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