The New World species of Leucospis Fabricius, 1775 (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea, Leucospidae): an update of Bouček’s revision with description of two new species from Brazil
Author
Lima, Alessandro Rodrigues
Author
Dias, Priscila Guimarães
text
Zootaxa
2018
2018-06-26
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4441.1.1
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Leucospis manaica
Roman, 1920
(
Fig. 17
)
Leucospis manaica
Roman 1920
: 9
–10, fig. Ia. Holotype ♀: Brazil, Manaos (NR, Stockolm);
Burks 1961
: 540
(compared
L. xylocopae
);
Bouček 1974a
: 69
–71, figs 68–71;
De Santis 1980
: 273
(catalog);
Noyes 2017
(
online
catalog).
Diagnosis.
Occipital carina complete; POL about 1.4‒1.9× OOL; inner margin of the eyes slightly emarginate; dorsellum margined with narrow upturned carina, alveolate along margin; propodeum slightly pilose, median carina present, plicae absent; hind coxal depression uniformly punctate, with a translucent lobe dorso-laterally; hind femur 2× as long as broad, teeth excluded; fore wing ambar, with apical quarter infuscate, and apical process of stigmal vein short, about 0.5× as long as uncus; in female, tergite I slightly carinate medially, ovipositor furrows diverging anteriorly; spiniform projection at posterior margin on tergite VI absent; ovipositor reaching scutellum. Male unknown.
Distribution.
Brazil
(
Amazonas
,
Minas Gerais
,
Santa Catarina
),
Venezuela
.
Comments.
The notch separating the lower mandibular tooth is quite unusual. At first sight, it is difficult to determine if the notch is triangular or semi-circular, as observed in the CAYENNENSIS-Group. It is so difficult that for a time we supposed that the
L. manaica
specimens was a new species of the CAYENNENSIS-Group. In one specimen there is variation between the right and left mandible. In one of them, the notch is narrower and sharply triangular, well angulated, while in the other the notch is larger and similar to a semi-circular notch. Both
Bouček (1974a)
and
Cooperband
et al
. (1999)
speculated that
L. manaica
and
L. bulbiventris
Cresson, 1872
were female and male, respectively, of a single species, i.e., synonyms. In this case, by the principle of priority, the name
L. bulbiventris
would be the valid one. Unfortunately, none of the authors formally proposed the synonym, and since we did not have access to the
type
material of these species, nor male specimens, we retain these species separately in the identification key.
Biology.
Unknown.
Material
examined.
(
4♀
)
Brazil
,
Minas Gerais
,
São Gonçalo do Rio Abaixo
,
Estação Ambiental de Peti
,
Alojamento
(
Al
),
19°53'14"S
;
43°22'06"W
,
18‒25.x.2002
,
Malaise
,
A.F. Kumagai
leg
. [
UFMG
‒IHY‒1504413,
UFMG
‒IHY‒1504414],
17‒24.x.2003
[
UFMG
‒IHY‒1504415];
Belo Horizonte
,
UFMG
Pampulha
,
Estação Ecológica
,
19°52'30"S
;
43°58'20"W
,
842m
,
24.xi‒1.xii.1999
,
Malaise
,
A.F. Kumagai
leg
. [
UFMG
‒IHY‒1504416].