The Neotropical cuckoo wasp genus Ipsiura Linsenmaier, 1959 (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae): revision of the species occurring in Brazil Author Lucena, Daercio A. A. Author Kimsey, Lynn S. Author Almeida, Eduardo A. B. text Zootaxa 2016 4165 1 1 71 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.4165.1.1 849dbc61-4869-4aad-9b10-27e0fef420a8 1175-5326 267533 2D809845-D7A0-4612-BB9E-0A4AC2BF8890 Ipsiura oaxacae Bohart, 1985 ( Figs 147–151 ) Ipsiura oaxacae Bohart, 1985 : 718 . Holotype Ƌ [examined]: MEXICO : Oaxaca , Matias Romero (BME). Neochrysis ( Ipsiura ) dissedidentata Linsenmaier, 1985 . Holotype ♀ [not examined]: BRAZIL ( NMLS ). Synonymized by Kimsey & Bohart (1991: 510) . Neochrysis ( Ipsiura ) oaxacae : Linsenmaier 1997 : 267 . Diagnosis. Ipsiura oaxacae most closely resembles I. pilifrons (Cameron) . It can be distinguished from I. pilifrons by the obtuse T3 distal teeth and the shape of S2 spots ( Figs 149, 150 ). Ipsiura oaxacae is also readily distinguished from other Ipsiura species by the following combination of characters: pit row obsolescent, with small pits marked laterally; T3 without basolateral whitish spot neither distinct prepit swelling dorsally; S2 spots widely separated medially and TFC interrupted medially. FIGURES 147–151. Ipsiura oaxacae , ♀. 147. Habitus, lateral view. 148. Head, frontal view. 149. T3, postero-dorsal view. Scale bar = 1 mm. 150. Spots of S2, ♀ (above) and Ƌ (below). 151. Distribution. Female description. Body ( Fig. 147 ). Length: 7 mm . Coloration: head predominantly green blue, with faint purplish highlights on vertex; F1 bluish green; mesosoma metallic green blue, with faint purplish highlights on dorsum of pronotum and mesoscutum; metasoma metallic bluish green, with transverse bluish purple stripes on dorsum of T1 and T2; T3 without lateral whitish spot; wing membrane light brown, with brown veins; femora and tibiae bluish green; tarsi brown, hind basitarsus green; fore- and meso basitarsi brownish green. Head: TFC enclosing the median ocellus, widely interrupted medially ( Fig. 148 ), with lateral secondary facial carina well marked; F1 longer than broad, 1.3× as long as F2; scapal basin densely covered with silvery pubescence. Mesosoma: fore femur without flattened area or ventral tooth-like projection on outer surface of distal margin, diameter of distal area about one-half of diameter of proximal area; fore wing with short M distal to discoidal cell, R1 shorter than stigma (as in Fig. 190 ); dorsal surface of pronotum wider than head; lower lateral pronotal surface smooth, with indistinct posterior area delimited by faint transverse ridge; metanotum rounded, without differentiated surface; mesopleural lower posterior margin carinate, with indistinct tooth-like projections. Metasoma: T3 with six obtuse distal teeth ( Fig. 149 ), pit row obsolescent, with small lateral pits, partially obscured by anterior crease, prepit swelling absent; S2 spots small, widely separated medially ( Fig. 150 ). Punctation : fore femur impunctate on outer surface; largest punctures on T1, mesopleuron and metanotum. Male. Same as female, except for the characteristic shape of S2 spots as shown in Fig. 150 . Hosts. Unknown. Distribution. Brazil (SC); Mexico ( Oaxaca ) ( Fig. 151 ). Remarks. There are only two known specimens of I. oaxacae , one collected in Mexico, Oaxaca and a female from Santa Catarina, Brazil. Despite the disjointed geographic records, they agree in all specific characteristics. Material examined. MEXICO: Oaxaca , 23 mi south Matias Romero , viii.14.1963, coll. F.D. Parker & L.A. Stange / Holotype Ƌ [BME] . BRAZIL : Santa Catarina , Nova Teutonia ii.1968, 1 ♀, coll. Fritz Plaumann [BME]. Comments. The redescription above is based on a female from Brazil: Santa Catarina, Nova Teutonia.