Polysphincta shabui Gauld, 1991 Fig. 8A-F

Polysphincta shabui Gauld, 1991: 314. Holotype ♀, Costa Rica (MNCR).

Diagnosis.

Polysphincta shabui can be distinguished from other species of the P. dizardi species-group by the combination of the following characteristics: (1) epomia absent (Fig. 8B); (2) malar space 0.6 times as long as proximal mandibular width (Fig. 8B); (3) fore wing vein 1 cu-a more or less interstitial relative to M&RS (Fig. 8A); (4) mesosoma entirely reddish brown (Fig. 8A); (5) wings hyaline (Fig. 8A); (6) hind leg orange with femur, tibia and tarsus darkish brown (or femur reddish orange) (Fig. 8A); (7) metasoma entirely darkish brown or darkish brown with tergites I-III reddish orange with posterior margins narrowly black (Fig. 8A, C); (8) ovipositor slender, 1.2-1.4 times as long as hind tibia.

Comments.

Additional characters to the original description (♀) are as follows: body about [10.5-11.0] 10.5-14.0; head in dorsal view with margin of the gena flat behind the eyes, and its margin [0.5] 0.5-0.6 times length of eye; shelf-like projection, in dorsal view, developed anterolaterally in apex, the apex bilobed, and in lateral view, with anterolateral part in apex rounded and weakly decurved; mesoscutum robust, in dorsal view; tarsal claw with proximal lobe quadrangular, with claw apex slightly overtaking the distal margin of lobe.

Distribution.

Costa Rica and Brazil (Fig. 12).

Biological notes.

Host unknown.

Materials examined.

Paratypes: Costa Rica, Limón Pv., 16 km, W. Guápiles, 400 m, V.1989 (without collector), 1♀, BMNH; idem, but Heredia Pv., Braulio Carrillo, 9.5 km, E. of El Tunel, 1000 m, X-XI.1989, 1♀, BMNH. Costa Rica: Cartago Pv., Cachí, 1200 m, II.1996 (Chaves leg.), 1♀, BMNH; Ptas Pv., San Vito, Las Alturas, 1500 m, V.1992 (K. Gaston leg.), 1♀, BMNH .