Apenesia chontalica Westwood, 1881

Alencar, Isabel D. C. C. & Azevedo, Celso O., 2020, Revision of the world Apenesia Westwood (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae), Zootaxa 4724 (1), pp. 1-72 : 16-17

Apenesia chontalica Westwood, 1881

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Apenesia chontalica Westwood 1881 , 131, pl 7, fig. 3. ♀; Cameron 1888, 1: 448; Dalla Torre 1898, 5: 558 (catalog); Kief- fer,1908, 76, 25 (catalog); Kieffer 1914, 41: 392, 395; Evans 1963, 130: 269, 358–359, figs 132, 134; Evans 1964, 132: 32, Figs 13 , 15 ; Gordh & Móczár 1990, 46: 201 (catalog).

Diagnosis. Female. Length 7.0 mm. Color. Body castaneous. Mandible with two apical teeth. Clypeus extending back frons, broad short trapezoidal median lobe, margin with few bristles. Eye dark, elliptical, with about 12 facets. Malar space slightly shorter than eye length. Frons nearly polished, punctures small and very sparse. Head subquadrate, 0.95 × as long as wide, sides convex, vertex straight, occipital carina visible in dorsal view. Dorsal pronotal area with lateral margin parallel, sides diverging downward. Maximum width of metapectal-propodeal complex 1.6 × its minimum width, slope between metapectal-propodeal complex and declivity rounded. Mesotibia strongly spinose. Metasoma much longer than head and mesosoma together, petiole very short.

Material examined. Non type ♀: MEX [ICO], in decayed, log. {?= 10g}, XII’.20’, Laredo, 24745, lot #41-459 [det. by Evans, 1962] ( USNM).

Comments. Type material was not available for this study. The type material is supposed be deposited at OXUM, but we were not able to find it there .

Distribution. Neotropical ( Mexico, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Costa Rica).

Figures

FIGURE 13. Hypopygium. A. Apenesia amenula; B. Apenesia aniela; C. Apenesia azeda; D. Apenesia beliella; E. Apenesia berela; F. Apenesia bifiela; G. Apenesia celiela; H. Apenesia chandela; I. Apenesia cila; J. Apenesia colombela; K. Apenesia elela; L. Apenesia esila; M. Apenesia eura; N. Apenesia farela; O. Apenesia gabela. (Scale bar 125µm)

FIGURE 15. Genitalia. A–C. Apenesia amenula; D–F. Apenesia aniela; G–I. Apenesia azeda; A, D, G. ventral view; B, E, H. dorsal view; C, F, I. cuspis, lateral view. (Scale bar 125µm)

FIGURE 25. Dorsal mesosoma. A. Apenesia azeda; B. Apenesia celiela; C. Apenesia conradti; D. Apenesia parasitica, E. Apenesia sahyadrica. Body. F. Apenesia amazonica; G. Apenesia amoena; H. Apenesia bicolor; I. Apenesia chontaica; J. Apenesia delicata. (Scale bar F–J 250µm)