Neocorynura centroamericana Smith-Pardo, 2005

Smith-Pardo, Allan H., 2016, Two new species of Neocorynura from Guatemala (Hymenoptera: Halictidae: Augochlorini) with a key to the species known from the country, Zootaxa 4161 (2), pp. 193-206 : 205

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4161.2.3

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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:36B0B189-CAF7-4DC9-883A-CCD794A45F69

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6079552

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/CB6F8780-897D-FFBB-FF4A-6AE89970F8EE

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scientific name

Neocorynura centroamericana Smith-Pardo, 2005
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Neocorynura centroamericana Smith-Pardo, 2005 View in CoL

Fig. 7–8 View FIGURE 7 View FIGURE 8

Neocorynura centroamericana Smith-Pardo, 2005:166–170 View in CoL ; species description: photograph of holotype (female) figure 1, page 167; distribution map on figure 2b, page 169.

Diagnosis. The males of this species can by recognized from other males by the following combination of characters: clypeus metallic green but with margins black ( Fig. 7 View FIGURE 7 c), punctate and faintly imbricate, face above antennal toruli dark brown ( Fig. 7 View FIGURE 7 c); mesoscutum dark brown with margins dark metallic green ( Fig. 7 View FIGURE 7 d); metasomal T1 smooth and with coarse punctures, separated by 0.5–1.0 PD in between ( Fig. 7 View FIGURE 7 f); T2 with basal third punctate as in T1 but with posterior two thirds densely punctate and punctures much smaller (half or less the diameter of coarser punctures on the base of T2) Fig. 7 View FIGURE 7 f. The male of this species can also be distinguished from males of similar species, such as N. fumipennis (Friese) , by the following characters; mesoscutum faintly imbricate (strongly imbricate in the later) with coarse punctures, larger than those on T3 (smaller and similar to those on T 3 in the later) and separate by 0.5–1.0 PD in between along mid line (densely distributed elsewhere in N. fumipennis ). Males of N. centroamericana can also be separated from similar species by the sculpturing of T1 smooth with coarse punctures separated by 0.5–1.0 PD in between and T2 with basal third with coarse punctures and posterior two thirds with smaller punctures (one third of the diameter of basal ones) all densely distributed (distance between them ≤ 0.5 PD); sculpturing of T1 and T 2 in males of N. fumipennis and N. cribrita Smith-Pardo is mostly smooth but with few broadly scattered punctures, all with similar diameter.

Description. Male [ Fig. 7 View FIGURE 7 . See description of the female in Smith-Pardo (2005a)]: as described for the female except as follows: Body length 11.0 mm; forewing length 6.4 mm. Head width 2.21 mm, length 1.99 mm. F2 longer than F1, but shorter than F3. Mandible slender and pointed and without preapical teeth. Labral surface smooth. Mesoscutum slightly wider than long. Basitibial plate absent; inner metatibial spur almost one-fourth the length of metabasitarsus, rather slender and serrated. Hamuli with a spacing pattern 3–1–1–4. Basal area of propodeum broadly sulcate ( Fig. 7 View FIGURE 7 e). Metasoma with a slightly more elongate appearance ( Fig. 7 View FIGURE 7 b); S6, S7, S8, and genital capsule as in Fig. 8 View FIGURE 8 .

Mandible without grooves on outer surface, slightly carinate along posterior margin, anterior margin continuous. Subantennal and lower ocular areas densely punctate. Mesoscutellum with coarse punctures separated 0.5–1.0 PD along mid line and densely distributed elsewhere. Posterior side of propodeum with coarse punctures.

Clypeus and frons to the level of antennal insertion metallic dark green, margins of clypeus and rest of frons black ( Fig. 7 View FIGURE 7 c); paraocular areas dark brown with metallic glare. Tegula dark brown ( Fig. 7 View FIGURE 7 d). Legs uniformly dark brown ( Fig. 7 View FIGURE 7 a,b). T1–T5 with basal metallic green to blue bands covering two thirds on T1, one third on T2, one fourth on T3 and between one fifth to one sixth on T4 and T5.

Mandible with some coarse, light brown, unbranched setae, 0.5–1.0 OD in length. Labrum mostly bare. Postgena with some long setae (0.5–1.5 OD in length) more sparsely distributed. Metanotum in general with longer setae (0.5–2.0 OD) along posterior margin, but with minute setae on anterior margin. Legs (especially hind ones) in general less pubescent; protrochanter with some light brown, branched setae minute—1.0 OD in length scattered on the posterior margin; profemur with white setae, 0.5–1.0 OD in length on surface; protibia less densely covered with dark brown setae; mesofemur with most of the inner side bare; metatrochanter densely covered with whitish setae on posterior margin; metafemur with some clear, 1.5–2.0 OD setae minute—1.0 OD in length setae, sparsely distributed on posterior margin. Metasomal pubescence as in the female except T1 with clear setae, 1.5–2.0 OD in length arising from each puncture, shorter setae along posterior margin, T2 with white setae sparsely distributed over basal metallic band, rest of its surface densely covered with minute, dark brown setae and with some longer setae (0.5–1.0 OD) scattered among the smaller ones; sterna with less pubescence, setae more scattered on S1–S3.

Additional material. GUATEMALA: Zacapa, 3.5 km SE of La Union , 1580 m. R. Brooks & J. Ashe Colls. 27 June 1993, ex: Psychotria nervosa [ Rubiaceae ], # 138 [collection event] (3♂ SEMC, 1♂ AMNH, 1♂ CAS); Idem, except: Alta Verapaz, 2 km E. Coban , 1330 m. R. Brooks & J. Ashe Colls. 2 July 1993 (1♀ SEMC).

SEMC

USA, Kansas, Lawrence, University of Kansas, Snow Entomological Museum

AMNH

USA, New York, New York, American Museum of Natural History

CAS

USA, California, San Francisco, California Academy of Sciences

SEMC

University of Kansas - Biodiversity Institute

AMNH

American Museum of Natural History

CAS

California Academy of Sciences

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Halictidae

Genus

Neocorynura

Loc

Neocorynura centroamericana Smith-Pardo, 2005

Smith-Pardo, Allan H. 2016
2016
Loc

Neocorynura centroamericana

Smith-Pardo 2005: 166
2005
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