Aspidepyris austrinus Evans, 1967

Azevedo, Celso O., 2011, Synopsis of Aspidepyris Evans, 1964 (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae), Zootaxa 3016, pp. 63-68 : 64-66

Aspidepyris austrinus Evans, 1967

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Aspidepyris austrinus Evans, 1967: 270 –271 (male description), Evans, 1973: 201 (additional specimen); Gordh & Móczár 1990: 69 (catalog); Azevedo 1999b: 14 (genitalia description, additional specimen), 15 (figs 8, 9).

Diagnosis. MALE. Length 2.3–5.0 mm. Body ( Fig. 1 ). Color: head and mesosoma black, metasoma dark castaneous, mandible; antenna and legs castaneous to dark castaneous; forewing subhyaline to infuscated. Mandible with three apical teeth, upper two teeth short and rounded, lower one long and sharpened. Clypeus with median lobe narrowly trapezoidal or subrounded, median carina almost complete. Antenna thick, segment III as thick as long. Frons nearly polished, punctures small and sparse. WH 1.02–1.09 × LH, WF 0.47–0.52 × WH, WF 0.9–1.03 × HE, OOL 1.0–1.19 × WOT, posterior ocellus distance from vertex crest 0.25–0.43 × DAO. Head conspicuously narrowing posterad. Vertex slightly convex, corner rounded. VOL 0.46–0.57 × HE. Elevation of pronotal disc low posteriorly, with posterior margin concave and somewhat fused to posterior margin of disc. Notauli very thin anteriorly and wide posteriorly, distance from each other less than their width. Parapsidal furrows straight, incomplete anteriorly and touching posterior margin of mesoscutum, closer to lateral margin of mesoscutum than to notauli. Scutellar pits subcircular to circular, not touching lateral margin of scutellum. Propodeal disc with paramedian carina straight or slightly curved mesad posteriorly. Genitalia ( Figs 2, 3 ): paramere weakly to strongly constricted basally, apex widely rounded in apical half, dorsal margin slightly straight and ventral margin strongly concave; volsellar digitus with minute teeth at upper margin; cuspis laminar, with sides parallel, long, shorter than paramere, apex rounded and arched inward; aedeagus about 0.6 × as long as genitalia, apex not aligned with cuspis apex, wider below apex and constricted medially. FEMALE unknown.

