Walker, 1862 : 20 Roman 1920 : 8 Weld 1922 : 18 Leucospidae Burks 1961 : 540 L. xylocopae Bouček 1974a : 72 De Santis 1980 : 273 Grissell & Cameron 2002 : 278 L. pinna Leucospis egaja Walker, 1862 Dalla Torre 1898 : 402 Walker, 1862 : 21 Bouček 1974a : 72 L. egaia 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 6Q63F Walker, 1862 Walker 1862 [151,515,151,178] Insecta Leucospidae Leucospis GBIF Animalia Hymenoptera 24 25 Arthropoda species egaia     Leucospis egaia  Walker, 1862: 20. Lectotype ♀: Brazil: Amazonas, Tafe (=Ega) (BMNH);  Roman 1920: 8–9, fig. Ib;  Weld 1922: 18( Leucospidaerevision);  Burks 1961: 540(compared  L. xylocopae);  Bouček 1974a: 72–73, figs 73–74;  De Santis 1980: 273(catalog);  Grissell & Cameron 2002: 278(compared  L. pinna); Noyes 2017( onlinecatalog).    Leucospis egaja Walker, 1862.  Dalla Torre 1898: 402(unjustified emendation); Noyes 2017( onlinecatalog).    Leucospis tapayosa  Walker, 1862: 21. Lectotype ♀: Brazil: Tapajos (BMNH);  Bouček 1974a: 72(syn.  L. egaia); Noyes 2017( onlinecatalog).   Diagnosis.POL about 1.6‒1.8× OOL; inner margin of the eyes conspicuously emarginate; clypeus apically bilobate, without a conspicuous median tooth; lower tooth of mandibles separated from the upper edge by a triangular excision; dorsellum subtriangular, with deep and broad crenulate furrow along margin, glabrous; propodeum slightly pilose, median carina present, plicae present; hind coxal depression uniformly punctate, with a conspicuous lobe dorso-laterally; hind femur very broad, 2‒2.1× as long as broad, excluding teeth; fore wing with apical quarter infuscate and apical process of stigmal vein shorter than uncus; in female, tergite I usually with two yellow spots posteriorly; tergite VI without spiniform projection at posterior margin; ovipositor reaching the base of gaster; in male, gaster in lateral view with dorsal margin of tergite VI not oblique relative to tergite V.   Distribution. Argentina, Brazil( Amazonas, Pará,  Minas Gerais, São Paulo, Santa Catarina), Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana,  Guatemala, Guyana,  Mexico,  Panama, Peru, Trinidad, Venezuela.   Comments.  Leucospis egaiawas previously recorded from northern, southern and southwestern Brazil( Figs 25, 26). The new records presented here extends its occurrence southwestward in the Brazilian Savannah.   Leucospis coxalis, from Argentina, is morphologically very similar to  L. egaia. Bouček (1974a)used the ovipositor length as a way to distinguish between these species, but for males he used some overlapping measurements that are not as effective for identification. Here we present two characters to distinguish these species. The fore wing of  L. coxalishas the apical process of the stigmal vein as long as the uncus ( Figs 8D, 8J), as opposed to an apical process shorter than the uncus in  L. egaia( Fig. 16D). Specifically for males,  L. coxalishas the dorsal mesepisternum with very broad punctation, interspersed with small punctations, and very strong diagonal rugae ( Fig. 7C, D), while  L. egaiahas the dorsal mesepisternum with very broad punctation, interspersed with very smooth diagonal striae ( Fig. 7A, B).   