taxonID	type	description	language	source
081BC566E025980C7A74EBF8D49BDB9B.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. This species can be recognized by the following unique combination of characters: the integument is black with scale-like setae reflecting greenish metallic (Fig. 1); the face has small whitish spots on inner margin of the eyes (Fig. 2); and the wing is darkened without pale maculations (Fig. 1).	en	Waichert, Cecilia, Pitts, James P. (2013): Two new species of Abernessia Arle (Pompilidae, Ctenocerinae). ZooKeys 353: 71-79, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.353.6223, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.353.6223
081BC566E025980C7A74EBF8D49BDB9B.taxon	description	Description. Body length 2.00 cm; fore wing 1.82 cm; maximum wing width 0. 57 cm. Coloration. Integument black with pale yellow maculation on inner margin of eyes; body covered with pubescence with bluish-green metallic reflections (Fig. 1); clypeus, antennae, labial and maxillary palpi black; wings black with weak purple reflections; veins dark castaneous; legs with greenish-purple-blue reflections. Head. Head wide; TFD 1.2 x FD; MID 0.7 x FD; punctuation conspicuous, small, shallow. Ocelli in obtuse angle; lateral ocelli closer to each other than to compound eyes; POL 0.8 x OOL. Mandible narrow, base about 2.0 x wider than apex, with two sharp apical teeth; 1 / 3 of base covered by thin copper pubescence. Clypeus undifferentiated from frons, flat, bilobed, apical median margin invaginated (Fig. 2); clypeal lobes rounded (Fig. 2); LC 0.4 x WC. Labrum partially exposed. Maxillary beard not present. Flagellum elongate; length of second flagellomere 2.5 x width; ratio of the scape, pedicel, and flagellomeres 1 - 2 11: 4: 14: 15; WA 3 0.5 x LA 3; LA 3 0.4 x UID; scape with erect setae on internal margin. Torulus circular, antennal scrobe large. Mesosoma. Pronotum not elongated (Fig. 1), width 3.3 x length; posterior margin arched, anterior margin slightly invaginated medially; propodeal disc with thin-shallow median sulcus. Notauli shallow, present on 1 / 5 of anterior margin. Postnotum striated. Propodeum with punctures small, almost inconspicuous under setae; propodeal disc covered with short-apressed pubescence, setae equally abundant on propodeal disc; propodeal disc slightly elevated medially, edges of disc rounded. Wing elongate; maximum width 0.3 x length; third submarginal cell about as long as second submarginal cell; second recurrent vein straight, meeting third submarginal cell half distance from base to apex of cell (Fig. 1). Fore tibia with short, sharpened spines, posterior edge angulated. Front tarsal claw bifid, mid and fore claw dentate. Tarsi spinose. Metasoma. Metasoma covered by short, scale-like setae. Sternum 7 covered by thick, long setae, marginal setae longer than remaining setae, apex of setae sinuous and dilated (Fig. 3). Genitalia. (Figs 4 - 6) Parapenial lobe bifid; lobe wide, short, almost shield-like; outer apex lanceolate, higher than inner apex; inner apex rounded, broad. Dorsal lobe of digitus slightly longer than edeagus, apex wide, rounded, with small extension ventrally; ventral lobe of digitus, short, length 0.3 x paramere length, spatulate, base with long, thin setae (Figs 4, 5). Aedeagus short, total length 0.6 x length of paramere + gonobase, split, lateral margins rolling inwards, apex rounded (Figs 4, 5). Paramere as long as aedeagus, constricted on base, wide apically; apex lanceolate, covered with long setae, inner face flat, outer rounded; setae long, longer marginally, apex dilated. Subgenital plate elongate, wide; apex narrower, rounded; apical margin of apex polished, glabrous; abundant setae, long, thin along entire length (Fig. 6).	en	Waichert, Cecilia, Pitts, James P. (2013): Two new species of Abernessia Arle (Pompilidae, Ctenocerinae). ZooKeys 353: 71-79, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.353.6223, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.353.6223
