Anisepyris aeneus Kieffer, 1906

Barbosa, Diego N. & Azevedo, Celso O., 2018, Revision of Anisepyris Kieffer (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae), with description of 135 new species, Zootaxa 4416 (1), pp. 1-258 : 28

Anisepyris aeneus Kieffer, 1906

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Anisepyris aeneus Kieffer, 1906 , 30: 138.

Anisepyris sublevis Kieffer, 1906 , 30: 140. Synonym by Evans, 1966, 9: 16. Rhabdepyris (Lophepyris) bridwelli Evans, 1959 , 61: 202. Synonym by Evans, 1966, 9: 16.

Redescription, female. Body length 6.23 mm. Head with green reflection; mesosoma with green reflection and metapectal-propodeal disc black; wings subhyaline; metasoma dark castaneous. Head wide. Mandible with five distal teeth, wide, curved, and step-shaped. Median clypeal lobe angulate, short. Frons coriaceous ; antennal scrobe ecarinate. Eye small. Frontal angle of ocellar triangle obtuse; ocelli very small. Vertex straight. Pronotal disc as long as wide, sparsely punctured; transverse pronotal carina present, incomplete; posterior margin without posterior pronotal sulcus. Notaulus very narrow. Mesoscutellar disc with mesoscutellar sulcus narrow. Metapectalpropodeal disc short; metapostnotal median carina complete; longitudinal ridges present; metapostnotal-propodeal suture straight; paraspiracular carina present and inconspicuous; metapleural carina present and conspicuous; metapectal-propodeal disc polished; propodeal declivity polished. Mesopleuron with anterior fovea closed; mesopleural fovea closed; lower fovea opened; posterior fovea absent; mesopleural suture opened. Forewing with stigma developed; Rs&M vein distinguished. Mesotibia spinose; claws bifid. Metasomal segments densely setose. Genitalia. T9 with anterior arm long and overlapping 2vf; 1vv slightly longer than genitalia body; 2vv as long as 1vv length, smoothly narrowing apicad; 3vv short; 1vf strongly curved forward; 2vf slender, ventral margin angled, and with dorsal lap swollen posteriorly; 1rv strongly curved forward, ventral process small, and posterior process long; 2rv strongly curved forward.

Redescription, male. Body length 3.5–5.5 mm. Head with darkish green reflection; mesosoma with darkish green reflection; wings subhyaline; metasoma dark castaneous with apex castaneous. Head wide. Flagellomeres long. Mandible slender, curved, and with teeth equally wide. Median clypeal lobe angulate, short. Frons coriaceous . Antennal scrobe ecarinate. Eye large. Frontal angle of ocellae forming right angle; ocelli small. Vertex convex. Sparsely punctate; transverse pronotal carina present, incomplete; with posterior pronotal sulcus. Metapectal-propodeal disc short; metapostnotal median carina complete; longitudinal ridges present; metapostnotal-propodeal suture straight. Mesopleuron with anterior fovea closed; mesopleural fovea closed; lower fovea opened; posterior fovea absent; mesopleural suture opened. Claws bifid. Genitalia. Basiparamere shorter than paramere; paramere slender, rounded, and with ventral margin convex and dorsal margin straight, densely setose; basivolsella straight; cuspis with arms short, dorsal arm slender; aedeagus basal portion convex and slender, apical portion as long as basal portion and slender; apodeme slender.

Material examined. Holotype ( A. aeneus Kieffer, 1906 ). Female. NICARAGUA, Chinandega, Baker col. #21 ( CASC, #9568). NICARAGUA, Masaya, 1 ♀, s/ citrus, + malezas, ii.1995, Projeto NIM ( SEAN) ; BRAZIL, Goiás, 1 ♀, Alto Paraíso, P [ar]q[ue] Nac [ional] Chapada do Veadeiros , 14°00'S 47°41'W, 17–25.ix.2005, arm[adilha] Malaise, Aguiar & eq[uipe] col[etor] ( MZSP).

Distribution. U.S.A.: Texas; Mexico; El Salvador; Costa Rica; Panama; Nicaragua; Brazil: Goiás.

Figures

FIGURE 4. Anisepyris: aeneus species-group. Head in dorsal profile. A. A. brandiri sp. nov.; B. A. elrosi sp. nov.; C. A. eluredi sp. nov.; D. A. elwingi sp. nov.; E. A. erellonti sp. nov.; F. A. estei sp. nov.; G. A. aeneus Kieffer, 1906; H. A. aurichalceus (Westwood, 1874); I. A. bradleyi (Evans, 1959); J. A. longimerus Santos & Azevedo, 2000; K. A. olivaceus (Evans, 1965); L.A.portoricensis Evans, 1966.