Ipsiura cooperi Bohart 1985
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 cooperi

description: Ipsiura cooperi Bohart, 1985
(Figs 35–39)
Ipsiura cooperi Bohart, 1985: 714. Holotype ♀ [not examined]: COSTA RICA: Cartago, Turrialba (NMNH).
Diagnosis. Ipsiura cooperi can be readily distinguished from other Ipsiura species by the following combination of characters: lateral pronotal carina irregular and not protruding; metanotum distinctively raised medially; T3 strongly convex, with lateral whitish spot, four acute distal teeth, pit row obscured, indicated only laterally; tarsi whitish; S2 spots small, oval and widely separated medially; and scapal basin with broad medial polished stripe.
Female description. Body (Fig. 35). Length: 5.5 mm. Coloration: head predominantly blue; F1 brown; mesosoma metallic blue, with faint transverse bluish stripe on dorsum of pronotum; metasoma metallic blue, with transverse purplish stripes on dorsum of T1 and T2; T3 with large lateral whitish spot; wing membrane light, with brown veins; femora and tibiae bluish; tarsi whitish. Head: TFC enclosing the median ocellus, widely interrupted medially (Fig. 36); F1 longer than broad, 1.3× as long as F2; scapal basin with dense silvery pubescence laterally, broad polished stripe medially. Mesosoma: fore femur without ventral tooth or flattened area on outer surface of distal margin, diameter of distal area one-half diameter of proximal area; fore wing with short M distal to discoidal cell, R1 shorter than stigma (as in Fig. 190); dorsal surface of pronotum wide as or slightly wider than head; lower lateral pronotal surface punctate anteriorly, with distinct posterior area delimited by transverse ridge, lateral carina irregular and not protruding; metanotum distinctly raised medially; mesopleural lower posterior margin crenate, without tooth-like projections. Metasoma: T3 with four acute distal teeth (Fig. 37), pit row obsolescent, indicated by small partially obscured lateral pits, without prepit swelling; S2 spots small, oval and widely separated medially (Fig. 38). Punctation: tiny and sparse punctures on outer surface of fore femur; largest punctures on T1, mesopleuron and metanotum.
Male. Unknown.
Host. Unknown.
Distribution. Brazil (SP); Costa Rica (Cartago) (Fig. 39).
Remarks. Ipsira cooperi is readily distinguished from all other Ipsiura species by the metanotum raised medially, unique in this species.
Material examined. BRAZIL: São Paulo, Luis Antônio, Est. Ecol. Jataí 21º37’26’’S 47º48’26’’O, 11.xi.2009, 1♀, coll. NW Perioto [LRRP]. Teodoro Sampaio, Sítio São Francisco, 20.x.2011, 1♀, coll. P.R. Lopes [RPSP].
Comments. The redescription above is based on a female from Brazil: São Paulo, Luis Antônio.
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 18-19, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4165.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/267533