Bakeriella erythrogaster Evans, 1979

(Figs 29–35)

Bakeriella erythrogaster Evans 1979: 257 (list), 258, 259 (key), 260–261 (♀ and ♂ descriptions); Gordh & Móczár 1990: 70 (catalog); Azevedo 1994: 145 (comment).

erythrogaster [lapsus calami]: Evans 1979: 256 (comment).

Material examined. Holotype ♀: COSTA RICA, Monte Verde, 13–15.II.1972, T-B, H.M. Powell col. (UCD # 1082). New material: PANAMA, 1 ♂, Darien, Serrania de Píerre Cana, 1380m, 4–7.VI.1986, FIT, Ashe & Brooks [col.] (CNCI); COLOMBIA, 1 ♀, 1 ♂, Hulia, P[arque] N[acional] N[atural] Cuevas de los Guácharos, Borde del Rio Suaza, 1º37’N 76º6’W, 2020m, Malaise, 28.XI–1.XII.2001, D. Campos col., M 2542 (IAVH-E 31946, 31947); 1 ♂, Valle del Cauca, PNN Farallones de Cali, Los Andes, Quebradahonda, 3º26’N 76º48’W, 1730m, Malaise, 04–11.iii.1998, W. Ramires (IAVH, 32035); ECUADOR, 1 ♀, Napo, Baeza, 200m, 22–23.II.1779 {=1979), M[alaise] T[rap], W. Mason col. (CNCI).

Diagnosis. MALE (Fig. 29). Black. Mandible with five sharpened teeth (Fig. 30). Clypeus with angulate median lobe. Antennal scrobe wholly carinate. Frons almost polished. Vertex shortly convex. Pronotal disc with anterior corner rounded, not carinate at all; posterior margin not paralleled by series of foveae. Scutellar groove undivided. Mesopleuron with subtegular groove wide; anterior fovea subquadrate; upper fovea elliptical; lower fovea with upper margin mostly absent (Fig. 31). Genitalia (Figs 32, 33): paramere with rounded apex, dorsal margin straight, ventral margin slightly convex; cuspis divided into two arms, dorsal arm smaller and wider than ventral arm, progressively narrowing apicad, subtriangular in lateral view, length of cuspis slightly more than half length of paramere; aedeagus bottle-shaped, apical half distinctly narrow than basal half, ventral surface with conspicuous projection ventrad, basal margin angulate laterally; apodeme much dilated in both sides.

FEMALE (Fig. 34). Black, with metasoma bright rufous. Mandible with five apical teeth. Clypeus with angulate median lobe. Antennal scrobe carinate only over torulus. Frons weakly coriaceous. Vertex convex. Pronotal disc strongly coriaceous; not carinate at all, but lateral margin somewhat sharp; anterior corner rounded; posterior margin paralleled by series of foveae. Scutellar groove undivided, wide. Mesopleuron with subtegular groove wide, lower margin mostly undefined; anterior fovea subtriangular; upper fovea elliptical, margins undefined; lower fovea with upper margin absent (Fig. 35).

Distribution. Costa Rica, Colombia,* Panama, * Ecuador.