Scaphepyris rufus Kieffer, 1904

Lanes, G. O. & Azevedo, C. O., 2007, Redescription and placement of the Oriental Scaphepyris rufus Kieffer (Hymenoptera: Bethylidae), Zootaxa 1654 (1), pp. 55-60 : 57

Scaphepyris rufus Kieffer, 1904

( Figs. 1–8 )

Diagnosis. Female. Antenna compact. Mandible with three apical teeth. Clypeus with high median carina. Pronotal disc separated from mesonotum by large and deep depression. Propodeal disc with only lateral carina defined. Fore basitarsus with distal margin spinose.

Description. Body length 4.00 mm. Color. Head, mesosoma and metasoma castaneous; antenna, mandible, palpi and legs light castaneous.

Head ( Fig. 1 ). Mandible with three apical teeth ( Fig. 2 ). Clypeus with median lobe projected, apical margin subangulate, median carina high, forming keel in lateral view. Antenna compact ( Fig. 3 ); first four antennal segments in ratio of about 40:8:8:7; segment III 1.25× as wide as long; segment XI 1.71× as wide as long. Frons coriaceous with large punctures separated each other by about 1.0× own diameter. Eye reduced and circular. Ocelli absent. WH 0.73× LH; WF 0.89× WH; WF 9.17× HE; VOL 12.33× HE. Temple convex in dorsal profile. Vertex slightly convex, corner rounded. Occipital carina complete, not visible in dorsal view.

Mesosoma ( Fig. 4 ). Thorax coriaceous. Pronotal disc long and separated from mesonotum by large and deep depression; anterior carina absent; pronotal collar large. Mesonotum short, triangular, not divided into mesoscutum and scutellum; without notaulus, parapsidal furrow, groove or pits. Metanotum absent medially. Propodeal disc 1.55× as long as wide; maximum width of propodeum about 1.57× width at constriction; transverse carina and discal carinae absent, lateral carina defined; spiracle circular, located on lateral of propodeum; declivity without median and lateral carinae. Mesopleuron large in dorsal view; weakly coriaceous; upper groove present; episternal furrow, mesopleural pit, anterior fovea and prepectal and postpectal carinae absent ( Fig. 5 ). Tegula and wings absent. Fore femur 2.5× as long as wide; fore tibia not spinose; fore basitarsus with some spines on distal margin ( Fig. 6 ). Mid tibia strongly spinose ( Fig. 7 ). Hind tibia not spinose ( Fig. 8 ).

Metasoma. Long, 1.77x mesosoma; not petiolate, coriaceous.

Material examined. Holotype, 1 ♀, [ INDONESIA], Sumatra, Si-Rambé, xii.[18]90-iii.[18]91, E. Modigliani col. ( MCSN).

Figures

FIGURES 1–8. Scaphepyris rufus female. 1. Head in dorsal view; 2. Mandible in frontal view; 3. Antenna; 4. Thorax in dorsal view; 5. Mesopleuron in lateral view; 6. Fore leg; 7. Mid leg; 8. Hind leg. (scale bar = 0.5 mm)