Apenesia sjostedti ( Tullgren, 1904 )

Alencar, Isabel D. C. C. & Azevedo, Celso O., 2020, Revision of the world Apenesia Westwood (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae), Zootaxa 4724 (1), pp. 1-72 : 38

Apenesia sjostedti ( Tullgren, 1904)

Aleurodes sjostedti Tullgren 1904 , 1: 429–430, Figs 1 , 2 , 3 . ♀.

Apenesia sjostedti ( Tullgren, 1904) : Kieffer 1914, 41: 391, 392, 394 (designation of combination), fig 145; Gordh & Móczár 1990, 46: 211 (catalog).

Diagnosis (extracted from literature). Female. Length 6.5 mm. Color. Body light castaneous, metasoma dark castaneous. Mandible with two apical teeth. Clypeus very short, median lobe trapezoidal, median margin concave, and high medially so that it is triangular in frontal view, margin with bristles, clypeus strongly projected backward between up to top eye level. Eye dark, elliptical, with about eight facets. Malar space longer than eye length. Frons polished, punctures small and sparse. Head subquadrate with sides parallel and vertex barely concave, 1.1 × as long as wide. Dorsal pronotal area with sides diverging posteriorly. Maximum width of metapectal-propodeal complex 1.6 × its minimum width. Mesopleuron with longitudinal carina dividing dorsal and lateral faces. Mesotibia strongly spinose, spines wide. Metasoma longer than head and mesosoma together, petiole long.

Comments. This diagnosis was obtained from Tullgren (1904). The type material was not available for this study (NHRS). Aleurodes (today synonymous under Apenesia ) was originally described in Thynnidae .

Distribution. Afrotropical ( Cameroon).

Figures

FIGURE 1. General characteristics of Apenesia. A. Palpi; B. Mesosoma, dorsal view, C. Forewing; D. Hind wing; E–G. Genitalia: E. Basivolsella, internal view; F. Genitalia, dorsal view; G. Detail at higher magnifications of apical projection on basiparamere apex, dorsal view.

FIGURE 2. Head. A. Apenesia amenula; B. Apenesia aniela; C. Apenesia azeda; D. Apenesia beliella; E. Apenesia berela, F. Apenesia bifiela; G. Apenesia celiela; H. Apenesia chandela.

FIGURE 3. Head. A. Apenesia cila; B. Apenesia colombela; C. Apenesia elela; D. Apenesia esila; E. Apenesia eura, F. Apenesia farela; G. Apenesia gabela; H. Apenesia girena.