Ipsiura obidana Bohart, 1985

Lucena, Daercio A. A., Kimsey, Lynn S. & Almeida, Eduardo A. B., 2016, The Neotropical cuckoo wasp genus Ipsiura Linsenmaier, 1959 (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae): revision of the species occurring in Brazil, Zootaxa 4165 (1), pp. 1-71 : 55-56

Ipsiura obidana Bohart, 1985

( Figs 152–156 )

Ipsiura obidana Bohart, 1985: 718 . Holotype ♀ [examined]: BRAZIL: Pará, Óbidos (BME).

Diagnosis. Ipsiura obidana most closely resembles I. genbergi (Dahlbom) . It can be readily distinguished by the shape of S2 spots. This species can be distinguished from other Ipsiura species by the following combination of characters: genal space very narrow and impunctate; fore femur slightly flattened distally and impunctate on outer surface; T3 with narrow lateral whitish spot, without distinct prepit swelling, pit row obsolescent, with small pits marked laterally, and TFC slightly interrupted medially.

Female description. Body ( Fig. 152 ). Length: 5.9 mm. Coloration: head predominantly green, with faint purple highlights on vertex; F1 brown; mesosoma metallic green, with broad bluish purple band on dorsum, particularly on pronotum and mesoscutum; metasoma metallic green, with transverse dark purple stripes on dorsum of T1 and T2; T3 with narrow lateral whitish spot; wing membrane light brown, with brown veins; femora and tibiae green; tarsi brown, hind basitarsus brownish green. Head: genal space narrow, less than 1× MOD long; TFC enclosing the median ocellus, slightly interrupted medially ( Fig. 153 ); F1 slightly longer than broad, about 1.1× as long as F2; scapal basin covered with silvery pubescence. Mesosoma: fore femur slightly flattened distally, not projecting ventrally, diameter of distal area about one-half diameter of proximal area; fore wing with short M distal to discoidal cell, R1 shorter than stigma (as in Fig. 190 ); dorsal surface of pronotum wider than head; lower lateral pronotal surface irregularly punctate anteriorly, with indistinct posterior area delimited by faint transverse ridge; metanotum rounded, without differentiated surface; mesopleural lower posterior margin carinate, with indistinct tooth-like projections. Metasoma: T3 with six acute distal teeth ( Fig. 154 ), pit row obsolescent, indicated by small lateral pits, partially covered by anterior crease, without prepit swelling; S2 spots small, ovoid, nearly reaching each other medially ( Fig. 155 ). Punctation: genal space impunctate; outer surface of fore femur impunctate; largest punctures on T1, mesopleuron and metanotum; T3 with definite punctation.

Male. Unknown.

Variation. Body length 5.8– 6 mm.

Hosts. Unknown.

Distribution. Bolivia (Santa Cruz); Brazil (AM, PA, RO, RR) ( Fig. 156 ).

Material examined. BRAZIL: Pará, Óbidos , 17.xii.1907 A. Ducke / Holotype ♀ (BME) . Pará, Óbidos 28.xii.1907 A. Ducke / Paratype 1♀ [BME] . BOLIVIA: Santa Cruz, Jardim Botânico 26.vii.1977 C. Porter / Paratype 1♀ [BME].

Additional material. BRAZIL: Amazonas, Manaus 29.vi.1982, 1♀, coll. J.A. Rafael [ INPA] . Pará, Canaã dos Carajás 16.iv.1983, 1♀, coll. M.F. Torres [ MPEG] . Rondônia, Ouro Preto D’Oeste 11–13. xi.1984, 1 ♀ [ MPEG] . Roraima, Rio Uraricoera , Ilha de Maraca 13.v.1987, 1♀, coll. J.A. Rafael [ INPA] .

Comments. The redescription above is based on a female from Brazil: Amazonas, Manaus.

Figures

FIGURE 190. Generalized Ipsiura fore wing. R 1 and M veins indicated in red. Discoidal and medial cells are indicated by “ D ” and “ M ”, respectively. Setae omitted. Scale bar = 1 mm.

FIGURES 152 – 156. Ipsiura obidana, ♀. 152. Habitus, lateral view. 153. Head, frontal view. 154. T 3, postero-dorsal view. Scale bar = 1 mm. 155. Spots of S 2, ♀. 156. Distribution, previous (red circle) and new (green square) records.