Anisepyris khimi 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 khimi

description: Anisepyris khimi Barbosa & Azevedo, sp. nov.
(Figs 24J; 25E; 25F; 25J)
Description, male. Body length 3.15 mm. Head and mesosoma black; wings sub-hyaline; metasoma dark castaneous. Head wide. Flagellomeres short, with sparse and short setae. Mandible very narrow, curved, and with teeth equally wide. Median clypeal lobe angulate, long. Frons coriaceous. Antennal scrobe ecarinate. Eye large. Frontal angle of ocellae forming right angle; ocelli large. Vertex straight. Pronotal disc as long as wide, strongly coriaceous; transverse pronotal carina complete; with posterior pronotal sulcus. Notaulus very narrow. Mesoscutellar sulcus narrow. Metapectal-propodeal disc long; metapostnotal median carina complete; longitudinal ridges absent; metapostnotal-propodeal suture straight; paraspiracular carina present and conspicuous; metapleural carina present and conspicuous; metapectal-propodeal disc with short striae; propodeal declivity strigate. Mesopleuron with anterior fovea closed; mesopleural fovea opened; lower fovea opened; posterior fovea absent; mesopleural suture opened. Forewing with stigma developed; Rs&M vein not distinguished. Mesotibia not spinose. Claws trifid. Metasomal segments glabrous. Genitalia. Basiparamere as long as paramere; paramere wide, rounded, with ventral margin convex and dorsal margin straight, and with basal portion angled, sparsely setose; basivolsella with apical excavation at inner margin; cuspis with arms short, with basal projection at inner margin, dorsal arm wide; aedeagus with basal portion angled and slender, and apical portion as long as basal and swollen; apodeme slender.
Material examined. Holotype, ♂, BRAZIL, Espírito Santo, Conceição da Barra, Parque Estadual de Itaúnas, 18°20'S 39°40'W, 23–25.xi.2006, [armadilha] Möricke, M.T. Tavares & eq[uipe] col[etores] (UFES 128023). Paratypes (56). MEXICO, Quintana Roo, 1 ♂, Xel-Ná, Trail in coastal, 07.xii.1993, L. Masner col[lector] (CNCI); NICARAGUA, Granada, 1 ♂, Volcan Mombacho, Santa Ana 1, 15.v.1988 —Mal[aise] Tr[ap], J.M. Maes col[lector] (SEAN); TRINIDAD, Arima, 1 ♂, 11Km SE Arima, Arena For[est] Res[erve], 80m, rain for[est], 13.vi–8.vii.1993, FIT, S. & J. Peck (CNCI); Tunapuna, 1 ♂, M[oun]t S[ain]t Benedict, M[oun]t Tabor, rain for[est], 500m, 5–21.vi.1993, FIT, S. & J. Peck (CNCI); Curepe, 2 ♂, 9.xi–29.xii.1979, P[itfal]T[rap] (CNCI); VENEZUELA, Aragua, 1 ♂, P.N.H. Pittier, 1100m, Rancho Grande, 10–14.iv.1994, L. Masner [collector] (CNCI); FRENCH GUYANA, Cayenne, 1 ♂, Kaw, 2Km E Camp Patawa on Kaw R[oa]d, 275m, at light, 24.iv.1994, J.S. Miller, C. Snider [collectors] (AMNH); BRAZIL, Amazonas, 1 ♂, Manaus, Reserva 1112, lateral leste, 16.x.1984, rede, Bert Klein col[etor] (INPA); 1 ♂, Manaus, Reserva Ducke, 6–17.vii.1992, adesiva 1m, J. Vidal & J. Vidal col[etores] (INPA); Rio Grande do Norte, 1 ♂, Mossoró, Fazenda S[an]ta Júlia, 6.iii.2007, arm[adilha] Malaise, D.R.R. Fernandes e eq[uipe] col[etore]s (UFES 32067); 4 ♂, 14.iv.2008 (UFES 51689; 51690; 51691; 51693); Rondônia, 1 ♂, Candeias do Jamarí, Batalhão de Polícia Ambiental, BR 364, Km 22, 102m, 08°47'S 63°42'W; 28.i–04.ii.2006, [armadilha] Malaise, D.F. Mugrabi col[etor] (UFES 126882); Pará, 1 ♂, Santana do Araguaia, 01–13.viii.1992, D. Pimentel col[etor] (MPEG); Goiás, 1 ♂, Alto Paraíso, P[ar]q[ue] Nac[ional] Chapada do Veadeiros, 7–15.ix.2005, arm[adilha] Malaise, Aguiar & eq[uipe] col[etor] (MZSP); 1 ♂, 7–17.ix.2005; 1 ♂, 7–23.ix.2005; 2 ♂, 9–11.ix.2005, arm[adilha] Möricke; Bahia, 1 ♂, Firmino Alves, Faz[enda] Santo Antônio, 14°59'S 39°55'W, 24.xi.2002, arm[adilha] Malaise (CEPLAC); 1 ♂, Porto Seguro, Est[ação] Ecol[ógica] Pau Brasil, 16°23'17.6"S 39°10'55"W, 16.v.2002, varredura, COAzevedo & eq[uipe] col[etores] (UFES 29721); Mato Grosso, 1 ♂, Rondonópolis, 10.x.1990, Cerrado, M.T. Tavares col[etor] (UFES 10237); 1 ♂, 17.x.1990, mata (UFES 10248); BOLIVIA, Cochabamba, 1 ♂, Villa Tunari, 16°54'55"S 65°22'06"W, 6.x.2001, M[alaise] T[rap], H. Heider [collector] (CNCI); Espírito Santo, 1 ♂, Pinheiros, Res[erva] Biol[ógica] Córrego do Veado, 18°21'S 40°09'W, 09–17.vi.2001, arm[adilha] Malaise, M.T. Tavares & equipe col[etores] (UFES 63279); 1 ♂, Trilha Jaboti, 27.xi–06.xii.2011 (UFES 114751); 1 ♂, Pancas, Faz[enda] Juliberto Stur, 19°13'10.5"S 40°46'23.8"W, 24–31.i.2003, Armadilha Malaise, M.T. Tavares, C.O. Azevedo e eq[uipe] col[etores] (UFES 09847); 1 ♂, Linhares, cultura de coco, 50m, 19°25'S 40°04'W, 19.ix.2008, arm[adilha] Möricke, E.F. Comério col[etor] (UFES 77486); Minas Gerais, 1 ♂, Marliéria, P[arque] E[stadual] Rio Doce, Mata Vinhático, 19°37'S 42°34'W, 12–19.x.2000, arm[adilha] Malaise, JCR Fontenelle col[etor] (UFES 105883); 2 ♂, 16.xii.2000 (UFES 104427; 104429); 1 ♂, 18–25.x.2001 (UFES 102898); 1 ♂, Belo Horizonte, UFMG, est[ação] ecológica, 2.xii.1996,—arm[adilha] Malaise, J.C.R. Fontenell col[etor] (UFMG); 1 ♂, prefeitura, 24.xi.1996; 1 ♂, 2.xii.1996; Espírito Santo, 1 ♂, Santa Teresa, Est[ação] Biol[ógica] Santa Lúcia, 19°58'18.5"S 40°32'07.6"W, 31.iv. 200a, [armadilha] Malaise, Azevedo & Tavare col[etores] (UFES 29699); São Paulo, 1 ♂, Santa Lúcia, 29.x.2000, S.R. Viel col[etor] (UFES 80192); 1 ♂, Am[érico] Brasiliense, Cerrado, Clube Náutico, arm[adilha] Möericke espaço 2m, 25–29.ix.1999, MTTavares e equipe col[etores] (UFES 10081); 1 ♂, Ibitinga, cultura de seringueira, 06.ix.1988, [armadilha] Möricke, (UFES 10003); 1 ♂, 21.ix.1988 (UFES 10306); 1 ♂, Descalvado, Faz[enda] Itaúnas, Cerrado, 21°54'S 47°37'W, 18.v.2006, arm[adilha] Möricke, N.W. Perioto & equipe col[etores] (UFES 79811); 1 ♂, 20.vii.2006 (UFES 79908); 2 ♂, 21.ix.2006 (UFES 79564; 79704); 1 ♂, 13.xi.2006 (UFES 79618); 1 ♂, citro, 1.xii.2005 (UFES 79994); 1 ♂, 6.iv.2006 (UFES 79993); 1 ♂, São Carlos, 14.ii.1990, Cerrado, susp[ensa], N.W. Perioto col[etor] (UFES 10092); 1 ♂, Bauru, Cerrado, 03.viii.1990, [armadilha] Möricke, S.S. Ruiz col[etor] (UFES 10123), 1 ♂, Bauru, UNESP, Cerrado, 16.viii.1990, S.S. Ruiz col[etor] (UFES 10138); 1 ♂, 6.vi.1991 (UFES 10108); PARAGUAY, Itapua, 1 ♂, Yatai Hostettler family, San Rafael Res[erve], 100m, 26°38'17"S 55°39'50"W, 21–25.xi.2000, FIT, Z.H. Falin [collector] (CNCI); Rio Grande do Sul, 1 ♂, Arroio Grande, 101m, arm[adilha] Malaise, 32°13'22"S 53°11'57"W, 19.xii.2003, R.F. Krüger col[etor] (UFES 16356).
Distribution. Mexico; Nicaragua; Venezuela; French Guyana; Brazil: Amazonas, Rio Grande do Norte, Rondônia, Pará, Goiás, Bahia, Mato Grosso, Espírito Santo, Minas Gerais, São Paulo, Rio Grande do Sul; Bolivia; Paraguay.
Remarks. This new species differs from A. inconspicuus by having the antennal flagellomeres short; the clypeus with the clypeal carina lower than frons level; the antennal scrobe ecarinate; the frontal angle of the ocellar triangle forming a right angle; the ocelli large; the vertex straight; the transverse pronotal carina present; the metapectal-propodeal disc long; the mesopleuron with the lower fovea opened; the basivolsella with an apical excavation at inner margin; the cuspis with the ventral arm with an inner expansion; and the aedeagus with the basal portion angled and slender, whereas A. inconspicuus has the antennal flagellomeres long; the clypeus with the clypeal carina higher than frons level; the antennal scrobe carinate, but weak; the frontal angle of the ocellar triangle acute; the ocelli small; the vertex convex; the transverse pronotal carina absent; the metapectal-propodeal disc short; the mesopleuron with the lower fovea closed; the basivolsela uniform; the cuspis with the ventral arm without an inner expansion; and the aedeagus with the basal portion convex and wide.
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 pages 194-195, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4416.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1242263