Caloapenesia rikawa Gobbi & Azevedo, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Gobbi, Fernanda T.
name: Azevedo, Celso O.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Bethylidae
Caloapenesia
Caloapenesia rikawa

description: Caloapenesia rikawa Gobbi & Azevedo, sp. nov.
(Figs 14, 21, 35, 55, 87, 88)
Description. MALE. Body length 3.9 mm. LFW 2.7 mm. Color. Head, clypeus and mesosoma black; antennae, mandible and metasoma castaneous; legs light castaneous; wings subhyaline.
Head (Figs 14, 21). Mandible with five apical teeth; uppermost one forming cutting edge, other ones angulate; uppermost and lowermost large, below uppermost and median ones small. Median clypeal lobe convex; apical margin strongly medially ventrad, with median tooth slightly conspicuous; carina high, arched in profile. Antennal torulus slightly prominent. Flagellomeres short; four first antennomeres in ratio about 15:4:5:6; pedicel long, 1.3 × as long as wide; flagellomere I 1.25 × as long as wide; flagellomere IX 1.25 × as long as wide; flagellar pubescence suberect and erect, about half of diameter of flagellomeres. Frons polished; densely punctate. WH 0.93 × LH. WF 0.74 × WH. WF 1.76 × HE. Eye small, salient; pilosity sparse. Ocellus small. DAO 0.13 × WF; frontal angle of ocellar triangle acute. WOT 3.30 × DAO. OOL 1.10 × WOT. Distance of posterior ocellus to vertex crest 2.40 × DAO. VOL 1.0 × HE. Temple slightly divergent. Vertex slightly convex. Occipital carina complete, visible in dorsal view.
Mesosoma (Fig. 35). Pronotal disc and mesonotum polished; densely punctate. Pronotal collar long. Pronotal declivity high. Pronotal disc 0.42 × as long as wide. Notauli strongly conspicuous; complete; convergent. Parapsidal furrow complete. Scutellar furrow long, slender, shallow, scrobiculate, posterior margin sinuous. Median region of scutellum not punctate. Median region of metanotum short, wide. Inner foveae of metanotal furrow not delimited. Propodeal disc 0.86 × as long as wide; 0.68 × as high as long; basal triangle conspicuous, rugulose, rest of disc coriaceous; median carina absent; paramedian carina conspicuous, long; lateral carina conspicuous; sublateral carina present, inconspicuous; transversal carina absent; declivity slightly coriaceous; side of propodeum polished. Mesopleuron polished; callus present; fovea shallow; mesopleural pit absent. Metacarpus 0.29 × radial vein; discoidal vein slightly pigmented, interstitial with median; first recurrent not pigmented; subdiscoidal vein slightly pigmented.
Metasoma. Hypopygium (Fig. 55) 1.13 × as long as wide; posterior margin strongly trilobate; median lobe subangulate, wide; lateral lobe convex, very short; lateral margin straight; anterior pigmented line ill-defined, slender; median stalk short; lateral stalk present, rectangular, inconspicuous. Genitalia (Figs 87–88): aedeagus basally wide and fining at the top; apical margin of ventral paramere convex; dorsal paramere wider than ventral paramere, glabrous; basivolsella slightly excavated; inner margin of cuspis sinuous; genital ring short.
FEMALE unknown.
Material examined. Holotype, ♂. THAILAND, Phitsanulok, Thung Salaeng Luang NP, Dry evergreen, 16°50.217’N 100°52.541’E, 580 m, Malaise trap, 11–18.viii.2006, Pongpitak Pranee leg., T567, QSBG. Paratypes. THAILAND, Malaise trap, Chiang Mai, Doi Chiang Dao WS, 19°24.328’N 98°55.237’E, 549 m, Songkrant Jagsu & Apichat Watwanich leg., 4 ♂, behind water reservior, 31.vii–7.viii.2007, T2806, QSBG; 1 ♂, behind water headquater, 28.viii–4.ix.2007, T2808, QSBG; Loei, 1 ♂, Phu Ruea NP, Huay Taey ditch, 17°30.128’N 101°20.339’E, 1233m, 26.viii–2.ix.2006, Nukoonchai Jaroenchai leg., T535, QSBG; Phu Kradueng NP, 1 ♂, Hill evergren forest at Wang Gwang forest unit, 16°53.362’N 101°47.286’E, 1262 m, 