Bohart, 1985 : 720 Neochrysis ( Ipsiura ) schlaeflei Linsenmaier, 1985 Kimsey & Bohart (1991: 512) Linsenmaier 1997 : 267 The Neotropical cuckoo wasp genus Ipsiura Linsenmaier, 1959 (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae): revision of the species occurring in Brazil Lucena, Daercio A. A. Kimsey, Lynn S. Almeida, Eduardo A. B. Zootaxa 2016 4165 1 1 71 Bohart, 1985 Bohart 1985 [151,546,1052,1078] Insecta Chrysididae Ipsiura GBIF Animalia Hymenoptera 64 65 Arthropoda species venezuelae     Ipsiura venezuelae  Bohart, 1985: 720. Holotype Ƌ [not examined]: VENEZUELA: Zulia, La Concepción (NMNH).  Neochrysis( Ipsiura) schlaeflei Linsenmaier, 1985. Holotype ♀ [not examined]: VENEZUELA: San Joaquín (NMLS). Synonymized by  Kimsey & Bohart (1991: 512).    Neochrysis( Ipsiura) venezuelae:  Linsenmaier 1997: 267.   Diagnosis.  Ipsiura venezuelaemost closely resembles  I. neolateralis(Bohart)and  I. catamarcaeBohart. Itcan be distinguished from those and other  Ipsiuraspecies by the following combination of characters: fore wing with long Mdistal to discoidal cell (short in  I. catamarcaeand  I. neolateralis); shallow and well-separated punctures on T3 (well-definite and regularly spaced in  I. catamarcaeand  I. neolateralis); body with remarkable purple highlights (faint bluish highlights in  I. catamarcaeand  I. neolateralis); metanotum rounded (irregularly punctate, cristate to serriform in  I. catamarcaeand  I. neolateralis) and medium-sized S2 spots (large spots in  I. catamarcaeand  I. neolateralis).   Female description. Body( Fig. 185). Length: 6.7 mm. Coloration:head primarily green, with faint purple highlights on vertex; F1 brownish; mesosoma metallic green, with transverse purplish stripe on dorsum of pronotum, broad purplish band on mesoscutum; metasoma metallic green, with dark purple transverse stripes on dorsum of T1 and T2; T3 with large lateral whitish spot; wing membrane light brown, with brown veins; femora and tibiae green; tarsi brown, meso- and hind basitarsi greenish brown. Head:TFC enclosing the median ocellus, slightly interrupted medially ( Fig. 186); F1 longer than broad, 1.3× as long as F2; scapal basin covered with silvery pubescence. Mesosoma:fore femur strongly flattened on outer surface of distal margin, diameter of distal area subequal to diameter of proximal area; fore wing with long Mdistal to discoidal cell, ending near distal wing margin (as in Fig. 145), R1shorter than stigma (as in Fig. 190), medial cell setose; dorsal surface of pronotum wider than head; lower lateral pronotal surface smooth, impunctate, without distinct posterior area delimited by transverse ridge; metanotum rounded, without differentiated surface; mesopleural lower posterior margin carinate, with distinct close together tooth-like projections. Metasoma:T3 with six acute distal teeth ( Fig. 187), prepit swelling strongly convex, pit row with large, deep foveae; S2 spots medium-sized, medially separated at least by one-quarter spot diameter ( Fig. 188). Punctation:fore femur with irregular, sparse punctures; largest punctures on T1, mesopleuron and metanotum; vertex roughly punctate; T3 with shallow well-separated punctures. Male. Same as female, except for the characteristic shape of S2 spots as shown in Fig. 188.   FIGURES 185–189.  Ipsiura venezuelae, ♀. 185. Habitus, lateral view. 186. Head, frontal view. 187. T3, postero-dorsal view. Scale bar = 1 mm. 188. Spots of S2, Ƌ (above) and ♀ (below). 189. Distribution, previous (red circle) and new (green square) records.  Variation.Specimes from north Brazilare predominantly green, without purplish highlights on body. Body length 6.7–7.1 mm.   Host.Unknown.   Distribution. Brazil(AM, PA, RR);  CostaRica( Limón); Ecuador( Guayas); Venezuela( Aragua, Zulia) ( Fig. 189).     Materialexamined. COSTA RICA: Limón, Hacienda Tapezco  20.iii.1978coll. D. Panny, D. Moeller& C. Lewis/ Paratype 1♀[BME].  VENEZUELA: Aragua, 2 KmN.  Ocumare De La Costa  21.vi.1976coll. A.S Menke& D. Vincent/ Paratype 1♀[BME]. Balao Chico?  23.iv.1963 L. Pena/ Paratype1Ƌ [BME].  Venezuela: Zulia, Maracaibo  16.ix.1973coll. R. Bohart/ Paratype 1♀[BME].   Additional material. BRAZIL: Amazonas, Manaus, Reserva Ducke  6.xi.1978, 1♀, coll. N. Penny[ INPA].  Pará, Belém  COAGB 17.ix.2010, 1♀, coll. I. Santos, L.  Lima, J. Santos& J.  Rocha[ MPEG].  Roraima, Rio Uraricoera, Ilhade Maraca  30.xi.1987, 1♀, coll. J.A. Rafael[ INPA].    Comments.The redescription above is based on a paratypefemale from Venezuela: Aragua, Ocumare de la Costa. 1306560250 1978-03-20 D. Panny & D. Moeller & C. Lewis Costa Rica Hacienda Tapezco Material 65 66 1 1 Limon paratype 1306560245 1963-04-23 1976-06-21 1963-04-23 Ocumare De La Costa & A. S Menke & D. Vincent & L. Pena Venezuela Ocumare De La Costa 65 66 1 1 Aragua paratype 1306560247 1973-09-16 R. Bohart Venezuela Maracaibo 65 66 1 1 Zulia paratype 1306560251 [199,1433,1800,1825] 1978-11-06 INPA N. Penny Brazil Reserva Ducke Manaus 65 66 1 1 Amazonas 1306560255 [151,809,1836,1861] COAGB I. Santos Brazil Belem 65 66 COAGB 17 1 1 Para 1306560248 [825,1066,1836,1861] J. Santos Brazil Lima 65 66 1 Lima 1306560263 [1082,1266,1836,1861] MPEG Brazil Rocha 65 66 1 Rocha 1306560257 1987-11-30 INPA J. A. Rafael Iceland Rio Uraricoera 65 66 1 1 Roraima 1306560265 Ocumare de la Costa Venezuela Aragua 65 66 1 Aragua paratype