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 venezuelae Bohart, 1985 ( Figs 185–189 ) Ipsiura venezuelae Bohart, 1985 : 720 . Holotype Ƌ [not examined]: VENEZUELA: Zulia, La Concepción (NMNH). Neochrysis ( Ipsiura ) schlaeflei Linsenmaier, 1985 . Holotype ♀ [not examined]: VENEZUELA: San Joaquín (NMLS). Synonymized by Kimsey & Bohart (1991: 512) . Neochrysis ( Ipsiura ) venezuelae : Linsenmaier 1997 : 267 . Diagnosis. Ipsiura venezuelae most closely resembles I. neolateralis (Bohart) and I. catamarcae Bohart. It can be distinguished from those and other Ipsiura species by the following combination of characters: fore wing with long M distal to discoidal cell (short in I. catamarcae and I. neolateralis ); shallow and well-separated punctures on T3 (well-definite and regularly spaced in I. catamarcae and I. neolateralis ); body with remarkable purple highlights (faint bluish highlights in I. catamarcae and I. neolateralis ); metanotum rounded (irregularly punctate, cristate to serriform in I. catamarcae and I. neolateralis ) and medium-sized S2 spots (large spots in I. catamarcae and I. neolateralis ). Female description. Body ( Fig. 185 ). Length: 6.7 mm . Coloration: head primarily green, with faint purple highlights on vertex; F1 brownish; mesosoma metallic green, with transverse purplish stripe on dorsum of pronotum, broad purplish band on mesoscutum; metasoma metallic green, with dark purple transverse stripes on dorsum of T1 and T2; T3 with large lateral whitish spot; wing membrane light brown, with brown veins; femora and tibiae green; tarsi brown, meso- and hind basitarsi greenish brown. Head: TFC enclosing the median ocellus, slightly interrupted medially ( Fig. 186 ); F1 longer than broad, 1.3× as long as F2; scapal basin covered with silvery pubescence. Mesosoma: fore femur strongly flattened on outer surface of distal margin, diameter of distal area subequal to diameter of proximal area; fore wing with long M distal to discoidal cell, ending near distal wing margin (as in Fig. 145 ), R1 shorter than stigma (as in Fig. 190 ), medial cell setose; dorsal surface of pronotum wider than head; lower lateral pronotal surface smooth, impunctate, without distinct posterior area delimited by transverse ridge; metanotum rounded, without differentiated surface; mesopleural lower posterior margin carinate, with distinct close together tooth-like projections. Metasoma: T3 with six acute distal teeth ( Fig. 187 ), prepit swelling strongly convex, pit row with large, deep foveae; S2 spots medium-sized, medially separated at least by one-quarter spot diameter ( Fig. 188 ). Punctation: fore femur with irregular, sparse punctures; largest punctures on T1, mesopleuron and metanotum; vertex roughly punctate; T3 with shallow well-separated punctures. Male. Same as female, except for the characteristic shape of S2 spots as shown in Fig. 188 . FIGURES 185–189. Ipsiura venezuelae , ♀. 185. Habitus, lateral view. 186. Head, frontal view. 187. T3, postero-dorsal view. Scale bar = 1 mm. 188. Spots of S2, Ƌ (above) and ♀ (below). 189. Distribution, previous (red circle) and new (green square) records. Variation. Specimes from north Brazil are predominantly green, without purplish highlights on body. Body length 6.7–7.1 mm . Host. Unknown. Distribution. Brazil (AM, PA, RR); Costa Rica ( Limón ); Ecuador ( Guayas ); Venezuela ( Aragua , Zulia ) ( Fig. 189 ). Material examined. COSTA RICA : Limón , Hacienda Tapezco 20.iii.1978 coll. D. Panny , D. Moeller & C. Lewis / Paratype 1♀ [BME] . VENEZUELA : Aragua , 2 KmN. Ocumare De La Costa 21.vi.1976 coll. A.S Menke & D. Vincent / Paratype 1♀ [BME]. Balao Chico? 23.iv.1963 L. Pena / Paratype 1Ƌ [BME] . Venezuela : Zulia , Maracaibo 16.ix.1973 coll. R. Bohart / Paratype 1♀ [BME]. Additional material. BRAZIL : Amazonas , Manaus , Reserva Ducke 6.xi.1978 , 1♀ , coll. N. Penny [ INPA ] . Pará , Belém COAGB 17 .ix.2010, 1♀ , coll. I. Santos , L . Lima , J. Santos & J . Rocha [ MPEG ] . Roraima , Rio Uraricoera , Ilha de Maraca 30.xi.1987 , 1♀ , coll. J.A. Rafael [ INPA ] . Comments. The redescription above is based on a paratype female from Venezuela : Aragua , Ocumare de la Costa .