Ipsiura brevispina Ducke 1911
Creators: name: Lucena, Daercio A. A.
name: Kimsey, Lynn S.
name: Almeida, Eduardo A. B.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Chrysididae
Ipsiura
Ipsiura brevispina

description: Ipsiura brevispina (Ducke, 1911)
(Figs 26–29)
Chrysis brevispina Ducke, 1911: 102. Holotype Ƌ [examined]: BRAZIL, Pará, A. Ducke (MZUSP). Neochrysis (Ipsiura) brevispina: Kimsey & Bohart 1981: 78.
Ipsiura brevispina: Bohart 1985: 709.
Diagnosis. Ipsiura brevispina most closely resembles I. marginalis (Brullé) and I. ellampoides (Ducke). It can be distinguished from these and other Ipsiura species by the following combination of characters: fore wing with long M distal to discoidal cell (short in most Ipsiura), R1 absent (slightly indicated in I. ellampoides); T3 with four acute distal teeth (indistinguishable teeth in I. ellampoides and I. marginalis) and T2 with narrow basolateral translucent margin (absent in I. ellampoides and I. marginalis).
Holotype redescription. Body (Fig. 26). Length: 8.7 mm. Coloration: head predominantly green, with purplish highlights on vertex; F1 brownish green; mesosoma metallic green, with purple highlights on dorsum, particularly on pronotum and mesoscutum; metasoma metallic green, with distinct purplish stripes on dorsum of T1 and T2; T3 with shiny interspaces between punctures, broad whitish spot basolaterally; distal margin of T3 ambercolored; wing membrane light brown, with brown veins; femora and tibiae green; tarsi brownish, hind basitarsus brownish green. Head: TFC enclosing the median ocellus, round enclosure, uninterrupted medially (Fig. 27); F1 longer than broad, 1.3× as long as F2 length; scapal basin with sparse silvery pubescence. Mesosoma: fore femur without ventral tooth-like projection or flattened area on outer surface of distal margin, diameter of distal area onehalf diameter of proximal area; hind tibia with some long setae; fore wing with long M distal to discoidal cell, ending near distal margin of wing, R1 absent (as in Fig. 145), medial cell asetose; dorsal surface of pronotum wider than head; lower lateral pronotal surface smooth, without distinct posterior area delimited by transverse ridge; metanotum elongate, projecting above propodeal surface; mesopleural lower posterior margin strongly carinate, with distinct equally separated tooth-like projections. Metasoma: T3 with four acute distal teeth (Fig. 28), prepit swelling very low, sloping gently, pit row obsolescent, indicated by tiny lateral pits; T2 with narrow translucent margin basolaterally; S2 spots small, round, separated medially at least by one spot diameter (Fig. 29). Punctation: tiny punctures on outer surface of fore femur; largest punctures on T1, mesopleuron and metanotum; T3 with tiny and well-separated punctures, shiny interspaces.
Female. Unknown.
Host. Unknown.
Distribution. Brazil (PA) (Fig. 30). Material examined. Holotype only.
description: Published as part of Lucena, Daercio A. A., Kimsey, Lynn S. & Almeida, Eduardo A. B., 2016, The Neotropical cuckoo wasp genus Ipsiura Linsenmaier, 1959 (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae): revision of the species occurring in Brazil, pp. 1-71 in Zootaxa 4165 (1) on pages 14-15, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4165.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/267533