Acanthaegilips brasiliensis, Ashmead Sculpture, 1897

Ros-Farré, Palmira, Sporrong, Michael, Ronquist, Fredrik & Pujade-Villar, Juli, 2003, Revision Of The Neotropical Anacharitinae Genus Acanthaegilips (Hym., Cynipoidea, Figitidae), Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 43 (2), pp. 11-30 : 28-29

Redescription of Acanthaegilips brasiliensis

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Acanthaegilips brasiliensis Ashmead, (1897: 67)

Acanthaegilips brasiliensis Ashmead, Dalla Torre & Kieffer, (1910: 47)

Acanthaegilips brasiliensis Ashmead, Weld, (1921: 434)

Acanthaegilips brasiliensis Ashmead, Weld , (1950: 96 & 171)

Acanthaegilips brasiliensis Ashmead, Díaz, (1983: 46)

Studied material – 16 & 3. Holotype: 1 (nº 23645 USNM) Collected in April at Chapada ( Brazil), Ashmead collection (det. Ashmead), antenna mounted. Label data: Chapada, April; Coll Ashmead. Acanthaegilips brasiliensis f, Type . Additional material: Brazil: 1 Alvarenga col. 1 ( DCBU) 12-X-1987 at Fazenda Jacutinga, light trap, ( MZLU-MS) VII-1992 at Represa Rio Grande , Guanabara, M.U.F. col. Mexico: 1 & 1 ( CNC) 8-VI-1969 at Chis. 5700 ft. 20 mi, Yerba Buena, Malaise trap. N. Bochill col. Guatemala: 1 ( USNM) VII-1980 at Antigua (1500-1600 m), N.L.H.Krauss col. Bolivia: 1 ( CNC) 19/ 20-XII-1955 at Chulumani (1700 m), Yungas, L.E. Pena col. Costa Rica: 2 ( USNM) 14-IV-1985 at San Antonio de Escazu (300 m), F-SAZ-125, W.Eberhard col. 1 ( UCR) VI/ VIII-1993 at Cartago, Dulce Nombre, Vivero Linda Vista (1300 m), P. Hanson col. 1 ( UCR) VIII/ IX-1995 at Alajuela Est. Biol. San Ramon (900 m) P. Hanson col. 2 ( MZLU-MS) 14/ 25-V-1988 at San Jose, Escazu, F.D. Parker col. 1 ( MZLU-MS) 22/ 27-V-1998 at San Jose, Escazu, F.D. Parker col. 1 ( MZLU-MS) 21/ 26-V-1988 at San Jose, Escazu, F.D. Parker col. 1 ( MZLU-MS) 24/ 30-I-1988 at San Jose, Escazu, F.D. Parker col. 2 ( MZLU-MS) 8-II-1987 at San Jose, Escazu, G.E. Bohart col. 1 ( UCR) IX/ X-1989 at Guanac, Estac. Mengo, SW, Volcan Cacao (1100 m). Honduras: 1 (nº 35396 USNM) in 17-II-1918 at Tegucigalpa, F.J. Dyer col.

Length of head + mesosoma + metasoma in female: 2.6 mm to 3.2 mm; in male: 2.6 mm to 2.9 mm.

Colour – Female. Head wholly black. Antennae segments light brown with exception of the scape, which is black in its basal part, and F9 to F11, which are dark brown. Mandibles light brown with darker tooth. Scutum and mesopleural triangle reddish brown; mesopleuron, scutellar spine, propodeum and metasoma almost black. Legs medium to dark brown except for the procoxa, mesocoxa and tarsis, which are light brown. Gaster blackish brown. Veins of wings medium brown. Male. Entirely black with exception of the first and second legs, which are light yellowish brown.

Head – Female. Covered with scattered medium long hairs. Malar furrow slightly curved. Postocular furrow absent. Occipital carina present. Malar space 0.60 to 0.71 times the height of the compound eye. Pleurostomal lines strong. Transfacial line 0.52 to 0.57 times the greatest width of the head and 1.17 to 1.30 times the height of a compound eye. Antennal foramina separated from each other by 0.7 to 0.9 times the distance between the foramen and the compound eye. Male. Malar space 0.61 times the height of the compound eye. Transfacial line 0.54 times the greatest width of the head and 1.04 to 1.08 times the height of a compound eye. Antennal foramina separated from each other by the same distance as that between the foramen and the compound eye.

