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The diversity of the Elampini cuckoo wasps in northeastern Brazil is reviewed. Three new species are described: Hedychrum oxente Lucena & Zanella sp. nov., Holopyga lunae Lucena sp. nov., and Muesebeckidium clemensi Lucena & Zanella sp. nov. A lectotype is designated for Holopyga piliventris Ducke, 1907 and herein illustrated. Elampus aequinoctialis Ducke, 1901 is restored as a valid species (previously synonymized with Elampus gayi Spinola, 1851) and diagnosed. Holophris huberi (Ducke, 1901) and Muesebeckidium clemensi sp. nov. represent the first records of both genera to northeastern Brazil. New records along with up-to-date distributional maps are discussed, and an identification key to the species of Holopyga from northeastern Brazil is provided. The total diversity of Elampini recorded for northeastern Brazil is now represented by the following eight species: Elampus aequinoctialis Ducke, 1901, Exallopyga guatemalensis (Cameron, 1888), Hedychrum oxente Lucena & Zanella sp. nov., Holophris huberi (Ducke, 1901), Holopyga iheringi du Buysson, 1901, H. lunae Lucena sp. nov., H. piliventris Ducke, 1907, and Muesebeckidium clemensi Lucena & Zanella sp. nov.

Genus Exallopyga French This Neotropical genus contains three valid species: Exallopyga difficilis (Spinola, 1851), E. guatemalensis (Cameron, 1888), and E. jenseni (du Buysson, 1909). There are no records of hosts for this genus. Exallopyga is easily distinguished from other genera of Elampini based on the following combination of unique features: axilla slightly produced into the wing fossa; F1–F5 with distinctly elongated distal sensillae; and the aedeagus of male genitalia with submedial spinose lobe (French 1985, Lucena & Almeida 2022). French (1985) described the genus, revised its species, and provided an identification key and illustrations of diagnostic characters. Only Exallopyga guatemalensis (Cameron) is known from Brazil., Published as part of Lucena, Daercio A. A., Santos-Neto, Pedro E., Zanella, Fernando C. V. & Almeida, Eduardo A. B., 2022, Taxonomic review of the elampine cuckoo wasps from northeastern Brazil (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae), with the description of three new species, pp. 201-235 in Zootaxa 5213 (3) on page 208, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5213.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7359903, {"references":["Spinola, M. (1851) Insectos. Orden 7. Himenopteros. Crisiditas. XI. In: Gay, C. (Ed.), Historia fisica y politica de Chile. Zoologia. Maulde, Renon, Paris, pp. 404 - 413.","Cameron, P. (1888) Family Chrysididae. In: Porter, R. H. (Ed.), Biologia Centrali-Americana, 1883 - 1900, Hymenoptera. Vol. 1. Tayler and Francis, London, pp. 1 - 487.","du Buysson, R. (1909) Hymenopteres chrysidides de la region de Mendoza. Entomologiske Meddelelser, 3 (2), 195 - 200.","French, L. D. (1985) Exallopyga, a new genus of Neotropical Elampinae (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, 58 (4), 620 - 625.","Lucena, D. A. A. & Almeida, E. A. B. (2022) Morphology and Bayesian tip-dating recover deep Cretaceous-age divergences among major chrysidid lineages (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 194, 36 - 79. https: // doi. org / 10.1093 / zoolinnean / zlab 010"]}

Genus Muesebeckidium Krombein This genus is one of the rarest South American Elampini and comprises morphologically modified species. The distinctive modified tarsomeres and mesosomal sclerites readily distinguish them from other genera. Diagnostic features include the strongly produced anterolaterally mesopleuron; lateral margin of pronotum bordered with strong carina; female pro- and mesotarsomeres flattened and expanded laterally (often held coiled); and protarsal claw strongly curved. There is still no record of host for this genus. Krombein (1969) suggested that the likely host may be some Pemphredoninae, which nest in twigs and make partitions between the cells and the closing plug of the nest from small, rather loosely packed particles of pith. According to him, the modified tarsomeres of Muesebeckidium would allow it to easily penetrate the nest by displacing the particles that close the entrance, thus giving the parasitoid access to the host cells. Currently, there are three described species in the genus, two from North America and one in South America (only known from Amapá and Pará states, northern Brazil), but only the species in North America have been revised (Krombein 1969, Bohart & Kimsey 1982). For the first time this genus is reported for northeastern Brazil and a new species is described., Published as part of Lucena, Daercio A. A., Santos-Neto, Pedro E., Zanella, Fernando C. V. & Almeida, Eduardo A. B., 2022, Taxonomic review of the elampine cuckoo wasps from northeastern Brazil (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae), with the description of three new species, pp. 201-235 in Zootaxa 5213 (3) on page 229, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5213.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7359903, {"references":["Krombein, K. V. (1969) The generic placement of two Nearctic Holopyga with biological notes (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 71 (3), 351 - 361.","Bohart, R. M. & Kimsey, L. S. (1982) A synopsis of the Chrysididae in America North of Mexico. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, 33, 1 - 266."]}

Muesebeckidium clemensi Lucena & Zanella sp. nov. (Fig. 18) Diagnosis (female). Muesebeckidium clemensi sp. nov. resembles M. paraense (Ducke, 1901), but is readily distinguished based on the conspicuous punctation of vertex, pronotum and scutum (nearly impunctate in M. paraense), denser and coarser punctation on metasomal terga (finely and sparsely punctate in M. paraense), and scutellum with broad and dense polygonal-shaped foveae, with three to five rounded angles (scutellum with relatively larger and evenly rounded foveae in M. paraense). Description. Holotype, female. Body length: 5.7 mm. Head. Height 0.65 × breadth; least distance between antennal rims 0.73× MOD; scape more or less cylindrical, slightly wider submedially, with a frontal longitudinal weak carina, 3.8× longer than its maximum width; F1 length 1.8× apical breadth, 1.5× longer than F2, F2 similarly longer than F3; F3–F10 subequal in size; F11 slightly longer than F10; lower medial margin of clypeus slightly concave, with conspicuous black apical band; subantennal distance about 0.6× MOD; malar space very short, 0.1× MOD; POL 2.3× OL, 0.7× OOL; inner ocular margin slightly convergent sub-basally, LID 1.3× scape length; eye height 1.9× breadth. Mesosoma. Anterior and lateral margins of pronotum bordered with strong carina; notaulus and parapsidal signum faintly marked; scutellum with groove along the anterior edge, partially interrupted in the middle; R1 2 v very short, barely visible; metatarsal claw bifid, with single, large, subapical tooth; outer surface of profemur smooth; tarsomeres without spines. Metasoma. Anterolateral corner of T1 with projected flange; T3 apical margin evenly round, slightly beveled medially. Coloration. Predominantly metallic green, with blue highlights on metasoma (depending on the kind of light it presents purple highlights as depicted in Fig. 18); base of mandible, scape, and pedicel, green; apex of clypeus, half distal mandible, flagellomeres, and tegulae, brown; wing membrane light fuscous with brown veins; distal tarsomeres and inner surface of basitarsomeres light brown; distal rim of T1–T2 dark brown, without metallic green luster; sterna and laterotergites entirely brown. Sculpture. Vertex and frons finely and sparsely punctate, becoming coarser and denser on lower frons; scapal basin densely cross-ridged, with some small marginal punctures; clypeus punctulate; scape densely punctulate; gena with sparse punctures, somewhat rugose-striate longitudinally; pronotum and most of scutum finely and sparsely punctate, with large foveae inserted only laterally; scutellum, metanotum and mesopleuron densely foveate, those of scutellum and metanotum broad, polygonal-shaped, with three to five rounded angles; metasomal terga finely and densely punctate, particularly on T2–T3; anterior declivity of T1 mostly impunctate, small punctures inserted posterolaterally. Vestiture. Head with long, dense, yellowish pale setae, particularly on vertex and frons, becoming shorter and sparser on face, along inner ocular margin and gena; scapal basin glabrous; clypeus and outer surface of mandible with relatively long, yellowish pale setae; scape with short, dense, pale setae; flagellomeres with short, suberect, pale setae; eye with sparse microtrichia among ommatidia (magnification near 100×); dorsum of mesosoma with conspicuous, relatively long, yellowish pale setae, becoming longer and denser on pronotum and scutum; posterior propodeal projection with dense, decumbent, pale setae; lateral pronotum and metapleuron-propodeum nearly glabrous, except for some sparse marginal setae; wing membrane lacking setae on half proximal portion; coxae and femora with long, dense, pale setae; meso- and metatibiae with short, dense, even, pale setae; venter of tarsomeres with dense, even, spine-like setae; dorsum of metasoma with abundant, relatively short, suberect, pale setae; laterotergites and sterna with short piligerous pilosity. Male. Unknown. Material examined. Holotype ♀. BRAZIL, Paraíba: São José do Sabugi, Serra do Brejinho, 29.iv.2001, F. C. V. Zanella / CE-UNILA HYHY 00442 (RPSP). Distribution. BRAZIL (Paraíba) (Fig. 19). Host. Unknown. Remarks. Previous to this study, the sole South American species of Muesebeckidium has been recorded only from localities with Amazon rainforest, in northern Brazil, Amapá and Pará states (Ducke 1913, 1914). This is the first record of Muesebeckidium in a habitat characterized by a seasonally dry deciduous forest in South America. The depository of the type series of M. paraense (Ducke) was listed as unknown by Kimsey & Bohart (1991). Ducke (1901) described the species based on a series of three female specimens from Pará (8, 10, and 22 July 1901). Obrecht & Huber (1993) listed a syntype hosted at the Natural History Museum Bern (not examined). We have examined another syntype deposited at the MNHN (EY 25529) and an ordinary female specimen identified by A. Ducke from Oiapoque (Amapá) (MZSP 04580). Currently, the type depository of the third syntype is unknown. Since we could not examine all available primary types, we decided not to designate lectotype for Ducke’s species. We consider that this lectotype designation should be done in the context of a future taxonomic revision of the genus. Etymology. The new species is named after Clemens Schlindwein (Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais). His research on insect-plant interactions, particularly in northeastern Brazil, has led to relevant improvement in the field. Additionally, he contributed significantly to the beginning of our study of the Chrysididae from northeastern Brazil by collecting and donating several singular specimens., Published as part of Lucena, Daercio A. A., Santos-Neto, Pedro E., Zanella, Fernando C. V. & Almeida, Eduardo A. B., 2022, Taxonomic review of the elampine cuckoo wasps from northeastern Brazil (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae), with the description of three new species, pp. 201-235 in Zootaxa 5213 (3) on pages 229-231, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5213.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7359903, {"references":["Ducke, A. (1901) Beitrage zur Kenntnis der geographischen Verbreitung der Chrysididen und Beschreibung von drei neuen Arten. III. Ueber Goldwespen von Para (Nordbrasilien). Zeitschrift fur Systematische Hymenopterologie und Dipterologie, 1, 353 - 361.","Ducke, A. (1913) As Chrysididas do Brazil. Catalogos da fauna Brazileira, Museu Paulista, 4, 1 - 31.","Ducke, A. (1914) Emendas ao Catalogo das Chrysididas do Brazil. Revista do Museu Paulista, 9, 229 - 230.","Kimsey, L. S. & Bohart, R. M. (1991 [\" 1990 \"]) The Chrysidid Wasps of the World. Oxford Science Publications, New York, New York, 652 pp.","Obrecht, E. & Huber, C. (1993) Ducke type specimens and other Brazilian insect types in the Emil A. Goeldi collection in the Natural History Museum Bern (Switzerland). An annotated catalogue. Jahrbuch des Naturhistorischen Museums Bern, 11, 163 - 184."]}

