Agonocryptus rufithorax Gupta, 1982

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Agonocryptus rufithorax Gupta, 1982

( Figs 11A–I , 20C , 21E )

Agonocryptus rufithorax Gupta, 1982 . Original description, female, keyed, map.

Agonocryptus rufithorax: Yu et al. (2006) : Catalog.

Variation. One specimen from Capão do Leão (Rio Grande do Sul State, southern Brazil) with orbital band faint, inconspicuous ( Fig. 11 G-H) (vs. distinct); prepectal carina reaching 0.85–0.90 of subtegular ridge (vs. reaching subtegular ridge); scutellum with two yellow spots ( Fig. 11F ) (vs. absent); hind femur reddish brown (vs. black); tergites mostly reddish brown with blackish marks ( Figs 11A–E ) (vs. blackish, submedially with reddish brown marks); fore wing apically light infuscate (vs. hyaline); areolet about as long as wide (vs. rectangular, wider than high); second recurrent vein meeting areolet at its apical or basal 0.4 (vs. at middle).

Distribution. Brazil (Minas Gerais NR, Rio de Janeiro NR, Rio Grande do Sul NR, Santa Catarina) ( Fig. 20C ). Bootstrap analysis suggests that this species occurs typically between 100–600 m ( Fig. 21E ), slightly above the typical range of most Agonocryptus spp. ( Fig. 21 ).

Material examined. Total of 4♀. BRAZIL, 1♀, Minas Gerais, 2?, Parque Estadual do Rio Doce,?, 300 m, 19°40’08.30”S, 42°31’52.82”W, 2005-07-24 /31, J.C.R.Fontenele, Malaise , 2?, UFES • 2ib, Rio Grande do Sul, ib, Capão do Leão ,?, ib, 7 m, 31°48’16”S, 52°24’13”W, 2003-11-28, R.F.Krüger, ib, UFES59305 , 2 ib • 4ib, Morro Redondo, 2ib, 101 m, 31°40’22”S, 52°35’30”W, 2003-04-18, 2ib,?, 2ib • 2ib, Rio de Janeiro, ib, Teresópolis, Parque Nacional Serra dos Órgãos, ib, 1000 m, 22°30’48.05”S, 43°06’27.18”W, 2014-12,?, 4ib .

Figures

FIGURE 11. Agonocryptus rufithorax ♀, from Brazil. Habitus, head in frontal view, and dorsal view. A, C, G, specimen from Rio Grande do Sul (7 m); B, E, H, specimen from Rio de Janeiro (1000 m); D, specimen from Minas Gerais (300 m); F, I, specimen from Rio Grande do Sul (100 m). Scale bars: 1 mm.

FIGURE 20. All known distribution records forAgonocryptus spp.Species presented in alphabetical order.Previously published data plotted as circles, new records as triangles.

FIGURE 21. Typical elevation, in meters, for species of Agonocryptus with 6 or more confirmed records (N). Each histogram built from 200 bootstrap resampling. Results are sorted from lowest to highest average. Alphabetically: A. adustus (K); A. chichimecus (B); A. discoidaloides (A); A. flavosternum (C); A. fumosus (F); A. lioneli (D); A. nigristernum (H); A. physocnemis (J); A. rufithorax (E); A. rugifrons (L); A. russulus (G); A. varus (I).