Pelecinus polyturator ( Drury, 1773 )

Sousa, Ana F. A., Nascimento, Alexsandra C., Tavares, Marcelo & Fernandes, Daniell R. R., 2020, New records of Pelecinus polyturator (Drury) (Hymenoptera: Proctotrupoidea: Pelecinidae) for Brazil, Revista Chilena de Entomología (Rev. Chil. Entomol.) 46 (4), pp. 739-743 : 740-741

Pelecinus polyturator ( Drury, 1773)

( Figs. 1 A-1E)

Material examined. 39♀ and 11♂. MEXICO. El Triunfo, Chiapas, 15°39’20S 92°48’42”W, 2100 masl, 2001, P. Kowarile coll. (2♀, 2♂, #0150787–0150790, UFES) . PANAMA. Chiriqui: Renacimiento, Santa Clara , 1,200 masl, 20–22.v.1977, B.C. Ratcliffe coll. (2♀, 1♂, INPA) . BOLIVIA. Santa Cruz: Samaipata , 21–22.i.1989 (1♀, INPA) . BRAZIL. Amazonas: Manaus, Campinas Biological Reserve , 3.iii.1977, N.D. Penny coll.(3♀, INPA) ; same locality, 1.ii.1975, N. Tangerini coll. (1♀, INPA) ; same locality, 14.i.1977 and 3.iii.1977, B.C. Ratcliffe coll. (4♀, INPA) ; same locality, 14.i.1977, N.D. Penny coll. (8♀, INPA) ; Manaus, Adolpho Ducke Forestry Reserve , 27.ii.1976, B. Mascarenhas coll. (1♀, INPA) . Acre: Bujari, FES Antimary , 09°20’01”S 68°19’17”W, 19.xi-3.xii.2016, Malaise trap, E.F. Morato & J.A. Rafael cols, Rede BIA, (1♂, INPA) ; Senador Guiomard, E. E. Catuaba , 10°04’28”S 67°37’00”W, 15-31.xii.2016, Malaise trap, E.F. Morato & J.A. Rafael cols, Rede BIA, (1♂, INPA) . Maranhão: Carolina, Marajá Farm , 07°15’40”S 47°22’48”W, 13.xii.2001, Malaise, F.L. Oliveira & J. Vidal colls. (1♀, INPA) . Alagoas: Ibateguara, Usina Serra Grande , 08°59’58”S 35°51’34”W, 400 masl, 29.v.2007, J.A. Rafael & F.F. Xavier Filho colls. (1♀, INPA) . Minas Gerais: Cambuquira , ii.1942, H.B. Lopes coll. (1♀, INPA) ; Alto Caparaó, Caparaó National Park , 20°30’05”S 41°49’16”W, 1465 masl, 07–14.iii.2013, Malaise, C.O. Azevedo & F.B. Fraga colls. (4♀, #0151784–0151787, UFES) . Espírito Santo: AtÍlio Vivácqua , Serra das Torres, 29°59’53”S 41°12’42”W, 14.iv.2007, C. Waichert coll. (1♀, #0063078, UFES) ; Ibitirama, Caparaó National Park , 20°29’S 41°43’W, 10–14.iii.2006, Malaise trap, R. Kawada coll. (1♀, #0083350, UFES) . Rio de Janeiro: Teresópolis, Serra dos Orgãos National Park , 22°26’15.0”S 42°56’15.0”W, 06–11.i.2005, Moericke trap, A.L.B.G. Peronti & eq. colls. (1♂, #0023497, UFES) ; same locality, 22°26’43” S 42°59’59”W, 26.vi.2014, B.F. Santos & B. Lassance colls. (2♀, #0151466– 0151467, UFES) . São Paulo: Campos do Jordão , ii.2005, L.B. Reis coll. (1♀, #0038482, UFES) ; Ribeirão Grande, Intervales State Park, Barra Grande , Anta trail, 10–13.xii.2000, Malaise trap, M.T. Tavares & eq. colls. (1♂, #0038481, UFES) ; São Carlos, Fazenda Canchim , 2.ii.1991, Moericke trap, M.T. Tavares coll. (1♂, #0038441, UFES) ; São Roque, Alto da Serra , 23°34’26”S 47°03’29”W, 03 and 09.ii.1991, M.T. Tavares coll. (1♀, 1♂, #0038483–0038484, UFES) ; Luiz Antônio, Mata Ciliar, E. E. JataÍ, 21°37’S 47°48’W, 15.iii.2007, Malaise 02, N.W. Perioto e eq. (1♂, LRRP) . Paraná: Colombo , EMBRAPA, 23.iii.1987 (1♀, #0038478, UFES) ; Ponta Grossa, Vila Velha, IAPAR Reserve , 02.v.1988 (1♀, #0038480, UFES) ; Telêmaco Borba, Samuel Klabin Reserve , 13.iv.1987 (1♀, #0038479, UFES) ; Ponta Grossa , 25°05’42”S 50°09’43”W, Phaseolus vulgaris L., 01.i.2002, B. Alleoni leg. (1♀, IBCBE) . Rio Grande do Sul: Cascata , 10-18.i.2019, Nava D.E. & Scheunemann T. (1♂, INPA) .

Geographical records. Here in, we provide new records for Acre, Maranhão (Amazon rainforest) and EspÍrito Santo (Atlantic rainforest) ( Fig. 1E ).

Remarks. Some females analyzed show different size and color pattern (mainly in the hindwings) ( Figs. 1A, 1B, 1C ). Variation like those was mentioned by Johnson & Musetti (1999), who verified that they are intraspecific. Although the material analyzed comes from entomological collections, which receive deposits of a large volume of specimens of insects from different projects, few specimens are present in these collections (01 IBCBE, 26 INPA, 01 LRRP and 21 UFES). According to Lara & Perioto (2014), for a more robust sampling, long-term studies and successive sampling can be an effective strategy to collect P. polyturator . With Malaise traps surveys, some long-term sampling in the same sampling area proved to be effective for capturing uncommon Hymenoptera families, such as Chrysididae , Dryinidae , Monomachidae and Sclerogibbidae ( Lucena et al. 2012; Versuti et al. 2014; Perioto et al. 2016; Fernandes et al. 2017).

Figures

Figure 1. Pelecinus polyturator (Drury, 1773), habitus lateral. A. Female (State of Amazonas, Brazil). B. Female (State of Minas Gerais, Brazil). C. Female (State of Maranhão, Brazil). D. Male (State of Acre, Brazil). E. Distribution map (red dots = specimens studied; gray area = new state records).