The New World species of Leucospis Fabricius, 1775 (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea, Leucospidae): an update of Bouček’s revision with description of two new species from Brazil Author Lima, Alessandro Rodrigues Author Dias, Priscila Guimarães text Zootaxa 2018 2018-06-26 4441 1 1 45 journal article 29829 10.11646/zootaxa.4441.1.1 384caabe-ae5b-4c40-b147-ecb1e0c7af84 1175-5326 1297969 8E7CD7D8-650B-4430-956F-53045F5FD65A Leucospis cayennensis Westwood, 1839 ( Figs 9 , 10 ) Leucospis (Metallopsis) cayennensis Westwood, 1839 : 264 –265, pl. 4, fig. 4. Lectotype ♂: French Guiana: Cayenne (MNHU, Berlin); Bouček 1974a : 92 ; Noyes 2017 ( online catalog). Leucospis cayennensis Westwood, 1839 ; Weld 1922 : 15 , Figs 1a , 17 , 24 ( Leucospidae revision); Bouček 1974a : 92 –93, figs 107–110; Chandler et al . 1985 : 170 –174 (hosts); Cooperband et al . 1999 : 162 , fig. 6 (hosts); Grissell & Cameron 2002 : 277 , fig. 10 (compared L. pinna ); Noyes 2017 ( online catalog). Leucospis cayannensis Westwood, 1839 ; Burks 1961 : 540 (misspelling, compared L. xylocopae ); De Santis 1980 : 272 (catalog—misspelling); Noyes 2017 ( online catalog) Leucospis tomentosa Kirby, 1883 : 70 . Lectotype ♀: West Indies: St. Thomas (BMNH, London); Dalla Torre 1898 : 407 (syn. L. cayennensis ); Bouček 1974a : 92 (syn. L. cayennensis ); Noyes 2017 ( online catalog). Leucospis distinguenda Schletterer, 1890 : 269 –271. Holotype ♀: Brazil: Santa Catarina, Blumenau (NM, Vienna); Burks 1961 : 540 (compared L. xylocopae ); Bouček 1974a : 92 (syn. L. cayennensis ); Noyes 2017 ( online catalog). Diagnosis. Occipital carina complete; POL about 1.0‒1.3× OOL; inner margin of eyes not emarginate; clypeus apically bilobate, with a conspicuous median tooth; dorsellum not carinate, short but strongly convex; propodeum densely pilose, median carina present, plicae present; hind coxa with smooth area extending over two-thirds of depression, without translucent lobe dorso-laterally; hind femur beneath coarsely and sparsely punctate; fore wing ambar, with apical fifth infuscate, and apical process of stigmal vein short, about 0.5× as long as uncus; in females, ovipositor long, reaching at least to dorsellum, small spiniform projection on posterior margin of the tergite VI slightly lower than spiracle level. FIGURE 3 . Leucospis slossonae A. Habitus female, lateral view. L. sumicharstii B. Habitus female, lateral view. C. Part of mesosoma and gaster, dorsal view. L. slossonae D. Gaster of female, posterior view. L. rileyi . E. Gaster of female, posterior view. L. opalescens . F. Head, dorsal (slightly oblique) view. L. auripyga G. Head, dorsal (slightly oblique) view. L. birkmani H. Head and pronotum, dorsal view. L . aliena I. Mesosoma , dorsal view. L . colombiana J. Mesosoma , dorsal view. Figures modified from Bouček (1974a, figs 36, 101, 100, 37, 38, 82, 88, 91, 76, 78). FIGURE 4. Leucospis ignota A. Gaster of male, dorsal view. L. clavigaster B. Part of mesosoma and gaster of male, dorsal view. L. addenda C. Part of mesosoma and gaster of male. L. anthidioides D. Habitus of female, dorsal view. L. brasiliensis E. Gaster of female, dorsal view. L. klugii F. Gaster of female, dorsal view. L. manaica G. Gaster of female, dorsal view. L. pictipyga H. Gaster of