006 (UFES 79110).

Distribution. Nicaragua; Brazil: Pará, Goáis, Bahia, Minas Gerais, Espírito Santo, São Paulo.

Remarks. This new species differs from A. columbianus by having the antenna with erect setae; the mandible narrow with the two upper teeth wider than others; the clypeus with the apical margin angulate and the clypeal carina higher than frons level; the antennal scrobe ecarinate; the genitalia with the paramere narrow, with the basal margin acute, and without a dorsal apical tooth; and the apodeme not parallel, whereas A. columbianus has the antenna with dense and short setae; the mandible curved with the teeth equally wide; the clypeus median lobe quadrate with the clypeal carina lower than frons level; the antennal scrobe carinate; the genitalia with the paramere very wide, rounded, and with the ventral and dorsal margins straight with a short apical projection; and the apodeme parallel.

Notes

Published as part of Barbosa, Diego N. & Azevedo, Celso O., 2018, Revision of Anisepyris Kieffer (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae), with description of 135 new species, pp. 1-258 in Zootaxa 4416 (1) on page 91, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4416.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1242263

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Biodiversity

Family
Bethylidae
Genus
Anisepyris
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Hymenoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Barbosa & Azevedo
Species
eonwei
Taxonomic status
sp. nov.
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Anisepyris eonwei Barbosa & Azevedo, 2018