Apechoneura nigriventris Mocsáry, 1905

Herrera-Flórez, Andrés Fabián & Alvarado, Mabel, 2022, The Apechoneura nigricornis species-group, one, two or three species?, Zootaxa 5162 (3), pp. 201-222 : 206

Apechoneura nigriventris Mocsáry, 1905 (Adapted from Flórez, 2012) ( Figs 18-32 , 61-80 , 89 & 91 )

Diagnosis

Metasoma and most of hind legs black; areolet sessile to petiolate.

Female: fore wing length 15.0– 16.4 mm.

Head

Clypeus almost flat, with a weak transverse ridge near apex; malar space 0.6–0.8× as long as basal mandibular width ( Fig. 24 ); lower face at narrowest point 0.9× as wide as height from clypeofacial suture to insertion of antenna; hypostomal carina joined to occipital carina far from base of mandible; posterior ocellus separated the eye by 1.3–1.5× its own maximum diameter ( Fig. 27 ); antenna with first flagellomere about 0.9–1.0× as long as the second; subapical flagellomeres slightly elongated.

Mesosoma

Pronotum with upper hind margin swollen, forming a small conical projection; scutoscutellar groove broad and shallow; scutellum shallow, with a few weak transverse rugae posteriorly; epicnemial carina absent; sternal region of mesothorax smooth and polished; posterior transverse carina absent; metapleuron with a rather conspicuous sharp lateral projection near posterior end ( Fig. 25 ); submetapleural carina narrow with a distinct low median denticle ( Fig. 26 ); propodeum in profile more or less flat ( Fig. 26 ); anterior transverse carina complete laterally, separating area spiracularis from area lateralis, mediodorsally incomplete so area basalis is not enclosed posteriorly ( Fig. 25 ); area basalis slightly transverse; lateral longitudinal carina posteriorly absent ( Fig. 25 ); lateromedian longitudinal carinae not present behind anterior transverse carina ( Fig. 25 ); fore leg with tibia slightly inflated, tarsus with long hairs on inner surface; mid leg with tibia bearing several stout spines; fore wing with areolet large, from truncate (sessile) to strongly petiolate, with 2 m-cu joining it very slightly basal of middle ( Figs 18, 20 , 22 , 28 , 78 & 79 ); second distal cell short, with vein 1 m-cu about 0.5 of length of abscissa of Cu 1 between Rs&M and 1 m-cu ( Figs 18, 20 , 22 , 28 , 78 & 79 ); hind wing with the distal abscissa of Cu 1 joining cu-a clearly closer to M than to 1 A ( Figs 21 , 78 & 80 ); first abscissa of Cu 1 0.1-0.2 × as long as cu -a ( Figs 21 , 78 & 80 ).

Metasoma

Tergite I slender, 3.0–4.0× as long as posteriorly broad; sternite I short, reaching about 0.3–0.4 of length of tergite, with a median swelling centrally; tergite II 1.4–2.3× as long as broad, with isolated pubescence; tergite VII mediodorsally without an indentation posteriorly; tergite VIII, in lateral view, tapered to a bluntly rounded apex, without a cornus, and with uniformly scattered pubescence ( Fig. 23 ); tergite IX bearing long pubescence; ovipositor at rest extending beyond apex of metasoma by 3.5–4.5× the length of the hind tibia.

Color

Head orange; flagellum predominantly black, two basal flagellomeres ventrally reddish. Mesosoma orange. Fore and mid legs orange; hind leg with coxa from totally to partially (basally) orange, trochanter and trochantellus black except for some small orange spots, femur, tibia and tarsus black. Metasoma black, hypopygium centrally orange. Ovipositor sheath black except for subapical whitish wide band. Fore wing hyaline, with a distinctive apical black band; pterostigma black.

Male ( Figs 29–32 , 61–73 & 89 )

Similar to the female in structure and color. Size smaller, fore wing length 13.2–13.6 mm.

Apechoneura nigriventris is removed from synonymy with A. nigricornis Mocsáry , because their color patterns are definitively different and re-instated as a valid species

Type material: Lectotype ♀, ( Apechoneura nigriventris Mocsáry ) Perú: Pebas id nr. 108996 HNHM Hym. Coll. ( TM).