Holophris huberi (Ducke, 1901) (Fig. 10) Ellampus (!) (Ellampus) (!) huberi Ducke, 1901: 356. Holotype ♀. BRAZIL, Pará, 23.vii.1901, A. Ducke (MNHN: examined by photos). Holophris huberi; generic combination by Kimsey & Bohart (1991). Extended diagnosis (female). Body 3.9 mm. Head high 0.7× breadth, metallic green, with purple highlight on vertex; vertex polished, with some sparse, small punctures inserted among ocelli; frons foveate-striate; scapal basin smooth; gena transversely striate, with scarce, sparse, tiny punctures; frons with sparse, short, suberect, gold setae, becoming longer and denser on clypeus, below on face and base of mandible; occiput with relatively long, gold setae; vertex, gena and scapal basin glabrous; eye glabrous (magnification above 100×); F1 length 1.4× breadth, 1.6× longer than F2; scape and pedicel green; flagellomeres brown; mandible castaneous brownish, with metallic green highlight basally; malar space 1.5× MOD; subantennal distance 0.7× MOD; OOL 0.7× POL, 1.6× OL. Mesosoma mainly metallic green, with distinct purple highlight on pronotum and scutum, nearly glabrous, except for short, sparse, gold setae on propleuron, mesopleuron, metapleuron-propodeum, and legs; metapectal-propodeal complex with purplish tints on posterior declivity; pronotum, scutum and disc of scutellum polished, mostly impunctate, with only marginal foveae; anterior declivity of pronotum with row of deep pits; lateral pronotum with small, deep pit; mesopleuron and metanotum densely foveate; tarsal claw with two subsidiary teeth; legs mostly metallic green, tarsomeres light brown; tegula brown purplish; wing membrane light fuscous with brown veins. Metasoma purple greenish, with broad marginal translucent rim; terga glabrous, polished, with only sparse, tiny, marginal micropunctures on T2–T3; T3 medially notched; sterna metallic green, with relatively long, gold setae, denser on S3. Male. Same as female, except: denser striate marks on frons and gena; mesopleuron transversely striate; denser micropunctures on vertex and metasoma; purple tints on head and mesopleuron. Variation. Specimens vary from 3.7 to 4.3 mm in total body length. Material examined. Holotype ♀. BRAZIL, Pará: 23.vii.1901, A. Ducke (MNHN 25537). Amazonas: Manaus, Faz. Esteio, 10.xi.1987, M. V. B. Garcia (INPA: 1♀). Bahia: Jequié, ix.2016, R. C. L. Antunes (RPSP: 1♀). Espírito Santo: Linhares, Res. Biol. Sooretama, 19°00′11.5″S 40°07′08″W, 06.iv.2002, C. O. Azevedo & Eq. Col. (MZSP: 1♂). Minas Gerais: Barbacena, 24.x.1905, A. Ducke (MPEG: 1♀). Belo Horizonte, Campus UFMG Pampulha, 26.iii.1982, A. C. Faria (UFMG 1802833: 1♀). Pará: Óbidos, 21.xii.1906, A. Ducke (MPEG: 1♀). Same data as preceding, except: 20.xi.1907 (MZSP 04581: 1♀). Rio Grande do Sul: Viamão, Parque Estadual de Itapuã, 12.ii.2004, G. S. Franco (MCPPV: 1♀). Same data as preceding, except: 23.xi.2003 (MCPPV: 1♀). São Paulo: Luiz Antônio, Estação Ecológica de Jataí, 21°36′47.4″S 47°49′04.1″W, 16.i.2008, R. I. R. Lara (RPSP: 1♀). Same data as preceding, except: 21°35′17.6″S 47°47′29.6″W, 29.x.2008, N. W. Perioto (RPSP: 1♂ 1♀); 01.x.2008 (RPSP: 1♀); 13.ii.2008 (RPSP: 1♀); 27.ii.2008 (RPSP: 1♀). Itirapina, Estação Ecológica de Itirapina, 22°13′27.9″S 47°54′05.9″W, 20–22.xii.2016, Tavares, Porto, Lucena, Gibran & Yoshida (RPSP: 1♀ 1♂). Ribeirão Preto, 21°10′05″S 47°51′23″W, 16–30.xi.2014, D. S. Amorim (RPSP: 2♀). Same data as preceding, except: 13–30.xi.2014 (RPSP: 1♀); 13.vi.1972, M. Mazucato (RPSP: 1♂); 20.x.1972 (RPSP: 1♀). Teodoro Sampaio, 14.iv.2012, P. R. Lopes (RPSP: 1♀). Distribution. BRAZIL (Amazonas, Bahia, Espírito Santo, Minas Gerais, Pará, Rio Grande do Sul, São Paulo) (Fig. 11). Host. Unknown. Floral records. Croton trinitatis (= Croton chamaedrifolius) (Euphorbiacea). Remarks. The depository for the type specimens of Holophris huberi (Ducke, 1901) and H. albolimbatus (Ducke, 1908) were listed as unknown by Kimsey & Bohart (1991). We have located and examined the holotype of H. huberi and one syntype of H. albolimbatus, both hosted at the MNHN. Differences between these species are subtle but consistent. According to Ducke (1908), H. huberi differs from H. albolimbatus based on its relatively larger body size and lack of golden or coppery highlights on the head and mesosoma. Furthermore, the apical margin of T3 is medially notched only in H. huberi. Between these species, H. huberi is the most widely distributed in Brazil. The sole record in northeastern Brazil is from Jequié-BA, therefore, this species probably does not occur extensively in the Caatinga biome (see comments under Elampus aequinoctialis). Ducke (1913) treated two species as junior synonymies of H. huberi: Elampus iridescens Norton, 1879 and E. minutissimus Brèthes, 1902 and cited that this species had an extensive distribution, from the Amazonian region in northern Brazil through the Cerrado savannah in Minas Gerais state, reaching the southmost Brazilian state of Rio Grande Sul, and Mendoza in Argentina. Kimsey & Bohart (1991) interpreted E. iridescens (currently Omalus iridescens) and E. minutissimus (currently Holophris minutissimus) as distinct species, but anyway acknowledged a wide geographical range for H. huberi, from Venezuela in northern South America through Brazil, Paraguay, and Argentina. We confirmed all previous records from Ducke (1913) for localities in Brazil and added new ones (Fig. 11). Still, since there are no specific localities indicated by Ducke (1913) and Kimsey & Bohart (1991) for additional South American countries, we decided to only represent in our Figure 11 records that correspond to specimens we examined. The extended diagnosis above is based on a female from Itirapina, São Paulo state (southern Brazil)., Published as part of Lucena, Daercio A. A., Santos-Neto, Pedro E., Zanella, Fernando C. V. & Almeida, Eduardo A. B., 2022, Taxonomic review of the elampine cuckoo wasps from northeastern Brazil (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae), with the description of three new species, pp. 201-235 in Zootaxa 5213 (3) on pages 217-219, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5213.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7359903, {"references":["Ducke, A. (1901) Beitrage zur Kenntnis der geographischen Verbreitung der Chrysididen und Beschreibung von drei neuen Arten. III. Ueber Goldwespen von Para (Nordbrasilien). Zeitschrift fur Systematische Hymenopterologie und Dipterologie, 1, 353 - 361.","Kimsey, L. S. & Bohart, R. M. (1991 [\" 1990 \"]) The Chrysidid Wasps of the World. Oxford Science Publications, New York, New York, 652 pp.","Ducke, A. (1908) Contribution a la connaissance de Hymenopteres des deux Ameriques. Revue d'Entomologie, 27, 28 - 55.","Ducke, A. (1913) As Chrysididas do Brazil. Catalogos da fauna Brazileira, Museu Paulista, 4, 1 - 31.","Norton, E. (1879 [\" 1878 \"]) On the chrysides of North America. Transactions of the American Entomological Society and Proceedings of the Entomological Section of the Academy of Natural Sciences, 7, 233 - 242. https: // doi. org / 10.2307 / 25076375","Brethes, J. (1902) Contributions a l'etude des Hymenopteres de l'Amerique du Sud et specialement de la Republique Argentine: Les Chrysidides. Anales del Museo Nacional de Buenos Aires, 3 (1), 263 - 294."]}

Genus Elampus Spinola These wasps are represented in all biogeographic regions except Australian, with their highest diversity found in the Palearctic and Nearctic regions (e.g., Huber & Pengelly 1978, Kimsey & Bohart 1991). Some Nearctic and Palearctic species are cleptoparasites of ground-nesting Crabronidae (Huber & Pengelly 1978, Kimsey & Bohart 1991, Kimsey 2006, Evans & O’Neill 2007). There is no record of hosts for the Neotropical species. This genus is easily distinguished from other Elampini in South America based on the following combination of unique features: T3 distal margin produced medially, forming a snout-like process; female profemur ventrally keeled; metanotum produced, forming a mucronate-like sclerite; and female gena usually with a row of erect, even setae. Lucena & Gomes (2016) described a new species from northern Brazil, reviewed previously described ones, and presented a key for the species recorded in South America. In that study, Elampus aequinoctialis Ducke, 1901 was found to be a junior synonym of E. gayi Spinola, 1851, following the previous interpretation by Ducke (1911). The examination of additional material from Argentina, Brazil, and Chile revealed morphological differences between these species, as detailed below. In Brazil, this genus is currently represented by three species: E. aequinoctialis Ducke, 1901, E. macuxi Lucena, 2016 (in Lucena & Gomes 2016), and E. pulchricollis Ducke, 1911. Only E. aequinoctialis Ducke is recorded in northeastern Brazil., Published as part of Lucena, Daercio A. A., Santos-Neto, Pedro E., Zanella, Fernando C. V. & Almeida, Eduardo A. B., 2022, Taxonomic review of the elampine cuckoo wasps from northeastern Brazil (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae), with the description of three new species, pp. 201-235 in Zootaxa 5213 (3) on page 204, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5213.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7359903, {"references":["Huber, J. T. & Pengelly, D. H. (1978 [\" 1977 \"]) A revision of the genus Elampus Spinola (Notozus of authors) (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae) in America North of Mexico. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Ontario, 108, 75 - 138.","Kimsey, L. S. & Bohart, R. M. (1991 [\" 1990 \"]) The Chrysidid Wasps of the World. Oxford Science Publications, New York, New York, 652 pp.","Kimsey, L. S. (2006) California Cuckoo Wasps in the Family Chrysididae (Hymenoptera). University of California Publications in Entomology, London, 319 pp.","Evans, H. E. & O'Neill, K. M. (2007) The Sand Wasps: Natural History and Behavior. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, London, 340 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.4159 / 9780674036611","Lucena, D. A. A. & Gomes, R. S. (2016) New species of Elampus Spinola, 1806 (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae), with a key to the Neotropical species of the genus. Zootaxa, 4117 (4), 555 - 566. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4117.4.7","Ducke, A. (1901) Beitrage zur Kenntnis der geographischen Verbreitung der Chrysididen und Beschreibung von drei neuen Arten. III. Ueber Goldwespen von Para (Nordbrasilien). Zeitschrift fur Systematische Hymenopterologie und Dipterologie, 1, 353 - 361.","Spinola, M. (1851) Insectos. Orden 7. Himenopteros. Crisiditas. XI. In: Gay, C. (Ed.), Historia fisica y politica de Chile. Zoologia. Maulde, Renon, Paris, pp. 404 - 413.","Ducke, A. (1911 [\" 1909 \"]) Terzo supplemento alla revisione dei crisididi dello stato brasiliano del Para. Bollettino della Societa Entomologica Italiana, 41, 89 - 115."]}

