Bouček, 1974a : 94 Bouček 1974b : 430 L. leptomera Martins & Antonini 1994 : 556 Martins et al. 1996 : 13 Grissell & Cameron 2002 : 277 L. pinna The New World species of Leucospis Fabricius, 1775 (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea, Leucospidae): an update of Bouček’s revision with description of two new species from Brazil Lima, Alessandro Rodrigues Dias, Priscila Guimarães Zootaxa 2018 2018-06-26 4441 1 1 45 6Q63C Boucek, 1974 Boucek 1974 [151,539,1661,1687] Insecta Leucospidae Leucospis GBIF Animalia Hymenoptera 16 17 Arthropoda species genalis     Leucospis genalis  Bouček, 1974a: 94–96; figs 111, 112. Holotype ♀: Paraguay: Villarica (MCZ, Cambridge);  Bouček 1974b: 430–432; fig. 1.1 (compared  L. leptomera);  Martins & Antonini 1994: 556, 558 (hosts);  Martins et al.1996: 13–14 (hosts);  Grissell & Cameron 2002: 277(compared  L. pinna); Noyes 2017( onlinecatalog).   Diagnosis.Occipital carina conspicuous only behind ocellar triangle; POL about 0.9‒1.0× OOL; inner margin of eyes not emarginate; clypeus apically bilobate, with a conspicuous median tooth; mandible with lower tooth long, separated from upper edge by a broad semicircular gap; pronotum without premarginal carina; dorsellum subtriangular, bare, coarsely alveolate, its margin with raised sublamellate carina; propodeum densely pilose, median carina present, plicae present; hind coxal depression with coarse punctation dorsally and a broad impunctate streak extending nearly to base, without translucent lobe dorso-laterally; hind femur unusually slender, more than twice as long as broad excluding teeth; fore wing light brown, apical third infuscate, stigma clavate, apical process of stigmal vein about as long as uncus; tergite I without ovipositor sulcus; gaster posteriorly with golden pubescence; ovipositor reaching base of tergite IV; in female, tergite VI without spiniform projection at posterior margin; in male, tergite II dorsally not only visible, but very heavily sculptured.   Distribution. Brazil(  Minas Gerais, São Paulo),  Paraguay.   Comments.  Leucospis genaliswas previously recorded from  Paraguayand Brazil(state of São Paulo) ( Figs 25, 26). This is the first record from the state of Minas Gerais, which represents the northern most record of this species.   Biology.Previously recorded as a parasitoid of the solitary bees  Diadasina distincta(Holmberg, 1903)( Martins & Antonini 1994) and  Ptilothrix plumataSmith, 1853( Martins et al.1996).     Materialexamined.( 7♀, 4♂)  Brazil, Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Campusda UFMG, Estação Ecológicada UFMG, J.F.Macedo leg. 5.iv.1993, [1♀ UFMG‒IHY‒1305657], 6.ix.1993[1♀ UFMG‒IHY‒1701143], 27.vii.1993[1♀ UFMG–IHY–1701142];  H.R.Pimenta leg.,  26.viii.1991[ 1♂ UFMG‒IHY‒1305658],  9.iv.1992[ 1♀ UFMG‒IHY‒1305659]  18.iv.1991[ 1♀ UFMG‒IHY‒1305660],  6.iii.1992[ 1♀ UFMG‒IHY‒1305661],  20.ii.1992[ 1♂ UFMG–IHY–1305662],  14.v.1991[ 1♂ UFMG–IHY–1305663]; São Paulo, Rio Claro, Horto Florestal Navarro de Andrade, em vôo,  18.iv.1988,  R.P.Martins leg. [ 1♀ UFMG–IHY–1305759]; São Paulo, Jundiahy, 1899, Schrottky[ Paratype ♂ MfN]. 1851456522 UFMG Material Brazil Belo Horizonte Estacao Ecologica Campus 17 18 11 7 4 Minas Gerais 1851456490 1988-04-18 1992-04-09 1988-04-18 UFMG H. R. Pimenta Brazil 18 19 Horto Florestal Navarro de Andrade Rio Claro 17 18 6 3 3 Sao Paulo 1851456519 UFMG, MfN R. P. Martins Brazil Schrottky Jundiahy 18 19 2 1 1 Sao Paulo paratype