Bakeriella erythrogaster Evans, 1979

Azevedo, Celso O., 2014, Synopsis of Bakeriella Kieffer, 1910 (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae), Zootaxa 3878 (6), pp. 501-535 : 509-510

Bakeriella erythrogaster Evans, 1979

( Figs 29–35 )

Bakeriella erythrogaster Evans 1979: 257 (list), 258, 259 (key), 260–261 (♀ and ♂ descriptions); Gordh & Móczár 1990: 70 (catalog); Azevedo 1994: 145 (comment).

erythrogaster [lapsus calami]: Evans 1979: 256 (comment).

Material examined. Holotype ♀: COSTA RICA, Monte Verde , 13–15.II.1972, T-B, H.M. Powell col. ( UCD # 1082 ). New material: PANAMA, 1 ♂, Darien, Serrania de Píerre Cana, 1380m, 4–7.VI.1986, FIT, Ashe & Brooks [col.] ( CNCI); COLOMBIA, 1 ♀, 1 ♂, Hulia, P[arque] N[acional] N[atural] Cuevas de los Guácharos, Borde del Rio Suaza, 1º37’N 76º6’W, 2020m, Malaise, 28.XI–1.XII.2001, D. Campos col., M 2542 (IAVH-E 31946, 31947); 1 ♂, Valle del Cauca, PNN Farallones de Cali, Los Andes, Quebradahonda, 3º26’N 76º48’W, 1730m, Malaise, 04–11.iii.1998, W. Ramires ( IAVH, 32035); ECUADOR, 1 ♀, Napo, Baeza, 200m, 22–23.II.1779 {=1979), M[alaise] T[rap], W. Mason col. ( CNCI).

Diagnosis. MALE ( Fig. 29 ). Black. Mandible with five sharpened teeth ( Fig. 30 ). Clypeus with angulate median lobe. Antennal scrobe wholly carinate. Frons almost polished. Vertex shortly convex. Pronotal disc with anterior corner rounded, not carinate at all; posterior margin not paralleled by series of foveae. Scutellar groove undivided. Mesopleuron with subtegular groove wide; anterior fovea subquadrate; upper fovea elliptical; lower fovea with upper margin mostly absent ( Fig. 31 ). Genitalia ( Figs 32, 33 ): paramere with rounded apex, dorsal margin straight, ventral margin slightly convex; cuspis divided into two arms, dorsal arm smaller and wider than ventral arm, progressively narrowing apicad, subtriangular in lateral view, length of cuspis slightly more than half length of paramere; aedeagus bottle-shaped, apical half distinctly narrow than basal half, ventral surface with conspicuous projection ventrad, basal margin angulate laterally; apodeme much dilated in both sides.

FEMALE ( Fig. 34 ). Black, with metasoma bright rufous. Mandible with five apical teeth. Clypeus with angulate median lobe. Antennal scrobe carinate only over torulus. Frons weakly coriaceous. Vertex convex. Pronotal disc strongly coriaceous; not carinate at all, but lateral margin somewhat sharp; anterior corner rounded; posterior margin paralleled by series of foveae. Scutellar groove undivided, wide. Mesopleuron with subtegular groove wide, lower margin mostly undefined; anterior fovea subtriangular; upper fovea elliptical, margins undefined; lower fovea with upper margin absent ( Fig. 35 ).

Distribution. Costa Rica, Colombia,* Panama, * Ecuador.

Figures

FIGURES 25 – 35. 25 – 28. Bakeriella dentata, ♀: 25. body, dorsal view; 26. mandible, frontal view; 27. head, lateral view; 28. mesopleuron, lateral view. 29 – 33. B. erythrogaster, ♂: 29. body, dorsal view; 30. mandible, frontal view; 31. mesopleuron, lateral view; 32. genitalia, ventral view; 33. genitalia, lateral view. 34 – 35. B. erythrogaster, ♀: 34. body, dorsal view; 35. mesopleuron, lateral view. Scale bars = 250 µm.