Ipsiura venezuelae Bohart, 1985

Lucena, Daercio A. A., Kimsey, Lynn S. & Almeida, Eduardo A. B., 2016, The Neotropical cuckoo wasp genus Ipsiura Linsenmaier, 1959 (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae): revision of the species occurring in Brazil, Zootaxa 4165 (1), pp. 1-71 : 65-66

Ipsiura venezuelae Bohart, 1985

( Figs 185–189 )

Ipsiura venezuelae Bohart, 1985: 720 . Holotype Ƌ [not examined]: VENEZUELA: Zulia, La Concepción (NMNH). Neochrysis (Ipsiura) schlaeflei Linsenmaier, 1985 . Holotype ♀ [not examined]: VENEZUELA: San Joaquín (NMLS). Synonymized by Kimsey & Bohart (1991: 512).

Neochrysis (Ipsiura) venezuelae: Linsenmaier 1997: 267 .

Diagnosis. Ipsiura venezuelae most closely resembles I. neolateralis (Bohart) and I. catamarcae Bohart. It can be distinguished from those and other Ipsiura species by the following combination of characters: fore wing with long M distal to discoidal cell (short in I. catamarcae and I. neolateralis ); shallow and well-separated punctures on T3 (well-definite and regularly spaced in I. catamarcae and I. neolateralis ); body with remarkable purple highlights (faint bluish highlights in I. catamarcae and I. neolateralis ); metanotum rounded (irregularly punctate, cristate to serriform in I. catamarcae and I. neolateralis ) and medium-sized S2 spots (large spots in I. catamarcae and I. neolateralis ).

Female description. Body ( Fig. 185 ). Length: 6.7 mm. Coloration: head primarily green, with faint purple highlights on vertex; F1 brownish; mesosoma metallic green, with transverse purplish stripe on dorsum of pronotum, broad purplish band on mesoscutum; metasoma metallic green, with dark purple transverse stripes on dorsum of T1 and T2; T3 with large lateral whitish spot; wing membrane light brown, with brown veins; femora and tibiae green; tarsi brown, meso- and hind basitarsi greenish brown. Head: TFC enclosing the median ocellus, slightly interrupted medially ( Fig. 186 ); F1 longer than broad, 1.3× as long as F2; scapal basin covered with silvery pubescence. Mesosoma: fore femur strongly flattened on outer surface of distal margin, diameter of distal area subequal to diameter of proximal area; fore wing with long M distal to discoidal cell, ending near distal wing margin (as in Fig. 145 ), R1 shorter than stigma (as in Fig. 190 ), medial cell setose; dorsal surface of pronotum wider than head; lower lateral pronotal surface smooth, impunctate, without distinct posterior area delimited by transverse ridge; metanotum rounded, without differentiated surface; mesopleural lower posterior margin carinate, with distinct close together tooth-like projections. Metasoma: T3 with six acute distal teeth ( Fig. 187 ), prepit swelling strongly convex, pit row with large, deep foveae; S2 spots medium-sized, medially separated at least by one-quarter spot diameter ( Fig. 188 ). Punctation: fore femur with irregular, sparse punctures; largest punctures on T1, mesopleuron and metanotum; vertex roughly punctate; T3 with shallow well-separated punctures.

Male. Same as female, except for the characteristic shape of S2 spots as shown in Fig. 188 .

Variation. Specimes from north Brazil are predominantly green, without purplish highlights on body. Body length 6.7–7.1 mm.

Host. Unknown.

Distribution. Brazil (AM, PA, RR); Costa Rica (Limón); Ecuador (Guayas); Venezuela (Aragua, Zulia) ( Fig. 189 ).

Material examined. COSTA RICA: Limón, Hacienda Tapezco 20.iii.1978 coll. D. Panny, D. Moeller & C. Lewis / Paratype 1♀ [BME] . VENEZUELA: Aragua, 2 KmN. Ocumare De La Costa 21.vi.1976 coll. A.S Menke & D. Vincent / Paratype 1♀ [BME]. Balao Chico? 23.iv.1963 L. Pena / Paratype 1Ƌ [BME] . Venezuela: Zulia, Maracaibo 16.ix.1973 coll. R. Bohart / Paratype 1♀ [BME].

Additional material. BRAZIL: Amazonas, Manaus, Reserva Ducke 6.xi.1978, 1♀, coll. N. Penny [ INPA] . Pará, Belém COAGB 17 .ix.2010, 1♀, coll. I. Santos, L . Lima, J. Santos & J . Rocha [ MPEG] . Roraima, Rio Uraricoera , Ilha de Maraca 30.xi.1987, 1♀, coll. J.A. Rafael [ INPA] .

Comments. The redescription above is based on a paratype female from Venezuela: Aragua, Ocumare de la Costa .

Figures

FIGURE 190. Generalized Ipsiura fore wing. R 1 and M veins indicated in red. Discoidal and medial cells are indicated by “ D ” and “ M ”, respectively. Setae omitted. Scale bar = 1 mm.

FIGURES 185 – 189. Ipsiura venezuelae, ♀. 185. Habitus, lateral view. 186. Head, frontal view. 187. T 3, postero-dorsal view. Scale bar = 1 mm. 188. Spots of S 2, Ƌ (above) and ♀ (below). 189. Distribution, previous (red circle) and new (green square) records.

FIGURES 141 – 146. Ipsiura nigriventer, ♀. 141. Habitus, lateral view. 142. Head, frontal view. 143. T 3, postero-dorsal view. Scale bar = 1 mm. 144. Spots of S 2, Ƌ (above) and ♀ (below). 145. Fore wing, veins R 1 and M indicated in red. Discoidal and medial cells are indicated by “ D ” and “ M ”, respectively. Setae omitted. Scale bar = 1 mm. 146. Distribution, previous (red circle) and new (green square) records.