Anisepyris jocundus Evans, 1966

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 : 54-57

Anisepyris jocundus Evans, 1966

( Figs 8B ; 8H; 8P; 9F)

Anisepyris jocundus Evans, 1966 , 9: 108–110.

Redescription, female. Body length 4.15 mm. Head with dark green reflection; mesosoma with dark green reflection and metapectal-propodeal disc black; wings clear hyaline; metasoma dark castaneous. Head wide. Mandible with four distal teeth, wide, strongly angled, teeth not equally sized. Median clypeal lobe rounded, short; median clypeal carina hardly distinct. Frons coriaceous ; with frontal process; antennal scrobe carinate. Eye large. Frontal angle of ocellae forming right angle; ocelli very small. Vertex straight. Pronotal disc as long as wide, strongly coriaceous ; transverse pronotal carina complete; posterior margin with 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 present and conspicuous; metapleural carina present and conspicuous; metapectal-propodeal disc with short striae; 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 not distinguished. Mesotibia spinose; claws trifid. Metasomal segments sparsely setose. Genitalia. T9 with anterior arm long and overlapping 2vf; 1vv longer than genitalia body; 2vv shorter than 1vv length, smoothly narrowing apicad; 3vv short; 1vf curved downward; 2vf slender, angled, and with dorsal lap strongly swollen posteriorly; 1rv not curved, ventral process large, and posterior process short; 2rv not curved.

Redescription, male. Body length 4.35 mm. Head with golden-green reflection; mesosoma with golden-green reflection; wings sub-hyaline. Head wide. Flagellomeres long. Mandible slender, curved, and with four distal teeth different sized. Median clypeal lobe angulate, short, with median tooth at apical margin. Frons coriaceous . Antennal scrobe carinate. Eye small. Frontal angle of ocellar triangle obtuse; ocelli large. Vertex straight. Pronotal disc as long as wide, strongly coriaceous ; transverse pronotal carina complete; without 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 present and conspicuous; metapleural carina present and conspicuous; metapectal-propodeal disc polished; propodeal declivity strigate. Mesopleuron with anterior fovea closed; mesopleural fovea opened; lower fovea opened; posterior fovea absent; mesopleural suture opened. Mesotibia not spinose. Genitalia. Basiparamere as long as paramere; paramere slender and club-shaped, glabrous; basivolsella straight; cuspis with arms very short, dorsal arm wide; aedeagus basal portion angled and slender, apical portion as long as basal portion and slender; apodeme slender.

Material examined. Holotype, ♀, CUBA, Bahía Honda, 7.XII.1927, S.C. Bruner col. ( MCZH #31226 ) . Allotype, ♂, CUBA, Isle of Pines , Santa Barbara, 28.VI.1950, (Cuba Sur [vey] 630/ 50–9771, on Citrus grandis leaves) ( USNM). (genitalia slide HE 544) . DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, La Altagracia, 1 ♀, Boca de Yuma, P. N. del Este , sea level, 29.ix. [19]92, Grimaldi & Stark [collectors] ( AMNH) ; BRAZIL, Rio Grande do Norte, 1 ♀, Mossoró, Fazenda Stª Júlia, Caatinga, 05°01'10''S 37°22'56''W, 06.iii.2007, arm[adilha] Malaise, D.R.R. Fernandes & eq[uipe] col[etores] ( UFES 32102 ) ; 1 ♀, Patu, Caatinga, 06°06'S 37°37'W, ix.2008, arm[adilha] Malaise, D.R.R. Fernandes col[etor] (UFES 113715); Goiás, 1 ♀, Alto Paraíso, P[ar]q[ue] Nac [ional] Chapada do Veadeiros , 14°00'S 47°41'W, 07–23.ix.2003, arm[adilha] Malaise, Aguiar & eq[uipe] col[etor] ( MZSP).

Distribution. Cuba; Dominican Republic; Brazil: Rio Grande do Norte, Goiás.

Figures

FIGURE8. Anisepyris:amazonicus species-group.A–D.Head in dorsalprofile.A.A.jandirae Santos&Azevedo, 2000; B. A. jocundus Evans, 1966; C. A. semiviridis Santos & Azevedo, 2000 (♂); D. A. semiviridis Santos & Azevedo, 2000 (♀); E–J. Female mandible in frontal view; K–L.Male mandible in frontal view; M–P.Mesosoma in dorsal profile.