Antennae – Female. Flagellomeres cylindrical, not expanded in width towards apex. Length of F1 1.38 to 1.43 the length of F2. Antennae covered with short, dense pubescence. Antennal formula: 10 (3): 3 (2): 12.5 (2): 9 (2): 8 (2): 8 (2): 6 (3): 5 (2): 5 (2.5): 4.5 (3): 4.5 (3): 4 (3): 9 (3). Placodeal sensilla start on F2, but they are dorsally scarce in the basal part of this flagellomere. Male. F1 1.5 the length of F2. Flagellomeres covered by very short, dense pubescence. Antennal formula: 11 (5): 4 (4): 18 (4): 12.5 (4): 11 (3.5): 11 (3): 10.9 (3.3): 10.5 (3.5): 10 (3.5): 9 (3.8): 8 (3.8): 8 (3.5): 8 (3.2): 11 (3.2). Placodeal sensilla start on F1, they are dorsally scarce in the basal part of F1. F2 to F4 slightly expanded dorsolaterally with a longitudinal ridge on the raised part.

Mesosoma – Female. Lateral pronotal carinae projecting dorsomedially to form a raised tooth ( Fig. 3D ). Anterior pronotal plate with scattered long hairs on the lateral margins and with weak transverse cari- nae. Lateral surface of pronotum with very sparse pubescence and with coarse areolate sculpture. Mesoscutum in lateral view 1.63 to 1.93 times higher than long; in dorsal view 1.20 to 1.53 wider than long. Median mesoscutal impression reaching between 1/3 and 1/2 the length of the scutum, notauli complete, the basal cell reaching to the 1/3 the length of mesoscutum ( Fig. 1D ). Sculpture over mesoscutum from the pronotum to the mesoscutal impression as a strong carina, when viewed in profile, mesoscutum humped, in part because of this carina, also seen in profile ( Fig. 3D ). There is a conspicuous line of hairs on the anterior and lateral margins of the mesoscutum. Scutellum in dorsal view 1.21 to 1.36 times the length of the mesoscutum. Scutellar foveae nude. Lateral pit of scutellar fovea 1.15 to 1.40 longer than wide; the distance from median scutellar carina to the inner margin of the pit 3.16 to 4.30 times the width of the pit. Scutellar spine broad at base and narrowing gradually towards apex ( Fig. 1D ). Scutellar disc in lateral view steeply sloping to base of scutellar spine, which is directed slightly upwards at base and curved downwards towards apex, which is ventrally directed. Mesopleural impression wide (wider on the basal part) straight and with weak transverse carinae or smooth. Messopleural triangle densely pubescent anteriorly and very sparsely pubescent posteriorly ( Fig. 3D ). Propodeum with coarse areolate sculpture, median and lateral propodeal carinae absent. Male. Mesoscutum in lateral view 1.75 times higher than long; in dorsal view 1.25 to 1.32 wider than long. Basal cell of notauli shorter than in the female. Scutellum in dorsal view 1.42 times the length of the mesoscutum. Lateral pit of scutellar fovea 1.15 to 1.35 times longer than wide; the distance from median scutellar carina to the inner margin of the pit is 2.45 to 2.90 times the width of the pit. Scutellar spine less curved than in the female.

Wings – Female. Marginal cell open 3.00 to 3.18 times longer than wide. R1 practically reaching the margin of the wing like in the figure 5A. Marginal pubescence of the wing starting from vein R1. Male. Marginal cell 2.73 to 3.27 times longer than wide.

Metasoma – Female. Petiole 2.2 to 2.5 times as long as wide, dorsally smooth, laterally and ventrally costate. Third abdominal tergum dorsally 0.51 to 0.75 the length of the fourth tergum. Male. Petiole 2.7 times as long as wide. Third abdominal tergum 0.77 the length of the fourth tergum.

Figures

FIGURE 1. Dorsal view of thorax of A. macropennis sp. n. (A), A. levis sp. n. (B), A. masneri sp. n. (C), A. brasiliensis (D), A. ashmeadi sp. n. (E), A. diazi sp. n. (F).

FIGURE 3. Lateral view of A. macropennis sp. n. (A), A. levis sp. n. (B), A. masneri sp. n. (C), A. brasiliensis (D), A. ashmeadi sp. n. (E) and A. diazi sp. n. (F).