female, oblique dorsal view. L. bulbiventris male I. Gaster, dorsal view. J. Gaster, oblique ventral view. K. Mesosoma and gaster, lateral view. L. nigripyga L. Hind leg and gaster of female, lateral view. Figures modified from Bouček (1974a, figs 115, 114, 120, 56, 48, 49, 68, 55, 64, 65, 66, 96). FIGURE 5. Leucospis rileyi A. Hind femur and tibia. L. santarema B. Hind femur and tibia. L. metatibialis C. Hind leg. L. poeyi D. Hind femur and tibia. L. affinis affinis E. Hind femur and tibia. L. pictipyga F. Hind leg. L. latifrons G. Hind leg. L. hopei H. Hind leg with white, black and red (dotted) colour indicated. L. pinna I. Propodeum, lateral view. L. manaica J. Hind leg. Figure I modified from Grissell and Cameron (2002, fig. 5); figures A–H , J modified from Bouček (1974a, figs 41, 43, 113, 60, 61, 54, 58, 45, 69). FIGURE 6 . Leucospis egaia A. Hind leg. L. speifera B. Hind leg. L. mexicana C. Hind leg. L. bulbiventris D. Hind leg. L. leptomera E. Hind leg. L. desantisi F. Hind femur and tibia. G. Apex of hind tibia. L. auripyga H. Apex of hind tibia. L. opalescens I. Apex of hind tibia. J. Hind leg. Figure E modified from Bouček (1974b, fig. 1), Figs A–D , F–J modified from Bouček (1974a, figs 74, 94, 106, 67, 90, 89, 87, 84, 83). FIGURE 7 . Leucospis egaia ♂. A. Habitus. B. Mesopleuron, in detail. L. denticoxa v. melanosa ♂ (sin. jr L. coxalis - Paralectotype - MfN). C. Habitus; D. Mesopleuron, in detail. Figs A and C , scale bar = 1mm; B and D , scale bar = 200µm. Figs A–B courtesy of D.C.Darling, ROM. Distribution. Brazil ( Acre , Amazonas , Minas Gerais , Pará , Rio de Janeiro , Santa Catarina , São Paulo ), Colombia , Costa Rica , Ecuador , French Guiana , Guatemala , Guyana , Honduras , Mexico , Nicaragua , Panama , Peru , St. Thomas, Trinidad , Venezuela . Comments. This species has records widely distributed throughout South America and Brazil ( Figs 25 , 26 ), which suggests that it occurs at intermediate points where it has not yet been found. However, the record presented here for the state of Acre deserves to be highlighted as the first record of Leucospidae in this still poorly-sampled region of the Brazilian Amazon. Biology. Previously recorded as a parasitoid of the solitary bees Centris tarsata Smith, 1874 ( Chandler et al. 1985 ), C. bicornuta Mocsáry, 1899 , C. nitida Smith, 1874 , C. vittata Lepeletier, 1841 ( Cooperband et al. 1999 ), and C. analis (Fabricius, 1804) ( Cooperband et al. 1999 ; Gazola & Garófalo 2003 ). Material examined. ( 8♀ , 15♂ ) Brazil , Acre , Rio Branco , Embrapa Acre , Área Aberta / Rancho P 2, 10°01'30.7"S ; 67°42'06.1"W , Ninho n° 939, 4.vi.2012 ( Data de emergência: 25.vi.2012 ), F.Pacheco Jr. leg. Trap nest. [ 1♀ UFMG –IHY–1308727] ; Minas Gerais , Uberlândia , Margens do rio Araguari , Ninho de barro às margens do Rio Araguari , 18°50'50.0"S ; 48°05'54.0"W , 632m , 7.x.2005 ( Data de emergência: xi.2005 ), R.B. Martines leg. Trap nest [ 6♀ UFMG –IHY–1613039 to UFMG –IHY–1613044; 14♂ UFMG –IHY–1613045 to UFMG –IHY– 1613058] ; São Paulo , Santo Antônio do Pinhal , Centro , Habitat : Floresta Ombrófila montana, 22°49'32"S ; 45°39'16"W , 8.i.2016 , H.N. Vasconcelos & M.F.Vasconcelos leg. [ 1♀ PUC ‒MG‒ MCN ‒HYM‒01]. French Guiana , Cayenne [ Lectotype ♂ MfN 13354 , GBIF ‒ChalclSD ID:ChalD0081].