Elampus gayi Spinola, 1851 (Figs 2E–H) Elampus gayi Spinola 1851: 413. Lectotype ♀, designated by Rosa & Xu 2015: 50. CHILE, De Santa Rosa y de la Ligua, D. Gay (MRSN: examined by photos). Elampus gayi Spinola; Dahlbom 1845: 47; Huber & Pengelly 1978: 93; 1980: 49; Bohart & Kimsey 1991: 168; Rosa & Xu 2015: 50; Lucena & Gomes 2016: 556. Ellampus (!) (Notozus) gayi; Mocsáry 1889: 79; Ducke 1913: 13. Diagnosis. This species closely resembles E. aequinoctialis (Ducke). Elampus gayi is comparatively longer than E. aequinoctialis (4.4 mm in the former vs. 3.6 mm in the latter), and has denser sculpturing on vertex, pronotum, scutum, and disc of T2–T3 (Fig. 2E–H). Material examined. Lectotype ♀. CHILE: De Santa Rosa y de la Ligua, D. Gay (MRSN). Paralectotype female, CHILE, Gay (MNHN). ARGENTINA, Catamarca: Santa María, i.1983, Peña (AMNH: 1♀). La Pampa: General Pico, 07.xii.1940, Parker H. L. (USNM: 2♀). Mendoza: Santa Rosa, 1908, Jensen A. C. (MNHN: 1♀). San Juan: Zonda, 28.xi.1993, Michelette E. R. F. (RPSP: 1♂). Same data as preceding, except: 17.xi.1993 (RPSP: 2♂); 20.i.1994 (RPSP: 1♀); 06.ii.1994 (RPSP: 8♂). Río Negro: Lamarque, Fritz P. (AMNH: 1♀ 1♂). Luis Beltrán, xi.1991, Fritz P. (AMNH: 1♂). Choele Choel, xi.1991, Fritz P. (AMNH: 5♂). CHILE, Biobío: Concepción, 13.xii.1908, Herbst P. (AMNH: 2♂). Coquimbo: La Higuera, Llanos de Los Choros, 15.x.1971, Rozen & Peña (AMNH: 2♀ 1♂). Maule: Curicó, Río Teno, 25–28.xi.1981, Luis & Peña (AMNH: 1♂). Santiago: Tiltil, Cuesta la Dormida, 01.xi.1969, Rozen & Peña (AMNH: 1♀). Distribution. Argentina (Catamarca, La Pampa, Mendoza, San Juan, Río Negro); Chile (Biobío, Coquimbo, Maule, Valparaiso, Santiago) (Fig. 3). See comments under E. aequinoctialis. Host. Unknown. Taxonomic notes and key to species of Elampus. The genus Elampus is now represented in South America by four valid species: E. aequinoctialis Ducke, E. gayi Spinola, E. macuxi Lucena, and E. pulchricollis Ducke. By summarizing the preceding remarks, amendments are needed in the previous key of South America species of Elampus (Lucena & Gomes 2016): couplets 2–3 are herein modified to include Elampus aequinoctialis. 1. Marginal terga without basolateral translucent border; metanotum rectangular posteriorly; dorsal surface of mesosoma and apical margin of mandibles with distinct reddish highlights; apical margin of T3 rounded; tarsal claws with single subsidiary tooth............................................................................ Elampus macuxi Lucena - Marginal terga with narrow translucent rim or with broad membranous whitish border along basolateral margins; metanotum truncated or pointed posteriorly; dorsal surface of mesosoma and mandibles without reddish highlights; distal margin of T3 with medial notch; tarsal claws with two subsidiary teeth..................................................... 2 2. Marginal terga with broad membranous whitish rim; integument of head, pronotum and scutum dull and impunctate; scapal basin transversely cross-ridged; integument of T3 apical process smooth.................. Elampus pulchricollis Ducke - Marginal terga with narrow translucent border; integument of head, pronotum, scutum, and metasoma polished and punctate; scapal basin smooth, without cross-ridge or wrinkles; integument of T3 apical process wrinkled...................... 3 3. Vertex, pronotum, scutum, and discs of T2–T3 sparsely sculptured, minimally 1.5–2× PD apart (Fig. 2A–D), usually wider; small-sized, body size shorter than 4 mm [Brazil]................................... Elampus aequinoctialis Ducke - Vertex, pronotum, scutum, and discs of T2–T3 densely sculptured, usually no more than 1× PD apart (Fig. 2E–H); moderatesized, body size longer than 4.2 mm [western Argentina and Chile]............................ Elampus gayi Spinola, Published as part of Lucena, Daercio A. A., Santos-Neto, Pedro E., Zanella, Fernando C. V. & Almeida, Eduardo A. B., 2022, Taxonomic review of the elampine cuckoo wasps from northeastern Brazil (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae), with the description of three new species, pp. 201-235 in Zootaxa 5213 (3) on pages 206-208, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5213.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7359903, {"references":["Spinola, M. (1851) Insectos. Orden 7. Himenopteros. Crisiditas. XI. In: Gay, C. (Ed.), Historia fisica y politica de Chile. Zoologia. Maulde, Renon, Paris, pp. 404 - 413.","Rosa, P. & Xu, Z. (2015) Annotated type catalogue of the Chrysididae (Insecta, Hymenoptera) deposited in the collection of Maximilian Spinola (1780 - 1857), Turin. Zookeys, 471, 1 - 96. https: // doi. org / 10.3897 / zookeys. 471.6558","Dahlbom, A. G. (1845) Disposito methodica specierum Hymenopterorum, secundum Familias Insectorum naturales. Particula secunda. Dissert. Typis Berlingianis, Lund, 20 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 66977","Huber, J. T. & Pengelly, D. H. (1978 [\" 1977 \"]) A revision of the genus Elampus Spinola (Notozus of authors) (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae) in America North of Mexico. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Ontario, 108, 75 - 138.","Huber, J. T. & Pengelly, D. H. (1980 [\" 1979 \"]) Two new species of Elampus (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae) from Puerto Rico and Cuba with notes on Elampus viridis Cresson. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Ontario, 110, 47 - 51.","Kimsey, L. S. & Bohart, R. M. (1991 [\" 1990 \"]) The Chrysidid Wasps of the World. Oxford Science Publications, New York, New York, 652 pp.","Lucena, D. A. A. & Gomes, R. S. (2016) New species of Elampus Spinola, 1806 (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae), with a key to the Neotropical species of the genus. Zootaxa, 4117 (4), 555 - 566. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4117.4.7","Mocsary, A. (1889) Monographia Chrysididarum orbis terrarum universi. Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, 643 pp.","Ducke, A. (1913) As Chrysididas do Brazil. Catalogos da fauna Brazileira, Museu Paulista, 4, 1 - 31."]}

Holopyga iheringi du Buysson, 1901 (Fig. 12) Holopyga iheringi du Buysson, 1901: 99. Holotype ♀. BRAZIL, Rio Grande do Sul, Ihering (NHMW: examined by photos). Extended diagnosis (female). Body 9 mm. Head breadth 1.4× height, metallic bluish green, densely foveate on vertex, becoming sparser on gena and transversely cross-ridged on scapal basin; vertex with sparse, pale, long setae, becoming longer and denser on gena and along inner ocular margin; eye with scarce microtrichia among ommatidia (magnification above 100×, oblique view); F1 length 4.3× breadth, 1.7× longer than F2; F2 as long as F3; F4–F11 progressively shorter; F11 slightly truncate apically; malar space 0.3× MOD; subantennal distance 0.5× MOD; POL 3.4× OL; 0.8× OOL; scape, pedicel, and F1 metallic bluish green, F2 brown with green highlight; F3–F11 brown; mandible castaneous brownish, with metallic green highlight basally. Mesosoma densely foveate, largest and deepest foveae on scutellum and metanotum; bluish green, bluer on pronotum, mesopleuron and scutum; metanotum and posterior declivity of propodeum with bluish purple highlights; pronotum and metapleuron-propodeum faintly striate; yellowish pale setae short and sparse, denser on mesopleuron and metanotum; tarsal claw with three subsidiary teeth; legs mostly metallic green, tarsomeres light brown with greenish highlights; wing membrane fuscous with brown veins. Metasoma densely foveate, particularly on T1 and T3, with short, suberect, yellowish pale setae on terga; T1 bluish green, anterior declivity of T1 with broad impunctate marginal areas, with punctate bands of small punctures medially; T2 with anteromedial dark blue band, posterior margin with purple highlight, punctation on disc finer and sparser than on T3; T3 mainly blue with metallic green highlight marginally, slightly depressed posteromedially, marginal border slightly notched medially; sterna metallic green, densely punctulate, with dense, semidecumbent, yellowish pale setae. Male. Same as female, except: meso- and metasoma greener; tarsomeres light brown, lacking green highlight; apical margin of T3 truncate medially. Variation. Specimens vary from 8.1 to 9.5 mm in total body length. The female specimen from Igarassu-PE differ from specimens collected in different localities by two discrete features: basolateral margin of T3 slightly angulate, and disc of T3 with longitudinal, impunctate, polished stripe. In all other features the examined specimens are identical. Material examined. Holotype ♀. BRAZIL, Rio Grande do Sul (NHMW). Minas Gerais: Passos, iii.1964, C. T. Elias (MZSP 04570: 1♂). Pernambuco: Igarassu, Usina São José, Zambana, 11.xi.2008, Araújo & Santos leg. (RPSP: 1♀). Rio Grande do Sul: Candiota, Chácara da Hortec, 13.i.2000 (MCPPV: 1♀). Pântano Grande, 01.xii.1995, Clemens Schlindwein (MCPPV: 1♀). Tenente Portela, Parque Turvo, 04.xii.1985, J. R. Cure (MCNZ: 1♂). Quaraí, Estância S. Roberto, 14.xi.1985, J. R. Cure (MCNZ: 1♀). Distribution. BRAZIL (Minas Gerais, Pernambuco, Rio Grande do Sul) (Fig. 17). Host. Unknown. Floral records. Eryngium horridum (Apiaceae). Remarks. Holopyga iheringi most resembles H. luzulina Dahlbom. This species is readily distinguished from H. luzulina based on the relatively large-sized body, with specimens of H. iheringi usually exceeding 8.5 mm long (against 7.5 mm of H. luzulina). Additionally, H. iheringi is easily distinguished by the inner margin of tarsal claw with three subsidiary teeth (two teeth in H. luzulina), F1 bluish green (greenish brown in H. luzulina), and the body color predominantly greenish blue (green in H. luzulina). Images of the holotype female housed at the Museum of Natural History Vienna were made available by Rosa et al. (2020). The extended diagnosis above is based on a female from Candiota, Rio Grande do Sul state. The female specimen illustrated in the Figure 12 is from Igarassu, Pernambuco state. The sole record of this species in northeastern Brazil is within the Atlantic Forest Biome, therefore, it is possible that this species does not occur in the Caatinga., Published as part of Lucena, Daercio A. A., Santos-Neto, Pedro E., Zanella, Fernando C. V. & Almeida, Eduardo A. B., 2022, Taxonomic review of the elampine cuckoo wasps from northeastern Brazil (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae), with the description of three new species, pp. 201-235 in Zootaxa 5213 (3) on page 220, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5213.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7359903, {"references":["du Buysson, R. (1901) Sur quelques Chrysidides du Musee de Vienne. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, 16 (1), 97 - 104.","Rosa, P., Madl, M., Zettel, H. & Zimmermann, D. (2020) An illustrated and annotated catalogue of the Chrysididae (Insecta: Hymenoptera) types deposited at the Natural History Museum Vienna. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, B, 122, 17 - 140."]}

