Buysson, 1904 : 264
Chrysis subtruncata Mocsáry, 1912
Kimsey & Bohart (1991: 510)
Neochrysis ( Ipsiura ) dehyalinata Linsenmaier, 1985
Kimsey & Bohart (1991: 510)
Kimsey & Bohart 1981 : 78
Bohart 1985 : 709
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
du Buysson, 1904
du Buysson
1904
[151,567,321,347]
Insecta
Chrysididae
Ipsiura
GBIF
Animalia
Hymenoptera
47
48
Arthropoda
species
myops
Chrysis myopsdu Buysson, 1904: 264. Holotype ♀[examined by photos]: ARGENTINA, Tucumán. ( MNHN). Chrysis subtruncata Mocsáry, 1912. Holotype ♀[not examined]: BRAZIL: Minas Gerais. Synonymizedby Kimsey& Bohart(1991: 510). Neochrysis( Ipsiura) dehyalinata Linsenmaier, 1985. Holotype ♀ [not examined]: BRAZIL: Santa Catarina, Nova Teutonia. Synonymized by Kimsey & Bohart (1991: 510). Neochrysis( Ipsiura) myops: Kimsey & Bohart 1981: 78. Ipsiura myops: Bohart 1985: 709.
Diagnosis. Ipsiura myopsmost closely resembles I. spiculellaBohartand I. tropicalisBohart. Itcan be readily distinguished from these and other Ipsiuraspecies by the following combination of characters: T3 with four obtuse distal teeth, without basolateral whitish spot (whitish spot present in I. spiculellaand I. tropicalis), neither prepit swelling (sloping gently in I. tropicalis); large S2 spots (medium-sized in I. tropicalis). Additionally, the shape of aedeagus lobes is diagnostic for I. myops.
Female description. Body( Fig. 129). Length:6.8 mm. Coloration:head green blue; F1 brownish green; mesosoma metallic green, with purple blue highlights on dorsum, particularly on pronotum and mesoscutum; metasoma metallic green, with purplish blue transverse stripes on dorsum of T1 and T2; T3 without lateral whitish spot; wing membrane light brown, with brown veins; femora and tibiae greenish; tarsi brown, hind basitarsus green. Head:TFC forming an incomplete arc, widely interrupted medially ( Fig. 130); F1 longer than broad, 1.2× as long as F2; scapal basin covered with silvery pubescence. Mesosoma:fore femur without flattened area or ventral tooth-like projection on outer surface of distal margin, diameter of distal area about one-half diameter of proximal area; fore wing with short Mdistal to discoidal cell, R1shorter than stigma (as in Fig. 190); dorsal surface of pronotum wider than head; lower lateral pronotal surface irregularly punctate anteriorly, with indistinct posterior area delimited by faint transverse ridge; metanotum rounded, without differentiated surface; mesopleural lower posterior margin carinate, with small indistinc tooth-like projections. Metasoma:T3 with four obtuse distal teeth ( Fig. 131), pit row with large and deep foveae, prepit swelling absent; S2 spots large, nearly reaching each other medially ( Fig. 132). Punctation:definite punctation at all body; tiny punctures on outer surface of fore femur; dorsum of T3 with definite, deep punctures; largest punctures on dorsum of T1 and metanotum. Male. Same as female, except for the characteristic shape of S2 spots as shown in Fig. 132. Genital capsule( Fig. 133): aedeagus longer than gonostylus and cuspis; gonostylus longer than cuspis; digitus length subequal to cuspis, strongly clavate apically; gonostylus and cuspis setose apically. Variation.Body length 6.2–7.1 mm.
Hosts.Specimens reared from nests of Ancistrocerus flavomarginatus(Brèthes), Trypoxylon agamemnon(Richards)and T. lactitarse(Saussure), (Tayane Buggenhagen, personal communication).
Distribution. Argentina( Corrientes, Jujuy, Salta, Tucumán); Brazil(MG, PR, SC, SP); Uruguay( Tacuarembó) ( Fig. 134).
Materialexamined. ARGENTINA, Tucumán, coll. R. du Buysson1902 / Holotype ♀( MNHN). Additional material. ARGENTINA: Corrientes, Ituzaingó iii.1982, 1♀, coll. Manfredo Fritz[BME]. Las Marias10. xi.1969, 1♀, coll. C. Porter [BME]. Salta, Pocitos i.1971, 1♀, coll. Manfredo Fritz[BME]. Jujuy, San Pedrode Jujuy29. iv.1926, 1♀, coll. USNM[BME]. BRAZIL: Minas Gerais, Araxa15. iv.1965, 1Ƌ, coll. C. Elias [BME]. Barbacena 27. x.1905, 1Ƌ, coll. A. Ducke [MPEG]. Paraná, General Carneiro 29.ix.2014– 16.ii.2015, 37♀ 12Ƌ, coll. Tayane Buggenhagen [RPSP]. Palmeira 9. x.1969, 1♀, coll. P.D. Hurd [BME]. Santa Catarina, Nova Teutonia i.1965, 1♀, coll. Fritz Plaumann[BME]. Nova Teutonia28. iii.1966, 1♀ [BME]. Porto União 3. xii.2011, 1Ƌ, coll. J. Iantas [DZUP]. São Paulo, Luis Antônio, Est. Ecol. Jataí 11. x.2007, 1♀, coll. N.W. Perioto[ LRRP]. Nova Europa, Faz. Itaquerê24. xi.1963, 1♀, coll. K. Lenko[BME]. URUGUAY: Tacuarembó2. ii.1963, 1♀, coll. Bouseman [BME].
Comments.The redescription above is based on a female from Brazil: Paraná, General Carneiro.
1306560514
[151,1280,422,445]
MNHN
Argentina
Tucuman
47
48
1
1
Tucuman
holotype
1306560530
Brazil
Synonymized
Bohart
Kimsey
47
48
1
1
Minas Gerais
holotype
1306560519
[199,1291,1639,1665]
MNHN
R. du Buysson
Argentina
Material
47
48
1
1
Tucuman
holotype
1306560536
1982-03-01
Manfredo Fritz & Las Marias
Argentina
Ituzaingo
47
48
1
Corrientes
1306560549
[687,1307,1711,1736]
1971-01-01
Manfredo Fritz
Argentina
Pocitos
47
48
1
Salta
1306560532
Argentina
Jujuy, San Pedro
47
48
1
Jujuy, San Pedro
1306560546
[360,1135,1748,1773]
1926-04-01
USNM
Araxa
Brazil
Minas Gerais
47
48
1
Minas Gerais
1306560535
[831,1247,1783,1808]
2014-09-29
Brazil
General Carneiro
47
48
1
Parana
1306560524
1965-01-01
Fritz Plaumann & Nova Teutonia
Brazil
Nova Teutonia
47
48
1
Santa Catarina
1306560537
2007-10-01
LRRP
N. W. Perioto & Nova Europa & Faz. Itaquere
Brazil
Luis Antonio
47
48
1
Sao Paulo
1306560529
[506,1237,1927,1952]
1963-11-01
K. Lenko
Uruguay
Tacuarembo
47
48
1
Tacuarembo