Revision of Anisepyris Kieffer (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae), with description of 135 new species
Author
Barbosa, Diego N.
Author
Azevedo, Celso O.
text
Zootaxa
2018
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journal article
30136
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Anisepyris smithanus
(
Westwood, 1874
)
(
Figs 29A
; 29F; 29G; 29L)
Epyris smithanus
Westwood, 1874
, 160.
Epyris smithana
Dalla Torre, 1898
. Synonym by
Evans, 1966
, 9: 117.
Chlorepyris smithanus
(
Westwood, 1874
)
. Combined by
Kieffer, 1913
, 7: 108.
Anisepyris smithanus
(
Westwood, 1874
)
. Combined by
Evans, 1964
, 132: 100
Anisepyris luteipes
Kieffer, 1905
, 24: 97. Synonym by
Evans, 1966
, 9: 117.
Redescription, female.
Body length
7.23 mm
. Head with green reflection; mesosoma with green reflection and metapectal-propodeal disc black; wings subhyaline; metasoma dark castaneous. Head wide. Mandible with four distal teeth, wide, curved, and with superior tooth curved upward. Median clypeal lobe quadrate, long, with apical margin truncate; median clypeal carina hardly distinct from clypeus. Frons
coriaceous
; with frontal process; antennal scrobe carinate and reaching compound eye. Eye large. Frontal angle of ocellar triangle acute; ocelli small. Vertex straight. Pronotal disc as long as wide, punctate; transverse pronotal carina complete; posterior margin without posterior pronotal sulcus. Notaulus narrow. Mesoscutellar disc with mesoscutellar sulcus wide. Metapectal-propodeal 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 polished; propodeal declivity strigate. Mesopleuron with anterior fovea closed; mesopleural fovea closed; lower fovea closed; posterior fovea present; mesopleural suture closed. Forewing with stigma developed; Rs&M vein distinguished. Mesotibia not spinose; claws trifid. Metasomal segments sparsely setose.
Genitalia.
T9 with anterior arm long and overlapping 2vf; 1vv as long as genitalia body; 2vv as long as 1vv length, smoothly narrowing apicad; 3vv short; 1vf strongly curved forward; 2vf slender, angled, and with dorsal lap strongly swollen posteriorly; 1rv strongly curved forward, ventral process small, and posterior process long; 2rv strongly curved forward.
Diagnosis, male.
(extracted from
Evans, 1966
). Body length
5.5 mm
. Head with golden-green reflection; mesosoma with golden-green reflection; wings sub-hyaline; metasoma dark castaneous. Flagellomeres long. Frons
coriaceous
. Ocelli large. Transverse pronotal carina present. Metapostnotal median carina complete; longitudinal ridges present; metapostnotal-propodeal suture straight; metapectal-propodeal disc with short striae.
Material
examined.
Holotype
(
E. smithanus
Westwood, 1874
).
Female.
[
BRAZIL
],
F. Sm. Coll.
79–22 (
BMNH
, 13289)
.
ECUADOR
,
Napo
,
1 ♀
,
Limnococha
,
250m
,
15–28.vi.1976
,
S. & J. Peck
(
CNCI
)
;
BRAZIL
,
Amazonas
,
1 ♀
, Manaus, Puraquequara, Sítio Vidal, Iguapé,
09–11.xi.1998
, arm[adilha]
Malaise, G.L. Vidal
col[etor] (
INPA
)
;
Pará
,
1 ♀
, Anapu, Rio Xingu,
Caracol
,
Barra
do vento,
02–06.ii.2008
, arm[adilha]
Malaise, O.T
.
Silveira
& equipe col[etores] (
MPEG
)
; 1 ♀, Melgaço, Floresta Nacional Caxiuanã, Trila Iguapé Curua,
23–26.xi.2003
, Arm[adilha]Möricke, A.P. Aguiar & J. Dias [coletores] (MPEG); 2 ♀,
14–17.xi.2003
; 1 ♀, Iguapé Tijucaquara,
15–18.xi.2003
;
Rondônia
,
1 ♀
,
Porto Velho
,
AABB
,
BR 364
,
Km
8.5,
08°46'S
63°52'W
,
04–11.xi.2004
, arm[adilha]
Malaise, D.F. Mugrabi
col[etor] (
UFES 80493
)
.
FIGURE 28.
Anisepyris
:
venustus
species-group. Head in dorsal profile. A.
A. gelmiri
sp. nov.
; B.
A. lalaithi
sp. nov.
; C.
A. angulatus
Santos & Azevedo, 2000
; D.
A. antiguensis
Evans, 1966
; E.
A. attenuatus
Santos, 2002
; F.
A. basilargus
Santos & Azevedo, 2008
; G.
A. basipilosus
Santos & Azevedo, 2000
; H.
A. dentatus
Santos & Azevedo, 2000
; I.
A. eganellus
(Westwood, 1874)
; J.
A. grisselli
Evans, 1979
; K.
A. lobatus
Santos & Azevedo, 2000
; L.
A. rotundus
Santos, 2002
.
FIGURE 29.
Anisepyris
:
venustus
species-group. A–C. Head in dorsal profile. A.
A. smithanus
(Westwood, 1874)
; B.
A. venustus
Evans, 1964
(♂); C.
A. venustus
Evans, 1964
(♀); D–E. Mandible in frontal profile; G–J. Mesosoma in dorsal profile; K–M. Mesopleuron in frontal profile.
Distribution.
Ecuador
;
Brazil
:
Amazonas
,
Pará
,
Rondônia
.