Elampus aequinoctialis Ducke, 1901 sp. resurr. (Figs 1, 2A–D) Ellampus (!) (Notozus) aequinoctialis Ducke 1901: 359. Lectotype ♀, designated by Lucena & Gomes 2016: 560. BRAZIL, Pará, 25.vii.1901, A. Ducke (MPEG: examined). Elampus aequinoctialis (Ducke); Kimsey & Bohart 1991: 166. Elampus gayi Spinola; Ducke 1911: 97; Ducke: 1913: 13; Lucena & Gomes 2016: 556 (partim, synonymy with E. aequinoctialis). Diagnosis. Metasomal terga with narrow translucent border along lateral margins; scapal basin smooth; dorsum of head, mesosoma and metasoma with sparse sculpturing; metanotum somewhat truncated posteriorly, broader than long; tarsal claw with two subsidiary teeth. Elampus aequinoctialis Ducke closely resembles E. gayi Spinola. These species are almost identical, even comparing geographically distant samples. They can be distinguished based on the sparser sculpturing on vertex, pronotum, scutum, and disc of T2–T3 of E. aequinoctialis (Fig. 2A–D). Additionally, E. aequinoctialis is comparatively shorter than E. gayi (on average 3.6 vs. 4.4 mm). Material examined. Lectotype ♀. BRAZIL, Pará: 25.vii.1901, A. Ducke (MPEG 11062003). Bahia: Jequié, campus UESB II, 20.xi.2006, Silva-Júnior J. C. & cols. (CEDU-UNILA: 1♀). Ceará: Baturité, Ducke (MPEG: 1♀). Minas Gerais: Passa Quatro, 1904, Wagner S. (MPEG: 1♀). São Gonçalo do Rio das Pedras, 1903, Wagner S. R. (MPEG: 1♀). Santa Vitória, ii.1970, Oliveira F. H. (AMNH: 1♀). Santa Catarina: Seara [Nova Teutonia], 10.ii.1948, Fritz P. (USNM: 2♀). Same data as preceding, except: 29.ii.1948 (USNM: 1♀); 07.ii.1948 (AMNH: 1♂). São Paulo: Itirapina, Estação Ecológica de Itirapina, 20–22.xii.2016, Tavares, Porto, Lucena, Gibran & Yoshida (RPSP: 2♀ 1♂). Same data as preceding, except: 26–28.xi.2016, Almeida, Porto, Lucena, Gibran & Yoshida (RPSP: 2♀ 1♂). Luiz Antônio, Estação Ecológica de Jataí, 19.xii.2007, Perioto N. W. (RPSP: 1♀). Same data as preceding, except: 16.i.2008 (RPSP: 2♀). Teodoro Sampaio, 20.i.2012, Lopes P. R. (RPSP: 1♀). Same data as preceding, except: 18.ii.2012 (RPSP: 3♀ 1♂). Distribution. BRAZIL (Bahia, Ceará, Minas Gerais, Pará, Santa Catarina, São Paulo) (Fig. 3). Host. Unknown. Remarks. Elampus aequinoctialis and E. gayi are readily distinguished from other South American species by the shape and the development of metanotum, scapal basin lacking transverse striae, metasomal terga with narrow translucent rim, tarsal claw with two subsidiary teeth, and the shape of apical T3(Lucena &Gomes 2016).Additionally, distinguishing the genders of E. aequinoctialis and E. gayi without extracting the genitalia is challenging. Some females can be easily recognized if the metasomal tube composed of the internalized terga (“ovipositor”) is exserted. However, if only the tip of the metasomal tube is visible, this structure can be confused with the partly exserted male genitalia and vice versa (see comments below for E. gayi). According to our interpretation, E. gayi corresponds to the records in central Chile and Argentina, with the recognition of E. aequinoctialis as a distinct species exclusive to Brazil (Fig. 3). The records for E. aequinoctialis in northeastern Brazil do not imply that this species occurs in the Caatinga biome, since two recorded sites represent distinct habitats: an evergreen Semidecidual forest “Brejo de altitude” in Baturité, Ceará state; and a transition zone between caatinga xerophilous vegetation and semidecidual evergreen forest in Jequié, Bahia state (Westerkamp et al. 2007, Lucena et al. 2012, 2021). Here we adopt the form of writing the species name as follows: Elampus aequinoctialis Ducke, 1901. Kimsey & Bohart (1991: 166) listed this species as Elampus aequinoctialis (Ducke, 1901), with parentheses enclosing the author and publication year to indicate the change in the generic combination. We follow Article 51.3.1 of the Code, which states that “parentheses are not used when the species-group name was originally combined with an incorrect spelling or an emendation of the generic name” (ICZN 1999). Our interpretation also applies to Elampus pulchricollis Ducke, 1911, as would apply to any other species-group names combined with an incorrectly spelled genus-group name. The historical controversy surrounding this genus name shall be addressed in future research with this taxon because it exceeds the scope of this work., Published as part of Lucena, Daercio A. A., Santos-Neto, Pedro E., Zanella, Fernando C. V. & Almeida, Eduardo A. B., 2022, Taxonomic review of the elampine cuckoo wasps from northeastern Brazil (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae), with the description of three new species, pp. 201-235 in Zootaxa 5213 (3) on pages 204-206, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5213.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7359903, {"references":["Ducke, A. (1901) Beitrage zur Kenntnis der geographischen Verbreitung der Chrysididen und Beschreibung von drei neuen Arten. III. Ueber Goldwespen von Para (Nordbrasilien). Zeitschrift fur Systematische Hymenopterologie und Dipterologie, 1, 353 - 361.","Lucena, D. A. A. & Gomes, R. S. (2016) New species of Elampus Spinola, 1806 (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae), with a key to the Neotropical species of the genus. Zootaxa, 4117 (4), 555 - 566. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4117.4.7","Kimsey, L. S. & Bohart, R. M. (1991 [\" 1990 \"]) The Chrysidid Wasps of the World. Oxford Science Publications, New York, New York, 652 pp.","Ducke, A. (1911 [\" 1909 \"]) Terzo supplemento alla revisione dei crisididi dello stato brasiliano del Para. Bollettino della Societa Entomologica Italiana, 41, 89 - 115.","Westerkamp, C., Ribeiro, M. F., Lima-Verde, L. W., Delprete, P. G., Zanella, F. C. V. & Freitas, B. M. (2007) Adolpho Ducke e as abelhas (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) da Serra de Baturite. In: Oliveira, T. E. & Araujo, F. S. (Eds.), Diversidade e conservacao da biota na Serra do Baturite, Ceara. UFC / COELCE, Fortaleza, pp. 273 - 292.","Lucena, D. A. A., Santos-Neto, P. E., Zanella, F. C. V., Alves, F. P., Trindade, O. S. N. & Silva-Junior, J. C. (2012) Chrysididae diversity (Hymenoptera) in caatinga vegetation in Jequie, Bahia state, Northeastern Brazil. Magistra, 24, 215 - 220.","Lucena, D. A. A., Almeida, E. A. B. & Zanella, F. C. V. (2021) Amiseginae and Cleptinae from northeastern Brazil, with the description of four new species (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae). Journal of Hymenoptera Research, 81, 57 - 85. https: // doi. org / 10.3897 / jhr. 81.60048"]}

Exallopyga guatemalensis (Cameron, 1888) (Fig. 4) Hedychridium guatemalense Cameron 1888: 459. Lectotype ♀, designed by French 1985: 623. GUATEMALA, Zapote: Panzós (NHMUK: not examined). Chrysis andrei Mocsáry 1889: 215. Holotype ♂. BRAZIL, Coll. Edm. Andréi (MNHN: not examined). Junior synonym of Hedychridium guatemalense Cameron, 1888 according to French 1985: 623. Holopyga kohli du Buysson 1901: 100. Lectotype ♀ (by inference of “ holotype ”, see Rosa et al. 2020). BRAZIL (MNHN: not examined). Junior synonym of Hedychridium guatemalense Cameron, 1888 according to French 1985: 623. Holopyga (Hedychridium) pallidolimbata Ducke 1903: 133. Holotype ♀. BRAZIL, Pará: Itaituba, Rio Tapajós, 17.viii.1902, A. Ducke (MNHN: examined by photos). Junior synonym of Hedychridium guatemalense Cameron, 1888 according to French 1985: 623. Exallopyga guatemalensis; generic combination by French (1985). Diagnosis. Exallopyga guatemalensis (Cameron) is easily distinguished from other species in the genus based on the following combination of characters: dark purple bands on dorsum of meso- and metasoma (absent in E. difficilis); female S3 green or blue (black or non-metallic dark brown in E. jenseni); lateral ocelli partially encircled by small carina (absent in E. difficilis); females with emarginate T3 distal rim (with distinct medial notch in E. jenseni); and the relatively large-sized body, with specimens 7–10 mm long (E. difficilis: 5–7 mm; and E. jenseni: 5 mm). Additionally, according to French (1985), the spinose lobe of aedeagus in E. guatemalensis is enlarged, reaching almost halfway to the tip of the aedeagus (reaching at most about one third the distance in E. difficilis and E. jenseni; see his Figures 7–9). Material examined. Holotype ♀ of Holopyga (Hedychridium) pallidolimbata Ducke 1903. BRAZIL, Pará: Itaituba, Rio Tapajós, 17.viii.1902, A. Ducke (MNHN 25530). Amapá: Macapá, São Joaquim do Pacuí, 13.xii.1980, E. L. Oliveira (INPA: 1♀). Amazonas: Manaus, Embrapa Ocidental, 02°53′29″S 59°58′45″W, 14.ix.2012, K. Schoeninger (INPA: 1♀). Manaus, Reserva Ducke, 29.viii.1978 (INPA: 1♀). Barcelos, Parque Nacional do Jaú, Carabinani, 27.iv.1995, J. A. Rafael & J. Vidal (INPA: 1♀). Bahia: Ilhéus, N. Nakayama (DZUP: 1♀). Ceará: Baturité, A. Ducke (MNHN: 1♀). Distrito Federal: Planaltina, 14.v.2018, Aguiar, Santos, Silva, Carvalho & Viana / UNB 072381 (RPSP: 1♀). Maranhão: Bom Jardim, REBIO-RES. Biol. Gurupi, 06.xi.2010, F. Limeirade-Oliveira, D. W. A Marques & E. A. S. Barbosa (INPA: 2♀). Minas Gerais: Marliéria, Parque Estadual do Rio Doce, 19°37′S 42°34′W, 07.xi.2002, J. C. R. Fontenelle (UFES 147576: 1♀). Same data as preceding, except: 01–08.xi.2001 (UFES 147703: 1♀); 03–10.xi.2004 (UFES 148299: 1♀); 26–02.x–xi.2003 (UFES 148205: 1♀). Pará: Alenquer, 02.i.1904, A. Ducke (MPEG: 1♀). Paraíba: Santa Teresinha, Fazenda Tamanduá, Mata Ciliar, 23.v.2011, A. D. A. Lima (CEDU-UNILA: 1♀). São Paulo: Matão, 18.ix.2007, F. Noll (RPSP: 1♀). Itirapina, Estação Ecológica de Itirapina, 22°13′27″S 47°54′05″W, 26–28.xi.2016, Almeida, Porto, Lucena, Gibran & Yoshida (RPSP: 1♀ 1♂). Same data as preceding, except: 20–22.xii.2016 (RPSP 0818: 1♀); 28–31.i.2017, Tavares, Porto, Lucena, Delsin & Yoshida (RPSP 1746: 1♀). Luiz Antônio, Estação Ecológica de Jataí, 21°36′33″S 47°47′59″W, 28–29.x.2016, Tavares, Porto, Lucena, Gibran & Yoshida (RPSP: 3♀). Same data as preceding, except: 21°37′26″S 47°48′26″W, Mata Ciliar, Malaise Trap 1, 10.xii.2008, N. W. Perioto (RPSP: 2♀). Same data as preceding, except: Malaise trap 2, 14.xii.2006 (RPSP: 1♀); Malaise trap 1, 16.i.2008 (RPSP: 2♀); Malaise trap 1, 05.xii.2007 (RPSP: 1♀); Malaise trap 2, 04.i.2007 (RPSP: 1♀); Malaise trap 1, 14.xii.2006 (RPSP: 2♀); 30.i.2008 (RPSP: 1♀). Rio Claro, Horto Florestal, 05.viii.1987, R. P. Martins (MZSP 04694: 1♀). Same data as preceding, except: 04.viii.1987 (UFMG 1305756: 1♀). Distribution. ARGENTINA (Buenos Aires, Entre Ríos, Misiones, Tucumán, Salta); BRAZIL (Amapá, Amazonas, Bahia, Ceará, Distrito Federal, Maranhão, Mato Grosso, Minas Gerais, Pará, Paraíba, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo); COSTA RICA (Cartago, Heredia, Guanacaste); COLOMBIA (Meta); GUATEMALA (Alta Verapaz, San Francisco); PANAMA (Barro Colorado); PARAGUAY (San Pedro); SURINAM (Nickerie); TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO; VENEZUELA (Bolívar) (Fig. 5). Host. Unknown. Remarks. This is the most widely distributed species in the genus, ranging from Guatemala to southern South America. We herein expand its geographical distribution by including new records from the following Brazilian states: Amapá, Amazonas, Bahia, Distrito Federal, Maranhão, Minas Gerais, and Paraíba (Fig. 5). Exallopyga difficilis (Spinola) occurs in Chile through the Andes, reaching southwest Argentina; and E. jenseni (du Buysson) is only known from northern Argentina to southern Bolivia (French 1985)., Published as part of Lucena, Daercio A. A., Santos-Neto, Pedro E., Zanella, Fernando C. V. & Almeida, Eduardo A. B., 2022, Taxonomic review of the elampine cuckoo wasps from northeastern Brazil (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae), with the description of three new species, pp. 201-235 in Zootaxa 5213 (3) on pages 209-211, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5213.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7359903, {"references":["Cameron, P. (1888) Family Chrysididae. In: Porter, R. H. (Ed.), Biologia Centrali-Americana, 1883 - 1900, Hymenoptera. Vol. 1. Tayler and Francis, London, pp. 1 - 487.","French, L. D. (1985) Exallopyga, a new genus of Neotropical Elampinae (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, 58 (4), 620 - 625.","Mocsary, A. (1889) Monographia Chrysididarum orbis terrarum universi. Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, 643 pp.","du Buysson, R. (1901) Sur quelques Chrysidides du Musee de Vienne. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, 16 (1), 97 - 104.","Rosa, P., Madl, M., Zettel, H. & Zimmermann, D. (2020) An illustrated and annotated catalogue of the Chrysididae (Insecta: Hymenoptera) types deposited at the Natural History Museum Vienna. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, B, 122, 17 - 140.","Ducke, A. (1903) Neue sudamerikanische Chrysididen (Hym.). Zeitschrift fur Systematische Hymenopterologie und Dipterologie, 3, 129 - 136."]}

