Bakeriella absens Kawada & Azevedo, 2005

Azevedo, Celso O., 2014, Synopsis of Bakeriella Kieffer, 1910 (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae), Zootaxa 3878 (6), pp. 501-535 : 504

Bakeriella absens Kawada & Azevedo, 2005

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Bakeriella absens Kawada & Azevedo in Azevedo et al. 2005: 168, 170 (♂ description); 171 (figs 14–18).

Material examined. Holotype ♂, BOLIVIA, Cochabamba, Villa Tunari , trop. for., 16º54'55''S 65º22'06''W, 6.X.2001, M[alaise] T[rap], H. Heider col. ( CNCI).

Diagnosis. MALE ( Fig. 1 ). Black. Mandible with five apical teeth ( Fig. 2 ). Clypeus with subangulate median lobe. Antennal scrobe not carinate. Frons coriaceous. Vertex broadly slightly convex. Pronotal disc with anterior corner acute; anterior carina arched inward medially; median carina absent; lateral margin not carinate; posterior margin not followed by series of foveae. Scutellar pit subrounded. Mesopleuron with subtegular groove subtriangular; anterior fovea drop-shaped; upper fovea rounded; lower fovea with upper margin absent ( Fig. 3 ). Genitalia ( Figs 4, 5 ): paramere absent; cuspis divided into two arms, ventral arm cylindrical, as long as basiparamere in lateral view, dorsal arm 0.5 × as long as ventral arm; aedeagus wide and stout, short, only 0.64 × as long as genitalia length, without constricted between apical and basal halves; ventral margin projected downward as lamina; apodeme short. FEMALE unknown.

Distribution. Bolivia.

Remarks. The absence of paramere is a very unusual character of this species. The aedeagus is wide and short as most of species of Epyris Westwood.

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 13. 1 – 5. Bakeriella absens, ♂: 1. body, dorsal view; 2. mandible, frontal view; 3. mesopleuron, lateral view; 4. genitalia, ventral view; 5. genitalia, lateral view. 6 – 8. B. aurata, ♀: 6. body, dorsal view; 7. mandible, frontal view; 8. mesopleuron, lateral view. 9 – 13. B. azteca, ♂: 9. body, dorsal view; 10. mandible, frontal view; 11. mesopleuron, lateral view; 12. genitalia, ventral view; 13. genitalia, lateral view. Scale bars = 250 µm.