Apenesia bicolor Vargas & Terayama, 2002

Alencar, Isabel D. C. C. & Azevedo, Celso O., 2020, Revision of the world Apenesia Westwood (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae), Zootaxa 4724 (1), pp. 1-72 : 13-14

Apenesia bicolor Vargas & Terayama, 2002

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Apenesia bicolor Vargas & Terayama 2002: 27 –29, Figs 5–8 .

Diagnosis. Female. Length 5.3 mm. Color. Body castaneous, metasoma dark castaneous. Mandible with two apical teeth. Clypeus extending back frons, median lobe with apical strongly concave, so that clypeus is nearly absent medially, apical margin with bristles, median carina absent. Eye dark, elliptical, with about 10 facets. Malar space shorter than eye length. Frons aciculate, punctures sparse. Head quadrate with sides parallel, vertex straight, 1.17 × as long as wide. Dorsal pronotal area with sides nearly parallel, anterior margin with median emargination. Maximum width of metapectal-propodeal complex 1.73 × its minimum width. Mesopleuron with longitudinal carina dividing dorsal and lateral faces. Mesotibia strongly spinose. Metasoma longer than head and mesosoma together, petiole very short.

Material examined. Holotype ♀: COLOMBIA, Choco, La Balsa, Corregimiento La Honda , Rio Sucio, L. Mendoza col., VJIC 0126 . ( IAVH-E 86696 ).

Distribution. Neotropical ( Colombia).

Figures

FIGURE 5. Head. A. Apenesia perlonga; B. Apenesia sahyadrica; C. Apenesia singularis. Mandible. D. Apenesia amenula; E. Apenesia aniela, F. Apenesia azeda; G. Apenesia beliella; H. Apenesia berela; I. Apenesia bifiela; J. Apenesia celiela, K. Apenesia chandela; L. Apenesia cila; M. Apenesia colombela.

FIGURE 6. Mandible. A. Apenesia elela; B. Apenesia esila; C. Apenesia eura; D. Apenesia farela; E. Apenesia gabela, F. Apenesia girena; G. Apenesia goela; H. Apenesia itoiela; I. Apenesia joela; J. Apenesia juliela, K. Apenesia kelsiela; L. Apenesia laevigata; M. Apenesia leytensis; N. Apenesia makiharai; O. Apenesia perlonga; P. Apenesia sahyadrica; Q. Apenesia singularis.

FIGURE 7. Dorsal mesosoma. A. Apenesia amenula; B. Apenesia aniela; C. Apenesia azeda; D. Apenesia beliella; E. Apenesia berela, F. Apenesia bifiela; G. Apenesia celiela; H. Apenesia chandela; I. Apenesia cila.

FIGURE 8. Dorsal mesosoma. A. Apenesia colombela; B. Apenesia elela; C. Apenesia esila; D. Apenesia eura; E. Apenesia farela, F. Apenesia gabela; G. Apenesia girena; H. Apenesia goela; I. Apenesia itoiela.

FIGURE 25. Dorsal mesosoma. A. Apenesia azeda; B. Apenesia celiela; C. Apenesia conradti; D. Apenesia parasitica, E. Apenesia sahyadrica. Body. F. Apenesia amazonica; G. Apenesia amoena; H. Apenesia bicolor; I. Apenesia chontaica; J. Apenesia delicata. (Scale bar F–J 250µm)