Bakeriella grandis Evans, 1979

Azevedo, Celso O., 2014, Synopsis of Bakeriella Kieffer, 1910 (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae), Zootaxa 3878 (6), pp. 501-535 : 513

Bakeriella grandis Evans, 1979

( Figs 51–55 )

Bakeriella grandis Evans 1979: 257 (list), 259 (key), 260–261 (♂ description); Gordh & Móczár 1990: 71 (catalog).

Material examined. Holotype ♂: COSTA RICA, Monte Verde , 29.VI.1972, T-B, H.M. Powell col. ( UCD # 1089 ). New material: PANAMA: Chirique, 5–6 km N Boguete, La Culebra trail, 1650m, 15–19.VI.1996, F[light] I[nterception] T[rap], J. Ashe & R. Brooks col. ( CNCI).

Diagnosis. MALE ( Fig. 51 ). Black, metasoma bright rufous. Mandible with five apical teeth ( Fig. 52 ). Clypeus with angulate median lobe. Antennal scrobe wholly carinate. Frons weakly coriaceous. Vertex convex. Pronotal disc strongly coriaceous; anterior corner subangulate; not carinate at all, but lateral margin somewhat sharp; posterior margin paralleled by series of foveae. Scutellar pit transverse. Mesopleuron with subtegular groove wide; anterior fovea subrounded; upper fovea large, upper margin absent; lower fovea with upper margin absent ( Fig. 53 ). Genitalia ( Figs 54, 55 ): paramere slender, inserted into basiparamere only on dorsal side, dorsal margin concave with base developed inward, apical margin truncate and oblique; cuspis divided into two arms, ventral arm slightly longer than dorsal arm, both arms with rounded apices, cuspis apex not aligned with paramere apex; aedeagus bottle-shaped, apex aligned with cuspis apex, thick with deep emargination at apex, with basal margin slightly angulate at corner; ventral surface with conspicuous projection ventrad; apodeme with base very dilated outward. FEMALE unknown.

Distribution. Costa Rica, * Panama.

Remarks. Sex wrongly stated as female at the label of determination.

Figures

FIGURES 51 – 61. 51 – 55. Bakeriella grandis, ♂: 51. body, dorsal view; 52. mandible, frontal view; 53. mesopleuron, lateral view; 54. genitalia, ventral view; 55. genitalia, lateral view. 56 – 58. B. grossensis, ♀: 56. body, dorsal view; 57. mandible, frontal view; 58. mesopleuron, lateral view. 59 – 61. B. inca, ♂: 59. body, dorsal view; 60. mandible, frontal view; 61. mesopleuron, lateral view. Scale bars = 250 µm.