A revision of Gasteruption Latreille (Hymenoptera: Gasteruptiidae) in the Neotropical Region 3030 Author Macedo, Antonio Carlos Cruz text Zootaxa 2011 2011-09-16 3030 1 1 62 https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3030.1.1 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.3030.1.1 1175­5334 5280554 Gasteruption kaweahense ( Bradley, 1909 ) ( Figs. 14 , 27e ) Rhydinofoenus kaweahensis Bradley, 1909: 39 (in key, description); Townes, 1950: 129 (in key), 145 (redescription); Townes, 1951: 661 (catalog); Daly et al., 1967: 1275 (host record); Parker and Bohart, 1968: 6 (host record). Pseudofoenus kaweahensis : Kieffer, 1912: 205 (in key), 212–213 (redescription); Hedicke, 1939: 45 (catalog). Gasteruption kaweahense : Carlson, 1979: 1117 (catalog); Pereyra and Villanueva, 1987: 207 (on Parthenium hysterophorus Linnaeus flowers). Gasteruption kaweahensis : Hoebeke, 1980: 25 ( holotype ); Macedo, 2009: 7 (cladistic analysis). Pseudofoenus angustatus Kieffer, 1911b: 183 (in key), 184–185 (description); Kieffer, 1912: 205 (in key), 206–207 (redescription); Hedicke, 1939: 45 (catalog). New synonymy Gasteruption angustatum: Crosskey, 1962: 385 (fig. 28). Diagnosis. Differs from other Neotropical species by the combination of the following characters: ovipositor sheath shorter than metasoma ( Fig. 14e ); occipital carina narrow dorsally and very wide laterally ( Fig. 14b ); and fore wing discal cell absent. Redescription. Female ( Fig. 14e ). Length: 11.9 mm ( 10.3–13.3 mm ) (n=25); ovipositor sheath length 0.53 (0.46–0.60) × body length. Head. Subtrapezoidal in dorsal view, longer than wide ( Fig. 14a ), punctulate; mandible pre-apical tooth very short; malar space short, almost separated from gena; posterior ocellus inserted behind or at the level of upper eye margin; occipital carina relatively narrow dorsally and very wide laterally ( Fig. 14b ). Head length 1.42 (1.32–1.53) × eye length; eye length 13.78 (10.00–19.00) × malar space; distance from posterior ocellus to occipital margin 1.81 (1.50–2.11) × distance between posterior ocelli; 1 st flagellomere 1.33 (1.18–1.44) × as long as scape, 1.44 (1.18–1.63) × as long as pedicel, 0.82 (0.48–1.18) × as long as 2 nd flagellomere. Color: black, clypeus with anterior portion lighter than remaining, antenna red brown to dark brown (apical flagellomeres usually lighter). Mesosoma. Propleuron imbricate (with irregular striae in some specimens); pronotal process distinct; pronotum imbricate to rugulose, area between lobes crenulate; mesonotum rounded in lateral view ( Fig. 14d ); mesoscutum with fine irregular striae and sparse punctation ( Fig. 14c ); mesoscutelum rugulose; mesepisternum imbricate dorsally and areolate (or rugulose) ventrally; mesepimeron scrobiculate; metapleuron areolate, ventral region with a reduced smooth (or rugulose) portion; propodeum areolate, longitudinal carina distinct ( Fig. 27e ); metacoxa finely striate. Mesosoma (excluding propleuron) 1.96 (1.70–2.32) × as long as high; propleuron 2.30 (1.77–2.89) × longer than its largest wide, 1.41 (1.28–1.56) × pronotum length; metacoxa 3.10 (2.53–3.44) × as long as wide; metatibia 4.65 (4.04–5.29) × as long as wide, 1.43 (1.28–1.53) × as long as femur, 2.85 (2.51–3.41) × as long as 1 st tarsomere. Fore wing discal cell absent; hind wing with 3 hamuli (rarely 2 or 4), equidistant or not. Color: propleuron and mesonotum black; pronotum red brown; mesopleuron and metapleuron red brown (with some black areas in several specimens); propodeum red brown to black; fore and middle legs with coxa, trochanter, femur and tibia red brown to dark brown, tibia with a yellow longitudinal stripe, tarsus yellow, with apical tarsomeres gradually darker than basal ones; hind leg with coxa, trochanter, femur and tibia red brown (to dark brown), subbasal portion of tibia yellow, tarsus red brown to dark brown. Metasoma. Imbricate, 3.29 (3.00–3.55) × as long as mesosoma; subgenital sternun notched, Y-shaped; ovipositor sheath 0.85 (0.74–0.95) × as long as metasoma. Color: red brown to dark brown; ovipositor sheath dark brown, with