Prosierola obliqua Evans, 1974

Pereira, Leonardo Rezeda, Brito, Chirlei Dias de & EntomoBrasilis, Celso Oliveira Azevedo, 2023, Taxonomic additions of the Brazilian fauna of Prosierola (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae), EntomoBrasilis (e 1055) 16, pp. 1-6 : 3

Prosierola obliqua Evans, 1974

( Figures 1 D-F, 2B)

Prosierola obliqua can be identified by the following characteristics: the head is wider than long; the presence of a callus on the vertex of the head; the mesoscuto-scutellar foveae are small, elliptical and far apart; the mesopleuron is angularly produced.

In this series, we observed the following variations: the distance between mesoscuto-scutellar foveae was 3-5× their diameters in the previously studied material ( AZEVEDO 2008), but in the specimen reviewed, foveae are distant from each other by about 7.0× their diameters; the anteromedial metapostnotal foveae can be asymmetrical, also not showed in previous works.

Material examined: BRAZIL, Distrito Federal, Brasília , 1 female, FAL - 40 Larva 119, Miconia albicans, I. R. Diniz , ( UFES, n°150914) .

Distribution: This species was previously known from Panama, Bolivia, Paraguay, and Brazil (Maranhão, Pernambuco) ( AZEVEDO 2008). It has now been recorded for the first time from the Brazilian state of Distrito Federal.

Figures

Figure 1. P. nasalis: A. Lateral view of mesosoma, B. Head C. Dorsal view of mesosoma; P. obliqua: D. Lateral view of mesosoma, E. Head, F. Dorsal view of mesosoma; P. rotunda: G. Lateral view of mesosoma, H. Head, I. Dorsal view of mesosoma; P. rufescens: J. Lateral view of mesosoma,K. Head, L. Dorsal view of mesosoma. Photo by: Leonardo Rezeda Pereira.