Digonocryptus huntus Aguiar et Ramos, 2011

Aguiar, Alexandre Pires & Ramos, Adriana C. B., 2011, 2846, Zootaxa 2846, pp. 1-98 : 43

Digonocryptus huntus Aguiar et Ramos , sp. nov.

Figs 9, 10, 158, 159, 193, 233

Description. Holotype FEMALE. Fore wing 12.0 mm.

Head. Ventral tooth of mandible approximately as long as dorsal tooth. Clypeus apical area delimited by smooth border; clypeal margin with one tooth. Antenna broken beyond 16 th flagellomere; white band starting at flagellomere V; 4 flagellomeres at least 50% white.

Mesosoma . Laterally with white pubescence, about 70–80% of cuticular surface visible; mesopleuron weakly striate. Subalar prominence narrow and elongate, somewhat keeled. Sulcus between sternaulus and scrobe conspicuous and complete. Posterior transverse carina of mesosternum absent. Lower metapleuron weakly striate-rugulose. Propodeum: area in front of anterior transverse carina very finely and densely rugulose ( Fig. 159), medially with two incomplete ridges extending from carina towards anterior margin. Propodeal apophyses present as conspicuous scale-shaped structures, somewhat compressed, oblong in cross-section. Posterior transverse carina distinct between apophyses, medially also scale-shaped. Area between transverse carinae and behind posterior transverse carina densely rugulose. Fore wing in Fig. 193; vein 3-Cu 1.28 length of 4-Cu. Hind wing in Fig. 233.

Metasoma. Postpetiole dorso-anteriorly weakly concave; dorsolateral carina and median dorsal carina distinct; petiolar spiracles in dorsal view not prominent. Ovipositor 1.95 length of hind tibia. Apex of lower valve with 12 teeth.

Color. Brown and black with yellow marks. Lateral pattern as in Fig. 9. Orbital band interrupted only at malar space; width on supra-antennal area and temple about 0.1 of interocular distance, on gena twice as wide. Scape of antenna ventro-apically with small yellow dot. Supraclypeal area dorsally with two large yellow dots, one at base of each torulus. Clypeus yellow, except widely along base, and apical area, dark brown. Mesosoma mostly reddish brown, except mesonotum dark brown narrowly along its margins, anteriorly on notaulus, and area between axillar carinae; dorsally from scutellum to apex of propodeum also dark brown ( Fig. 158); yellow marks as follows. Pronotum dorsally along anterior margin with yellow stripe medially not interrupted, ending at epomia. Axillar, scutellar and postscutellar carinae yellow. Scutellum centrally with two large yellow spots, one on each side, almost connecting medially. Postscutellum yellow. Propodeum as in Figs 9–10. All femora, fore and mid tibia brown with reddish tone; hind tibia brown. All tarsi brown, except mid t2–3 dorsally with large longitudinal yellow mark, hind t2–3 entirely pale yellow, t5 on all legs dark brown. Metasoma dorsally dark brown, but lighter than propodeum. T1–8 apical margin with yellow stripe, wide on postpetiole, narrow to almost linear on T2–8.

MALE. Unknown.

Comments. The dorsal color pattern is unique, and therefore characteristic for the species. The mesepimeron dorsally yellow is also unusual.

Material examined. HOLOTYPE ♀ “Runtun, Baños// XI. 68 Ecuador // Luis Peña”; “ Digonocryptus // sp. 13” ( AEIC). Right wings slide mounted; right antenna apical half and mid left t4–5 missing.

Distribution. Ecuador.