Anisepyris carolinianus ( Evans, 1965 )

Barbosa, Diego N. & Azevedo, Celso O., 2018, Revision of Anisepyris Kieffer (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae), with description of 135 new species, Zootaxa 4416 (1), pp. 1-258 : 171-172

Anisepyris carolinianus ( Evans, 1965)

( Figs 22C, 22D ; 23D; 23H; 23J)

Rhabdepyris (Trichotepyris) carolinianus Evans, 1965 , 133: 100–101.

Anisepyris carolinianus ( Evans, 1965) . Combined by Waichert & Azevedo, 2009, 2284: 23.

Redescription, female. Body length 5.38 mm. Head with green reflection; mesosoma with green reflection and metapectal-propodeal disc black; wings clear hyaline; metasoma dark castaneous. Head long. Mandible with five distal teeth, wide, slightly angled, and step-shaped. Median clypeal lobe rounded, short; median clypeal carina hardly distinct from clypeus. Frons coriaceous ; antennal scrobe ecarinate. Eye large. Frontal angle of ocellar triangle acute; ocelli very small. Vertex straight. Pronotal disc as long as wide, sparsely punctate; transverse pronotal carina absent; posterior margin without posterior pronotal sulcus. Notaulus very narrow. Mesoscutellar disc with mesoscutellar sulcus narrow. Metapectal-propodeal disc long; metapostnotal median carina complete; longitudinal ridges present; metapostnotal-propodeal suture straight; paraspiracular carina absent; metapleural carina present and conspicuous; metapectal-propodeal disc polished; propodeal declivity strigate. Mesopleuron with anterior fovea closed; mesopleural fovea closed; lower fovea closed; posterior fovea absent; mesopleural suture closed. Forewing with stigma developed; Rs&M vein not distinguished. Mesotibia spinose; claws trifid.

Metasomal segments sparsely setose. Genitalia. T9 with anterior arm long and overlapping 2vf; 1vv as long as genitalia body; 2vv as long as 1vv length, smoothly narrowing apicad; 3vv short; 1vf strongly curved forward; 2vf slender and with dorsal lap strongly swollen posteriorly; 1rv slightly curved forward, ventral process small, and posterior process short; 2rv slightly curved forward.

Redescription, male. Body length 4.46 mm. Head with darkish green reflection; mesosoma with darkish green reflection and metapectal-propodeal disc black; wings clear hyaline; metasoma dark castaneous. Head wide. Flagellomeres short, with dense and short setae. Mandible narrow, curved, and with lower tooth longer than others. Median clypeal lobe angulate, long. Frons coriaceous . Antennal scrobe ecarinate. Eye large. Frontal angle of ocellar triangle acute; ocelli large. Vertex convex. Pronotal disc as long as wide, strongly coriaceous ; transverse pronotal carina absent; with posterior pronotal sulcus. Notaulus very narrow. Mesoscutellar sulcus narrow. Metapectal-propodeal disc short; metapostnotal median carina complete; longitudinal ridges present; metapostnotal-propodeal suture straight; paraspiracular carina absent; metapleural carina present and conspicuous; metapectal-propodeal disc polished; propodeal declivity strigate. Mesopleuron with anterior fovea closed; mesopleural fovea closed; lower fovea opened; posterior fovea absent; mesopleural suture opened. Forewing with stigma developed; Rs&M vein distinguished. Mesotibia not spinose. Claws trifid. Metasomal segments glabrous. Genitalia. Basiparamere as long as paramere; paramere wide, rounded, and with ventral margin convex and dorsal margin straight, glabrous; basivolsella with apical excavation at inner margin; cuspis with arms very short, with basal projection at inner margin., dorsal arm wide; aedeagus with basal portion convex and slender, and apical portion as long as basal and very slender; apodeme slender.

Material examined. U.S.A., Florida, 1 ♂, Orlando, Orange Co [unty], 28°36'07"N 81°12'00"W, viii-2.1997, LLP-Sand Pine Turkey Oak, Malaise Trap, M. Fullerton collector ( UFES 19593 ) ; 1 ♀, Sand Pine-Rosemary Scrub, PitfallS, M. Fullerton collector (UFES 19596).

Distribution. U.S.A.: Florida.

Figures

FIGURE 22. Anisepyris: megacephalus species-group. Head in dorsal profile. A. A. irmoi sp. nov.; B. A. apache (Evans, 1965); C. A. carolinianus (Evans, 1965) (♀); D. A. carolinianus (Evans, 1965) (♂); E. A. colimae Evans, 1966; F. A. delicatus Evans, 1966 (♀); G. A. delicatus Evans, 1966 (♂); H. A. inca Evans, 1966; I. A. megacephalus (Ashmead, 1893); J. A. pulchripennis (Evans, 1965); K. A. robustus Santos & Azevedo, 2000; L. A. texanus (Evans, 1965) (♀).