apex yellow brown. Male. Similar to female. Host. Ceratina pacifica Smith ( Daly et al. 1967 ; Parker and Bohart 1968 ). FIGURE 14. Gasteruption kaweahense . a: head in dorsal view; b: head in lateral view; c: mesonotum in dorsal view; d: mesosoma in lateral view; e. habitus. Scale bar: 1.0 mm. Geographic distribution: USA ( California , Lousiana, Texas ) ( Townes 1950 ), Colombia , Costa Rica , Guatemala , Mexico ( Nuevo Leon (Pereyra and Villanueva 1987), Chiapas, San Luis Potosí, Sinaloa, Sonora, Veracruz ), Venezuela . Material examined. Rhydinofoenus kaweahensis , holotype female ( CUIC no. 2628): USA : California : Tulare County , Kaweah River , Culbertson . Pseudofoenus angustatus , one male , not determined as a syntype , but the locality in label is the same of type locality ( BMNH ): MEXICO : Veracruz : Atoyac . Other material. COLOMBIA : Cundinamarca : Silvania , 16. I .1983 , A . Acosta , 1♂ ( UNCB ) ; Guajira : Nazareth , 1976, J . Bird , 1♂ ( AMNH ) ; COSTA RICA : Alajuela : Alajuela , Malaise , 8–28.II.1970 , O . Peck, 2♀ , 1♂ ( CNCI ); Cartago : 6 mi SE Cartago , 6000 ft , 21.XII.1972 , B . & C . Dasch , 1♀ ( AEIC ); Orosí , 22. V .1987, H . & M . Townes , 1♂ ( AEIC ); Guanacaste : Estacion Exper. Enrique Jimenez Nuñes , 20 km SW Cañas , Malaise , 5– 17.XI.1991 , A . S . Menke , 1♂ ( USNM ); Heredia : Santo Domingo , Santa Rosa , 1100 m , 10. I –30.III.2001, R . Zúniga , 1♀ ( INBC ); Puntarenas : P . N . Corcovado , Send. la Sirena , 100 m , 1–30.X.2000 , J . Azofeifa , 1♂ ( INBC ); San José : San Antonio de Escazú , 1300 m , 5. VI .1989, P . Hanson , 1♀ , 1♂ ( MUCR ); San José , 4.VII.1963 , L . J . Bottiner , 1♀ ( CNCI ); Escazú , 20.V.1987 , 21.V.1987 , 23.V.1987 , H . & M . Townes , 3♂ ( AEIC ); Escazú , 10. I .1988, W . T . Wcislo , 1♂ ( AEIC ); GUATEMALA : Chimaltenango : Yepocapa , V .1948, H . T . Dalmat , 1♂ ( USNM ); Escuintla : 1 mi N . Palín , 1.XII.1972 , 3.XII.1972 , 7.XII.1972 , 8.XII.1972 , 10.XII.1972 , B . & C . Dasch , 2♀ , 4♂ ( AEIC ); Guatemala : 3 mi S Amatitlán , 26.XI.1972 , B . & C . Dasch , 1♀ , 2♂ ( AEIC ); Sacatepéquez : Finca Los Torrales , 91 o 08'W 14 o 31'N , 760 m , 20.III.1980 , C . & J . Porter , 1♀ ( AEIC ); MEXICO : unspecified locality, 1867, O . Sichl. , 3♀ ( MNHN ); Chiapas : 20 mi N Bachil , Yerba Buena , 5700 ft , Malaise , 8. VI .1969, H . J . Teskey , 1♂ ( CNCI ); 10 mi N Bochil , 14. VI .1969, H . J . Teskey , 2♂ ( CNCI ); Quintana Roo : Felipe Carrilo Puerto , 11–13.X.1986 , R . J . McGinley , 1♂ ( USNM ); San Luis Potosí : El Naranjo , Oak Forest , 8.X.1962 , H . & M . Townes , 1♂ ( AEIC ); Sinaloa : Mazatian , 6.VIII.1964 , W . R . M . Mason , 1♀ ( CNCI ); El Mezquital , 16–VII–1984 , C . Alvarez P ., 1♀ ( USNM ); Sonora : Ciudad Obregon , 13–17. V .1961, H . Howden & Martin , 1♂ ( CNCI ); Veracruz : San Rafael , Jicoltepec , Ashmead , 1♀ , 1♂ ( USNM ); Orizaba , 4079 ft , 24–28.VI.1972 , 13.II.1973 , 14.II.1973 , B . & C . Dasch , 5♂ ( AEIC ); 4.6 mi W . Banderilla , 6000 ft , Banderilla , 23.VI.1972 , 24.VI.1972 , B . & C . Dasch , 4♀ , 2♂ ( AEIC ); VENEZU- ELA: Aragua : Can. Tiara , 1200 m , 30.VII.1952 , F . Fernandez , 1♂ ( MIZA ); Villa de Cura , Est. Exp. Cataurito , 19.II.1981 , J . L . García , 1♂ ( MIZA ); Villa de Cura , Est. Exp. Cataurito , 9.IV.1981 , 1♀ ( MIZA ); Cojedes : El Pao. Higuerotal , 9 o 49'27"N 68 o 2'50"W , 376 m , 10–17. V .1995, A . Alemán , 2♂ ( MIZA ); Mérida : Tabay , La Mucuy , 1900 m , streamside meadow, 17. VI –2.VIII–1989, S . & J . Peck , 1♀ , 1♂ ( CNCI ); Miranda : El Lucero , Guatopo , Malaise , 28. VI .1975, R . E . Dietz , 1♀ , 1♂ ( MIZA ); Trujillo : Sabana Grande , 3. VI .1976, A . S . Menke & D. Vincent , 1♂ ( USNM ); Zulia : 6 km N La Concepcion , 18. VI .1976, A . S . Menke & D. Vincent , 1♀ ( USNM ); El Tucuco , 26.IV.1981 , H . K . Townes , 1♀ , 1♂ ( AEIC ); El Tucuco , 45 km SW Machiques , 5–6. VI .1976, A . S . Menke & D. Vincent , 2♂ ( USNM ); El Tucuco , 45 km SW Machiques , 14.IV.1981 , A . S . Menke & L . Hollenberg , 3♀ ( USNM ); Los Angeles del Tutuco , 15–16.IV.1981 , A . S . Menke & L . Hollenberg , 1♀ ( USNM ) .