Apenesia formosa Vargas & Terayama, 2002

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Apenesia formosa Vargas & Terayama, 2002

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Apenesia formosa Vargas & Terayama 2002 , 4: 29–30, Figs 9–12 .

Diagnosis. Female. Length 2.7 mm. Color. Body castaneous. Mandible with three apical teeth, uppermost small. Clypeus with subtrapezoidal median lobe, median carina high and straight, angled just before apical margin. Eye dark, elliptical, with about six facets. Malar space shorter than eye length. Frons polished, punctures small and very sparse. Head with sides subparallel, vertex slightly convex, 1.3 × as long as wide. Dorsal pronotal area with sides parallel, posterior corner spotted. Maximum width of metapectal-propodeal complex 1.67 × its minimum width. Mesotibia strongly spinose. Metasoma about as long as head and mesosoma together, petiole long.

Material examined. Holotype ♀: COLOMBIA, Antioquia, Mun [icipio de] Urrao, P [arque] N[acional] N[atural] Orquideas, Cabaña Venados , 920m, 5.IV.1996, E. Palacios, J.M. Vargas R. col., VJIC 0150 ( IAVH-E 86695 ).

Distribution. Neotropical ( Colombia).

Figures

FIGURE 9. Dorsal mesosoma. A. Apenesia joela; B. Apenesia juliela; C. Apenesia kelsiela; D. Apenesia laevigata; E. Apenesia leytensis, F. Apenesia makiharai; G. Apenesia perlonga; H. Apenesia sahyadrica; I. Apenesia singularis.

FIGURE 10. Lateral mesosoma. A. Apenesia amenula; B. Apenesia aniela; C. Apenesia azeda; D. Apenesia beliella; E. Apenesia berela, F. Apenesia bifiela; G. Apenesia celiela; H. Apenesia chandela; I. Apenesia cila; J. Apenesia colombela.

FIGURE 11. Lateral mesosoma. A. Apenesia elela; B. Apenesia esila; C. Apenesia eura; D. Apenesia farela, E. Apenesia gabela; F. Apenesia girena; G. Apenesia goela; H. Apenesia itoiela; I. Apenesia joela; J. Apenesia juliela.

FIGURE 12. Lateral mesosoma. A. Apenesia kelsiela; B. Apenesia laevigata; C. Apenesia leytensis, D. Apenesia makiharai; E. Apenesia perlonga; F. Apenesia sahyadrica; G. Apenesia singularis.

FIGURE 26. Body. A. Apenesia dominica; B. Apenesia flavipes; C. Apenesia formosa; D. Apenesia levis, E. Apenesia nigra; F. Apenesia proxima; G. Apenesia substriata; H. Apenesia unicolor; I. Apenesia vaurieorum. (Scale 250µm).