16–23.i.2007, Thanongsak Srisa–ad leg., T1228, QSBG; 2 ♂, Huay Ta Hack, 16°51.958’N 101°50.668’E, 280 m, 23–30.viii.2006, Sutin Khonglasae leg., T488; Phetchabun, Thung Salaeng Luang NP, Pongpitak Pranee leg., Moist evergreen, 16°50.641’N 100°52.894’E, 557m, 3 ♂, 25.viii–1.ix.2006, T572, QSBG; 2 ♂, 1–8.ix.2006, T575, QSBG; 1 ♂, Mixed deciduous forest, 16°50.563’N 100°51.757’E, 481m, 18–25.ix.2006, T930, QSBG; 2 ♂, Mix deciduous forest, 16°50.319’N 100°51.792’E, 479 m, 11–18.viii.2006, T568, QSBG; Dry evergreen forest, 16°50.277’N 100°52.917’E, 486m, 3 ♂, 11–18.ix.2006, T926, QSBG; 4 ♂, 18–25.ix.2006, T929; Dry evergreen, 16°50.217’N 100°52.541’E, 580 m, 1 ♂, 11–18.viii.2006, T567, QSBG; 2 ♂, 1–8.ix.2006, T576, QSBG; Khao Kho NP, Somchai Chatchumnan and Sa-ink Singtong leg., 1 ♂, Nursery, 16°52.573’N 101°8.077’E, 520 m, 12–19.x.2006, T806, QSBG; office, 1 ♂, 16°39.55’N 101°8.123’E, 230 m, 19–26.vii.2006, T170, QSBG; 16°39.479’N 101°8.105’E, 220 m, 1 ♂, 12–19.vii.2006, T166, QSBG; 1 ♂, 26.vii–2.viii.2006, T172, QSBG; Chaiyaphum, Tat Tone NP, 3 ♂, Dry Dipterocarp Forest, 15°59.037’N 102°2.103’E, 250 m, 25–27.vi.2006, M. Sharkey leg., T10, QSBG; Phu hang sing, 15°58.723’N 102°2.231’E, 290 m, T. Jaruphan & O. Budsawong leg., 1 ♂, 12–19.vii.2006, T223; 1 ♂, 19–26.vii.2006, T226, QSBG; 245 m, Tawit Jaruphan & Orawan Budsawong leg., 4 ♂, Water tank at Tat Fah waterfall, 15°56.468’N 102°5.855’E, 19–26.iii.2007, T2354, QSBG; 1 ♂, Oficer house at Tat Fah waterfall, 15°56.461’N 102°5.955’E, 9–26.iii.2007, T2353, QSBG; Pa Hin Ngam NP, Katae Sa-nog & Buakaw Adnafai leg., 1 ♂, Mixed deciduous forest (Thepana waterfall), 15°38.92’N 101°25.077’E, 614m, 7–13.x.2006, T659, QSBG; 1 ♂, car park at Tung Dok Grajeaw, 15°38.438’N 101°23.576’E, 780 m, 24–30.vii.2006, T339, QSBG; 1 ♂, Ecotone between mix deciduous/dry dipterocarp, 15°38.1’N 101°23.857’E, 700 m, 5–11.viii.2006, T440, QSBG; 1 ♂, Suphanburi, Pu Toei NP, Phu Toei hill top/road, 14°57.32’N 99°26.972’E, 650 m, 24–31.viii.2008, Saunbua.L. leg., T3137; Nakhon Nayok, Khao Yai NP, Pong Sandao leg., 770 m, 1 ♂, Behind Headmasters House, 14°24.781’N 101°22.689’E, 26.vii–2.viii.2006, T153, QSBG; 1 ♂, Behind Football field, 14°24.619’N 101°22.778’E, 19–26.vii.2006, T148, QSBG; 750 m, 1 ♂, Nature trail in secondary forest, 14°24.522’N 101°22.434’E, 12–19.viii.2006, T402, QSBG; 1 ♂, Nature trail insecondary moist evergreen forest, 14°24.515’N 101°22.432’E, 5.vii–12.viii.2006, T400, QSBG; 1 ♂, Nature trail insecondary moist evergreen forest, 14°24.515’N 101°22.432’E, 750 m, 19–26.viii.2006, T406, QSBG; Nature trail in moist evergreen forest, 14°24.482’N 101°22.388’E, 755 m, 1 ♂, 5.vii–12.viii.2006, T401, QSBG; 1 ♂, 12–19.viii.2006, T404, QSBG.
FEMALE unknown.
Distribution. Thailand (Chaiyaphum, Chiang Mai, Loei, Nakhon Nayok, Phetchabun, Phitsanulok, Suphanburi).
Variation. Head slightly wider than long.
Remarks. Caloapenesia rikawa sp. nov. resembles C. inyara sp. nov. by presents clypeus rounded; ocellus and eye small; flagellomeres short. But Caloapenesia rikawa sp. nov. presents head slightly longer than in C. inyara sp. nov.; uppermost tooth angulate with upper margin forming a cutting edge; antennae castaneous; carina paramedian conspicuous; hypopigial median lobe subangulate and longer than in C. inyara sp. nov.; hypopigial lateral lobe convex and very short; lateral stalk inconspicuous and rectangular. Furthermore C. rikawa sp. nov. presents very small spine on mesotibia.
description: Published as part of Gobbi, Fernanda T. & Azevedo, Celso O., 2014, Revision of Caloapenesia (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae), with description of sixteen new species, pp. 501-535 in Zootaxa 3860 (6) on pages 518-519, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3860.6.1, http://zenodo.org/record/231449