Holopyga lunae Lucena sp. nov. (Figs 13, 14) Diagnosis. Holopyga lunae sp. nov. resembles H. luzulina Dahlbom. These species are distinguished from other Brazilian Holopyga based on the combination of the following features: moderate-sized body (about 7 mm), tarsal claw with two subsidiary teeth, and shape of the head (higher than broad). The new species is distinguished from H. luzulina based on the following combination of characters: vertex densely punctate (vertex with transverse band of sparse tiny punctures in H. luzulina); lateral margin of pronotum bordered with discrete carina (lateral margin of pronotum lacking carina in H. luzulina); male S3 dark brown (male S3 metallic green in H. luzulina). Description. Holotype, male (Fig. 13). Body length: 6.9 mm. Head. High 1.2× breadth; least distance between antennal rims 0.6× MOD; scape more or less cylindrical, gently curved medially, slightly wider submedially, 2.9× longer than its maximum width; F1 length 2.1× breadth, 1.4× longer than F2, F2 slightly longer than F3; F3–F10 subequal in size; F11 somewhat truncate apically; lower medial margin of clypeus straight; subantennal distance about 0.6× MOD; malar space shorter than 0.5× MOD; POL 2.1× OL; 0.8× OOL; lateral ocelli linked with transverse shallow sulcus; inner ocular margin slightly convergent submedially, LID 1.3× scape length; eye height 1.7× breadth. Mesosoma. Anterior declivity of pronotum with shallow medial pit, lateral margin bordered with discrete carina; notaulus and parapsidal signum faintly marked; R1 2 v very short, barely visible; inner margin of tarsal claw with two subsidiary teeth. Metasoma. T3 slightly depressed postero-medially, apical margin slightly truncate, with faintly marked medial notch, lateral margin slightly angulate. Coloration. Head mostly metallic green, with purplish blue tints around ocelli; base of mandible green with faint purplish blue reflection; golden highlights basally on inner margin of compound eye and on upper gena; scape, pedicel and base of stipe metallic green; apex of clypeus, half mandible and flagellomeres brown; mesosoma mainly metallic green, with purple tints anteriorly on pronotum, scutum, and posteriorly on metapectal-propodeal complex; bluish highlights on lateral pronotum, and metapleuron-propodeum; golden highlights on pronotal lobe, mesopleuron, and legs; tegula brown; wing membrane light fuscous with brown veins; coxa, femur, tibia and outer surface of basitarsomere green; distal tarsomeres and inner surface of basitarsomeres light brown; dorsum of metasoma mainly metallic green with light bluish highlights on terga; disc of anterior declivity of T1 purplish brown; T2 with anterior transverse purplish blue band; golden highlights laterally on terga, brighter on T3; T3 distal edge hyaline; laterotergites mostly metallic green, with dark margins; S1–S2 metallic green, S3 dark brown. Sculpture. Vertex and frons densely sculptured, becoming sparser on gena and lower on face; scapal basin densely cross-ridged, with small punctures marginally; clypeus punctulate, sparser on disc; scape densely punctulate; gena rugose-striate, with distinct longitudinal ridge; dorsum of mesosoma and mesopleuron densely foveate, larger and deeper on metanotum; lateral pronotal depression and metapleuron-propodeum with transverse striae; posterior mesopleuron slightly striate; outer surface of legs punctulate, except tarsomeres; dorsum of metasoma heavily sculptured, with double, dense, punctation pattern, with small punctures among larger foveae, becoming transversely ridged lateroposteriorly on T1–T2, and anterolaterally on T3; anterior declivity of T1 mostly impunctate, with only marginal punctures; laterotergites of T1–T2 sparsely punctulate, becoming denser on laterotergite of T3; S1–S2 sparsely punctulate, becoming much denser on S3. Vestiture. Head with short, sparse, pale setae on vertex, becoming longer and denser on frons, along inner ocular margin, gena, and occiput; scapal basin glabrous; clypeus with long, sparse, pale setae, becoming denser marginally; distal margin of galea and mandible with long, sparse, gold setae; scape with short, gold setae; flagellomeres with short, suberect, pale setae; eye glabrous (magnification above 100×); dorsum of mesosoma with short, erect, sparse, yellowish pale setae, becoming longer and denser on scutum and scutellum; propleuron with long, dense, pale setae; lateral pronotum and metapleuron-propodeum almost glabrous, except for some sparse marginal setae; wing membrane entirely setose; coxae and femora with long, dense, pale setae; protibia with some outstanding, long, pale setae; meso- and metatibiae with short, dense, even, pale setae; venter of tarsomeres with dense, even, spine-like setae; dorsum of metasoma with short, suberect, pale setae; S1 and S2 with long, sparse, pale setae; S3 with long, dense, pale setae. Female (Fig. 14). Same as male, except: F1 length 2.4× breadth; F11 not truncate; LID 1.4× scape; eye with microtrichia; flagellomeres with short, decumbent, pale setae; lacking golden highlights on head, pronotum and metasoma; S3 metallic green; T3 not depressed postero-medially; T3 apical margin not truncate, lacking medial notch, and lateral margin not angulate. Material examined. Holotype ♂. BRAZIL, Sergipe: Canindé de São Francisco, Sta. Maria, 20.vi.2005, Debora Moura leg. / 23885 UFPE / L172 P874, Waltheria indica (RPSP). Allotype ♀: Canindé de São Francisco, Cana Brava, 30.viii.2002 / 10391 UFPE / L140 P755, Melochia tomentosa (RPSP: 1♀); other paratypes: Canindé de São Francisco, Poço Verde, 24.v.2005 / 22577 UFPE / L132 P994, Cissus erosa (RPSP: 1♂); Canindé de São Francisco, Cana Brava, 30.viii.2002 / 10292 UFPE / L139 P874, Waltheria indica (RPSP: 1♀). Alagoas: Piranhas, Poço da Ingazeira, Mata Ciliar, 29.vi.2005, Debora Moura leg. / 23914 UFPE / L180 P1191, Hydrolea spinosa / 23998 UFPE / L180 P1063, Tephrosia purpurea (CEDU-UNILA: 2♂ 1♀). Distribution. BRAZIL (Alagoas, Sergipe) (Fig. 17). Host. Unknown. Floral records. Waltheria indica (Malvaceae), Cissus erosa (Vitaceae), Melochia tomentosa (Malvaceae), Hydrolea spinosa (Hydroleaceae), and Tephrosia purpurea (Fabaceae). Remarks. The holotype is missing part of the right antenna, and right pro- and mesolegs. Male paratypes are lacking parts of their legs and flagellomeres. The allotype and the female paratype are lacking parts of their legs. Rosa & Xu (2015) designated the lectotype for H. luzulina Dahlbom and provided photographs of the male typespecimen hosted in the MRSN. Type locality of this species is an unknown locality in Brazil. We have examined one couple from Ribeirão Preto (São Paulo state, southeastern Brazil —RPSP), and the male precisely matches the original description and diagnostic features observed in the images of the male lectotype of this species. According to Kimsey & Bohart (1991), H. luzulina is widespread in the Neotropical region, reaching the south of the Nearctic region through Mexico and southwest USA, though, we did not find this species sympatric with H. lunae sp. nov. Etymology. The new species is named after Danielle Luna, first author´s wife., Published as part of Lucena, Daercio A. A., Santos-Neto, Pedro E., Zanella, Fernando C. V. & Almeida, Eduardo A. B., 2022, Taxonomic review of the elampine cuckoo wasps from northeastern Brazil (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae), with the description of three new species, pp. 201-235 in Zootaxa 5213 (3) on pages 222-225, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5213.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7359903, {"references":["Rosa, P. & Xu, Z. (2015) Annotated type catalogue of the Chrysididae (Insecta, Hymenoptera) deposited in the collection of Maximilian Spinola (1780 - 1857), Turin. Zookeys, 471, 1 - 96. https: // doi. org / 10.3897 / zookeys. 471.6558","Kimsey, L. S. & Bohart, R. M. (1991 [\" 1990 \"]) The Chrysidid Wasps of the World. Oxford Science Publications, New York, New York, 652 pp."]}

