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Holepyris micidus Evans 1977

Description

Holepyris micidus Evans, 1977

This species was previously known from Brazil (Paraná, Santa Catarina). Now it is recorded for the first time from Pará, Maranhão, Mato Grosso, Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo.

Diagnosis. Mandibles edentate; third antennal segment 2.0–3.2 X as long as wide; flagellar pubescence suberect; WH 0.77–0.98 X LH; WF 1.1–1.5 X HE; anterior angle of ocellar triangle about a right angle or acute; pronotal disc 1.1–1.6 X as wide as long; propodeal disc 0.88–1.10 X as wide as long, with three carinae and strong transverse striae.

Variation. Body length from 1.44 to 2.5 mm; head and thorax black; metasoma brown or piceous; mandibles light castaneous; clypeus light castaneous or dark brown; antennae dark brown; legs entirely light castaneous, light brown or yellow, or with coxae and femora dark brown, tibiae and tarsi light castaneous.

Material examined. BRAZIL, Pará, 1 male, Ourém, Patasteus, Fazenda Gavião Real, 29.X.1990, Malaise trap, B. Mascarenhas coll. (MPEG); 4 males, Tucuruí, Rio Tocantins, Base 4, 27.X–09.XI.1985, 09–17.XII.1985, V.1986, 23–07.XII.1986, Interception trap, N. Degallier coll. (MPEG); 1 male, Maranhão, 02.IX.1987, Möricke trap (UFES); 2 males, Mato Grosso, Rondonópolis, R. I. Tadarimana, brazilian savannah, 4.IX.1990, 31.X.1991, Möricke trap, M. T. Tavares coll. (UFES); 1 male, Espírito Santo, Cariacica, Res[erva] Biológica de Duas Bocas, 10.XII.1996, sweeping, H. Santos coll. (UFES); 1 male, Rio de Janeiro, Petrópolis, Forest, II.1935, R. Arlè coll. (MNRJ); São Paulo, 10 males, Ibitinga, rubber tree crop, 21.IX.1988, 19.X.1988, 16.XI.1988, 30.XI.1988, 19.IV.1989, Möricke trap (UFES); 1 male, Bauru, brazilian savannah, 6.VII.1990, yellow pan trap (UFES); 3 males, Bauru, UNESP, brazilian savannah, 21.IX.1990, 01.XI.1991, 23.V.1993 (Est. Ecol.), Möricke trap, S. S. Ruiz coll. (UFES); 3 males, Pariquera-açu, tea crop, 23.I.1986, 30.IV.1986, Möricke trap (UFES); Paraná, 1 male, Jundiaí do Sul, Fazenda Monte Verde, 20.IV.1987, Lev[antamento] Ent[omológico] Profaupar, Malaise trap (DZUP); 1 male, Ponta Grossa, Vila Velha, Res. IAPAR, Br 376, 27.II.1988, Malaise trap, Lev[antamento] Ent[omológico] Profaupar (DZUP).

Notes

Published as part of Gobbi, F. T. & Azevedo, C. O., 2006, The Brazilian Holepyris (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae), with description of a new species from Amazonian forest, pp. 61-68 in Zootaxa 1357 on pages 63-64, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.174614

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Bethylidae
Genus
Holepyris
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Hymenoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Evans
Species
micidus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Holepyris micidus Evans, 1977 sec. Gobbi & Azevedo, 2006

References

  • Evans, H. E. (1977) A Revision of the Holepyris in the Americas (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 133, 531 - 579.