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