Holopyga piliventris Ducke, 1907 (Figs 15, 16) Holopyga piliventris Ducke, 1907: 95. Lectotype ♂, designated here. BRAZIL, Maranhão: Codó, 22.vi.1907, A. Ducke (MZSP #04578: examined). Extended diagnosis (male). Body size: 3.9 mm. Head predominantly metallic green; vertex with transverse dark purple band; scape brownish green; pedicel and flagellomeres brown; mandible brown; frons densely foveate changing abruptly on scapal basin, becoming densely cross-ridged, with some marginal punctures; vertex densely sculptured, with low ridges and small punctures inserted among large foveae, becoming slightly striate around ocelli; clypeus finely punctulate; lateral ocelli with discrete shallow depression, linked transversely by discrete posterior line; genal carina indistinct; gena with longitudinal ridges; malar space 0.3× MOD; subantennal distance 0.9× MOD; F1 1.1× F2; F2–F9 similar in size; lower medial margin of clypeus straight. Mesosoma mainly metallic green; scutum and scutellum with dark purple tints; metanotum with bluish highlights; posterior declivity of metapectalpropodeal complex dark purple, with bluish highlights; posterior propodeal projection green; legs mainly metallic light green, tarsi light brown; tegula brown; wing membrane light fuscous with brown veins; dorsum of mesosoma and mesopleuron densely foveate, larger and deeper on metanotum; notaulus and parasidal signum faintly marked; posterior mesopleuron striate; profemur somewhat striate basally on outer surface; inner margin of tarsal claw with one subsidiary tooth; inner spurs of meso- and metatibia serrated; Rs&M 2 v smoothly curved submedially. Metasoma mainly metallic green, with purplish blue highlights marginally on terga; disk of T1–T2 with wide dark band; sterna entirely dark brown; T2 and T3 with marginal semitranslucent rim; T3 distal margin evenly round; terga densely foveate, with shallow marginal micropunctures among foveae; sterna punctate. Dorsum of body with abundant, short, sub-erect, yellowish pale setae; compound eye with very short and sparse microtrichia, most visible marginally (in oblique view, magnification above 100×); legs abundantly setose, tarsomeres with spine-like, thick, even setae; wing membrane entirely setose; abundant, decumbent, yellowish pale setae on metasomal terga; S2–S3 with relatively long, pale setae. Female (Fig. 16). Same as male, except: body mainly metallic bluish green with dark purple bands; scape green; F1 1.3× F2; posterior mesopleuron smooth, non-striate; terga finely foveate, lacking marginal shallow micropunctures among foveae; T3 slightly truncate medially. Variation. Specimens vary from 3.8 to 4.3 mm in total body length. The shorter measurements (2.5–3 mm) given in the original description by Ducke (1907) may be incorrect. Material examined. Lectotype ♂. BRAZIL, Maranhão: Codó, 22.vi.1907, A. Ducke (MZSP 04578). Bahia: Jequié, campus UESB II, Malaise III, 9.xii.2006, Silva-Júnior J. C. & cols. (CEDU-UNILA: 1♀). Same data as preceding, except: 25.xi.2006 (CEDU-UNILA: 1♀). Ceará: Caridade, 05.v.1909, A. Ducke (MPEG: 1♀). Crateús, 05°11′20″S 40°42′35″W, 06.v.2014, Almeida, Lucena & Tavares (RPSP: 1♀). Paraíba: Sumé, Sítio Pitombeira / Valdemir, Malaise, 07°41′22″S 36°56′46.5″W, 533m, 02.x.2010, H. M. Sousa (UFMG 1202319: 1♀). Distribution. BRAZIL (Bahia, Ceará, Maranhão, Paraíba) (Fig. 17). Host. Unknown. Remarks. This species belongs to Holopyga as clearly evidenced by the scapal basin transversely cross-ridged, transverse shallow sulcus linking lateral ocelli, notaulus faintly marked or indistinct, profemur ventrally expanded, and mesopleuron sharply bordered with carina (see also Krombein 1969, Kimsey 1982, and Kimsey & Bohart 1991). Notwithstanding, this species and at least three other Nearctic and Neotropical species have a suite of unusual diagnostic characteristics (H. wagnerella du Buysson, 1901, H. mimeca Kimsey, 1982 [in Bohart & Kimsey 1982], and H. rudis Kimsey, 1982 [in Bohart & Kimsey 1982]): reduced body size (shorter than 5 mm), tarsal claw with single subsidiary tooth or with one subapical tooth and one basal tooth, indistinct genal carina, Rs&M 2 v short and smoothly curved submedially, and metasomal sterna dark brown. These characteristics readily distinguished these species from other Holopyga (see Bohart & Kimsey 1982) and they may constitute a subgroup within the genus. Lucena & Almeida (2022) placed H. wagnerella (a species closely resembled to H. piliventris) as sister to the remaining species of Holopyga. If these distinct Holopyga represent another Elampini group, or may form a subgroup within Holopyga, this will be the subject of future analyses. Holopyga piliventris closely resembles H. wagnerella du Buysson but can be distinguished from it based on the following combination of characteristics: vertex with transverse dark band (vertex without distinct dark band in H. wagnerella); and T2 with marginal semitranslucent rim (T2 with indistinctly narrow translucent rim in H. wagnerella). Additionally, the punctation of metasomal terga in H. piliventris is comparatively finer and sparser (coarser and denser in H. wagnerella). Ducke (1907) described Holopyga piliventris based on an unknown number of syntypes (males and females) from Codó and Caxias (Maranhão state), collected in June 1907. The male specimen housed at MZSP had a handwritten label “cotype” and a yellow paralectotype indication labelled by L. French. Another male from Codó, collected on 24 th June 1907, was labelled as lectotype by L. French and it is currently housed at the MNHN (Paolo Rosa, person. comm.). The lectotype designation by L. French was never published, and we were unable to locate other type specimens from Caxias supposedly housed at two collections: MZSP and MPEG. In accordance with the articles 72–74 of the Code (ICZN 1999), and to ensure stability on this case, we designate here the male cotype specimen housed at MZSP from Codó as the lectotype for H. piliventris Ducke, 1907. Hereinafter the male specimen housed at MNHN should be considered a paralectotype. The whereabouts of other paralectotypes remain unknown. The presently known geographical records of this species are restricted to northeastern Brazil and include sites typically of the caatinga vegetation (Fig. 17). The female specimen illustrated in the Figure 16 is from Crateús, Ceará state., Published as part of Lucena, Daercio A. A., Santos-Neto, Pedro E., Zanella, Fernando C. V. & Almeida, Eduardo A. B., 2022, Taxonomic review of the elampine cuckoo wasps from northeastern Brazil (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae), with the description of three new species, pp. 201-235 in Zootaxa 5213 (3) on pages 225-228, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5213.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7359903, {"references":["Ducke, A. (1907) Contribution a la connaissance de la faune hymenopterogique du Nord-Est du Bresil. Revue d'Entomologie, 26, 73 - 96.","Krombein, K. V. (1969) The generic placement of two Nearctic Holopyga with biological notes (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 71 (3), 351 - 361.","Kimsey, L. S. (1982) A new North American chrysidid genus and redescription of the genus Pseudolopyga Krombein (Elampinae, Hymenoptera). The Pan-Pacific Entomologist, 57 (2), 351 - 358.","Kimsey, L. S. & Bohart, R. M. (1991 [\" 1990 \"]) The Chrysidid Wasps of the World. Oxford Science Publications, New York, New York, 652 pp.","du Buysson, R. (1901) Sur quelques Chrysidides du Musee de Vienne. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, 16 (1), 97 - 104.","Bohart, R. M. & Kimsey, L. S. (1982) A synopsis of the Chrysididae in America North of Mexico. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, 33, 1 - 266.","Lucena, D. A. A. & Almeida, E. A. B. (2022) Morphology and Bayesian tip-dating recover deep Cretaceous-age divergences among major chrysidid lineages (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 194, 36 - 79. https: // doi. org / 10.1093 / zoolinnean / zlab 010"]}

Genus Holopyga Dahlbom This genus comprises nearly 100 described species around the world, generally composed of large heavy-bodied wasps, some of them attacking ground-nesting Crabronidae (e.g., Kimsey & Bohart 1991). So far, the sole confirmed host record for the Brazilian species is Solierella minarum Ducke, 1907 attacked by Holopyga wagnerella du Buysson, 1904 (Rocha-Filho et al. 2019). Holopyga is readily distinguished from other Elampini genera based on the following combination of characters: scapal basin transversely cross-ridged; genal carina present; Rs&M 2 v abruptly bent medially and diverging from M+Cu 2 v before cu-a 2 v; 1Cu 2 c and R 2 c with setae; tarsal claw with two or more subsidiary teeth (rarely with one); mesopleuron distinctly carinate and angulate; and notauli usually faintly marked.According to Kimsey & Bohart (1991), there are six species recorded to Brazil: H. boutheryi Brèthes, 1902, H. iheringi du Buysson, 1901, H. luzulina Dahlbom, 1854, H. piliventris Ducke, 1907, H. ujkelyiana Mocsáry, 1914, and H. wagnerella du Buysson, 1904. Three species are found in northeastern Brazil, H. iheringi, H. piliventris, and a new species is herein described., Published as part of Lucena, Daercio A. A., Santos-Neto, Pedro E., Zanella, Fernando C. V. & Almeida, Eduardo A. B., 2022, Taxonomic review of the elampine cuckoo wasps from northeastern Brazil (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae), with the description of three new species, pp. 201-235 in Zootaxa 5213 (3) on page 219, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5213.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7359903, {"references":["Kimsey, L. S. & Bohart, R. M. (1991 [\" 1990 \"]) The Chrysidid Wasps of the World. Oxford Science Publications, New York, New York, 652 pp.","Ducke, A. (1907) Contribution a la connaissance de la faune hymenopterogique du Nord-Est du Bresil. Revue d'Entomologie, 26, 73 - 96.","du Buysson, R. (1904) Contribution aux Chrysidides du globe (5 ª Serie). Revue d'Entomologie, 23, 253 - 275.","Rocha-Filho, L. C., Moure-Oliveira, D., Carvalho, S. M., Frantine-Silva, W. & Augusto, S. C. (2019) Diversity and host - parasite interactions of cavity-nesting Hymenoptera communities in the Brazilian Savannah. Journal of Insect Conservation, 23, 651 - 665. https: // doi. org / 10.1007 / s 10841 - 019 - 00157 - 7","Brethes, J. (1902) Contributions a l'etude des Hymenopteres de l'Amerique du Sud et specialement de la Republique Argentine: Les Chrysidides. Anales del Museo Nacional de Buenos Aires, 3 (1), 263 - 294.","du Buysson, R. (1901) Sur quelques Chrysidides du Musee de Vienne. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, 16 (1), 97 - 104.","Dahlbom, A. G. (1854) Hymenoptera Europaea praecipue borealia, formis typicis nonnullis specierum generumve Exoticorum aut Extraneorum propter nexum systematicum associatis, per familias, genera, species et varietates disposita atque descripta. 2. Chrysis in sensu Linnaeano. Friedrich Nicolai, Berlin, xxiv + 412 pp. + 12 pls. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 15890","Mocsary, A. (1914) Chrysididae plerumque exoticae novae. Annales Musei Nationalis Hungarici, 12, 1 - 72."]}