081BC566E025980C7A74EBF8D49BDB9B.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The specific epithet refers to the type locality. Capixaba refers to a person born in Espirito Santo State, Brazil.	en	Waichert, Cecilia, Pitts, James P. (2013): Two new species of Abernessia Arle (Pompilidae, Ctenocerinae). ZooKeys 353: 71-79, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.353.6223, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.353.6223
D377DD5971FEEC2ECED561F1D3396556.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. This species can be recognized by the following unique combination of characters: the integument is black, with scale-like setae reflecting metallic bluish-green (Fig. 7); the antennal scape is red apically (Fig. 8); the clypeus is slightly folded ventrally on the apical-lateral margin, and the wing is dark with a large pale brown band (Fig. 9).	en	Waichert, Cecilia, Pitts, James P. (2013): Two new species of Abernessia Arle (Pompilidae, Ctenocerinae). ZooKeys 353: 71-79, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.353.6223, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.353.6223
D377DD5971FEEC2ECED561F1D3396556.taxon	description	Description. Body length 2.81 cm; fore wing 2.00 cm; maximum wing width 0.63 cm. Coloration. Head black; mesosoma black, legs brown with purple reflections (Fig. 7); metasoma brown, tergites distally reddish, hypopygium reddish; body pubescence with bluish-green metallic reflections; wings dark brown with pale brown spots, hind wing with pale brown band (Fig. 9); wing venation brown, pale brown on pale spots; stigma brown (Fig. 9). Head. Head as long as wide; TFD 1.0 x FD; MID 0.7 x FD; punctuation conspicuous, small, shallow. Pubescence abundant, short, thin, apressed, with metallic reflections from above ocelli to vertex. Eye short, HE 0.6 x FD; vertex long, distance from posterior ocellus to vertex 0.2 x FD. Ocelli in an obtuse angle; lateral ocelli closer to each other than to compound eyes; POL 0.3 x OOL. Mandible wide, elbowed, with two sharpened apical teeth; distal margin with a row of setae. Clypeus undifferentiated from frons, flat, bilobed, apical median margin invaginated; clypeal lobes rounded, sides slightly turned downwards (Fig. 8); LC 0.4 x WC. Labrum partially exposed, setose (Fig. 8). Maxillary beard not present. Flagellum elongate; length of second flagellomere 3.1 x width; ratio of the scape, pedicel, and flagellomeres 1 - 2 15: 3: 16: 14; WA 3 0.3 x LA 3; LA 3 0.4 x UID; scape curved, internal margin flat. Torulus circular, antennal scrobe large. Mesosoma. Pronotum not elongate (Fig. 7), width 1.6 x length; posterior margin arched, anterior margin slightly invaginated medially; propodeal disc with thin-shallow median sulcus, lateral margins rounded. Notauli shallow, complete. Postnotum striated. Propodeum with punctures small, almost inconspicuous under setae; propodeal disc covered with short-apressed pubescence, setae equally abundant; propodeal disc slightly elevated medially, edges rounded. Wing long; maximum width 0.3 x length; third submarginal cell about as long as second submarginal cell; second recurrent vein straight, meeting third submarginal cell about half the distance from base to apex of cell; 2 r-m straight (Fig. 9). Fore tibia with short, sharpened spines, posterior edge angulated. Front tarsal claw bifid, mid dentate (hind tarsi broken in holotype). Tarsi spinose. Metasoma. Metasoma long (Fig. 7), total length 1.4 x mesosoma + head lengths, wide; covered by short, scale-like setae. Apical tergite setose.	en	Waichert, Cecilia, Pitts, James P. (2013): Two new species of Abernessia Arle (Pompilidae, Ctenocerinae). ZooKeys 353: 71-79, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.353.6223, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.353.6223
D377DD5971FEEC2ECED561F1D3396556.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The specific epithet was taken from Greek, giga, meaning " giant " in English. It refers to the large size of the specimen.	en	Waichert, Cecilia, Pitts, James P. (2013): Two new species of Abernessia Arle (Pompilidae, Ctenocerinae). ZooKeys 353: 71-79, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.353.6223, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.353.6223
