Apechoneura nigricornis, Mocsary, 1905

Herrera-Flórez, Andrés Fabián & Alvarado, Mabel, 2022, The Apechoneura nigricornis species-group, one, two or three species?, Zootaxa 5162 (3), pp. 201-222 : 202

The nigricornis species-group

According to Gauld (2000), this group is characterised by the female not possessing an indentation on the hind margin of tergite VII ( Figs 57 & 60 ), and by the absence of epicnemial carina in both female and male ( Figs 26 , 29 , 64, 65 & 76 ). Only one species ( A. nigricornis ) was considered in this group by Gauld; now we include A. nigriventris Mocsáry, 1905 within this group.

Figures

FIGURES 53–60. A. pictiventris (female specimen from Peru). 53 & 55–60 Photographs. 53 Hind wings, 54 Hind wing (Drawing), 55 Mesosoma (dorsal view), 56 Metasoma (lateral view), 57 Metasoma (dorsal view), 58 Ovipositor, 59 Metasoma (apical part, lateral view), 60 Metasoma (apical part, dorsal view).

FIGURES 22–27. Photographs of A. nigriventris (female specimen from Peru). 22 Habitus (lateral view), 23 Metasoma (apical part), 24 Head (frontal view), 25 Propodeum (dorsolateral view), 26 Head, mesosoma & tergite I (lateral view), 27 Head & anterior part of mesosoma (dorsal view).

FIGURES 28–32. A. nigriventris. 28 Fore wing (drawing) (female specimen from Peru). 29–32 (male specimen from Peru). 29 & 30 Photographs, 31 & 32 Drawings. 29 Habitus (lateral view), 30 Metasoma (apical part), 31 Fore wing, 32 Hind wing.

FIGURES 61–73. A. nigriventris (male specimen from Peru). 61–69, 71 & 73 Photographs, 70 & 72 Drawings. 61 Habitus (lateral view), 62 Habitus (dorsal view), 63 Head (dorsal view), 64 Head & anterior part of mesosoma (lateral view), 65 Mesosoma (lateral view), 66 Mesosoma (dorsal view), 67 Metasoma (apical part, dorsal view), 68 Hind wing, 69 Wings, 70 Fore wing, 71 Metasoma (lateral view), 72 Hind wing, 73 Metasoma (dorsal view).

FIGURES 74–80. Holotype of A. seminigra Flórez, 2012 (female). 74–78 Photographs, 79 & 80 Drawings. 74 Habitus (lateral view), 75 Habitus (dorsal view), 76 Head, mesosoma & tergite I (lateral view), 77 Mesosoma (dorsal view), 78 Wings, 79 Fore wing, 80 Hind wing.