Anisepyris khimi Barbosa & Azevedo, 2018

Barbosa, Diego N. & Azevedo, Celso O., 2018, Revision of Anisepyris Kieffer (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae), with description of 135 new species, Zootaxa 4416 (1), pp. 1-258 : 194-195

Anisepyris khimi Barbosa & Azevedo , sp. nov.

( Figs 24J ; 25E; 25F; 25J)

Description, male. Body length 3.15 mm. Head and mesosoma black; wings sub-hyaline; metasoma dark castaneous. Head wide. Flagellomeres short, with sparse and short setae. Mandible very narrow, curved, and with teeth equally wide. Median clypeal lobe angulate, long. Frons coriaceous . Antennal scrobe ecarinate. Eye large. Frontal angle of ocellae forming right angle; ocelli large. Vertex straight. Pronotal disc as long as wide, strongly coriaceous ; transverse pronotal carina complete; with posterior pronotal sulcus. Notaulus very narrow. Mesoscutellar sulcus narrow. Metapectal-propodeal disc long; metapostnotal median carina complete; longitudinal ridges absent; metapostnotal-propodeal suture straight; paraspiracular carina present and conspicuous; metapleural carina present and conspicuous; metapectal-propodeal disc with short striae; propodeal declivity strigate. Mesopleuron with anterior fovea closed; mesopleural fovea opened; lower fovea opened; posterior fovea absent; mesopleural suture opened. Forewing with stigma developed; Rs&M vein not distinguished. Mesotibia not spinose. Claws trifid. Metasomal segments glabrous. Genitalia. Basiparamere as long as paramere; paramere wide, rounded, with ventral margin convex and dorsal margin straight, and with basal portion angled, sparsely setose; basivolsella with apical excavation at inner margin; cuspis with arms short, with basal projection at inner margin, dorsal arm wide; aedeagus with basal portion angled and slender, and apical portion as long as basal and swollen; apodeme slender.

