Anisepyris metallicus Kieffer, 1905

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 : 149-150

Anisepyris metallicus Kieffer, 1905

( Figs 20B ; 20E; 20F; 20G)

Anisepyris metalicus Kieffer, 1905 , 24: 94, 95–96.

Redescription, male. Body length 2.27 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 sparse and short setae. Mandible very narrow, curved, and with teeth equally wide. Median clypeal lobe angulate, short, with median tooth at apical margin. Frons coriaceous . Antennal scrobe carinate, but weak. Eye large. Frontal angle of ocellar triangle acute; ocelli small. Vertex straight. Pronotal disc as long as wide, strongly coriaceous ; transverse pronotal carina complete; without posterior pronotal sulcus. Notaulus narrow. Mesoscutellar sulcus narrow. Metapectal-propodeal disc short; metapostnotal median carina complete; longitudinal ridges absent; 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 not spinose. Claws bifid. Metasomal segments glabrous. Genitalia. Basiparamere shorter than paramere; paramere slender, rounded, and with ventral margin convex and dorsal margin straight, glabrous; basivolsella straight; cuspis with arms short, dorsal arm slender; aedeagus with basal portion angled and slender, and apical portion as long as basal and slender; apodeme slender.

Material examined. Male. MEXICO, Vera Cruz , xii.30.40, G.E. Bohart collector ( CASC). Distribution. Mexico .

Figures

FIGURE 20. Anisepyris: franciscanus species-group. A–B. Head in dorsal profile. A. A. franciscanus Evans, 1966; B. A. metallicus Kieffer, 1905; C–D. Female mandible in frontal profile; E. Male mandible in frontal profile; F. Mesosoma in dorsal profile; G–H. Mesopleuron in frontal profile; guianae species-group. I–L. Head in dorsal profile. I. A. carcharothi sp. nov.; J. A. elatani sp. nov.; K. A. cepus Santos & Azevedo, 2008; L. A. guianae Evans, 1966; M. Mesosoma in dorsal profile; megacephalus species-group.N–O.Head in dorsal profile.N. A.amlachi sp. nov.; O. A.durini sp. nov.