Bakeriella olmeca Evans, 1964

Azevedo, Celso O., 2014, Synopsis of Bakeriella Kieffer, 1910 (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae), Zootaxa 3878 (6), pp. 501-535 : 524

Bakeriella olmeca Evans, 1964

( Figs 107–112 )

Bakeriella olmeca Evans 1964: 118 (list), 119 (key), 123–124 (♂ and ♀ descriptions); Evans 1979: 257 (list), 258, 260 (key), 265 (additional material); Gordh & Móczár 1990: 71 (catalog); Azevedo 1994: 149 (key); Kawada & Azevedo 2003: 468 (additional material).

olmeca [lapsus calami]: Evans 1966a: 270, 271, 273 (comparison).

Material examined. Holotype ♂ and allotype ♀: MEXICO, Vera Cruz, 30 miles S Acayucan, 21.IV.1962, F. D. Parker col. ( CASC, holotype #8520, slide HE461, allotype #8519).

Diagnosis. FEMALE ( Fig. 107 ). Black. Mandible with five apical teeth ( Fig. 108 ). Clypeus with narrow truncate median lobe. Antennal scrobe not carinate. Frons weakly coriaceous. Vertex slightly convex. Pronotal disc with anterior corner angulate; anterior carina thick and arched forward medially; median carina absent; lateral margin not carinate, but acute; posterior margin paralleled by series of small foveae. Scutellar pit transverse. Mesopleuron with upper fovea rounded.

MALE ( Fig. 109 ). Black. Mandible with five apical teeth ( Fig. 110 ). Clypeus with subangulate median lobe. Antennal scrobe weakly carinate. Eye with inner margin carinate dorsally. Frons coriaceous. Vertex slightly convex. Temple with strong carina from vertex to base of mandible. Pronotal disc with anterior corner angulate; anterior carina angled forward medially, thick and denticulate; median carina thick, touching posterior series of foveae; lateral carina thick but progressively narrowing posterad; posterior margin paralleled by series of small foveae. Scutellar pit transverse. Mesopleuron with upper fovea rounded. Genitalia ( Figs 111, 112 ): paramere almost evenly wide, with rounded apex, dorsal margin slightly convex, ventral sinuous; cuspis divided into two arms, ventral arm elongate, 0.75 × length of paramere, rounded apex, dorsal arm very wide, progressively wider apicad, apical margin concave; aedeagus bottle-shaped, apex almost aligned with cuspis apex, ventral margin projected downward as lamina; basal margin with angulate corner; apodeme with base very dilated outward.

Distribution. Mexico (Vera Cruz), Belize, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Brazil (Pará).

Figures

FIGURES 97 – 108. 97 – 101. Bakeriella montivaga, ♂: 97. body, dorsal view; 98. mandible, frontal view; 99. mesopleuron, lateral view; 100. genitalia, ventral view; 101. genitalia, lateral view. 102 – 106. B. nuda, ♂: 102. body, dorsal view; 103. mandible, frontal view; 104. mesopleuron, lateral view; 105. genitalia, ventral view; 106. genitalia, lateral view. 107 – 108. B. olmeca, ♀: 107. body, dorsal view; 108. mandible, frontal view. Scale bars = 250 µm.

FIGURES 109 – 120. 109 – 112. Bakeriella olmeca, ♂: 109. body, dorsal view; 110. mandible, frontal view; 111. genitalia, ventral view; 112. genitalia, lateral view. 113 – 117. B. polita, ♂: 113. body, dorsal view; 114. mandible, frontal view; 115. mesopleuron, lateral view; 116. genitalia, ventral view; 117. genitalia, lateral view. 118 – 120. B. polita, ♀: 118. body, dorsal view; 119. mandible, frontal view; 120. mesopleuron, lateral view. Scale bars = 250 µm.