Material examined. Holotype, ♂, BRAZIL, Espírito Santo, Conceição da Barra, Parque Estadual de Itaúnas, 18°20'S 39°40'W, 23–25.xi.2006, [armadilha] Möricke, M.T. Tavares & eq[uipe] col[etores] ( UFES 128023). Paratypes (56). MEXICO, Quintana Roo, 1 ♂, Xel-Ná, Trail in coastal, 07.xii.1993, L. Masner col[lector] ( CNCI); NICARAGUA, Granada, 1 ♂, Volcan Mombacho, Santa Ana 1, 15.v.1988 —Mal[aise] Tr[ap], J.M. Maes col[lector] ( SEAN); TRINIDAD, Arima, 1 ♂, 11Km SE Arima, Arena For[est] Res[erve], 80m, rain for[est], 13.vi–8.vii.1993, FIT, S. & J. Peck ( CNCI); Tunapuna, 1 ♂, M[oun]t S[ain]t Benedict, M[oun]t Tabor, rain for[est], 500m, 5–21.vi.1993, FIT, S. & J. Peck ( CNCI); Curepe, 2 ♂, 9.xi–29.xii.1979, P[itfal]T[rap] ( CNCI); VENEZUELA, Aragua, 1 ♂, P.N.H. Pittier, 1100m, Rancho Grande, 10–14.iv.1994, L. Masner [collector] ( CNCI); FRENCH GUYANA, Cayenne, 1 ♂, Kaw, 2Km E Camp Patawa on Kaw R[oa]d, 275m, at light, 24.iv.1994, J.S. Miller, C. Snider [collectors] ( AMNH); BRAZIL, Amazonas, 1 ♂, Manaus, Reserva 1112, lateral leste, 16.x.1984, rede, Bert Klein col[etor] ( INPA); 1 ♂, Manaus, Reserva Ducke, 6–17.vii.1992, adesiva 1m, J. Vidal & J. Vidal col[etores] ( INPA); Rio Grande do Norte, 1 ♂, Mossoró, Fazenda S[an]ta Júlia, 6.iii.2007, arm[adilha] Malaise, D.R.R. Fernandes e eq[uipe] col[etore]s ( UFES 32067); 4 ♂, 14.iv.2008 ( UFES 51689; 51690; 51691; 51693); Rondônia, 1 ♂, Candeias do Jamarí, Batalhão de Polícia Ambiental, BR 364, Km 22, 102m, 08°47'S 63°42'W; 28.i–04.ii.2006, [armadilha] Malaise, D.F. Mugrabi col[etor] ( UFES 126882); Pará, 1 ♂, Santana do Araguaia, 01–13.viii.1992, D. Pimentel col[etor] ( MPEG); Goiás, 1 ♂, Alto Paraíso, P[ar]q[ue] Nac[ional] Chapada do Veadeiros, 7–15.ix.2005, arm[adilha] Malaise, Aguiar & eq[uipe] col[etor] ( MZSP); 1 ♂, 7–17.ix.2005; 1 ♂, 7–23.ix.2005; 2 ♂, 9–11.ix.2005, arm[adilha] Möricke; Bahia, 1 ♂, Firmino Alves, Faz[enda] Santo Antônio, 14°59'S 39°55'W, 24.xi.2002, arm[adilha] Malaise (CEPLAC); 1 ♂, Porto Seguro, Est[ação] Ecol[ógica] Pau Brasil, 16°23'17.6"S 39°10'55"W, 16.v.2002, varredura, COAzevedo & eq[uipe] col[etores] ( UFES 29721); Mato Grosso, 1 ♂, Rondonópolis, 10.x.1990, Cerrado, M.T. Tavares col[etor] ( UFES 10237); 1 ♂, 17.x.1990, mata ( UFES 10248); BOLIVIA, Cochabamba, 1 ♂, Villa Tunari, 16°54'55"S 65°22'06"W, 6.x.2001, M[alaise] T[rap], H. Heider [collector] ( CNCI); Espírito Santo, 1 ♂, Pinheiros, Res[erva] Biol[ógica] Córrego do Veado, 18°21'S 40°09'W, 09–17.vi.2001, arm[adilha] Malaise, M.T. Tavares & equipe col[etores] ( UFES 63279); 1 ♂, Trilha Jaboti, 27.xi–06.xii.2011 ( UFES 114751); 1 ♂, Pancas, Faz[enda] Juliberto Stur, 19°13'10.5"S 40°46'23.8"W, 24–31.i.2003, Armadilha Malaise, M.T. Tavares, C.O. Azevedo e eq[uipe] col[etores] ( UFES 09847); 1 ♂, Linhares, cultura de coco, 50m, 19°25'S 40°04'W, 19.ix.2008, arm[adilha] Möricke, E.F. Comério col[etor] ( UFES 77486); Minas Gerais, 1 ♂, Marliéria, P[arque] E[stadual] Rio Doce, Mata Vinhático, 19°37'S 42°34'W, 12–19.x.2000, arm[adilha] Malaise, JCR Fontenelle col[etor] ( UFES 105883); 2 ♂, 16.xii.2000 ( UFES 104427; 104429); 1 ♂, 18–25.x.2001 ( UFES 102898); 1 ♂, Belo Horizonte, UFMG, est[ação] ecológica, 2.xii.1996,—arm[adilha] Malaise, J.C.R. Fontenell col[etor] ( UFMG); 1 ♂, prefeitura, 24.xi.1996; 1 ♂, 2.xii.1996; Espírito Santo, 1 ♂, Santa Teresa, Est[ação] Biol[ógica] Santa Lúcia, 19°58'18.5"S 40°32'07.6"W, 31.iv. 200a, [armadilha] Malaise, Azevedo & Tavare col[etores] ( UFES 29699); São Paulo, 1 ♂, Santa Lúcia, 29.x.2000, S.R. Viel col[etor] ( UFES 80192); 1 ♂, Am[érico] Brasiliense, Cerrado, Clube Náutico, arm[adilha] Möericke espaço 2m, 25–29.ix.1999, MTTavares e equipe col[etores] ( UFES 10081); 1 ♂, Ibitinga, cultura de seringueira, 06.ix.1988, [armadilha] Möricke, ( UFES 10003); 1 ♂, 21.ix.1988 ( UFES 10306); 1 ♂, Descalvado, Faz[enda] Itaúnas, Cerrado, 21°54'S 47°37'W, 18.v.2006, arm[adilha] Möricke, N.W. Perioto & equipe col[etores] ( UFES 79811); 1 ♂, 20.vii.2006 ( UFES 79908); 2 ♂, 21.ix.2006 ( UFES 79564; 79704); 1 ♂, 13.xi.2006 ( UFES 79618); 1 ♂, citro, 1.xii.2005 ( UFES 79994); 1 ♂, 6.iv.2006 ( UFES 79993); 1 ♂, São Carlos, 14.ii.1990, Cerrado, susp[ensa], N.W. Perioto col[etor] ( UFES 10092); 1 ♂, Bauru, Cerrado, 03.viii.1990, [armadilha] Möricke, S.S. Ruiz col[etor] ( UFES 10123), 1 ♂, Bauru, UNESP, Cerrado, 16.viii.1990, S.S. Ruiz col[etor] ( UFES 10138); 1 ♂, 6.vi.1991 ( UFES 10108); PARAGUAY, Itapua, 1 ♂, Yatai Hostettler family, San Rafael Res[erve], 100m, 26°38'17"S 55°39'50"W, 21–25.xi.2000, FIT, Z.H. Falin [collector] ( CNCI); Rio Grande do Sul, 1 ♂, Arroio Grande, 101m, arm[adilha] Malaise, 32°13'22"S 53°11'57"W, 19.xii.2003, R.F. Krüger col[etor] ( UFES 16356).

