Anoplius (Dicranoplius) brevitarsus (Banks, 1947)

Sadler, Emily, 2017, Review of the Neotropical spider wasp subgenus Anoplius (Dicranoplius) Haupt (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae), new comb., Zootaxa 4311 (4), pp. 537-550 : 540-542

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Anoplius (Dicranoplius) brevitarsus (Banks, 1947) View in CoL

Austrochares brevitarsus Banks, 1947 , Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. 99: 425 [Type: female, Paraguay: Rio Yguazu, March (D. Wees) (MCZC. Type no. 26666)].

Diagnosis. For A. brevitarsus , both sexes have a black head and mesosoma with reddish orange metasoma, but have silver setae surrounding areas of black setae forming an obvious pattern on the dorsum of the head, pronotum, mesonotum and scutellum, while the propodeum is mostly black except posterolaterally ( Figs. 1 View FIGURE 1 c,d). The female has the vertex of the head more strongly arched than in other species, has three comb spines, and the last metasomal tergum has thin setae. The male has a posterior band on the pronotum, has dense white setae on the posterior face of the propodeum, and has an aedeagus that is slightly longer than the parapenial lobes and has expanded apical lobes ( Fig. 4 View FIGURE 4 in Evans (1969)).

Distribution. Paraguay, Brazil and Argentina north to Trinidad.

Material Examined. Argentina: Catamarca: Andalgala , 2♂, 4.Nov.1972, G.E. Bohart ( EMUS) ; Coneta , 16 km S Catamarca, 1♂, 25.Oct–12.Nov.2003, M.E. Irwin and F.D. Parker ( EMUS) ; Palo Lobrado, 25 km S La Merced , 16♂, 24.Oct–12.Nov.2003, M.E. Irwin and F.D. Parker ( EMUS) ; Salta: 8 km N La Viña , 3♂, 26.Oct– 13.Nov.2003, M.E. Irwin and F.D. Parker ( EMUS) . Brazil: Goias, Parque Nacional da Chapada dos Veadeiros , 32♂, 3♀, 7–25.IX.2005, Aquiar ( UFES) . Trinidad: Chacachacare I., 6♂, 27.Nov–4.Dec.1999, R.R. Snelling ( EMUS) .

Remarks. The holotype and allotype were studied. Evans (1969) identified a specimen of A. areatus from Trinidad based on a single female and lacked any males to help with this determination. Subsequently, males of A. brevitarsus have been collected in Trinidad and study of the female indicates that it is actually A. brevitarsus rather than A. areatus .