Material examined. Holotype 3: [ BRAZIL], [Mato Grosso], Chapada [dos Guimarães], April, ( USNM, #70053). New material: TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, 1 3, Trinidad, Maracas V[alle]y, above Loango Village, montane rain for[est], 600 m, 22.vi–6.vii.1993, Flight Interception trap, S. & J. Peck col., 93–43 ( CNCI); COLOMBIA, 1 3, Meta, P[arque] N[acional] N[atural] Sumapaz, Cabaña Las Mirlas, 3º48'N, 73º52'W, 710 m, Malaise [trap], 03–30.iv.2002, H. Vargas Leg. M[uestra] 3111 ( IAVH); 1 3, Meta, P[arque] N[acional] N[atural] Tinigua, Caño Nevera, 2º11'N, 73º48'W, 390 m, Malaise1, 20–23.xii.2001, D. Campos, M[uestra] 2621 ( IAVH 32422); 1 3, Putumayo, P[arque] N[acional] N[atural] La Paya, Bocana Mamansoya, 0º6'S, 74º58'W, 330 m, Red, 21.ix.2001, D. Campos, M[uestra] 2089 ( IAVH 32423); 1 3, Putumayo, P[arque] N[acional] N[atural] La Paya, Cabaña Chagra, 0º7'S, 74º56’W, 320 m, Malaise [trap], 1–11.xi.2001, R. Cobete, M[uestra] 2439 ( IAVH 32424); ECUADOR, Napo, 1 3, 8 km E Misshualli, 28.XII. 1987, 450 m, Milke Huybensz [col.] ( MCZH); 2 3, Limnococha, 250 m, 15– 28.vi.1976 S. & J. Peck ( CNCI); 1 3, Rio Palenque, ii.1976, Malaise trap, M. Sharkey. ( CNCI); Pichincha, 1 3, Rio Palenque, 21–25.ii.1976 ( CNCI); 1 3, 47 km S Santo Domingo, Rio Palenque, 1–14.vii.1975, S. Forsyth ( CNCI); Sucumbios, 1 3, Napo River, Sacha Lodge, 290 m, 0º5'S, 76º5'W, Malaise trap, 23.iv–4.v.1995, P. Hibbs ( CNCI); 1 3, Rio Napo, Sacha Lodge, 225 m, 0º30'S, 76º30'W, Malaise trap, 3–16.viii.1994, P. Hibbs. ( CNCI); BRAZIL, Amazonas, 1 3, Manaus, Reserva Ducke, 6.vii.1992, [armadilha] adesiva {= glue trap} 1 m, J. Vidal & J. Vidal ( INPA); 2 3, Tabatinga, 11–14.iv.1991, [armadilha] {=trap} Malaise, J. Vidal & M. Rosa ( INPA); Minas Gerais, 1 3, Belo Horizonte, UFMG, Est. Ecológica, 4.xii.1996 ( UFMG); Espírito Santo, 1 3, Linhares, Povoação, Faz[enda] Benesford, restinga arbórea, 8–10.x.2000, varredura {=sweeping}, Azevedo & Schiffler ( UFES); 1 3, Santa Teresa, R. B. {=Estação Ecológica de} S[an]ta Lúcia 24–27.viii.2004, MTTavares & eq. ( UFES); 1 3, Santa Teresa, Est[ação] Ecol[ógica de] Santa Lúcia, 30.i.2001, varredura {=sweeping}, Côrrea & L. Santos ( UFES); Cariacica, Res[erva] Biol[ógica de] Duas Bocas, 2 3, 12.xi.1996, 2 3, 05.xii.1996, 1 3, 29.iv.1997, H. Santos Sá, 1 3, 25.iii. 1997, 1 3, 1.v.1997, C. O.Azevedo ( UFES); Rio de Janeiro, Nova Iguaçu, Res[erva] Biol[ógica] do Tinguá, 1 3, 22 º34'32''S, 43º26'06''W, 5–8.iii.2002, Malaise T3, STP Amarante & eq., Biota ( MZSP), 1 3, 22 º34'32''S, 43º26'07,5''W 7.iii.2002, varredura {=sweeping} P18, STP Amarante & eq., Biota ( MZSP), 1 3, 22 º34'32''S 43º26'07,5''W, 7.iii.2002, varredura {=sweeping} P19, STP Amarante & eq., Biota ( MZSP), 1 3, 22 º34'32'S 43º26'07,5''W, 7.iii.2002, varredura {=sweeping} P20 STP Amarante & eq., Biota ( MZSP); 1 3, Mangaraíba, I.1976, M. Alvarenga ( CNCI); BOLIVIA, La Paz, 3 3, Noryungas, Coroico, El Bagante, 1500 m, 18.IV.1997, s. s., B–03, L. Masner ( CNCI); Cochabamba, 67,5 km E Vila Tunari, Est[acion] Biol[ógica] Valle del Saito, 17º6'19''S, 64º46'57''W, 300 m, 10 3, low land rain forest, 09–13.ii.1999, F[light] I[nterception] T[rap]; F. Génier ( CNCI); 3 3, rain forest, 07–09.ii.1999, F[light] I[nterception] T[rap]; F. Génier ( CNCI); 1 3, Univ[ersidad] San Simon, 300 m, 17º6.52'S, 64º47.87'W, 9–13.ii.1999, F[light] I[nterception] T[rap], R.S. Hanley ( CNCI); 1 3, Univ[ersidad] San Simon, 300 m, 17º6'5.25''S, 64º47'8.72''W, 9–13.ii.1999, F[light] I[nterception] T[rap] #077, R.S. Hanley ( CNCI); 2 3, Vila Tunari, 06º59'6.42''S, 65º26'1.03''W, 325 m, 04–06.xi.2000, Malaise trap, M. Hauser ( CNCI); 2 3, Vila Tunari, trop[ical] for[est], 16º54'55''S, 65º22'06''W, 06.x.2001, Malaise trap, H. Heider ( CNCI); 1 3, Vila Tunari, 16º54'55''S, 65º22'06''W, vii.2001, Malaise trap, H. Heider ( CNCI); ARGENTINA, Formosa, Estancia Guaycolec, 25 km N Formosa, 185 m, 25º59'S, 58º12'W, Malaise trap, 1 3 17 –20.xii.1988, 1 3, 26.ii–10.iii.1999, S.L. Heydon ( UCDC).

Distribution. Panama, Ecuador, Brazil (Amazonas, Mato Grosso, Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Paraná, Minas Gerais), Trinidad & Tobago, Colombia, Bolivia, Argentina.

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 5. 1 – 3. Aspidepyris austrinus. 1. Head and mesosoma, dorsal view; 2. Genitalia, ventral view; 3. Genitalia, lateral view. 4, 5. A. foveolatus. 4. Head and mesosoma, dorsal view; 5. Genitalia, ventral view. (Scale bar = 250 µm).