Bakeriella aurata Kawada & Azevedo, 2003

Azevedo, Celso O., 2014, Synopsis of Bakeriella Kieffer, 1910 (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae), Zootaxa 3878 (6), pp. 501-535 : 504-505

Bakeriella aurata Kawada & Azevedo, 2003

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Bakeriella aurata Kawada & Azevedo 2003: 463 (fig. 7), 464 (♀ description, fig. 14), 465 (fig. 17), 466 (fig. 27).

Material examined. Holotype ♀. BRAZIL, Am[azonas], Manaus, Reserva Ducke , 08-15.IV.1992, stick [trap] 2.0 m high, Vidal & Jailson col. ( INPA) . New material: BRAZIL, Amazonas, Manaus, Reserva 1501, km 41, 1 ♀, 10- 25.XI.2995 and 1 ♀ 18–30.IX.1995, arm[adilha] Malaise ( INPA); Base de Instrução—2, mata, 1 ♀, 10–20.X.1997 and 1 ♀, arm[adilha] Malaise ( INPA); 1 ♀, Reserva 1112, lateral leste, 03.X.1984, rede, Bert Klein col. ( INPA); 1 ♀, Reserva Ducke, Igarapé Uberê, VI.1986, arm[adilha] Malaise, J.M.G.Ribeiro & J. Vidal col. ( INPA); 1 ♀, Pará, Oriximiná, Porto Trombetas, 01º27'S 56º30'W, 14–24.II.2007, Malaise Trap, Cardoso, J. & Costa, G. ( UFES #109061); 1 ♀, Pará, Melgaço, Floresta Nacional de Caxiuanã, trilha Est[ação] Cie[ntífica] Ferreira Pena, 14.X–19.XI.2003, arm[adilha] Malaise 1, A.P.Aguiar & J. Dias col., ponto P05059 ( MPEG); Ma[ranhão], 1 ♀, Novo Aripuanã, Reserva Soka, 05º15'53"S 60º07'08"W, 17–25.VIII.1999, Malaise, J.Vidal & A.Henriques col. ( INPA); 1 ♀, Al[agoas], Quebrangulo, Res[erva] Biol[ógica] Pedra Talhada, 11–14.IX.2002, [armadilha] Malaise T6, Penteado-Dias & equip ecol. ( MZSP).

Diagnosis. FEMALE ( Fig. 6 ). Black, with metallic green-golden reflections, propodeum black. Mandible with two apical teeth ( Fig. 7 ). Clypeus with subtrapezoidal median lobe. Antennal scrobe not carinate. Frons weakly coriaceous. Vertex convex. Pronotal disc with anterior corner acute; anterior carina high and sharp; median carina absent; lateral margin not carinate; posterior margin paralleled by pair of median foveae. Scutellar pit subrounded. Mesopleuron with subtegular groove wide anteriorly; anterior fovea subrounded; upper fovea ovoid; lower fovea with upper margin mostly absent ( Fig. 8 ). MALE unknown.

Distribution. Brazil (Amazonas, Maranhão,*Pará, *Alagoas).

Variation. The holotype has a pair of median foveae on posterior area of the pronotal disc.

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 13. 1 – 5. Bakeriella absens, ♂: 1. body, dorsal view; 2. mandible, frontal view; 3. mesopleuron, lateral view; 4. genitalia, ventral view; 5. genitalia, lateral view. 6 – 8. B. aurata, ♀: 6. body, dorsal view; 7. mandible, frontal view; 8. mesopleuron, lateral view. 9 – 13. B. azteca, ♂: 9. body, dorsal view; 10. mandible, frontal view; 11. mesopleuron, lateral view; 12. genitalia, ventral view; 13. genitalia, lateral view. Scale bars = 250 µm.