Eupsenella wanamara Ramos & Azevedo

Ramos, Magno S. & Azevedo, Celso O., 2012, Revision of Eupsenella Westwood, 1874 (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae), Zootaxa 3539 (1), pp. 1-80 : 58-59

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3539.1.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:0564EF02-FCF9-49A8-BDAC-F432876C16B8
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D887D0-8A0A-FFB7-1399-FDF6FB2AFCDB
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Eupsenella wanamara Ramos & Azevedo
status	sp. nov.

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Eupsenella wanamara Ramos & Azevedo , sp. nov.

( Figs 46 View FIGURES 39–47 , 91 View FIGURES 84–92 , 136 View FIGURES 133–137 )

Description. FEMALE (holotype). Body length 6.58 mm. LFW 4.1 mm.

Coloration. Head dark castaneous almost black; scape, pedicel and flagellum castaneous; mandible castaneous with teeth dark castaneous; palpi light castaneous; mesosoma dark castaneous almost black; tegula castaneous; wing venation light castaneous; procoxa dark castaneous; mesocoxa, metacoxa, trochanters and profemur castaneous; mesofemur, metafemur and tarsi light castaneous; metasoma dark castaneous.

Head ( Fig. 46 View FIGURES 39–47 ). Head wider than long, subrectangular in profile; gena weakly concave in profile. Mandible evenly wide, lowermost tooth larger than upper ones, lower tooth curved outward, lower margin strongly setose. Clypeus coriaceous, median clypeal lobe subangulate, median concavity of median clypeal lobe absent, 0.06 LH, well marked off from frons, median carina absent. Malar space conspicuous, 0.31 mandibular base. Antenna 1.9 mm; first five antennal sectionsantennomeres in ratio of about 11:11:11:11:11; flagellomere 1 1.22 longer than wide, flagellar pubescence dense, with many outstanding erect setae. Region between torulus and eye slightly concave. Area between the anterior margin of eyes and demarkation of median clypeal lobe 0.14 LH. Eye protuberant, 0.58 LH, with sparse hairs, located more laterally, lower margin without strong depression. Frons strongly coriaceous-punctate. WH 1.28 LH. WF 0.57 WH. WF 1.3 HE. OOL 0.88 WOT. VOL 0.5 HE. Distance from posterior ocellus to vertex crest 0.25 DAO. Ocelli large, DAO 0.11 WF, ocellar triangle not compact, distance between posterior ocelli 2.4 DAO, anterior ocellus not surpassing imaginary top eye line, posterior ocellus almost reaching vertex. Vertex concave, long setae, 0.20 LH, temple profile slightly convergent in dorsal view, with corner angulate, not projected postero-laterad. Hipostomal carina arched, low.

Mesosoma ( Fig. 91 View FIGURES 84–92 ). Pronotal disc coriaceous-punctate, 0.42 as long as wide, anterior corner rounded, posterior margin concave medially, pronotal disc without short longitudinal furrow. Parapsidal furrow wholly conspicuous. Notauli convergent posterad. Mesoscutum 0.75 length pronotal disc. Scutellum coriaceous, 0.74 length pronotal disc, almost flat in profile, posterior margin convex medially, scutellar pit elliptical, narrowed, distant each other 11.0 its own diameter. Dorsal axillar surface with fovea subrectangular. Metanotum with median region almost flat, coriaceous-puncticulate, lower than scutellum in profile, with fovea elliptical laterally. Propodeal disc wider than long; anterior margin without foveolate or transverse furrow; median carina 0.18 length propodeal disc, incomplete posterad; discal carina 0.05 length propodeal disc, converging posterad, slightly arched; space between median and discal carina almost polished and smooth. Mesopleuron with subtegular furrow oval; mesepimeral suture almost inconspicuous posterad, mesopleural epicoxal lobe inconspicuous. Propleuron with sequence of foveae from anterior margin of prosternum until cervical collar absent. Prosternum with median excavation complete, median suture present. Mesopectus with posterior depression heart-shaped; median suture evident.

Wings. Macropterous. Forewing ( Fig. 136 View FIGURES 133–137 ) with 1M cell subpentagonal; 1M and 1R1 cells not aligned basally; C cell widening distally;1R1 cell present, distinctly longer than 2R1 cell, evenly wide; Rs b convex; 2R1 cell 0.15 LFW; Distal margin of Rs c convex; r-rs vein inclined; R1 b entirely on anterior margin of forewing; Cu b absent;

Legs. Profemur very swollen, 0.65 as wide as long. Metacoxa with median region 0.5 as wide as long. Metacoxal projection in dorsal region conspicuous, apex rounded.

Metasoma. 0.3 as wide as long, ventral carina of petiole present.

MALE. Unknown.

Material examined. Holotype ♀. AUSTRALIA, Q[ueensland], (near School), 9 May 1980, yellow pan trap (ethanediol), transferred to alcohol, I.D.Naumann, J.C.Cardale, ANIC.

Distribution. Australia (Queensland).

Remarks. This species is similar to E. ceciliae by having the vertex crest concave, the median clypeal lobe subangulate to slightly rounded, median carina of clypeus absent, eyes protuberant, but it differs from it by having the median clypeal lobe clearly shorter, the eyes large, the median carina of propodeal disc very short, whereas E. ceciliae has the median clypeal lobe broad and slightly long, the eyes large, and the median carina of propodeal disc long.

It is also similar to E. wanamara sp. nov. because both species present clypeus with the median clypeal lobe without median carina, the vertex crest concave, the eyes small and protuberant. However this species has the area between the anterior margin of eyes and demarkation of median clypeal lobe short, the median clypeal lobe subangulate, short, well-defined in relation to frons and region between the anterior margin of eye and antennal torulus not angulate, whereas E. wanamara sp. nov. has the area between the anterior margin of eyes and demarkation of median clypeal lobe long, the median clypeal lobe broad, the median clypeal lobe ill-defined in relation to frons and the region between the anterior margin of eye and antennal torulus angulate.