Anisepyris franciscanus Evans, 1966

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 : 148-149

Anisepyris franciscanus Evans, 1966

( Figs 20A ; 20D; 20F; 20H)

Anisepyris franciscanus Evans, 1966 , 9: 72–74.

Redescription, female. Body length 5.23 mm. Head with dark blue reflection; mesosoma with dark green reflection and metapectal-propodeal disc black; wings subhyaline; metasoma dark castaneous. Head wide. Mandible with five distal teeth, wide, slightly angled, and with two upper teeth wider than others. Median clypeal lobe rounded, short; median clypeal carina inclined in lateral profile. Frons coriaceous ; with frontal process; antennal scrobe carinate. Eye large. Frontal angle of ocellar triangle acute; ocelli small. Vertex convex. Pronotal disc as long as wide, strongly coriaceous ; transverse pronotal carina complete; posterior margin with posterior pronotal sulcus. Notaulus narrow. Mesoscutellar disc with mesoscutellar sulcus wide. Metapectal-propodeal disc long; metapostnotal median carina complete; longitudinal ridges present; metapostnotal-propodeal suture straight; paraspiracular carina present and conspicuous; metapleural carina present and conspicuous; metapectal-propodeal disc with short striae; propodeal declivity strigate. Mesopleuron with anterior fovea closed; mesopleural fovea closed; lower fovea opened; posterior fovea absent; mesopleural suture closed. Forewing with stigma developed; Rs&M vein distinguished. Mesotibia not spinose; claws bifid. Metasomal segments sparsely setose. Genitalia. T9 with anterior arm long and overlapping 2vf; 1vv as long as genitalia body; 2vv as long as 1vv length, abruptly narrowing apicad; 3vv short; 1vf strongly curved forward; 2vf slender and with dorsal lap strongly swollen posteriorly; 1rv not curved, ventral process small, and posterior process short; 2rv not curved.

Redescription, male. Body length 3.3 mm. Head and mesosoma black; wings clear hyaline. Head wide. Flagellomeres short. Mandible narrow, curved, and with teeth equally wide. Median clypeal lobe angulate, long. Frons coriaceous . Antennal scrobe carinate. Eye large. Frontal angle of ocellar triangle acute; ocelli large. Vertex convex. Pronotal disc as long as wide, strongly coriaceous ; transverse pronotal carina complete; with posterior pronotal sulcus. Notaulus narrow. Mesoscutellar sulcus narrow. Metapectal-propodeal disc long; metapostnotal median carina complete; longitudinal ridges absent; metapostnotal-propodeal suture straight; paraspiracular carina present and conspicuous; metapleural carina present and conspicuous; metapectal-propodeal disc with short striae; propodeal declivity strigate. Mesopleuron with anterior fovea closed; mesopleural fovea closed; lower fovea opened; posterior fovea absent; mesopleural suture opened. Mesotibia not spinose. Genitalia. Basiparamere shorter than paramere; paramere wide, rounded, with ventral margin convex and dorsal margin straight, and basal portion straight, glabrous; basivolsella straight; cuspis with arms short, dorsal arm wide; aedeagus with basal portion angled and slender, and apical portion as long as basal, and slender; apodeme slender.

Material examined. Holotype, ♀, ECUADOR, Bucay , 6.X.1922, F.x. Williams col. ( BPBM) . Allotype, ♂, ECUADOR, [Napo], Tena , 17.II.1923, F.X. Willliams col. ( BPBM). Genitalia slide HE 601 . BRAZIL, Maranhão, 1 ♀, 18.ii.1984, [armadilha] Möricke ( UFES 10190 ) ; Goiás, 1 ♀, Alto Paraíso, P [ar]q[ue] Nac [ional] Chapada do Veadeiros , 14°00'S 47°41'W, 13–15.ix.2005, arm[adilha] Möricke, Aguiar & eq[uipe] col[etor] ( MZSP) ; Bahia, 1 ♀, Itororó, Faz[enda] Guanabara, 15°03'S 39°06'W, 25.xi.2002, arm[adilha] Malaise (CEPLAC) ; São Paulo, 1 ♀, Bauru , UNESP, Cerrado, 30.viii.1990, S.S. Ruiz col[etor] ( UFES 10127 ) .

Distribution. Panama; Ecuador; Brazil: Maranhão, Goiás, Bahia, São Paulo.

Figures

FIGURE 20. Anisepyris: franciscanus species-group. A–B. Head in dorsal profile. A. A. franciscanus Evans, 1966; B. A. metallicus Kieffer, 1905; C–D. Female mandible in frontal profile; E. Male mandible in frontal profile; F. Mesosoma in dorsal profile; G–H. Mesopleuron in frontal profile; guianae species-group. I–L. Head in dorsal profile. I. A. carcharothi sp. nov.; J. A. elatani sp. nov.; K. A. cepus Santos & Azevedo, 2008; L. A. guianae Evans, 1966; M. Mesosoma in dorsal profile; megacephalus species-group.N–O.Head in dorsal profile.N. A.amlachi sp. nov.; O. A.durini sp. nov.