Anisepyris caranthiri Barbosa & Azevedo, 2018

Barbosa, Diego N. & Azevedo, Celso O., 2018, Revision of Anisepyris Kieffer (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae), with description of 135 new species, Zootaxa 4416 (1), pp. 1-258 : 46

Anisepyris caranthiri Barbosa & Azevedo , sp. nov.

( Figs 7B ; 8F; 8N; 9D)

Description, female. Body length 3.15 mm. Head and mesosoma black; wings clear hyaline; metasoma castaneous. Head wide. Mandible with four distal teeth, narrow, curved, and with two upper teeth wider than others. Median clypeal lobe angulate, short. Frons coriaceous ; antennal scrobe carinate, but weak. Eye large. Frontal angle of ocellae forming right angle; ocelli small. Vertex convex. Pronotal disc as long as wide, strongly coriaceous ; transverse pronotal carina complete; posterior margin without posterior pronotal sulcus. Notaulus very narrow. Mesoscutellar disc with mesoscutellar sulcus narrow. Metapectal-propodeal disc long; metapostnotal median carina complete; longitudinal ridges absent; metapostnotal-propodeal suture straight; paraspiracular carina present and inconspicuous; metapleural carina present and conspicuous; metapectal-propodeal disc with short striae; propodeal declivity strigate. Mesopleuron with anterior fovea closed; mesopleural fovea opened; lower fovea closed; posterior fovea absent; mesopleural suture opened. Forewing with stigma developed; Rs&M vein not distinguished. Mesotibia not spinose; claws trifid. Metasomal segments glabrous. Genitalia. T9 with slender and with dorsal lap swollen posteriorly; 1vv longer than genitalia body; 2vv shorter than 1vv length, smoothly narrowing apicad; 3vv short; 1vf curved downward; 2vf slender and with dorsal lap strongly swollen posteriorly; 1rv not curved, ventral process large, and posterior process short; 2rv not curved.

Material examined. Holotype, ♀, BRAZIL, Bahia, C[onceição] [do] Jacuípe, Faz[enda] Queimada , 12°19'37”S 38°45'54"W, 22–27.xii.2002, arm[adilha] Malaise, C.O. Azevedo col[etor] ( UFES 80206 ) . Paratypes (5). BRAZIL, Bahia, 1 ♀, Itororó, Faz[enda] Guanabara , 15°03'S 39°06'W, 13.vi.2003, arm[adilha] Malaise (CEPLAC) ; Espírito Santo, 1 ♀, Pinheiros, Res[erva] Biol [ógica] Córrego do Veado , 18°21'S 40°09W, 09–17.vi.2011, arm[adilha] Malaise, M.T. Tavares & equipe col[etores] ( UFES63267 ) ; São Paulo, 1 ♀, Ibitinga, Cultura de seringueira, 02.xi.1988, [armadilha] Möricke ( UFES 10274 ) ; Paraná, 1 ♀, Ponta Grossa, Vila Velha, Reserva IAPAR, 25°05'S 50°09'W, 25.i.1988, Lev [antamento] Ent [omológico] Profaupar, [armadilha] Malaise ( DZUP) ; 1 ♀, Jundiaí do Sul, Fazenda Monte Verde , 23.xi.1987, Lev [antamento] Ent [omológico] Profaupar, [armadilha] Malaise ( DZUP).

Distribution. Brazil: Bahia, Espírito Santo, São Paulo, Paraná.

Remarks. This new species differs from A. analis ( Cresson, 1872) by having the body black; the mandible not angled and with the distal teeth equally wide; the clypeus with the median lobe angulate and short; the antennal scrobe ecarinate; the metapostnotum without longitudinal ridges; and the mesopleuron with the mesopleural suture not defined, whereas A. analis has the body with green reflection and metapectal-propodeal disc black; the mandible narrow and angled with four distal teeth, and with the two upper teeth wider than others; the clypeus with the median lobe rounded and short; the antennal scrobe carinate; the metapostnotum with longitudinal ridges; and the mesopleuron with the mesopleural suture defined.

Figures

FIGURE 7. Anisepyris: amazonicus species-group. Head in dorsal profile. A. A. calmacili sp. nov.; B. A. caranthiri sp. nov.; C. A. celebrimbori sp. nov.; D. A. amazonicus (Westwood, 1874) (♀); E. A. amazonicus (Westwood, 1874) (♂); F. A. bakeri Evans, 1966; G. A. basilongus Santos & Azevedo, 2008; H. A. darlingtoni Evans, 1959; I. A. dominicanus Evans, 1966; J. A. excisus Evans, 1959; K. A. fasciipennis Kieffer, 1906; L. A.foveapertus Santos & Azevedo, 2008.