The Brazilian Holepyris (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae), with description of a new species from Amazonian forest Author Gobbi, F. T. Author Azevedo, C. O. text Zootaxa 2006 1357 61 68 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.174614 7eb712e0-0de6-4aa3-b627-12f586776d3c 1175-5326 174614 Holepyris micidus Evans, 1977 This species was previously known from Brazil (Paraná, Santa Catarina). Now it is recorded for the first time from Pará, Maranhão, Mato Grosso, Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo. Diagnosis. Mandibles edentate; third antennal segment 2.0–3.2 X as long as wide; flagellar pubescence suberect; WH 0.77–0.98 X LH; WF 1.1–1.5 X HE; anterior angle of ocellar triangle about a right angle or acute; pronotal disc 1.1–1.6 X as wide as long; propodeal disc 0.88–1.10 X as wide as long, with three carinae and strong transverse striae. Variation. Body length from 1.44 to 2.5 mm ; head and thorax black; metasoma brown or piceous; mandibles light castaneous; clypeus light castaneous or dark brown; antennae dark brown; legs entirely light castaneous, light brown or yellow, or with coxae and femora dark brown, tibiae and tarsi light castaneous. Material examined. BRAZIL , Pará , 1 male , Ourém, Patasteus, Fazenda Gavião Real, 29.X.1990 , Malaise trap, B. Mascarenhas coll. (MPEG); 4 males , Tucuruí, Rio Tocantins, Base 4, 27.X–09.XI.1985 , 09–17.XII.1985 , V.1986, 23–07.XII.1986 , Interception trap, N. Degallier coll. (MPEG); 1 male , Maranhão , 02.IX.1987 , Möricke trap (UFES); 2 males , Mato Grosso , Rondonópolis, R. I. Tadarimana, brazilian savannah, 4.IX.1990 , 31.X.1991 , Möricke trap, M. T. Tavares coll. (UFES); 1 male , Espírito Santo , Cariacica, Res[erva] Biológica de Duas Bocas, 10.XII.1996 , sweeping, H. Santos coll. (UFES); 1 male , Rio de Janeiro , Petrópolis, Forest, II.1935 , R. Arlè coll. (MNRJ); São Paulo , 10 males , Ibitinga, rubber tree crop, 21.IX.1988 , 19.X.1988 , 16.XI.1988 , 30.XI.1988 , 19.IV.1989 , Möricke trap (UFES); 1 male , Bauru, brazilian savannah, 6.VII.1990 , yellow pan trap (UFES); 3 males , Bauru, UNESP, brazilian savannah, 21.IX.1990 , 01.XI.1991 , 23.V.1993 (Est. Ecol.), Möricke trap, S. S. Ruiz coll. (UFES); 3 males , Pariquera-açu, tea crop, 23.I.1986 , 30.IV.1986 , Möricke trap (UFES); Paraná , 1 male , Jundiaí do Sul, Fazenda Monte Verde, 20.IV.1987 , Lev[antamento] Ent[omológico] Profaupar, Malaise trap (DZUP); 1 male , Ponta Grossa, Vila Velha, Res. IAPAR, Br 376, 27.II.1988 , Malaise trap, Lev[antamento] Ent[omológico] Profaupar (DZUP).