Trichiscus lynnae Azevedo

Azevedo, Celso O., 2014, Revision of Trichiscus Benoît, 1956 (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae), Zootaxa 3802 (3), pp. 318-334 : 328

Trichiscus lynnae Azevedo , sp. nov.

( Figs 17 , 50–53 )

Description. MALE. Length 3.7 mm. Head and mesosoma almost black, metasoma dark castaneous. Wings subhyaline. Clypeus with median lobe slightly concave, apical margin thick in frontal view, medially with wide trapezoidal polished area; median carina absent. Frons strongly coriaceous, punctures little distinguishable from texture surface. Vertex almost straight. Notaulus present on anterior third of mesoscutum. Propodeal disc rugose. Hypopygium ( Fig. 17 ) with posterior margin with deep and narrow median emargination. Genitalia ( Figs 50–53 ). Basal parameral expansion subquadrate. Basivolsella with huge serrulate spine-shaped basal expansion, apicad. Aedeagal ventral ramus very short, laminar, surface vertical, elliptical in lateral view. Aedeagal dorsal body with three pairs of apical lobes, outer pair laminar, surface vertical, apex slightly sharpened and somewhat ventrad; ventral pair laminar, surface strongly concave, apex with spine-shaped dorsal corner and rounded ventral corner, inner face with conical ventral expansion; inner pair membranous, hairy.

FEMALE unknown.

Material examined. Holotype ♂ UGANDA, Kibale National Park, Kanyawara, Makerere, University Biological Field Station, Rainforest, 12-26.viii.2008, S. van Noort, Malaise trap, 1494m, 0°34.80’N 30°21.87’E, UG08-KF5-M15, secondary mid-altitude, marshy area ( ISAM). Paratypes: UGANDA, Kibale National Park, Kanyawara, Makerere, University Biological Field Station, Rainforest, 12-26.viii.2008, S. van Noort, Malaise trap, 0 1 ♂, 1498m, 0°33.960’N 30°21.267’E, UG08-KF1-M11, secondary mid-altitude, 0 2 ♂, 1506m, 0°33.891’N 30°21.468’E, UG08-KF7-M17, primary mid-altitude, 0 1 ♂, 1587m, °34.390’N 30°21.658’E, UG08-KF9-M19, primary mid-altitude, near stream, ( ISAM); GABON, 0 1 ♂, Plateau d’Ipassa EPI 1, IPA 6, J. A. Barra ( MCZH).

Etymology. This species is named after Lynn Kimsey, for her contribution on the studies of Chrysididae and Tiphiidae .

Figures

FIGURES 10 – 22. Hypopygium, dorsal view; 10. Trichiscus suzannae; 11. T. wittei; 12. T. noorti sp. nov.; 13. T. denisi sp. nov.; 14. T. briani sp. nov.; 15. T. copelandi sp. nov.; 16. T. mourei sp. nov.; 17. T. lynnae sp. nov.; 18. T. normani sp. nov.; 19. T. luboi sp. nov.; 20. T. zuparkoi sp. nov.; 21. T. ohli sp. nov.; 22. T. camargoi sp. nov. (Scale bars = 50 µm).

FIGURES 42 – 53. Male genitalia. 42 – 45 Trichiscus copelandi sp. nov.; 42. dorsal view; 43. ventral view; 44. lateral view; 45. ventral pair of aedeagal dorsal body, ventral view. 46 – 49 T. mourei sp. nov.; 46. dorsal view; 47. ventral view; 48. lateral view; 49. ventral pair of aedeagal dorsal body, ventral view. 50 – 53 T. lynnae sp. nov.; 50. dorsal view; 51. ventral view; 52. lateral view; 53. ventral pair of aedeagal dorsal body, ventral view. (Scale bars = 50 µm).