Anisepyris ingwei Barbosa & Azevedo 2018, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Barbosa, Diego N.
name: Azevedo, Celso O.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Bethylidae
Anisepyris
Anisepyris ingwei

description: Anisepyris ingwei Barbosa & Azevedo, sp. nov.
(Figs 26B; 26L; 26M; 27B)
Description, male. Body length 5.23 mm. Head with darkish green reflection; mesosoma with darkish blue reflection and metapectal-propodeal disc black; wings clear hyaline; metasoma dark castaneous. Head wide. Flagellomeres short, with dense and short setae. Mandible narrow, curved, and with lower tooth longer than others. Median clypeal lobe angulate, long. Frons coriaceous, with short frontal sulcus. Antennal scrobe carinate, but weak. Eye large. Frontal angle of ocellae forming right angle; ocelli large. Vertex straight. Pronotal disc as long as wide, sparsely punctate; transverse pronotal carina complete; with posterior pronotal sulcus. Notaulus very narrow. Mesoscutellar sulcus narrow. Metapectal-propodeal disc short; metapostnotal median carina complete; longitudinal ridges present; metapostnotal-propodeal suture straight; paraspiracular carina present and inconspicuous; metapleural carina present and conspicuous; metapectal-propodeal disc with short striae; propodeal declivity strigate. Mesopleuron with anterior fovea closed; mesopleural fovea closed; lower fovea opened; posterior fovea absent; mesopleural suture opened. Forewing with stigma developed; Rs&M vein distinguished. Mesotibia not spinose. Claws trifid. Metasomal segments sparsely setose. Genitalia. Basiparamere shorter than paramere; paramere club-shaped and with apical margin very wide, densely setose; basivolsela with excavation at inner margin; cuspis with arms short, with basal projection at inner margin, dorsal arm wide; aedeagus with basal portion convex and slender, and apical portion as long as basal and slender; apodeme slender.
Material examined. Holotype, ♂, BRAZIL, Rio grande do Sul, Arroio Grande, 101m, 32°13'22”S 53°11'57"W, 19.iii.2004, arm[adilha] Malaise, R.F. Krüger col[etor] (UFES 15036). Paratypes (16). BRAZIL, Espírito Santo, 1 ♂, Santa Maria de Jetibá, Fazenda Paulo Seick, 20°04'27.9"S 40°44'51.3"W, 6–13.xii.2002, armadilha Malaise, Tavares, Azevedo e eq[uipe] col[etores] (UFES 09764); 1 ♂, Alfredo Chaves, Matilde, R [eserva]P[articular][do]P[atrimônio]N[atural] Oiutrem, 600–800m, 20°33'S 40°48'W, 14–21.x.2009, [armadilha] Malaise, C.O. Azevedo & eq[uipe] col[etores] (UFES 125456); São Paulo, 4 ♂, Santa Lúcia, 29.x.2000, S.R. Viel col[etor] (UFES 80193; 80194; 80198; 80204); PARAGUAY, Cazaapá, 1 ♂, Hermosa, Sosa family, San Rafaeal Res [erve], 90m, 26°19'15"S 55°44'55"W, 3–6.xii.2000, FIT, Z.H. Falin [collector] (CNCI); Rio grande do Sul, 1 ♂, Arroio Grande, 101m, 32°13'22"S 53°11'57"W, 31.i.2003, arm[adilha] Malaise, R.F. Krüger col[etor] (UFES 16574); 1 ♂, 28.ii.2003 (UFES 30291); 1 ♂, 27.ii.2004 (UFES 16376); 1 ♂, 19.iii.2004 (UFES 15049); 1 ♂, 26.iii.2004 (UFES 16436), 2 ♂, 02.iv.2004 (UFES 15076; 15077), 1 ♂, 16.iv.2004 (UFES 15115); 1 ♂, 30.iv.2004 (UFES 16516).
Distribution. Brazil: Espírito Santo, São Paulo, Rio Grande do Sul; Paraguay.
Remarks. This new species differs from A. rectus by having the body with darkish blue reflection and the metapectal-propodeal disc black; the mandible with the lower tooth longer than the others; the frons with a short frontal sulcus; the ocelli large; the notaulus very narrow; the metapostnotum with longitudinal ridges; the paraspiracular carina present and inconspicuous; and the paramere with the apex wide and rounded, whereas A. rectus has the body black; the mandible with the teeth equally wide; the frons without a short frontal sulcus; the ocelli small; the notaulus narrow; the metapostnotum without longitudinal ridges; the paraspiracular carina present and conspicuous; and the paramere angled and slender.
description: Published as part of Barbosa, Diego N. & Azevedo, Celso O., 2018, Revision of Anisepyris Kieffer (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae), with description of 135 new species, pp. 1-258 in Zootaxa 4416 (1) on page 209, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4416.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1242263