Acrotaphus fasciatus (Brullé, 1846)

Acrotaphus fasciatus (Brullé, 1846) View in CoL

( Figs 58–66 View FIGURES 58–67 )

Epimecis fasciata Brullé, 1846: 113 . Holotype ♀, Brazil (MNHN) [examined]

Acrotaphus fasciatus (Brullé) View in CoL , Townes & Townes, 1960: 256.

Diagnosis. This species can be distinguished from all other species of Acrotaphus by the combination of the following characters: 1) margin of gena behind eyes strongly concave (flat in male) in dorsal view; 2) margin of gena 0.4–0.5× length of eye in dorsal view; 3) posterior ocelli separated from eyes by 0.1× ( 0.1–0.25 in male) its diameter in dorsal view; 4) metasoma orange with posterior margin black in the tergites II–IV and tergites V+ black; 5) hind leg orange, with femur, tibia and tarsus black; 6) ovipositor robust, 1.1–1.4× as long as hind tibia.

Comments. Additional characters to the original description ( ♀) are as follows: body [19.5] 11.0– 19.5 mm; lower face [0.8] 0.75–0.9× as broad as high (from supraclypeal suture to base of antenna); margin of gena behind eyes strongly concave in dorsal view; margin of gena [?] 0.3–0.4× length of eye in dorsal view; posterior ocelli separated from eyes by [0.1]× its diameter in dorsal view; distance from tegula to head greater than [0.6] 0.5–0.6× distance from tegula to hind margin of propodeum; epicnemial carina present ventrally, extending until reaching the level of the lower corner of the pronotum laterally; fore wing [15.0] 12.0–16.0 mm; cu-a opposite to the base of Rs&M; 2 rs-m s [0.8] 0.6–0.8× as long as abscissa of M between 2 rs-m and 2 m-cu; hind wing with abscissa of Cu 1 between M and cu-a [0.9] 0.9–1.1× length of cu- a; tarsal claw with basal lobe quadrangular, with claw apex slightly overtaking the posterior margin of lobe; tergite I [1.65] 1.65–1.9× as long as posteriorly broad; tergite II [1.4] 1.4–1.9× as long as posteriorly broad; tergite III [1.2] 1.2–1.6× as long as posteriorly broad; tergites IV–V [1.2] 1.2–1.6× as long as posteriorly broad; ovipositor robust or slender, [1.3] 1.2–1.4× as long as hind tibia; lower valve with swelling in the mid region. Male. ( Figs 61–62 View FIGURES 58–67 ). Similar to female in structure and coloration, except margin of the gena behind the eyes flat in dorsal view; margin of the gena 0.5× length of eye in dorsal view; posterior ocelli separated from eyes by 0.1–0.25× its diameter in dorsal view; sternite IX ( Fig 64 View FIGURES 58–67 ) longer than high, with lateral and anterior margins strongly sclerotised and slightly concave, with few bristles widely spaced posteriorly. Genital capsule ( Figs 65–66 View FIGURES 58–67 ): Paramere truncated apically, slightly narrower than the parameral lamina, with bristles except in posterior margin; volsellar lamina with bristles anteroapically spaced in anterior margin and with a set of five bristles in anterolateral region, just below the base of the digitus; cuspis robust with about five teeth aligned in the mid part until apex and with two few bristles spaced in apical region; digitus with teeth on apex, rounded distally and angular ventrally, with the margins of the apical region narrower than base; aedeagus with few teeth on apex and its apex slightly curved downward in lateral view.

Distribution. Brazil, Colombia **, Costa Rica, Honduras, Panama, Peru **, Trinidad and Tobago **, Venezuela ** ( Fig 67 View FIGURES 58–67 ). De Santis & Millan (1968) have registered two females from Argentina (Misiones) deposited at the Museo de La Plata. However, we have seen the material. These specimens do not belong to A. fasciatus ( 1♀ A. chedelae and 1♀ A. japi ).

Biological notes. Host unknown.

Material examined. Holotype: ♀, BRAZIL [without other information], EY9347, MNHN [Type very damaged by dermestid, see digital image in science.mnhn.fr/institution/mnhn/collection/ey/item/ey9347]. Brazil: Brasilia [sic] [without other information], ♀, NHRS-HEVA #2907, ZMUT GoogleMaps ; Amazonas, Coari , Rio Urucu , LUC–09 [?], 04°51’56’’S / 65°04’56’’W, 25.i–10.ii.1993, Mercury Light ( P.F. Bührnheim et al. cols.), ♀, UFAM GoogleMaps ; idem, but Iga- rapé Marta 3, 04°50’0,73’’S / 65°02’37’’W, 14–25.viii.1993, ♀, UFAM GoogleMaps ; idem, but Resex Unini , Rio Unini , Lago 03 Bocas , 01°34’13’’S / 62°58’54’’W, 14–28.vii.2004, Arm. [= Trap] Malaise in terra firme ( M.L. Oliveira, A. Silva, F.L. Aquino leg.), ♀, INPA GoogleMaps ; Mato Grosso, Sinop , xi.1975, Mal. [= Malaise] Trap , ( M.Alvarenga), 2♀, CNC GoogleMaps ; MG [=Minas Gerais], Viçosa , 17.iv.1994 ( E.N. Morales), ♀, UFV GoogleMaps ; SP [=São Paulo], Luiz Antônio , Est. [= Estação] Ecológica de Jataí , Mata ciliar, Pont I, 21°36’47’’S / 47°49’04’’O, 15.iv.2009, Arm. [= Trap] Light ( R.I. R. Lara and team cols.), ♀, APTA GoogleMaps . Colombia: Chocó , PNN [= Parque Nacional Naturale] Utría , Río San Pichí , 06°01’N / 77°20’W, 10 m., Malaise, 30.vi–04.vii.2000 ( B. Brown leg.), M.3313 [?], ♀, #52781, IAVH GoogleMaps . Ecuador: Dept. [= Department] Orellana, Onkone Gare, 00°39’25,7’’S / 76°27’10,8’’W, 216.3 m. asl., 22.x.2005, Canoppy fogging, Lot #3073 ( T. L. Erwin et al. leg.), ♀, ZMUT. Panama: Barro Colorado Island , Canal Zone, 11.vii.1961 ( J.M. Campbell), ♀, CNC GoogleMaps ; idem, but 120 m., 16–22.i.1985 ( H. Wolda), ♀, BNHM GoogleMaps ; idem, but x.1984, ♂, BNHM GoogleMaps ; idem, but vi.1985, ♀, BNHM;; idem, but 15–21.ii.1984, ♀, BNHM. Peru: Loreto, Iquitos area , Allpahuayo, 12–18.ix.2011, Net (week 17) ( Gómez & Sääksjärvi leg.), ♀, ZMUT GoogleMaps ; idem, but AG031, ♀, ZMUT. Trinidad and Tobago: Trinidad, Curepe, 27.i.1978, Mal. [= Malaise] Trap (without collector), ♀, CNC GoogleMaps ; idem, but 08–11.xii.1978, ♀, CNC GoogleMaps ; idem, but i.1979, ♀, CNC. Venezuela: Barinas, El Filo, Altamira, 1200 m., 04.vi.1999, T. [=trap?] Light ( F.A. Diaz, C. Pereira, N. Arrieche, R. Paz cols.), ♀, UCLA. GoogleMaps