Apenesia singularis, Lanes, G. O. & Azevedo, C. O., 2004

Lanes, G. O. & Azevedo, C. O., 2004, New species and notes on Apenesia (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae) from the Brazilian Amazon, Zootaxa 679, pp. 1-16 : 6-8

Apenesia singularis sp. nov. ( Figs. 8–10 )

Description.— Male. Body length 4.56 mm; LFW 3.2 mm. Color: dark castaneous, except palpi, mandible, antenna, tegula and legs castaneous, wings hyaline, veins dark castaneous.

Head ( Fig. 8 ): mandibles with four teeth, the lower larger and sharp ( Fig. 9 ). Clypeus with broadly rounded median lobe, with a sharp median tooth, median carina high and arched in profile. First four antennal segments in a ratio of 28:9:7:10, segment III 1.16 X as long as thick, segment XI 1.13 X as long as thick. Eyes glabrous. Frons coriaceous, with punctures inconspicuous, with a longitudinal impression from the basal margin of clypeus to the anterior ocellus. WH 1.10 X LH; WF 0.65 X WH, WF 1.57 X HE; OOL 1.4 X WOT; frontal angle of ocellar triangle acute; distance from the posterior ocelli to crest of vertex 0.5 X DAO. Vertex straight, corners rounded. VOL 0.8 X HE.

Mesosoma ( Fig. 8 ): thorax polished. Pronotal disc without anterior carina. Notauli complete, narrow anteriorly. Parapsidal furrows incomplete anteriorly. Propodeal disc 1.38 X as wide as long, polished, with only anterior carina present, declivity polished.

Metasoma: petiolate, petiole very short 0.1 X as long as tergite I. Genitalia ( Fig. 10 ): paramere long and somewhat slender, surface wholly hairy, apex only slightly larger than base, apical margin inclined with outer corner rounded and higher than inner portion; basiparamere with elongate process arising from apical margin dorsally; volsella with the ventral ramus of digitus narrow, with the apex rounded and very hairy; volsella with the ventral ramus of digitus situated at cuspis base, with apex very hairy, inner margin of basivolsella dilated; aedeagus with two pairs of apical lobes, the lateral pair large, rounded and membranous, and directed downward, the median pair sharp and very small.

Material examined. — HOLOTYPE: male, BRAZIL, Rondônia, Ouro Preto do Oeste, Linha 2/2, lote 36, gleba 21­b, 03–05.IX.1986, Malaise trap, F. F. Ramos col. ( MPEG). PARATYPES: BRAZIL, Amazonas, 3 males, Manaus, Reserve Ducke, 06–17.VII.1992, Stick trap 10–20 m, J. Vidal & J. Vidal col. ( INPA); 1 male, Reserve Ducke, 16.IX.1986, L. Ulisses col. ( INPA); 1 male, Reserve 1112, 10. VI. 1986, Malaise trap, B. Klein col. ( INPA); 1 male, Reserve 1113, 31.X.1985, Malaise trap, B. Klein col. ( INPA); Pará, 5 males, Serra dos Carajás, Estrada Manganês, 07.VI.1983 – 12.VI.1993, Malaise trap, T. Pimentel & equipe col. ( MPEG); 4 males, Serra Norte, Estrada Manganês, 16.VI.1983 – 08.VI.1993, Malaise trap ( MPEG); 1 male, Benevides, Fazenda Morelândia, 30.VI– 02.VII.1988, Malaise trap 1.6 m, F. F. Ramos col. ( MPEG); Maranhão, 2 males, Imperatriz, Ribeirãozinho, 02–05.VIII.1989, Malaise trap, F. F. Ramos col. ( MPEG); Acre: 1 male, Porto Acre, Humalta, 15.VI–02.VII.1992, Malaise trap 1.6 m, Gorayeb, Pena, Henriques, Edmar col. ( MPEG).

Remarks. — This species is very similar to A. laevigata (Evans, 1958) , however this species shows some different characteristics: head with vertex broadly straight, clypeus with rounded median lobe, genitalia with median region of aedeagus narrow, whereas A. laevigata has head with vertex broadly rounded, clypeus with emarginate median lobe, and the genitalia with two additional short processes arising near base of the parameres, and median region of aedeagus larger.

Etymology. — The name refers to the morphological pattern that is different from the other species of this genus.

Figures

FIGURE 8 – 13. 8 – 10 Apenesia singularis sp. nov. 8, head and mesosoma, dorsal view; 9, mandible, frontal view; 10, genitalia, ventral view; 11 – 13 Apenesia strigulata sp. nov. 11, head and mesosoma, dorsal view; 12, mandible, frontal view; 13, genitalia, ventral view; (Scale bars = 1 mm).