Bakeriella polita Evans, 1964

Azevedo, Celso O., 2014, Synopsis of Bakeriella Kieffer, 1910 (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae), Zootaxa 3878 (6), pp. 501-535 : 526

Bakeriella polita Evans, 1964

( Figs 113–120 )

Bakeriella polita Evans 1964: 118 (list), 120 (key), 130–131 (♂ description); Evans 1969: 327 (comparison); Evans 1979: 257 (list), 258, 259 (key), 263 (♀ description); Gordh & Móczár 1990: 71 (catalog); Azevedo 1994: 148 (comparison), 149 (key); Kawada & Azevedo 2003: 461 (additional material), 463 (fig. 1), 464 (comparison, fig. 9), 465 (fig. 15), 466 (figs 22, 29, 30); Azevedo et al. (2005): 165 –166: (additional material); Azevedo et al. 2005: 165 (comment, additional material), 168 (comparison).

Bakeriella vicina Azevedo & Moreira in Azevedo et al. 2005: 168 (♂ description); 169 (figs 9–13). Syn. nov.

Material examined. Holotype ♂ of B. polita : BOLIVIA, [ Provincia La Paz], Coroico ( MCZH, # 30805 ). Holotype ♂ of B. vicina , BOLIVIA, Cochabamba, 109 km, E. Cochabamba , cloud forest, 1400 m, 17º8'52''S 65º42'54''W, 1–6.II.1999, F[light] I[nterception] T[rap], F. Génier. col. ( CNCI).

Diagnosis. MALE ( Fig. 113 ). Black. Mandible with five apical teeth ( Fig. 114 ). Clypeus with rounded or subangulate median lobe. Antennal scrobe wholly carinate. Frons polished. Vertex convex. Pronotal disc with anterior corner angulate; anterior carina high and sharp; median carina absent; lateral margin acute but not carinate; posterior margin not paralleled by fovea. Scutellar pit transverse. Mesopleuron with subtegular groove wide; anterior fovea subrounded; upper fovea ovoid; lower fovea with upper margin absent on median third, lower margin sometimes undefined ( Fig. 115 ). Genitalia ( Figs 116, 117 ): paramere slender and elongate, 2. 0 × as long as basiparamere, inserted into it only dorsally, apex rounded, dorsal margin convex and ventral margin concave; cuspis about as long as half length of paramere, divided into two arms, dorsal arm shorter and wider than ventral arm; aedeagus not bottle-shaped, progressively narrow apically; apodeme short, wholly wide, ventral surface with conspicuous projection ventrad; base angled outward.

FEMALE ( Fig. 118 ). Black. Mandible with five apical teeth ( Fig. 119 ). Clypeus with obtusely angulate median lobe. Antennal scrobe not carinate. Frons weakly coriaceous. Vertex convex. Pronotal disc with anterior corner angulate; anterior carina thick and arched forward medially; median carina absent; lateral margin not carinate, but acute; posterior margin paralleled by series of small foveae. Scutellar pit transverse. Mesopleuron with subtegular groove almost evenly wide; anterior fovea subquadrate; upper fovea subrounded, central pit deep; lower fovea narrow fully outlined ( Fig. 120 )

Distribution. Brazil (Amapá, Pará, Mato Grosso), Peru, Bolivia.

Remarks. Azevedo et. al. (2005) described B. vicina based on a very unusual shape of paramere, unique for Bakeriella . Now we had opportunity to revise the holotype of B. polita and realized that both species are essentially the same, and considered the former as junior synonymous of the latter.

Figures

FIGURES 109 – 120. 109 – 112. Bakeriella olmeca, ♂: 109. body, dorsal view; 110. mandible, frontal view; 111. genitalia, ventral view; 112. genitalia, lateral view. 113 – 117. B. polita, ♂: 113. body, dorsal view; 114. mandible, frontal view; 115. mesopleuron, lateral view; 116. genitalia, ventral view; 117. genitalia, lateral view. 118 – 120. B. polita, ♀: 118. body, dorsal view; 119. mandible, frontal view; 120. mesopleuron, lateral view. Scale bars = 250 µm.