Augochlorella procliva, Gonçalves, 2019

Gonçalves, Rodrigo Barbosa, 2019, Systematics, Morphology and Biogeography Phylogeny of the Augochlora clade with the description of four new species (Hymenoptera, Apoidea), Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 63, pp. 91-100 : 97-98

Augochlorella procliva sp. nov.

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Diagnosis. Females of A. procliva sp. nov. can be separated from the similar A. ephyra and A. iopoecila by the combination of the weakly carinate preoccipitalridge, greenheadand mesosoma ( Fig. 7 ), rugulose and declivitous metapostnotum, and the granular posterior and lateral surfaces of propodeum. The carinae of metapostnotum reach the edge posteriorly differently from A. urania , other similar species which presents carinate preoccipital ridge. Males are not known.

Description. Holotype female. Measurements (mm). Eye notch width: 1.4; head length: 1.9; glossa length: 0.8; clypeus width: 0.7; clypeus length: 0.7; supraclypeal length: 0.3; clypeus ocellar distance: 0.8; intertegular distance: 1.4; T1 width: 2.0; T2 width: 2.2; body length: 7.6. Head. Labrum basal elevation weakly orbicular, amber. Mandible black with subapical and apical amber spot; subapical tooth not strongly produced; longsetae (2–3 OD) on outer and ventral margins. Epistomal angle orthogonal. Clypeus sparsely punctate, polished; erect setae with 1–1.5 OD; apical surface darkened, most surface bright green. Supraclypeal area sparsely punctulate, polished; fine erect setae; bright green. Paraocular area punctate, sometimes conflected, polished; green; branched setae with 1–1.5 OD. Antenna: scape dark brown with weak metallic highlights, flagellomeres amber ventrally, especially on F9–10; F1–3 setose, with inconspicuous sensilla, remaining flagellomeres with conspicuous sensilla. Frons not depressed; conflected punctate; bright green. short and fine setae. Preoccipital ridge weakly carinate, carina not reaching the gena. Vertex coarsely punctate becoming rugose near ridge; long plumose (short branches) setae. Genapuncticulate, microlineateonpostgena; greenwith veryweak bluish reflections; white plumose setae (1.5–2 OD). Hypostomal ridge carinate. Mesosoma. Pronotum dorsal ridge weakly carinate; lateral angle not projected, rounded; lateral ridge rounded; dorsal surface lineate and puncticulate; green; with few tomentum on dorsal surface. Propleura brown with green highlights. Prosternum green. Fore leg coxa dark green, trochanter and femur brown, tibia light brown on outer surface, base of tibia and pretarsus yellow; long white setae on coxa to femur, yellow erect setae on tibia and tarsus. Mesoscutum anterior border weakly acuminate; median sulcus well impressed; parapsidal lines weakly impressed; punctate laterally, more sparse on median surface, microlineate; green, few copper reflections; short (=OD) and sparse white setae. Scutellum median sulcus very weakly impressed; punctate, becoming rugulose posteriorly; bright olive green; longer setae (=2.5–3 OD) onposterior margin. Mesepisternum rugulose, sulci weakly foveate; olive green, weak copper reflections; covered with plumose setae (=1.5 OD). Mid leg brown, tarsus light brown; yellow setae on femur to tarsus. Tegula concentric lineate; dark amber, weak greenreflections anteriorly. Fore wing, marginalcell apexrounded; membranehyaline; blackmicrotrichia. Metanotum median sulcus very weakly impressed; puncticulate to rugulose; green with bluish iridescence; longplumose setae (2–3 OD). Metepisternum lineate above superior metapleural pit, rugulose–punctate below; green with copper and bluish reflections. Hind leg, basitibial plate apex rounded; tibial spur serrate; brown; long plumose setae on ventral coxa to femur, ventral tibial setae not too long and with short branches. Hind wing hyaline. Metapostnotum inclined; weakly depressed; apex rounded to trapezoidal; less twice as long as metanotum; entirely rugulose, some lateral carina extending to propodeum; green. Propodeum posterior surface punctate rugulose, microreticulate; green; short plumose and some erect (1–2 OD) setae. Propodeum lateral surface punctate rugulose, microreticulate; green; with thicker and longer (3–4 OD) setae. Metasoma. T1 anterior and dorsal surfaces not angled between; sparsely puncticulate, microlineate; copper green on anterior and lateral surfaces, dark brown on median surface; short. T2 puncticulate; copper green on anterior and lateral surfaces, dark brownon mediansurface; short. T3–T4 puncticulate; copper green with some dark brown on median surface, brown on marginal area; short. T5 punctate; dark brown; covered withamber long erect setae. Pygidial plate short, truncate. S1 without tubercle; lineate; amber with green highlights on median surface; very long setae (=3 OD) on median surface. S2–S4 lineate; brown to light brown; subapical setae very long (about 5 OD) and with recurved apices. S5 lineate; brown; longsetae (about 4 OD), plumose. S6 lineate; brown; yellowish setae on apical margin.

Type material. Holotype female ( DZUP): “MANAUS – AM\ Brasil I 61 \ C. ELIAS leg.”. Paratype: onefemale ( DZUP), with same data as holotype.

Etymology. From Latin term proclivus, meaning inclined.

Figures

Fig. 7. Holotype female of Augochlorella procliva sp. nov. (A) Habitus; (B) frontal view of head; (C) dorsal view of mesosoma. Scale bar: 0.5mm.