Caloapenesia mugra Gobbi & Azevedo

Gobbi, Fernanda T. & Azevedo, Celso O., 2014, Revision of Caloapenesia (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae), with description of sixteen new species, Zootaxa 3860 (6), pp. 501-535 : 515-516

Caloapenesia mugra Gobbi & Azevedo , sp. nov.

( Figs 11 , 32 , 52 , 81, 82 )

Description. MALE. Body length 3.8 mm. LFW 2.6 mm. Color. Head, clypeus and mesosoma black; antennae, mandible and metasoma castaneous; legs light castaneous; wings subhyaline.

Head ( Fig. 11 ). Mandible with five apical teeth; uppermost one blunt, others angulate; large, subequal in length. Median clypeal lobe subrectangular; apical margin strongly medially ventrad, with median tooth slightly conspicuous; carina high, arched in profile. Antennal torulus slightly prominent. Flagellomeres median-sized; four first antennomeres in ratio about 14:3:6:6; pedicel short, 0.75 × as long as wide; flagellomere I 1.20 × as long as wide; flagellomere IX 1.25 × as long as wide; flagellar pubescence suberect and erect, about half of diameter of flagellomeres. Frons polished; densely punctate. WH 0.93 × LH. WF 0.75 × LH. WF 1.90 x HE. Eye small, salient; pilosity sparse. Ocellus small. DAO 0.14 × WF; frontal angle of ocellar triangle acute. WOT 3.3 × DAO. OOL 1.0 × WOT. Distance of posterior ocellus to vertex crest 1.60 × DAO. VOL 1.20 × HE. Temple subparallel. Vertex straight. Occipital carina complete, not visible in dorsal view.

Mesosoma ( Fig. 32 ). Pronotal disc and mesonotum polished; pronotal disc densely punctate, mesonotum sparsely punctate. Pronotal collar long. Pronotal declivity high. Pronotal disc 0.46 × as long as wide. Notauli strongly conspicuous; complete; slightly convergent. Parapsidal furrow almost complete. Scutellar furrow long, slender, shallow, scrobiculate, posterior margin straight. Median region of scutellum not punctate. Median region of metanotum short, wide. Inner foveae of metanotal furrow not delimited. Propodeal disc 1.10 × as long as wide; 0.47 × as high as long; basal triangle conspicuous, rugulose, rest of disc polished; median carina absent; paramedian carina inconspicuous, short; lateral carina present, inconspicuous; sublateral carina absent; transversal carina absent; declivity medially strigulate, laterally punctate; side of propodeum polished. Mesopleuron polished; callus present; fovea shallow; mesopleural pit present. Metacarpus 0.24 × radial vein; discoidal vein slightly pigmented, not interstitial with median; first recurrent slightly pigmented; subdiscoidal vein slightly pigmented.

Metasoma. Hypopygium ( Fig. 52 ) 1.23 × as long as wide; posterior margin slightly trilobate; median lobe subangulate, slender; lateral lobe convex, very short; lateral margin convergent; anterior pigmented line ill-defined, slender; median stalk long; lateral stalk present, rectangular, conspicuous. Genitalia ( Figs 81–82 ): aedeagus uniformly wide; apical margin of ventral paramere convex; dorsal paramere as wide as ventral one, glabrous; basivolsella slightly excavated; inner margin of cuspis convex; genital ring long.

FEMALE unknown.

