Huarpea wagneriella

Fernández, Fernando & Sarmiento, Carlos E., 2015, A new species of Huarpea Pate, 1947 from Colombia and redescription of H. wagneriella (du Buysson, 1904) (Hymenoptera: Sapygidae), Zootaxa 3994 (3), pp. 439-444 : 441

Huarpea wagneriella (du Buysson, 1904)

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Sapyga wagneriella du Buysson, 1904:146, ♀, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Huarpea wagneriella: Pate, 1947: 422 .

Redescription. HW = 3.87, HL = 3.36, SL = 1.12, ML = 3.67, FWL = 10.71 mm. Black except yellow thin median band reaching median ocellus and the sides of the clypeus, band around eye except dorsal area, posterior and slender anterior dorsal pronotal bands; T3–6 and S2–6 with extensive posterior bands; T6 with two small lateral brown spots; S6 with brown apex; wings ferruginous with darker costal, stigmal, and marginal cells.

Abundant short setae on the frons, less dense at the clypeus and pronotum; mesosoma, specially mesoscutum and scutellum, covered by short decumbent setae; setae longer at the medial part of the propodeum; metasoma covered with fine pubescence. Setae of the head and pronotum ferrugineus while the rest of the body grayish.

Head and mesosoma with deep, irregular pits with almost no space between each other, less dense at the propodeum. Frontal carinae short, about 2/3 the scape length; sides of frontal sulcus forming depression which covering scape partially; clypeus with weak median longitudinal depression; occipital carina incomplete; second submarginal cell of the fore wing anteriorly almost as long as distally; S1 largely concaved with small lateral tubercle; S6 cone-like.

Material examined: 1 ♀, lectotype (here designated). BRASIL, Minas Gerais, Tronquetas, Fazenda do Sobrado [ MHNP]. Paralectotype (here designated), 1 ♀, MUSEUM PARIS / MINAS GERAES (sic) / PASSA QUATRO / LAS TRANQUERAS / E.R. WAGNER, 1904 // TYPE // Selon d’un nide de / (? Megachile ) …./ …. // Sapyga wagneri sp. nov. (handwriting) // Syntype (♀) / Sapyga / wagneriella / du Buyss 1904 [ MHNP] ( Figs 2 , 3).

Distribution. Brazil (Minas Gerais), Argentina (Jujuy) ( Pate 1947).

The two syntypes from the MHNP here designated as lectotype and paralectotype are associated to a nest of a megachilid bee supposedly as the host species. There are not larvae of adults associated to the nest directly.

Figures

FIGURE 2. Huarpea wagneriella, ♀. A. lateral view, B. Head in frontal view, C. Dorsal view. Scale = 2 mm.