Apenesia conradti Kieffer, 1910

Alencar, Isabel D. C. C. & Azevedo, Celso O., 2020, Revision of the world Apenesia Westwood (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae), Zootaxa 4724 (1), pp. 1-72 : 19

Apenesia conradti Kieffer, 1910

( Figs 24C, G, I , 25C )

Apenesia conradti Kieffer 1910 , 3: 16. ♀; Kieffer 1910, 3: 16; Kieffer 1912, 3: 106; Kieffer 1914, 41: 392, 393; Gordh & Móc- zár 1990, 46: 201 (catalog).

Diagnosis. Female. Length 8.0 mm. Color. Body castaneous. Mandible with two apical teeth. Clypeus extending back frons, median lobe with apical margin concave, margin with few bristles, median carina absent. Eye dark, elliptical, with about 12 facets. Malar space slightly shorter than eye length. Frons weakly coriaceous, punctures small and very sparse. Head subquadrate, 0.95 × as long as wide, sides convex, vertex straight, occipital carina not visible in dorsal view. Dorsal pronotal area with lateral margin parallel, sides diverging downward, anterior margin with median emargination. Maximum width of metapectal-propodeal complex 1.6 × its minimum width, slope between metapectal-propodeal complex and declivity rounded. Mesotibia strongly spinose. Metasoma much longer than head and mesosoma together, petiole long.

Material examined. Syntype ♀: N Kamerun, L. Conradt S. ( ZMHB) .

Remarks. According to Gordh & Móczár (1990) A. conradti was described by “Kieffer, 1912, 3: 106”. The mistake related to the year of this publication is due to the fact that the article was published twice. The original description was published in 1910 by Kieffer (pp. 1–29) and it was republished with the same title in 1912 (pp. 91–119). We were not able to see any other syntype of this species, so we did not propose a lectotype.

Distribution. Afrotropical ( Cameroon).

Figures

FIGURE 24. Head. A. Apenesia azeda; B. Apenesia celiela; C. Apenesia conradti; D. Apenesia sahyadrica. Mandible. E. Apenesia azeda; F. Apenesia celiela; G. Apenesia conradti; H. Apenesia sahyadrica. Lateral mesosoma. I. Apenesia conradti; J. Apenesia parasitica.

FIGURE 25. Dorsal mesosoma. A. Apenesia azeda; B. Apenesia celiela; C. Apenesia conradti; D. Apenesia parasitica, E. Apenesia sahyadrica. Body. F. Apenesia amazonica; G. Apenesia amoena; H. Apenesia bicolor; I. Apenesia chontaica; J. Apenesia delicata. (Scale bar F–J 250µm)