Biology.Unknown. According to Noyes (2017),  L. egaiaparasitises  Polybia, a record attributed to Grissell & Cameron (2002), but the latter authors do not mention either of these names. Since the origin of this observation was not found, it is better to consider the biology as unknown.     Materialexamined.( 19♀)  Brazil, Minas Gerais, Nova Porteirinha, 1ª CIG, CODEVASF, 15°48'55.1"S; 43°16'26.8"W,  25.x.2013 N.G.Fonsecaleg. Malaise [ UFMG‒IHY‒1613562]; Belo Horizonte,  UFMG Pampulha,  11.iii.1998[ UFMG‒IHY‒1504435]; Belo Horizonte,  UFMG Pampulha, Estação Ecológica, 19°52'30"S; 43°58'20"W,  842m, malaise,  28.vii‒4.viii.1999,  A.F. Kumagaileg. [ UFMG‒IHY‒1504427],  3‒10.xi.1999[ UFMG‒IHY‒1504428],  4‒11.viii.1999[ UFMG‒IHY‒1504429],  15‒22.iv.1998[ UFMG‒IHY‒1504430],  10‒ 17.iii.2014[ UFMG‒IHY‒1504431],  17‒24.iii.2014[ UFMG‒IHY‒1504432],  16‒23.ix.1998[ UFMG‒IHY‒ 1504433],  19‒26.viii.1998[ UFMG‒IHY‒1504434],  1‒7.x.1991[ UFMG‒IHY‒1614804]; Marliéria, Parque Estadual do Rio Doce, Trilha Tereza,  19°42'1.85"S; 42°30'7.66"W,  252m, malaise J.C.R. Fontenelle leg.  26.x‒ 2.xi.2003[ UFMG‒IHY‒1504436]; São Gonçalo do Rio Abaixo, Estação Ambiental de Peti, Alojamento( Al),  19°53'14"S; 43°22'06"W, malaise, A.F.Kumagai leg.  31.v‒7.vi.2002[ UFMG‒IHY‒1504421],  30.i –6.ii.2004[ UFMG‒IHY‒1504422],  24‒31.x.2003[ UFMG‒IHY‒1504423]; São Gonçalo do Rio Abaixo, Estação Ambiental de Peti, Ponte( Po), 19°52'49"S; 43°22'06"W, malaise, A.F.Kumagai leg. 4‒11.x.2002[UFMG‒IHY‒1504424], 13‒20.ix.2002[UFMG‒IHY‒1504425], 9‒16.xi.2007[UFMG‒IHY‒1504426];  São Paulo, Pindorama, malaise,  2.xii.2008 F. Noll leg.[ UNESP‒ Leu‒005];  São Paulo, Macaubal, malaise,  19.xi.2007 F. Noll leg. [ UNESP‒ Leu‒ 006]. 1851456480 2013-10-25 UFMG Material & Nova Porteirinha & N. G. Fonseca Brazil -15.815306 Belo Horizonte 1 -43.274113 24 25 19 19 Minas Gerais 1851456523 1998-03-11 UFMG Pampulha Brazil Belo Horizonte 24 25 1 Minas Gerais 1851456479 1999-07-28 1999-08-04 1999-07-28 UFMG Brazil 842 -19.875 Estacao Ecologica 21 -43.97222 Pampulha 24 25 1 Minas Gerais 1851456525 1991-10-01 2014-03-24 1991-10-01 UFMG A. F. Kumagai Brazil Marlieria Trilha Tereza Parque Estadual do Rio Doce 24 25 1 Minas Gerais 1851456385 2003-10-26 2003-11-02 2003-10-26 UFMG J. C. R. Fontenelle Brazil Sao Goncalo do Rio Abaixo 252 -19.700514 Alojamento 1 -42.50213 Estacao Ambiental de Peti 24 25 1 Minas Gerais 1851456526 2002-05-31 2004-02-06 2002-05-31 UFMG A. F. Kumagai Brazil Sao Goncalo do Rio Abaixo -19.887222 Ponte 21 -43.368332 Estacao Ambiental de Peti 24 25 1 Minas Gerais 1851456524 2008-12-02 UNESP Pindorama & F. Noll Brazil Leu 24 25 1 Sao Paulo 1851456518 2007-11-19 UNESP Macaubal & F. Noll Brazil Leu 24 25 1 Sao Paulo