Distribution. Mexico; Nicaragua; Venezuela; French Guyana; Brazil: Amazonas, Rio Grande do Norte, Rondônia, Pará, Goiás, Bahia, Mato Grosso, Espírito Santo, Minas Gerais, São Paulo, Rio Grande do Sul; Bolivia; Paraguay.

Remarks. This new species differs from A. inconspicuus by having the antennal flagellomeres short; the clypeus with the clypeal carina lower than frons level; the antennal scrobe ecarinate; the frontal angle of the ocellar triangle forming a right angle; the ocelli large; the vertex straight; the transverse pronotal carina present; the metapectal-propodeal disc long; the mesopleuron with the lower fovea opened; the basivolsella with an apical excavation at inner margin; the cuspis with the ventral arm with an inner expansion; and the aedeagus with the basal portion angled and slender, whereas A. inconspicuus has the antennal flagellomeres long; the clypeus with the clypeal carina higher than frons level; the antennal scrobe carinate, but weak; the frontal angle of the ocellar triangle acute; the ocelli small; the vertex convex; the transverse pronotal carina absent; the metapectal-propodeal disc short; the mesopleuron with the lower fovea closed; the basivolsela uniform; the cuspis with the ventral arm without an inner expansion; and the aedeagus with the basal portion convex and wide.

Figures

FIGURE 24. Anisepyris: proteus species-group. Head in dorsal profile.A.A. elemmirei sp. nov.; B. A. elenwei sp. nov.; C. A. emeldiri sp. nov.; D. A. haldani sp. nov.; E. A. haldari sp. nov.; F.A. haldiri sp. nov.; G. A. halmiri sp. nov.; H. A. harethi sp. nov.; I. A. isilduri sp. nov.; J. A.khimi sp. nov.; K. A. artus Santos & Azevedo, 2008; L. A. proteus Evans, 1966.