Bakeriella montivaga ( Kieffer, 1910 )

Azevedo, Celso O., 2014, Synopsis of Bakeriella Kieffer, 1910 (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae), Zootaxa 3878 (6), pp. 501-535 : 522-524

Bakeriella montivaga ( Kieffer, 1910)

( Figs 97–101 )

Epyris montivagus Kieffer 1910b: 31 (key), 31–32 (♂ and ♀ descriptions); Evans 1964: 108 (list), 131 (comparison); Evans 1969: 188 (list), 322, 324 (key), 323 (figs 139, 141, 142, 144), 324–327 (♂ redescription, additional material), 328 (map).

montivagus [lapsus calami]: Evans 1969: 322, 327 (comment), 330 (comparison).

Bakeriella montivaga: Evans 1979: 261 (comment); Gordh & Móczár 1990: 71 (catalog); Azevedo 1994: 145 (comment), 148 (additional material); Kawada & Azevedo 2003: 467 (fig. 37), 468 (additional material); Azevedo et al. 2005: 165 (comment), 166 additional material).

Bakeriella montivagus [lapsus calami]: Evans 1979: 257 (list), 258, 259 (key).

Material examined. Lectotype of Epyris montivagus Kieffer , designated here, ♂: PERU, Cuzco, Cajon, Bergland , 1500m, 10.XII.1900, Garlepp col. ( ZMHB, 170 ). Paralectotypes: 1 ♂, PERU, Marcapata , V. Staudinger col. ( ZMHB, # 175 ), 3 ♂, PERU, Cuzco, Cosnipata-Ebene , 1000m, S.V. 3.XII.1900, Garlepp col. ( ZMHB, # 174 , 176 , 177 ), 1 ♂, PERU, Pachitea-Fluss , V. Staudinger col. ( ZMHB, # 172 ).

Diagnosis. MALE ( Fig. 97 ). Black. Mandible with five apical teeth ( Fig. 98 ). Clypeus with angulate median lobe. Antennal scrobe wholly carinate. Frons polished. Vertex almost straight. Pronotal disc not carinate; anterior corner rounded; posterior margin paralleled by series of punctures; side of disc with ventral margin elevated. Scutellar pit transverse. Mesopleuron with subtegular groove wider anteriorly, lower margin undefined; anterior fovea subquadrate; upper fovea elliptical; lower fovea with upper margin absent, lower margin absent on posterior half ( Fig. 99 ). Genitalia ( Figs 100, 101 ): paramere as long as basiparamere, apex inclined and rounded, dorsal margin straight, developed inward basally, ventral margin straight; cuspis slightly longer than half length of paramere, deeply divided into two equally sized arms, dorsal arm slightly wider than ventral arm; aedeagus bottleshaped, apical half progressively narrow apically, apex aligned with cuspis apex, ventral surface with conspicuous projection ventrad; basal half of apodeme very dilated. FEMALE unknown.

Distribution. Mexico (Oaxaca), Honduras, Costa Rica, Panama, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil (Amazonas, Rondônia, São Paulo), Bolivia.

Remarks. According original publication the syntype series is composed 8 ♂ and 1 ♀, but here I was not able to see only 2 ♂ and 1 ♀.

Figures

FIGURES 97 – 108. 97 – 101. Bakeriella montivaga, ♂: 97. body, dorsal view; 98. mandible, frontal view; 99. mesopleuron, lateral view; 100. genitalia, ventral view; 101. genitalia, lateral view. 102 – 106. B. nuda, ♂: 102. body, dorsal view; 103. mandible, frontal view; 104. mesopleuron, lateral view; 105. genitalia, ventral view; 106. genitalia, lateral view. 107 – 108. B. olmeca, ♀: 107. body, dorsal view; 108. mandible, frontal view. Scale bars = 250 µm.