Leucospis versicolor Bouček, 1974

Lima, Alessandro Rodrigues & Dias, Priscila Guimarães, 2018, The New World species of Leucospis Fabricius, 1775 (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea, Leucospidae): an update of Bouček’s revision with description of two new species from Brazil, Zootaxa 4441 (1), pp. 1-45 : 40

Leucospis versicolor Bouček, 1974

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Leucospis versicolor Bouček, 1974: 87 –89, fig. 97. Holotype ♀: French Guiana: Kourou ( MNHN, Paris).

Diagnosis. Occipital carina complete; POL about 1.4× OOL; inner margin of the eye shallowly emarginate; clypeus apically bilobate, with a weak median tooth; pronotum with premarginal carina indicated by bare line; dorsellum bare, margin sublaminate; propodeum 1.5× longer than dorsellum at middle; propodeum pilose, median carina present, keel-like, plicae present; wings infuscate along anterior margin; hind coxa on dorsal edge with abundant punctures, in depression with narrow smooth streak; apical process of stigmal vein very short, about 0.15× as long as uncus; in female, tergite I without punctures over basal two-thirds; tergite VI with spiniform projection at posterior margin, below spiracle level; ovipositor reaching base of tergite V.

Distribution. Brazil (Amazonas, Minas Gerais), French Guiana.

Comments. Leucospis versicolor was previously recorded from northern South America ( French Guiana and Brazil, state of Amazonas) . These new records from the state of Minas Gerais, in the Brazilian southeast, represent a considerable southern range extension for the species ( Figs 25 , 26 ).

Biology. Unknown.

Material examined. (2♀) Brazil, Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, UFMG Pampulha, 1992 [ UFMG ‒IHY‒ 1504420]; Belo Horizonte, UFMG Pampulha, Estação Ecológica, 19°52'30"S, 43°58'20"W, 842m, malaise, 25.x‒ 1.xi.2013, A.F. Kumagai leg. [ UFMG ‒IHY‒1504419].

Figures

FIGURE 24. Leucospis versicolor ♀ A. Habitus, lateral view. Arrow indicates keel-like median carina on propodeum. B. Habitus, dorsal view. C. Forewing. D. Forewing, stigma region in detail. E. Hind wing. F. Head, frontal view. G. Head and mesossoma, dorsal view. H. Scutellum, dorsellum and propodeum, postero-dorsal view. I. Hind leg, lateral view. J. Posterior region of metasoma, lateral view. Arrow shows a spiniform projection on sixth tergite. K. Spiniform projection on sixth tergite in detail. Figs A–J: scale bar = 1 mm, Fig. K: scale bar = 200µm. UFMG–IHY–1504420

FIGURE 25. Geographic records of Leucospis in Brazil, based on literature.

FIGURE 26. New geographic records of Leucospis in Brazil A. Detail of the state of Minas Gerais. B. New records in Brazil.