Amputoearinus pitzi Lindsay and Sharkey sp.n. (Fig. 3 e)

Diagnosis: This species can be distinguished from all other species of Amputoearinus by the following characters; forewing banded from base yellow, infuscate, yellow, infuscate, foremargin yellow basally; projection of propleuron blunt.

Description: Holotype ♂

Body length: 7.4mm. Color: body yellow except melanic as follows: melanic patch posterior to eye; antenna, midtibia with melanic patch distally, hind coxa with melanic patch anterodistally, melanic patch distally and basally on hind tibia, terga distally; forewing banded from base, yellow, infuscate, yellow, infuscate; foremargin yellow basally (cf. Fig. 5 b). Head: antenna with unknown number of flagellomeres, left antenna broken after 17th flagellomere, right antenna broken after 6th flagellomere. Mesosoma: projection of propleuron blunt (cf. Fig. 6 f); median areola of mesosoma slightly depressed with carinae laterally and posteriorly (cf. Fig. 7 c); propodeal sculpture reduced to small protuberance anteromedially (cf. Fig. 5 f); mesopleural suture with transverse carinae along its length; margin between metepimeron and metepisternum smooth, lacking transverse carinae (cf. Fig.7 b); carina bordering subpronope posteriorly, not extending to anterior margin of pronotum (cf. Fig. 6 b); length of midtibial spur 0.5mm, length of midbasitarsomere 0.6mm; midtibia with 2 pegs at midlength, lacking pegs apically; hind tibia with 3 pegs apically; forewing length 6.2mm. Metasoma: median syntergite 2+3, length 1.3mm, width 1.0mm.

Female: Unknown

Etymology: in honor of Kevin Pitz.

Specimen examined: HOLOTYPE. ♂, BOLIVIA, Dpto. Santa Cruz, Estac. Experimental General Saavedra, [17°15’S 63°10’W], 9.vii.1972, C. Porter [and] L. Stange (head broken, placed on triangle, right hind leg broken after femur), (IMLA).