Hedychrum oxente Lucena & Zanella sp. nov. (Figs 6, 7, 8A–C) Diagnosis. This species resembles Hedychrum neotropicum Mocsáry but can be distinguished from H. neotropicum based on the following combination of characters: mesotibial fovea height 1.4× breadth, metatibial fovea height 1.3× breadth (height 1.7× and 2.2× breadth in H. neotropicum, respectively); vertex and dorsum of meso- and metasoma with distinctive purplish-blue bands (faintly spotted in H. neotropicum); and T2 with large dark purplishblue spot (T2 with discrete bluish highlight in H. neotropicum). Description. Holotype, female (Fig. 6). Body length: 6.4 mm. Head. Breadth 1.2× high; least distance between antennal rims 0.7× MOD; scape 2.8× longer than its maximum width; F1 length 1.8× breadth, 1.6× F2, F2 slightly longer than F3; F3–F10 subequal in size; F11 slightly longer than F10; lower medial margin of clypeus straight; subantennal distance 0.5× MOD; malar space shorter than 0.2× MOD; gena progressively narrowed on half lower portion; POL 2× OL; 0.7× OOL; LID 1.7× scape length; eye height 1.3× breadth. Mesosoma. Anterolateral corner of pronotum bordered with discrete carina; lateral pronotal depression striate, with distinct lower pit; notaulus and parapsidal signum faintly marked; R1 2 v very short, barely visible; 2r-rs 2 v 1.9× longer than cu-a 2 v; mesotibial fovea height 1.4× breadth; metatibial fovea height 1.3× breadth; outer apical margin of tibiae with short, even, spines; meso- and metabasitarsomere with crown of short, evenly-sized, spines; venter of tarsomeres with apical, irregularly-sized, spines. Coloration. Head mostly metallic green, with purplish blue tints on vertex; base of mandible green; discrete golden highlights on frons and scapal basin; scape metallic green; pedicel and base of stipe bluish green; apex of clypeus, half distal portion of mandible and flagellomeres brown; mesosoma mainly metallic green, with medial purplish-blue bands on pronotum, scutum, scutellum; posterior declivity of metapectal-propodeal complex with purplish blue tints; bluish highlights on lateral procoxa, pronotum, and metapleuron-propodeum; tegula brown, with greenish highlight anteriorly; wing membrane light fuscous with brown veins; legs mostly metallic green, with discrete golden highlights on tibiae; basitarsomeres greenish brown, distal tarsomeres light brown; dorsum of metasoma mainly metallic green; T1 with posterior transverse bluish purple band; T2 with wide, dark, bluish purple spot occupying much of disc; T3 with T-like, anteromedial bluish purple band; T3 distal rim hyaline basolaterally; S1, S3, and laterotergites dark brown; S2 mostly dark brown, with metallic green band occupying half posterior portion. Sculpture. Vertex and frons densely foveate-punctate, except discrete impunctate polished area beside each lateral ocellus; lower gena longitudinally striate; scapal basin densely cross-ridged, upper border with impunctate, polished, transverse stripe; lower face punctulate-striate; clypeus punctulate-striate marginally, becoming sparser and non-striate on disc; scape punctulate; dorsum of mesosoma and mesopleuron densely foveate, larger and deeper on metanotum; scutellum with tiny punctures inserted on interspaces among larger foveae; lateral pronotum, posterior mesopleuron and half lower portion of metapleuron-propodeum transversely striate; upper half portion of metapleuron-propodeum distinctively polished; ventral surface of femora punctulate, distinctively denser on metafemora; metasomal terga densely sculptured becoming finer medially, particularly on T1 and T2; T3 slightly rugulose marginally; sterna punctulate, denser on laterotergites. Vestiture. Head with short, sparse, castaneous setae on vertex, becoming paler, sparser and longer on gena and occiput; clypeus with sparse, pale setae marginally; labrum with relatively long, castaneous, setae; outer surface of mandible with short, pale setae; scape with short, suberect, pale setae; flagellomeres with short, suberect, pale setae; eye glabrous (magnification above 100×); dorsum of mesosoma with short, erect, sparse, castaneous setae, denser on pronotum; propleuron with long, sparse, pale setae; wing membrane entirely setose; legs with abundant setae, femora and tibiae with some outstanding, long, yellowish pale setae; venter of tarsomeres with dense, evenly-sized, spine-like setae; dorsum of metasoma with abundant, suberect, yellowish pale setae, denser and longer on T3; S2 and S3 with long, dense, yellowish pale setae, denser and longer distally on S3. Male (Fig. 7). Same as female, except: scape 3.3× longer than its maximum width; POL 2.3× OL; eye height 1.4× breadth; 2r-rs 2 v just slightly longer than cu-a 2 v; outer apical margin of tibiae with short, irregularly-sized, spines; mesobasitarsomere lacking crown of spines; pre-apical swelling of T3 discernible only laterally; fainter bluish-purple bands on vertex, dorsum of mesosoma, and T3; metathorax bluer; sterna mostly dark brown, with metallic green band on disc of S2–S3; sculpturing of metasomal terga slightly coarser. Variation. Specimens vary from 5.8 to 6.6 mm in total body length. Material examined. Holotype ♀. BRAZIL, Paraíba: Prata, PA Zé Marcolino/ Anselmo, 07°38′3.74″S 37°1′24.98″W, 17.ix.2010, A. Silva (UFMG 1201713). Allotype ♂: Ceará: Ubajara, 03°50′50″S 40°53′23″W, 22.x.2011, F. C. V. Zanella (CEDU-UNILA: 1♂). Other paratypes: Baturité, 04°20′09″S 38°52′19″W, 30.iv.2014, Almeida, Lucena & Tavares (RPSP: 1♂). Baturité, 25.vii.1908, A. Ducke (MPEG: 1♀); 13.vii.1908 (MPEG 03006013: 1♂). Distribution. BRAZIL (Ceará, Paraíba) (Fig. 9). Host. Unknown. Remarks. The coarsely contiguous sculptured integument of H. oxente sp. nov., particularly on pronotum and metasoma, readily distinguish this species from H. neotropicum (see Fig. 8). The distinctive purplish-blue tints on vertex and dorsum of meso- and metasoma, and the large dark purplish-blue spot on T2 are also diagnostics for this species. The holotype and the allotype were collected in September and October, the peak of the dry season in the region. Coloration and vestiture of two paratypes from Baturité-CE in the MPEG are severely altered. We could assign them to H. oxente sp. nov. based on the shape of the metatibial fovea, the coarse and contiguous sculpturing on pronotum, and the large dark purplish-blue spot on T2. Three male specimens from Codó (Maranhão state, 17.vi.1907, A. Ducke, MPEG) previously recorded for northeastern Brazil as H. neotropicum (Ducke 1907, 1913) may represent a distinct species (see the Discussion section below). Because the coloration and vestiture of these male specimens are poorly preserved, we could not confidently assign them to H. oxente sp. nov., H. neotropicum, or interpret them as another new species. These three male specimens from Codó are therefore left unidentified until a confident conclusion can be drawn from their morphology. Etymology. “ oxente ” is a neutral interjection word. This is an expression spoken in northeastern Brazil to state admiration, astonishment, surprise.

Ipsiura pilifrons (Cameron, 1888) (Figs 163���167) Chrysis pilifrons Cameron, 1888: 465. Holotype �� [examined by photos]: PANAMA (BMNH). Chrysis stenops Mocs��ry, 1889. Lectotype ♀ [not examined]: MEXICO: Tampico. Designed by Bohart, in Kimsey & Bohart (1991: 511). Synonymized by Kimsey & Bohart (1991: 511). Neochrysis (Ipsiura) pilifrons: Bohart 1966: 142. Ipsiura pilifrons: Bohart 1985: 711. Diagnosis. Ipsiura pilifrons most closely resembles I. oaxacae Bohart and I. genbergi (Dahlbom). It can be distinguished from these species by the T3 with six acute distal teeth (broadly obtuse in I. oaxacae), and without lateral whitish spot (spot present in I. genbergi). Additionally, I. pilifrons can be distinguished from other Ipsiura species by: TFC interrupted medially, with a well-marked secondary lateral facial carina; T3 without prepit swelling, pit row obsolescent, partially covered by anterior crease, and shape of S2 spots (Fig. 166). Male description. Body (Fig. 163). Length: 6.3 mm. Coloration: head predominantly green, with faint dark green highlights on vertex; F1 green, F2 greenish brown; mesosoma metallic green, with faint purplish highlights on dorsum, especially of pronotum and mesoscutum; metasoma metallic green, with faint transverse purplish blue stripes on dorsum of T1 and T2, bluish highlights on T3, without lateral whitish spot; wing membrane light brown, with brown veins; femora and tibiae greenish; tarsi brown, meso- and hind basitarsi bluish green. Head: TFC enclosing the median ocellus, widely interrupted medially (Fig. 164); secondary lateral facial carina clearly marked; F1 longer than broad, 1.3�� as long as F2; scapal basin densely covered with silvery pubescence. Mesosoma: fore femur without flattened area or ventral tooth-like projection on outer surface of distal margin, diameter of distal area about one-half of diameter of proximal area; fore wing with short M distal to discoidal cell, R1 shorter than stigma (as in Fig. 190); dorsal surface of pronotum wider than head; lower lateral pronotal surface almost impunctate anteriorly, with distinct posterior area delimited by transverse ridge; metanotum rounded, slightly raised posteriorly, not projecting above propodeal surface in lateral view; mesopleural lower posterior margin carinate, with indistinct tooth-like projections. Metasoma: T3 with six acute distal teeth (Fig. 165), pit row partially covered by anterior crease, without prepit swelling; S2 spots medium-sized, weakly separated medially (Fig. 166). Punctation: outer surface of fore femur impunctate; largest punctures on T1, mesopleuron and metanotum; T3 with definite, shallow punctures. Female. Same as male, except for the characteristic shape of S2 spots as shown in Fig. 166. Variation. Body length 6.3���7.9 mm. Hosts. Unknown. Distribution. Colombia (Valle del Cauca); Costa Rica (Guanacaste); Mexico (Tamaulipas, Vera Cruz); Nicaragua (Rivas); Panama; Surinam (Wanica); Venezuela (Aragua) (Fig. 167). Material examined. PANAMA: Boucard? / Holotype �� (BMNH). Additional material. COLOMBIA: Valle del Cauca, Atuncela 10. xii.1974, 1 ��, coll. R. Wilkerson [BME]. COSTA RICA: Guanacaste, Can��s 11. i.1991, 1 �� 2♀, coll. F.D. Parker [BME]. Playas del Coco 18. vii.1965, 1 ��, coll. R.D. Sage [BME]. EJN 14 KmS Ca��as 15.ii. 199, 1♀, coll. F.D. Parker [BME]. MEXICO: Tamaulipas 1♀ [BME]. Vera Cruz, Cordoba 6. vii.1966, 1 �� 1♀, coll. J.S. Buckett, M.R. & R.C. Gardner [BME]. NICARAGUA: Rivas, San Juan del Sur 3. v.1988, 1 ♀, coll L.J Clark [BME]. PANAMA, 1♀ [BME]. SURINAM: Kwatta 1. ii.1961, 1 ♀, coll. D.C. Geijskes [BME]. VENEZUELA: Aragua, El Lim��n 15. ii.1986, 1 ♀, coll. Miller & L.A. Stange [BME]. Comments. The redescription above is based on male from Mexico: Vera Cruz, Cordoba., Published as part of Lucena, Daercio A. A., Kimsey, Lynn S. & Almeida, Eduardo A. B., 2016, The Neotropical cuckoo wasp genus Ipsiura Linsenmaier, 1959 (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae): revision of the species occurring in Brazil, pp. 1-71 in Zootaxa 4165 (1) on pages 58-60, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4165.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/267533, {"references":["Cameron, P. (1888) Family Chrysididae. In: Porter, R. H. (Ed.), Biologia Centrali-Americana, 1883 - 1900, Hymenoptera Vol. 1. Tayler and Francis, London. pp. 1 - 487.","Mocsary, A. (1889) Monographia Chrysididarum Orbis Terrarum Universi. Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, 643 pp.","Kimsey, L. S. & Bohart, R. M. (1991 [\" 1990 \"]) The Chrysidid Wasps of the World. Oxford Science Publications, New York, NY, 652 pp.","Bohart, R. M. (1966 [\" 1963 \"]) The genus Neochrysis in America north of Mexico (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae). Bulletin of the Entomological Society of Washington, 58 (5), 44 - 139.","Bohart, R. M. (1985) New Ipsiura and a key to known species of the genus (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, 58 (4), 708 - 720."]}

