Anisepyris aegnori Barbosa & Azevedo, 2018

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 : 38

Anisepyris aegnori Barbosa & Azevedo , sp. nov.

( Figs 6D ; 8H; 8P; 9C)

Description, female. Body length 7.53 mm. Head with green reflection; mesosoma with green reflection and metapectal-propodeal disc black; wings subhyaline; metasoma dark castaneous, lightening posterad. Head wide. Mandible with four distal teeth, wide, strongly angled, with teeth different sized. Median clypeal lobe rounded, very short, truncate at apical margin; median clypeal carina swollen. Frons coriaceous ; with frontal process; antennal scrobe carinate, but weak. Eye large. Frontal angle of ocellar triangle acute; ocelli small. Vertex convex. Pronotal disc as long as wide, sparsely punctate; transverse pronotal carina present, incomplete; 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 closed; posterior fovea absent; mesopleural suture closed. Forewing with stigma developed; Rs&M vein distinguished. Mesotibia spinose; claws trifid. Metasomal segments densely setose. Genitalia. T9 with anterior arm long and overlapping 2vf; 1vv slightly longer than genitalia body; 2vv as long as 1vv length, abruptly narrowing apicad; 3vv short; 1vf strongly curved forward; 2vf slender and with dorsal lap swollen posteriorly; 1rv not curved, ventral process large, and posterior process long; 2rv not curved.

Material examined. Holotype, ♀, BRAZIL, Espírito Santo, Pinheiros, Res [erva] Biol [ógica] Córrego do Veado , 18°21'S 40°09'W, 09–17.vi.2011, arm[adilha] Möricke, M.T. Tavares & equipe col[etores] ( UFES 63348 ) . Paratype (1). BRAZIL, Minas Gerais, 1 ♀, Marliéria, P [arque] E[stadual] Rio Doce, Área Tereza , 19°37'S 42°34'W, 19–26.x.2000, arm[adilha] Malaise, JCR Fontenelle col[etor] ( UFES 102783 ) .

Distribution. Brazil: Espírito Santo, Minas Gerais.

Remarks. This species differs from A. excisus Evans, 1959 by having the body colour with green reflections; the clypeal carina swollen; the frons with a median impression that does not reach the midpoint of the head; and the mesopleuron with all foveae closed, whereas A. excisus has the body colour dark castaneous; the clypeal carina not swollen; the frons with a median impression that reaches the midpoint of the head; and the mesopleuron with the lower foveae closed and the mesopleural suture opened.

Figures

FIGURE6. Anisepyris: aeneus species-group.A–C.Mesopleuron in frontalprofile; amazonicus species-group.Head in dorsal profile.D. A. aegnori sp. nov.; E. A. aerini sp. nov.; F.A.aghani sp. nov.; G. A.amandili sp. nov.; H. A.amariei sp. nov.; I. A. amrodi sp. nov.; J. A.bregolasi sp. nov.; K.A.broddai sp. nov.; L.A. beori sp. nov.