Bakeriella aurata Kawada & Azevedo, 2003

(Figs 6–8)

Bakeriella aurata Kawada & Azevedo 2003: 463 (fig. 7), 464 (♀ description, fig. 14), 465 (fig. 17), 466 (fig. 27).

Material examined. Holotype ♀. BRAZIL, Am[azonas], Manaus, Reserva Ducke, 08-15.IV.1992, stick [trap] 2.0 m high, Vidal & Jailson col. (INPA) . New material: BRAZIL, Amazonas, Manaus, Reserva 1501, km 41, 1 ♀, 10- 25.XI.2995 and 1 ♀ 18–30.IX.1995, arm[adilha] Malaise (INPA); Base de Instrução—2, mata, 1 ♀, 10–20.X.1997 and 1 ♀, arm[adilha] Malaise (INPA); 1 ♀, Reserva 1112, lateral leste, 03.X.1984, rede, Bert Klein col. (INPA); 1 ♀, Reserva Ducke, Igarapé Uberê, VI.1986, arm[adilha] Malaise, J.M.G.Ribeiro & J. Vidal col. (INPA); 1 ♀, Pará, Oriximiná, Porto Trombetas, 01º27'S 56º30'W, 14–24.II.2007, Malaise Trap, Cardoso, J. & Costa, G. (UFES #109061); 1 ♀, Pará, Melgaço, Floresta Nacional de Caxiuanã, trilha Est[ação] Cie[ntífica] Ferreira Pena, 14.X–19.XI.2003, arm[adilha] Malaise 1, A.P.Aguiar & J. Dias col., ponto P05059 (MPEG); Ma[ranhão], 1 ♀, Novo Aripuanã, Reserva Soka, 05º15'53"S 60º07'08"W, 17–25.VIII.1999, Malaise, J.Vidal & A.Henriques col. (INPA); 1 ♀, Al[agoas], Quebrangulo, Res[erva] Biol[ógica] Pedra Talhada, 11–14.IX.2002, [armadilha] Malaise T6, Penteado-Dias & equip ecol. (MZSP).

Diagnosis. FEMALE (Fig. 6). Black, with metallic green-golden reflections, propodeum black. Mandible with two apical teeth (Fig. 7). Clypeus with subtrapezoidal median lobe. Antennal scrobe not carinate. Frons weakly coriaceous. Vertex convex. Pronotal disc with anterior corner acute; anterior carina high and sharp; median carina absent; lateral margin not carinate; posterior margin paralleled by pair of median foveae. Scutellar pit subrounded. Mesopleuron with subtegular groove wide anteriorly; anterior fovea subrounded; upper fovea ovoid; lower fovea with upper margin mostly absent (Fig. 8). MALE unknown.

Distribution. Brazil (Amazonas, Maranhão,*Pará, *Alagoas).

Variation. The holotype has a pair of median foveae on posterior area of the pronotal disc.