Ipsiura catamarcae 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 catamarcae

description: Ipsiura catamarcae Bohart, 1985
(Figs 31–34)
Ipsiura catamarcae Bohart, 1985: 713. Holotype ♀ [examined by photos]: ARGENTINA: Catamarca, Los Nacimientos de Abajo (FML).
Neochrysis (Ipsiura) sobrina Linsenmaier, 1985. Holotype ♀ [not examined]: BRAZIL: São Paulo (NMLS). Synonymized by Kimsey & Bohart (1991: 509).
Neochrysis (Ipsiura) catamarcae: Linsenmaier 1997: 266.
Diagnosis. This species most closely resembles I. affinissima (Ducke), I. fritzi Bohart and I. lata Bohart. Ipsiura catamarcae is readily distinguished from these and other Ipsiura species by the post-ocular and metapleural surfaces with polished areas, and T3 with strongly convex prepit swelling. Additionally, I. catamarcae has a welldeveloped pit row with deep foveae (absent in I. affinissima, shallow foveae in I. lata and I. fritzi), fore femur with ventral tooth on distal margin (absent in I. lata) and the metanotum rounded (cristate to serriform in I. lata and I. fritzi).
Female description. Body (Fig. 31). Length: 9 mm. Coloration: head predominantly bluish green; F1 bluish brown; mesosoma metallic blue, with faint transverse bluish stripe on dorsum of pronotum; metasoma metallic blue, with transverse purple stripes on dorsum of T1 and T2; T3 with lateral whitish spot; wing membrane light brown, with brown veins; femora and tibiae blue; tarsi brownish, hind basitarsus green blue. Head: TFC enclosing the median ocellus, subsquare, interrupted medially; F1 longer than broad, 1.3× as long as F2; scapal basin covered with dense silvery pubescence. Mesosoma: fore femur with distinct ventral tooth-like projection on distal margin, diameter of distal area about one-half diameter of proximal area; hind tibia with some long setae among short ones; fore wing with short M distal to discoidal cell, R1 shorter than stigma (as in Fig. 190); dorsal surface of pronotum wider than head (Fig. 32); lower lateral pronotal surface smooth, without distinct posterior area delimited by transverse ridge; metanotum irregularly punctate, not cristate nor projecting above propodeal surface; mesopleural lower posterior margin strongly carinate, with distinct close together tooth-like projections. Metasoma: T3 with six acute distal teeth (Fig. 33), strongly convex prepit swelling; pit row with deep and large foveae; S2 spots large, touching medially (Fig. 34). Punctation: fore femur impunctate on outer surface, tiny punctures marked distally; largest punctures on T1, mesopleuron and metanotum; shallow punctures on T2 and T3; post-ocular and metapleural surfaces with distinctive polished areas.
Male. Unknown.
Host. Unknown.
Distribution. Argentina (Catamarca); Brazil (SP) (Fig. 30).
Material examined. ARGENTINA: Catamarca, Los Nacimientos de Abajo, 1–15.i.1969, coll. A. Willink et al / Holotype ♀ Ipsiura catamarcae Bohart [FML]. Los Nacimientos de Abajo, 1–15.i.1969, coll. A. Willink et al / Paratype 1♀ [BME].
Comments. The redescription above is based on the paratype female from Argentina: Catamarca, Los Nacimientos de Abajo.
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 15-17, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4165.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/267533