Material examined. Holotype, ♂. THAILAND, Chaiyaphum, Tat Tone NP, By the creek at Takfah waterfall, 15°56.463’N 102°5.953’E, 242 m, Malaise trap, 19–26.ix.2006, Tawit Jaruphan & Orawan Budsawong leg., T872, QSBG. Paratypes. THAILAND, Malaise trap, 1 ♂, Chiang Mai, Doi Phahompok NP, Doi Phaluang, 20°1.06’N 99°9.581’E, 1449 m, 20–27.vii.2007, Wongchai.P. leg., T2928, QSBG; 1 ♂, Nong Bua Lampoo, Phu Kao-Phu Phan Kham NP, tank, 16°48.576’N 102°36.869’E, 208 m, 13–19.vii.2006, Rakkiat Singhatip leg., T92, QSBG; Phetchabun, Khao Kho NP, office, Somchai Chatchumnan & Sa-ink Singtong leg., 1 ♂, 16°39.55’N 101°8.123’E, 230 m, 19–26.vii.2006, T170, QSBG; 16°39.479’N 101°8.105’E, 1 ♂, 260 m, 5–12.vii.2006, T163, QSBG; 220 m, 1 ♂, 12–19.vii.2006, T166, QSBG; 2 ♂, 26.vii–2.viii.2006, T172, QSBG; Chaiyaphum, Tat Tone NP, 1 ♂, Forest fire Protection station, 16°0.809’N 102°1.335’E, 195 m, 3–9.vi.2006, Tawit Jaruphan & Orawan Budsawong leg., T2534; Dry Dipterocarp Forest, 15°59.037’N 102°2.103’E, 250 m, 3 ♂, 25–27.vi.2006, M. Sharkey leg., T10, QSBG; 2 ♂, 21–28.vi.2006, Khamphol Jaidee leg., T20, QSBG; 2 ♂, 21–28.vi.2006, Lumyai Ittichan leg., T36, QSBG; Tawit Jaruphan & Orawan Budsawong leg., 1 ♂, Near stream, 15°58.771’N 102°2.397’E, 305 m, 12–19.vii.2006, T221, QSBG; 6 ♂, Water tank at Tat Fah waterfall, 15°56.468’N 102°5.855’E, 245 m, 19–26.iii.2007, T2354, QSBG; 1 ♂, Streamside at Tat Fah waterfall, 15°56.463’N 102°5.953’E, 242 m, 26.iii–2.iv.2007, T2355, QSBG; 1 ♂, Staff house at Takfah waterfall, 15°56.461’N 102°5.955’E, 242 m, 5–12.ix.2006, T867, QSBG; 1 ♂, Pa Hin Ngam NP, Tung Dok Grajeaw, 15°38.208’N 101°23.556’E, 720 m, 19–24.vii.2006, Kratae Sa-nog & Buakaw Adnafai leg., T337, QSBG.

Distribution. Thailand (Chaiyaphum, Chiang Mai, Nong Bua Lampoo, Phetchabun).

Remarks. Caloapenesia mugra sp. nov. resembles C. rikawa sp. nov. and C. inyara sp. nov. by presents clypeus rounded; ocellus and eye small. But C. mugra sp. nov. presents uppermost tooth only angulate; flagellomeres median-sized; pedicel short; propodeal disc elongate; hypopygium with median lobe shorter than in C. rikawa sp. nov.; lateral stalk more conspicuous than in C. inyara sp. nov. and C. rikawa sp. nov.

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 12. Head in dorsal view. 1. Caloapenesia ana sp. nov. 2. C. arbeni sp. nov. 3. C. diba sp. nov. 4. C. edas sp. nov. 5. C. heira sp. nov. 6. C. inyara sp. nov. 7. C. jailuna sp. nov. 8. C. lani sp. nov. 9. C. launeci sp. nov. 10. C. leptata sp. nov. 11. C. mugra sp. nov. 12. C. nadaili sp. nov. (Scale bar = 300 µm).

FIGURES 31 – 39. Mesosoma in dorsal view. 31. Caloapenesia leptata sp. nov. 32. C. mugra sp. nov. 33. C. nadaili sp. nov. 34. C. paruwa sp. nov. 35. C. rikawa sp. nov. 36. C. sabeli sp. nov. 37. C. supra sp. nov. 38. C. thailandiana. 39. Forewing. C. ana sp. nov. (Scale bar = 300 µm).

FIGURES 51 – 58. Hypopygium in dorsal view. 51. Caloapenesia leptata sp. nov. 52. C. mugra sp. nov. 53. C. nadaili sp. nov. 54. C. paruwa sp. nov. 55. C. rikawa sp. nov. 56. C. sabeli sp. nov. 57. C. supra sp. nov. 58. C. thailandiana. (Scale bar = 250 µm).

FIGURES 77 – 85. Male genitalia. 77 – 78. Caloapenesia launeci sp. nov. 77. Dorsal view. 78. Ventral view. 79 – 80. C. leptata sp. nov. 79. Dorsal view. 80. Ventral view. 81 – 82. C. mugra sp. nov. 81. Dorsal view. 82. Ventral view. 83 – 84. C. nadaili sp. nov. 83. Dorsal view. 84. Ventral view. 85. C. paruwa sp. nov. Dorsal view. (Scale bar = 250 µm).