Digonocryptus sipius Aguiar et Ramos, 2011

Aguiar, Alexandre Pires & Ramos, Adriana C. B., 2011, 2846, Zootaxa 2846, pp. 1-98 : 62-63

Digonocryptus sipius Aguiar et Ramos , sp. nov.

Figs 27, 28, 105, 124, 173, 207, 247

Description. Holotype FEMALE. Fore wing 10.9 mm.

Head. Ventral tooth of mandible approximately as long as dorsal tooth. Clypeus apical area delimited by smooth border, indistinct medially, more evident laterally ( Fig. 124); clypeal margin with two weak teeth. Antenna with 24 flagellomeres; white band starting at flagellomere V; 5 flagellomeres at least 50% white.

Mesosoma . Mesopleuron with fine pubescence, nearly 100% of cuticular surface visible, striate-rugose. Subalar prominence narrow and elongate, not keeled. Sulcus between sternaulus and scrobe absent. Posterior transverse carina of mesosternum absent. Lower metapleuron finely and densely striate-rugulose ( Fig. 173). Propodeum: area in front of anterior transverse carina mostly alutaceous, with short crenulations along carina. Propodeal apophyses developed as wide scale-like structures, linear or oblong in cross-section. Posterior transverse carina distinct but incomplete, bell-shaped. Area between transverse carinae obliquely striate-rugose; area behind posterior transverse carina rugose. Fore wing in Fig. 207; vein 3-Cu 1.33 length of 4-Cu. Hind wing in Fig. 247.

Metasoma. Postpetiole medially, at level of spiracles, visibly concave, forming somewhat oval shallow depression; dorsolateral and median dorsal carinae absent; petiolar spiracles in dorsal view prominent, protruding from T1. Ovipositor 1.26 length of hind tibia. Apex of lower valve with 14 teeth.

Color. Black with white areas. Lateral pattern as in Fig. 27. Orbital band very narrow, restricted to 10–11 h; labrum yellow; head otherwise black. Mesosoma dorsally black, except as follows. Pronotum laterally on dorsal margin with short and very narrow yellowish mark. Scutellum on antero-lateral angle with distinct whitish spot, one on each side. Propodeum as in Figs 27–28. All femora dark brown, except fore femur apico-mesally whitish. Fore and mid tibiae apex and ventral face dark brown, dorsally whitish. Hind tibia dark brown, except basal end white. Fore tarsus dark brown, except t1 dorsal apex and basal 0.7 of t2 white; mid t1 basal 0.3 and entire t3–5 dark brown, t1 apical 0.7 and entire t2 white; hind t1 basal 0.3, apex of t4 and entire t5 dark brown, hind tarsus otherwise white. Metasoma dorsally black, except as follows. Postpetiole apical margin with two whitish spots, one on each side. T2–6 apical margin with whitish stripe widely interrupted medially, interruption ranging from 0.3 of tergite width on T3 to 0.8 tergite width on T6. T7–8 dorsal view uniformly dark brown (Fig. 105).

Morphological variation. Fore wing 10.9–12.7 mm. Apex of lower valve of ovipositor with 13–16 teeth; ovipositor 1.10–1.26 length of hind tibia. Mesopleuron striation weak on female from Avispas, Peru. Sometimes with wide whitish orbital band, widest between 8–9 h. Pronotum laterally on dorsal margin entirely black; dorsally on anterior margin sometimes with one yellow spot on each side (2/ 9 females) or with a wide yellow stripe (2/ 9 females). Subalar prominence with punctual whitish spot or entirely yellow. Propodeum: anterior transverse carina medially sometimes with incomplete ridges extending towards anterior margin. Propodeal apophysis apex sometimes with small whitish spot. Posterior transverse carina sometimes indistinct. Fore and mid coxae laterally with a large yellow area, sometimes fully replacing black areas.

MALE. Similar to female, except supraclypeal area under torulus with transverse whitish spot, or mostly whitish; collar of pronotum with wide pale yellow stripe on each side; pronotum dorsal margin laterally with an elongate whitish stripe; metasomal tergites dark brown, except postpetiole apex with a whitish spot on each side, T3 apex with wide whitish stripe, T7 laterally with whitish spot on each side.

Comments. Very similar to D. cennitus , from which it can be differentiated by having propodeal apophyses as wide scale-like structures (vs. apophyses conspicuous); posterior transverse carina distinct but incomplete (vs. weakly developed between apophyses); postpetiole apical margin with whitish spots (vs. entirely black); fore femur apico-mesally with whitish mark (vs. entirely black).

Material examined. 9 females, 2 males. HOLOTYPE ♀ “ANTONINA - PR // Reserva Sapitanduva // BRASIL 15.XII.1986 // Lev. Ent. PROFAUPAR// MALAISE” ( DZUP) . Complete , in good shape . Paratypes: ♂ “ Quincemil , Perú // 750m nr. Marcapata // Nov. 1962 // Luis Peña” ( AEIC) . ♂ “ Avispas , Perú // 30m nr. Marcapata // Sept. 1962 // Luis Peña”; “ Digonocryptus // sp 2” ( AEIC) . ♀ “ANTONINA - PR // Reserva Sapitanduva // BRASIL 15.VI.1987 // Lev. Ent. PROFAUPAR// MALAISE” ( DZUP) . ♀ “ Avispas , Perú // 30m nr. Marcapata // Oct. 1–15, 1962 // Luis Peña” ( AEIC) . ♀ “ Mangaratiba // MuriquiR.d.J.// VII.’69 Brazil // M. Alvarenga ” [rigth wings slide mounted] ( AEIC) . ♀ “ Boraceia ,SP// 20.IV.1982 // Brandão leg.”; “ Digonocryptus sp // M.C.Gonçalves det.1994” ( MZUP) . ♀ “BRA: ES, Cariacica // RES. Biol. Duas Bocas // Pau Amarelo // 20–28.X.2005 Malaise// APAguiar et al. leg. Pt 02”; “ Digonocryptus sp. BFSantos det. 2007” ( UFES) . ♀ “BRA: ES, Cariacica // Res. Biol. Duas Bocas // Pau Amarelo // 28.X–05.XI.2005 Malaise// APAguiar et al. leg. Pt 05” ( UFES) . ♀ “ Belém Mosqueiro // Paricatuba // 19.III.1971 ”; “Pará Brasil // T. Pimentel Leg ”; “ Digonocryptus sp. // M.C.Gonçalves det.1994” ( MPEG) . ♀ “2845”; “ Reserva Ducke // Manaus, Amazonas // Brasil ”; “ Digonocryptus sp. // M.C.Gonçalves det.1994” ( INPA) .

Distribution. Peru, Brazil (Atlantic Forest of ES, RJ, SP, PA, PR).