Centistidea vertus (Papp, 2013)

Fig. 6

Mirax (Centistidea) vertus Papp, 2013: 121;

holotype in Instituto Alexander von Humbolt, Villa de Leyva, Colombia (not examined) .

Centistidea vertus – Yu et al. 2016.

Diagnosis

Body length 2.8 mm; head brown-black, mesosoma and metasoma black (Fig. 6a); antenna (Fig. 6f) about 1.6 × as long as body, first flagellomere 7 × as long as broad preapically, penultimate flagellomere almost 4× as long as broad; head 1.7× as broad as long in dorsal view; eye slightly protruding and 1.5 × as long as temple, temple rounded (Fig. 6e); inner margin of eyes parallel, face 1.5 × as wide as high (Fig. 6g); mesoscutum and scutellum uneven and dull (Fig. 6b); propodeum (Fig. 6c, f) rugulose with carinulate-areolate elements; hind femur 4.1× as long as broad distally; pterostigma narrow, 3.3 × as long as wide and issuing r proximally from its midpoint; vein 2-SR 1.5 × as long as width of pterostigma; T1 (Fig. 6d) spoon-shaped, broadening and convex, T2 fairly wide and straight; ovipositor sheath as long as hind tarsomeres 2–3 (following Papp 2013).

Material examined

BRAZIL • 1 ♀; Nova Teutonia; 27.1833° S, 52.3833° W; F. Plaumann leg.; 18 May 1937; B.M.1937-656; NHMUK010639543; NHMUK • 1 ♀; same data as for preceding; 21 Jun. 1937; NHMUK010639584; NHMUK • 1 ♀; same data as preceding; 10 Jul. 1937; NHMUK010639585; NHMUK • 1 ♂; same data as preceding; 26 Jul. 1937; NHMUK010639588; NHMUK • 1 ♂; same data as preceding; 30 Jul. 1937; NHMUK010639544; NHMUK • 1 ♀; same data as for preceding; 19 Nov. 1937; B.M.1937-748; NHMUK010639619; NHMUK • 1 ♀; same data as for preceding; 28 Dec. 1937; NHMUK010639627 • 1 ♀; same data as for preceding; 17 Aug. 1937; NHMUK010639613 • 2 ♂♂; same data as for preceding; NHMUK010639572, NHMUK010639569; NHMUK • 1 ♀; same data as for preceding; 14 Nov. 1938; B.M.1938-682; NHMUK010639623; NHMUK • 1 ♂; same data as for preceding 6 Apr. 1938; NHMUK010639575; NHMUK • 1 ♀; same data as for preceding; 17 Nov. 1938; B.M.1938-312; NHMUK010639587; NHMUK • 2 ♂♂; same data as for preceding; 18 Oct. 1938; NHMUK010639609, NHMUK010639591; NHMUK • 1 ♀; same data as for preceding; 7 Jan. 1945; B.M.1957-341; NHMUK010639598; NHMUK • 1 ♀; same data as for preceding; 11 Jun. 1935; NHMUK010639570; NHMUK • 1 ♀; same data as for preceding; 25 Sep. 1935; NHMUK010639601; NHMUK • 1 ♂; same data as for preceding; 10 Sep. 1935; NHMUK010639614; NHMUK • 1 ♂; same data as for preceding; 25 Sep. 1935; NHMUK010639606; NHMUK .

Host

Unknown.

Distribution

New to Brazil; Colombia.

Remarks

It is worth noting that the hypopygium is well developed, surpassing the apex of the metasoma in specimens we have seen (Fig. 6a) and specimens from Brazil are distinctly lighter (yellow-brown) on the middle part of the mesosoma (Fig. 6b).