New species of the cuckoo bee genus Austrosphecodes Michener, 1978 (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Sphecodini) and a key for Brazilian species Author Gonçalves, Rodrigo Barbosa 9DD5F746-8E04-46E3-A03E-AE354265B12D Laboratório de Abelhas, Departamento de Zoologia, Setor de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil. goncalvesrb@gmail.com Author Pereira, Felipe Walter 0C782DCC-BFF2-4DCE-AFE8-99E48C068FCF Laboratório de Abelhas, Departamento de Zoologia, Setor de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil. felip3walter@gmail.com text European Journal of Taxonomy 2022 2022-05-12 819 55 89 http://zoobank.org/9f26a543-1a8a-43bb-8443-ab0e14e11c0c journal article 55514 10.5852/ejt.2022.819.1777 303b5752-420d-4de2-9cf0-9b376acb2c14 2118-9773 6544410 9F26A543-1A8A-43BB-8443-AB0E14E11C0C Austrosphecodes lucifer sp. nov. urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 334ED3D5-7B87-4695-9AC5-D9A880AA408A Figs 7 , 10C Diagnosis This species differs from the majority of other species by the densely punctate metasoma, similar to A . krampus sp. nov , but it can be distinguished by its densely punctate mesoscutum, rugulose anteriorly, punctate scutellum, and the lineolate terga. The only known female has a body length about 10 mm . Males are densely sculptured as the female, have dark flagellomeres and submarginal rows of setae (1.5 od) on S3–5. Etymology A mythological and religious figure associated with the planet Venus, the morning star; a common devil's name. The name is used as a proper noun in apposition. Material examined Holotype BRAZIL – Rio Grande do Sul • ♀ ; “ DZUP/568517 ” “Brasil, Rio Grande do Sul,\ 10 km a ESE de Terra de\ Areia , 29 36S 49 58W ,\ 17.xi.2002 , G. A. R. Melo ”; deposited in the Coleção Entomológica Pe. Jesus Santiago Moure, Curitiba, Brazil; DZUP 568517. Paratypes BRAZIL – Rio Grande do Sul • 2 ♂♂ ; “Brasil, RS, Osório , 05.xi.2017 \ 29 55 32S 50 13 19W ,\ E. Almeida and D. Lucena , leg.”; RPSP . Description Female MEASUREMENTS. Head width 2.2 mm , length 1.8 mm ; intertegular distance 1.5 mm ; body length about 10.0 mm. HEAD. Labrum black. Mandible dark amber with brown apex; long setae on outer and ventral margin, more concentrated on base. Clypeus black; sulcate; basal margin arcuate in the middle; loosely punctate; sparse long decumbent setae on middle; small concentration of long decumbent setae on lateral margins. Supraclypeal area black; densely punctate (i <pd); dull interspaces; plumose decumbent setae absent in the middle, present on middle of antennae insertions and below antennae. Paraocular area black; densely punctate; dull interspaces; densely covered with whitish decumbent plumose setae on middle to bottom; upper densely punctate (i <pd) to rugose, punctures almost touching themselves; few short erect setae. Antennae mostly black; brownish on ventral surfaces of flagellomeres; scape long, almost reaching mid ocellus; few erect setae on scape; scape punctate to sparsely punctate, mostly polished; flagellomeres homogeneous covered with short whitish setae. Frons black; densely punctate (i<pd); dull interspaces; sparse long erect setae; weakly depressed above supraclypeal area. Vertex punctate to rugose, less punctate and more polished near gena; few short erect setae. Gena rugose-carinate; imbricate; loosely rugose on lateral view, imbricate; densely covered with decumbent whitish setae. MESOSOMA. Pronotum rugose; covered with long whitish setae dorsally; weakly covered with tomentum on lateral view; imbricate near pronotal lobe. Posterior margin of pronotum covered with tomentum. Prosternum black; imbricate; weakly covered with tomentum in the middle. Fore leg. Coxa black; dull; imbricate; covered with whitish long setae; trochanter black; imbricate; few setae; femur black on base and brown on apex; imbricate; sparse erect setae; tibia amber; tibial spur serrate on apex, with one sharp tooth. Mesoscutum black; anterior border rugose; disc densely punctate (i<pd), dull; median sulcus weak. Mesepisternum black; coarsely rugose, not polished; sparse whitish long setae on lateral view; weakly covered with whitish setae on ventral surface. Mid leg. Coxa black; dull; imbricate; covered with whitish long setae; trochanter dark amber; imbricate; few setae; femur dark brown on base and lighter on apex; imbricate; sparse erect setae; tibia amber; one simple tibial spur. Tegula amber; concentric lineolate; polished in the middle. Fore wing with 3 submarginal cells. Scutellum black; dull; densely on disc. Metanotum black; rugulose; mostly covered with tomentum. Metepisternum rugose and dull; more carinate near tegula; weakly covered with tomentum. Hind leg. Coxa black to dark amber; dull; imbricate; presence of long whitish setae; trochanter dark amber; imbricate; few setae; femur dark brown on base and lighter on apex; imbricate; sparse erect setae; tibia amber. Hind wing with 7 hamuli. Metapostnotum weakly concave; margin rounded; densely areolate. Latero-dorsal surface gently declivitous, scrobiculate. Propodeum densely covered with tomentum. METASOMA. T1 dark amber; densely punctuate. T2 dark amber; punctulate; short setae on anterior margin; posterior margin mostly polished. T3 dark amber; punctulate, imbricate; setae on anterior margin to middle; longer sparse setae on middle; T4 black; imbricate; setae on anterior margin to middle; longer sparse setae on middle. T5 black; mostly imbricate; weakly covered with long setae. Pygidial plate black; dull; without setae. S1–S3 amber; imbricate; few sparse setae. S4 black on posterior margin; imbricate; sparse setae. S5–S6 black; imbricate; few sparse long erect setae. Male Measurements: head width 1.8 mm , length 1.8 mm ; intertegular distance 1.3 mm ; body length about 7.0 mm. As the female except as described. Clypeus, supraclypeal area and lower particular with scattered plumose setae; antennae dark brown, scape not reaching mid ocellus; vertex coarsely punctate. Sterna 3–5 with a submarginal row of long setae (1.5 od).