Apenesia joela Alencar & Azevedo, 2020

Alencar, Isabel D. C. C. & Azevedo, Celso O., 2020, Revision of the world Apenesia Westwood (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae), Zootaxa 4724 (1), pp. 1-72 : 26-27

Apenesia joela Alencar & Azevedo , sp. nov.

( Figs 4C , 6I , 9A , 11I , 14D , 21 A–C)

Description. Holotype. Male. Length 3.2 mm. LFW 3.4 mm.

Colors. Body castaneous; antenna gradually darker distally; mandible castaneous; foreleg castaneous, others light yellowish; wings hyaline, veins castaneous.

Head. Head as long as wide, trapezoidal. Frons coriaceous, densely puncticulate; frontal line absent. Vertex slightly convex. Clypeus broad with median lobe subtrapezoidal, median tooth present, and large, apical margin crenulate, median carina short in profile. Mandible with three apical teeth, teeth with different size, upper tooth mesad, uppermost much smaller than others. Eye weakly bulging. Ocelli large, triangle with distal edges.

Mesosoma. Dorsal pronotal area long. Notaulus absent. Parapsidal signum well delimited. Mesoscutellum longer than large, posterior margin convex; mesoscutum-mesoscutellar sulcus weakly arched, narrow, shallow, without fovea on side edge. Axilla subtrapezoidal, deep, large. Metanotal trough mostly imbricate, with few foveae, metanotal fovea oval; median region narrow, large, with posterior margin straight. Metapectal-propodeal complex short, posterior margin almost straight; metapostnotal median carina absent, metapostnotum row of anterior foveae, polished and weakly imbricate. Metapectal-propodeal complex weakly imbricate; Paraspicular sulcus polished; lateral carina of metapectal-propodeal carina absent; lateral surface of propodeum imbricate, inferior region foveolate. Propodeal declivity polished-imbricate.

Metasoma. Petiole short. Hypopygium with plate very short, posterior margin concave, flap absent. Genitalia: paramere slightly sinuous. Basivolsella apical inner margin projected mesad, small, and convex. Basiparamere with apical dorsal projection small, apex acute. Cuspis with apical margin with three apical calli, ventral larger than other, dorsal end long. Aedeagus with two apical lobes, ventral lobe large; dorsal lobe short; subapical membrane short; aedeagal dorsal cover wide.

Female. Unknown.

Material examined. Holotype ♂, NEW CALEDONIA, Col d’Amieu , Sarraméa, 21°34.407’S 165°45.674’E, 412m., 11–25.i.2008, Piège Malaise, T. Théry leg. ( MNHN) . Paratypes: NEW CALEDONIA: Col des Roussetes , C. Yoshimoto & N. Krauss, Malaise Trap, 450–500m, J. L. Gressitt collector , 5 ♂, 4–6.ii.63; 1 ♂, Col de Ho , 11.ii.1963, C. Yoshimoto & N. Krauss, Malaise Trap ( BPBM) ; 1 ♂, Pic du Pin, site 2, 22°14’S, 166°50’E, 25nov–23dec2004, Malaise, rainforest, 280m, Burwell, Wright ( UQIC) ; 1 ♂, Col d’Amieu , Sarraméa, 21°34.407’S 165°45.674’E, 412m, 11–25.i.2008, Piège Malaise, T . Théry leg. ( MNHN).

Comments. The trapezoidal head and the mostly polished metapostnotum with texture differentiating only anteriorly of A. joela are similar to those in A. azeda . However, A. joela has the clypeus with a large median tooth; the mandible with three teeth and the cuspis with three apical calli, whereas A. azeda has the clypeus with a small median tooth; the mandible with four teeth and the cuspis with two apical calli.

Distribution. Australian ( New Caledonia).

Figures

FIGURE 4. Head. A. Apenesia goela; B. Apenesia itoiela; C. Apenesia joela; D. Apenesia juliela; E. Apenesia kelsiela, F. Apenesia laevigata; G. Apenesia leytensis; H. Apenesia makiharai.

FIGURE 6. Mandible. A. Apenesia elela; B. Apenesia esila; C. Apenesia eura; D. Apenesia farela; E. Apenesia gabela, F. Apenesia girena; G. Apenesia goela; H. Apenesia itoiela; I. Apenesia joela; J. Apenesia juliela, K. Apenesia kelsiela; L. Apenesia laevigata; M. Apenesia leytensis; N. Apenesia makiharai; O. Apenesia perlonga; P. Apenesia sahyadrica; Q. Apenesia singularis.

FIGURE 9. Dorsal mesosoma. A. Apenesia joela; B. Apenesia juliela; C. Apenesia kelsiela; D. Apenesia laevigata; E. Apenesia leytensis, F. Apenesia makiharai; G. Apenesia perlonga; H. Apenesia sahyadrica; I. Apenesia singularis.

FIGURE 11. Lateral mesosoma. A. Apenesia elela; B. Apenesia esila; C. Apenesia eura; D. Apenesia farela, E. Apenesia gabela; F. Apenesia girena; G. Apenesia goela; H. Apenesia itoiela; I. Apenesia joela; J. Apenesia juliela.

FIGURE 14. Hypopygium. A. Apenesia girena; B. Apenesia goela; C. Apenesia itoiela; D. Apenesia joela; E. Apenesia juliela; F. Apenesia kelsiela; G. Apenesia laevigata; H. Apenesia leytensis; I. Apenesia makiharai; J. Apenesia perlonga; K. Apenesia sahyadrica; L. Apenesia singularis. (Scale bar 125µm)

FIGURE 21. Genitalia. A–C. Apenesia joela; D–F. Apenesia juliela; G–I. Apenesia kelsiela; A, D, G. ventral view; B, E, H. dorsal view; C, F, I. cuspis, lateral view. (Scale bar 125µm)