Ipsiura leucocheila ( Mocsáry, 1889 ), Mocsary, 1889

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 : 40

Ipsiura leucocheila ( Mocsáry, 1889)

( Figs 102–106 )

Chrysis leucocheila Mocsáry, 1889: 408 . Lectotype ♀ [examined by photos]: MEXICO (HNHM). Designed by Bohart, in Bohart & French (1986: 342).

Neochrysis (Ipsiura) leucocheila: Bohart 1966: 142 .

Ipsiura leucocheila: Bohart 1985: 709 .

Diagnosis. Ipsiura leucocheila most closely resembles I. leucocheiloides (Ducke) and I. tropicalis Bohart. It can be distinguished from these species by the low sloping gently prepit swelling (strongly convex in I. leucocheiloides ), acute distal teeth on T3 (generally obtuse in I. leucocheiloides and I. tropicalis ) and fore femur without flattened area on distal margin (clearly flattened in I. leucocheiloides ). In addition, the combination of the following characters will be important for distinguishing I. leucocheila from other Ipsiura species: T3 with four sharp distal teeth, prepit swelling low, sloping gently; T3 with lateral whitish spot, pit row well-developed; round metanotum; the rounded spots on S2, and the TFC slightly interrupted medially.

Female description. Body ( Fig. 102 ). Length: 6.5 mm. Coloration: head predominantly green blue, with faint bluish highlights on vertex; F1 brown; mesosoma metallic greenish blue, with faint dark purplish highlights on dorsum, particularly on pronotum and mesoscutum; metasoma metallic bluish green, with transverse purplish stripes on dorsum of T1 and T2; T3 with bluish highlights dorsally, with lateral whitish spot; wing membrane light brown, with brown veins; femora and tibiae greenish blue; tarsi brownish, hind basitarsus green. Head: TFC enclosing the median ocellus, sub-rectangular, as long as broad, slightly interrupted medially ( Fig. 103 ); F1 slightly longer than broad, about 1.1× as long as F2; scapal basin covered with silvery pubescence. Mesosoma: fore femur without ventral tooth-like projection or flattened area on outer surface of distal margin, diameter of distal area about one-half diameter of proximal area; fore wing with short M distal to discoidal cell, R1 shorter than stigma (as in Fig. 190 ); dorsal surface of pronotum wider than head; lower lateral pronotal surface with shallow, sparse punctures anteriorly, posterior area indistinctly delimited by faint transverse ridge; metanotum rounded, without differentiated surface; mesopleural lower posterior margin carinate, with indistinct tooth-like projections. Metasoma: T3 with four acute distal teeth ( Fig. 104 ), pit row well-developed, with long and deep foveae, prepit swelling low, sloping gently; S2 spots medium-sized, round, separated medially about one spot distance ( Fig. 105 ). Punctation: outer surface of fore femur impuctate; largest punctures on T1, mesopleuron and metanotum.

Male. Unknown.

Variation. Body length 6.3–7.1 mm.

Hosts. Unknown.

Distribution. Bolivia (Santa Cruz); Brazil (MG, PA, RO, SC, SP); Costa Rica (Heredia); Mexico ( Fig. 106 ).

Material examined. MEXICO / Lectotype ♀ ( HNHM).

Additional material. BOLIVIA: Santa Cruz, Jardim Botânico 26. vii.1977, 1 ♀ , coll. C. Porter [BME]. BRAZIL : Minas Gerais, Chapada, 1♀, coll. A. Ducke [BME]. Marliéria 22–29 . x.2005, 1 ♀, coll. J.C.R. Fontenelle [ UFES]. Same data except 24–31 . x.2002, 1 ♀ [UFES], 03–10. xi.2004, 2 ♀ [UFES], 05–12. x.2012, 1 ♀ coll. M.T. Tavares cols [UFES], 09–13. xii.2003, 1 ♀ [UFES], 20–27. x.2004, 1 ♀ [UFES], 27. x.2004, 1 ♀ [UFES], 28. x.2007, 1 ♀ [UFES], 07–14. viii.2002, 1 ♀ [UFES], 15. xii.2001, 1 ♀ [UFES], 14. xi.2002, 1 ♀ [UFES], 09–16. xi.2003, 1 ♀ [UFES], 25. x.2001, 1 ♀ [UFES], 11–18. ii.2007, 1 ♀ [UFES], 20–27. x.2004, 1 ♀ [UFES], 09–13. xii.2003, 1 ♀ [UFES], 26. x.2003, 3 ♀ [UFES], 24. x.2002, 1 ♀ [UFES], 19–26. x.2003, 1 ♀ [UFES], 19–26. x.2003, 1 ♀, coll. M.T. Tavares [ UFES]. Pará, Serra Norte-Caldeirão 10 . vii.1986, 1 ♀, coll. J. Dias [ MPEG]. Rondônia, Ouro Preto do Oeste 13 . xi.1984, 1 ♀, coll. F.F. Ramos [ MPEG]. Santa Catarina, Nova Teutonia 19 . ix.1967, 1 ♀, coll. Fritz Plaumann [BME]. Same data except x.1967, 1 ♀ [BME] , ii.1996, 1 ♀ [BME]. São Paulo, Araçatuba, Rio Jacaritinga x.1961, 1 ♀, coll. Lane & Rabelo [ MZUSP]. Jundiaí, Serra do Japi 14 . ii.1995, 3 ♀, coll. Camilo, Serrano & August [ CAVS]. Luis Antônio , Est. Ecol. Jataí 5 . xii.2007, 1 ♀, coll. N.W. Perioto [ LRRP]. Same data except 7 . xi.2007, 1 ♀ [LRRP], 11. x.2007, 1 ♀ [RPSP], 26. xi.2008, 1 ♀ [LRRP], 29. x.2008, 2 ♀ [ LRRP]. Nazaré Paulista xii.1991, 1 ♀ , coll. M.V. Ferraz [ MZUSP]. Tabatinga , Faz. Itaquerê 1. xii.1963, 1 ♀ , coll. K. Lenko [ MZUSP]. COSTA RICA : Heredia, Prov. La Selva, 17 . iv.1989, 1 ♀, coll. H.A. Hespenheide [BME].

Comments. The redescription above is based on a female from Brazil: Minas Gerais, Marliéria.

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 102 – 106. Ipsiura leucocheila, ♀. 102. Habitus, lateral view. 103. Head, frontal view. 104. T 3, postero-dorsal view. Scale bar = 1 mm. 105. Spots of S 2, ♀. 106. Distribution, previous (red circle) and new (green square) records.