Non type material: BRAZIL: ♀ “Brazil” (no more data) collected by Morley ( NHMUK). ECUADOR: ♀ “ECUADOR: Napo, Muyuna, 5km. W, Tena 29xi1978 M. Cooper B.M. 1979 – 20”; and, ♀ “ECUADOR, Morona- Santiago, Taisha 500m 17.i.1982 M Cooper” ( NHMUK). PERU: ♀ “PERÚ: CU. La Convención, Echarate, Reserva Comunal Matsiguenga, 12º11'33"[S]/ 73º0'11.6"[W] 714m. 17-19.vii.2011 P. Sanchez ”; ♂ “PERÚ: CU. La Convención, Echarate, Samiri, 73º3'35"[W]/11º38'9.6"[S]/ 410m. 28-30.xi.2011 P. Sanchez ”; ♀ “PERÚ: LO. Alto Nanay, Qda.[Quebrada] Lobillos, 109m, 18M 0563093E 9612023 N, 06.xii.2008, C. Castillo ”; 3 ♀♀ “: LO. Prov. [Provincia] Requena, nr. 12 de Octubre, 5º42'3.064"S / 74º17'12.363"W 128m, ligth trap 02-04.vii.2011 J. Peralta ”; ♂ “PERÚ: LO. Prov. [Provincia] Requena, nr. 12 de Octubre, 5°42'3.064"S / 74°17'12.363"W 115m, light trap 02-04.vii.2011 J. Peralta ”; ♀ “PERÚ: LO. Rio Urituyacu , ca. Ayahuasca, 22.iii.2010, 4º8'52"S / 76º0'42"W 110m, manual, C. Castillo ”; ♂ “PERÚ: LO. Ucayali, Padre Márquez, CCNN [Comunidad Nativa] Santa Ana 7º52'4"[S]/ 75º30'59"[W] 224m. 10-11.x.2011 L. Sulca ”; ♂ “PERÚ: UC. Coronel Portilla 73º42'42.64"W / 08º20'40.04"S 212m. 10-12.x.2012 P. Sanchez ” ( MUSM); ♀ PERÚ, Dept. Huánuco, Panguana, Rio Yuyapichis , 9º 37'S, 74º 56' W, 260 m, 20 IX. – 15. X. 2011, Malaise-Falle, leg. E. Diller. ( ZSM). COLOMBIA, ♀ Amazonas: Parque Nacional Natural Amacayacu Caño Mata Matá, 3°41'N, 70°15'W, Malaise trap, Martin Kelsey: 200 m, II-III.1989 ( ICN 083474 ) .

Figures

FIGURES 18–21. Holotype of A. nigriventris Mocsary 1905 (female), 18 & 19 Photographs, 20 & 21 Drawings. 18 Habitus (lateral view), 19 Habitus (dorsal view), 20 Fore wing, 21 Hind wing.

FIGURES 22–27. Photographs of A. nigriventris (female specimen from Peru). 22 Habitus (lateral view), 23 Metasoma (apical part), 24 Head (frontal view), 25 Propodeum (dorsolateral view), 26 Head, mesosoma & tergite I (lateral view), 27 Head & anterior part of mesosoma (dorsal view).

FIGURES 28–32. A. nigriventris. 28 Fore wing (drawing) (female specimen from Peru). 29–32 (male specimen from Peru). 29 & 30 Photographs, 31 & 32 Drawings. 29 Habitus (lateral view), 30 Metasoma (apical part), 31 Fore wing, 32 Hind wing.

FIGURES 61–73. A. nigriventris (male specimen from Peru). 61–69, 71 & 73 Photographs, 70 & 72 Drawings. 61 Habitus (lateral view), 62 Habitus (dorsal view), 63 Head (dorsal view), 64 Head & anterior part of mesosoma (lateral view), 65 Mesosoma (lateral view), 66 Mesosoma (dorsal view), 67 Metasoma (apical part, dorsal view), 68 Hind wing, 69 Wings, 70 Fore wing, 71 Metasoma (lateral view), 72 Hind wing, 73 Metasoma (dorsal view).

FIGURES 74–80. Holotype of A. seminigra Flórez, 2012 (female). 74–78 Photographs, 79 & 80 Drawings. 74 Habitus (lateral view), 75 Habitus (dorsal view), 76 Head, mesosoma & tergite I (lateral view), 77 Mesosoma (dorsal view), 78 Wings, 79 Fore wing, 80 Hind wing.

FIGURES 88–89. 88 Distribution of A. nigricornis, 89 Distribution of A. nigriventris.

FIGURES 90-91. 90 Distribution of A. pictiventris, 91 Apechoneura nigriventris (Redrawn from Schmiedeknecht 1907).