Ipsiura nigriventer Bohart, 1985 (Figs 141���146) Ipsiura nigriventer Bohart, 1985: 717. Holotype �� [examined]: MEXICO: Oaxaca, Matias Romero (BME). Diagnosis. Ipsiura nigriventer most closely resembles I. leucocheila (Mocs��ry) and I. leucocheiloides (Ducke). It can be distinguished from these and other Ipsiura species by the following combination of characters: fore wing with long M distal to discoidal cell (short M in I. leucocheila and I. leucocheiloides); integument of propodeal foveae dull (polished, shiny in all other Ipsiura species) and the unusual large S2 spots (medium-sized in I. leucocheila and I. leucocheiloides). Female description. Body (Fig. 141). Length: 8.1 mm. Coloration: head predominantly green, with dark blue highlights on vertex; F1 greenish brown; mesosoma metallic green, with bluish purple transverse stripes on dorsum of pronotum, mesoscutum with broad purplish blue band; metasoma metallic green, with transverse bluish purple stripes on dorsum of T2 and faintly marked on T1; integument of propodeal surface dull; T3 with dark bluish highlights, narrow lateral whitish spot basolaterally; wing membrane light brown, with brown veins; femora and tibiae green; tarsi brown, meso- and hind basitarsus green. Head: TFC forming an incomplete arc, interrupted medially (Fig. 142); F1 longer than broad, 1.3�� as long as F2; scapal basin with silvery pubescence. Mesosoma: fore femur with discrete flattened area on outer surface of distal margin, diameter of distal area subequal to diameter of proximal area; fore wing with long M distal to discoidal cell, ending near distal wing margin, R1 very short (Fig. 145); dorsal surface of pronotum wider than head; lower lateral pronotal surface smooth, sparse punctures anteriorly, without distinct posterior area delimited by transverse ridge; metanotum with deep punctation, appearing faintly cristate; mesopleural lower posterior margin carinate, with distinct tooth-like projections. Metasoma: T3 with four acute distal teeth (Fig. 143), pit row well-developed, indicated by large foveae, prepit swelling very low, sloping gently; S2 spots unusual large, touching medially (Fig. 144). Punctation: fore femur coarsely punctate on outer surface; largest punctures on T1, mesopleuron and metanotum. Male. Same as female, except for the characteristic shape of S2 spots as shown in Fig. 144, the broad dark band occupying much of the dorsum of meso- and metasoma, and the femora with plusome long silvery setae. Variation. Despite the widespread distribution, I. nigriventer is quite morphologically uniform. The most conspicuous variation observed in this species is body length and coloration. The specimens from southeastern USA to Costa Rica are as longer as holotype, and predominantly bluish as holotype. On the other hand, the Brazilian specimens, especially the specimens collected in S��o Paulo: Luis Antonio (LRRP) and Minas Gerais: Marli��ria (UFES) are smaller (about 7.1���7.8 mm) and predominantly green (as seen in Figs 141���143). Host. Unknown. Distribution. Brazil (AM, MG, MT, PA, SP); Costa Rica (Guanacaste); Mexico (Michoac��n, Oaxaca, Yucat��n); USA (Texas) (Fig. 146). Material examined. MEXICO: Oaxaca, 23 mi south Matias Romero, viii.14.1963, F.D. Parker & L.A. Stange / Holotype �� (BME). MEXICO: Michoac��n, 11 mi East Aqatzingan 20.viii.1954 coll. E.G. Linsley, J.W. MacSwain and R.F. Smith / Paratype 1♀ [BME]. Oaxaca, 23 mi south Matias Romero 14.viii.1963 coll. F.D. Parker & L.A. Stange / Paratype 1�� [BME]. USA: Texas, Valley Botan. Garden McAllen Hidal County 26.xi.1981 coll. C. Porter / Paratype 1♀ [BME]. Additional material. BRAZIL: Amazonas, Iranduba, Ramal do Caldeir��o 17.xi.2011, 1♀, coll. Somavilla & Azevedo [INPA]. Mato Grosso, Rio Caraguana iii.1953, 1 ♀, coll. Fritz Plaumann [BME]. Minas Gerais, Marli��ria 14.xi.2002, 1♀, coll. J.C.R. Fontenelle [UFES]. Same data except 24.x.2002, 1♀ [UFES], 28.x.2007, 1♀ [UFES]. Par��, ��bidos, 1♀, coll. A. Ducke [MZUSP]. S��o Paulo, Luis Ant��nio, Est. Ecol. Jata�� 27.ix.2007, 2♀, coll. N.W. Perioto [LRRP]. Same data except 24.x.2007, 2♀ [LRRP], 12.xi.2008, 1♀ [LRRP]. COSTA RICA: Guanacaste, Can��s 28.x.1989, 1♀, coll. F.D. Parker [BME]. Comments. The redescription above is based on a female from Brazil: Amazonas, Iranduba., Published as part of Lucena, Daercio A. A., Kimsey, Lynn S. & Almeida, Eduardo A. B., 2016, The Neotropical cuckoo wasp genus Ipsiura Linsenmaier, 1959 (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae): revision of the species occurring in Brazil, pp. 1-71 in Zootaxa 4165 (1) on pages 52-53, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4165.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/267533, {"references":["Bohart, R. M. (1985) New Ipsiura and a key to known species of the genus (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, 58 (4), 708 - 720."]}

Ipsiura ellampoides (Ducke, 1902) (Figs 52���56) Chrysis ellampoides Ducke, 1902: 98. Lectotype ♀ [examined by photos]: BRAZIL: Par�� (MNHN). Designed by Bohart, in Kimsey & Bohart (1991: 509). Neochrysis (Ipsiura) ellampoides: Bohart 1966: 142. Ipsiura ellampoides: Bohart 1985: 709. Diagnosis. Ipsiura ellampoides most closely resembles I. marginalis (Brull��). It can be distinguished from that species by the following combination of characters: TFC producing a round enclosure, lacking a secondary lateral carina (rectangular-shaped, with a small secondary facial carina clearly marked in I. marginalis); lower posterior mesopleural carina without blunt teeth (strongly carinate, with a knob-like projection in I. marginalis), and metanotum slightly projecting above the propodeal surface (strongly projecting in I. marginalis). Additionally, I. ellampoides is readily distinguished from other Ipsiura species by the following combination of characters: fore wing with long M distal to discoidal cell and T3 with four very obtuse, deflected, downward distal teeth. Female description. Body (Fig. 52). Length: 9 mm. Coloration: head predominantly green, with faint bluish highlights on vertex; F1 brownish green; mesosoma metallic green, with faint bluish highlights on dorsum, particularly on pronotum and mesoscutum; metasoma metallic green, with conspicuous transverse purplish stripes on T1 and T2; T3 with lateral whitish spot; wing membrane light brown, with brown veins; femora and tibiae greenish; tarsi brown, hind basitarsus green. Head: TFC enclosing the median ocellus, round-shaped, completely closed medially, without secondary facial carina (Fig. 53); F1 longer than broad, 1.4�� as long as F2; scapal basin covered with silvery pubescence laterally, with narrow median polished stripe. Mesosoma: fore femur without flattened area or ventral tooth-like projection on outer surface of distal margin, diameter of distal area about onehalf diameter of proximal area; fore wing with long M distal to discoidal cell, ending near distal wing margin, R1 short, obsolescent (as in Fig. 145), medial cell asetose, sparse setae only distally; dorsal surface of pronotum wider than head; lower lateral pronotal surface smooth, sparse punctation anteriorly, without distinct posterior area delimited by transverse ridge; metanotum elongate, projecting above the propodeal surface; mesopleural lower posterior margin carinate, with distinct equally separated tooth-like projections. Metasoma: T3 with four broadly obtuse distal teeth, usually strongly deflected, downward (Fig. 54), pit row vestigial, indicated by shallow pits, prepit swelling strongly convex; S2 spots medium-sized, medially separated by one-half spot diameter (Fig. 55). Punctation: tiny and well-separated punctures on outer surface of fore femur; largest punctures on T1, mesopleuron and metanotum; T3 with shallow, well-separated punctures, shiny interspaces. Male. Unknown. Variation. One specimen from Brazil: Cear��, Barbalha (BME) is uncommonly short, about 6.6 mm. Other specimens are at least longer than 7.8 mm (Brazil: Mato Grosso���BME; Paraguay: San Pedro Caballero���BME) and most of them are about 9 mm (Brazil: Par��, S��o Paulo; Surinam: Lelydorp and Venezuela: Bolivar; MPEG, MZUSP and BME). Body length 6.6���9.6 mm. Hosts. Unknown. Distribution. Brazil (CE, PA, MA, MT, MS, SP); Paraguay (Amambay); Surinam (Brokopondo); Venezuela (Fig. 56). Remarks. Superficially I. ellampoides resembles I. marginalis (Brull��), which led Ducke (1911) to make this species as a junior synonym of I. marginalis (originally these species were placed in Chrysis Linnaeus, 1761). Subsequent analyses had revalidated the distinction between the entities (Bohart 1985; Linsenmaier 1985; 1997). Material examined. BRAZIL: Par�� 1.vii.1902, coll. A. Ducke / Lectotype ♀ Chrysis ellampoides Ducke (MNHN). Additional material. BRAZIL: Cear��, Barbalha v.1969, 1 ♀, coll. M. Alvarenga [BME]. Maranh��o, Bom Jardim ���REBIO-RES, Biol. Gurupi 6. xi.2010, 1 ♀, coll. F.L. Oliveira, D.W.A. Marques & E.A.S. Barbosa [INPA]. Mato Grosso, Pimentel Barbosa, Rio das Mortes x.1949, 1 ♀ [MZUSP]. Mato Grosso do Sul, Maracaj�� iv.1937, 1 ♀, coll. G. Fairchild [BME]. Par��, ��bidos 13. i.1904, 1 ♀, coll. A. Ducke [MPEG]. Same data except 20. xii.1907, 1 ♀ [MZUSP]. Santar��m ix, 1♀, coll. A. Ducke [BME]. S��o Paulo, S��o Paulo 11. ix.1966, 1 ♀, coll. V.N. Alin [BME]. PARAGUAY: Caballero 4. xi.1971, 1 ♀, coll. Pema [BME]. SURINAM: Lelydorp iv.1964, 1 ♀, coll. D.C Geijskes [BME]. VENEZUELA: Bolivar, rio Cuchivero Mantecal 150m 23. iii.1970, 1 ♀, coll. F. Fern��ndez & C.J. Rosales [BME]. Comments. The redescription above is based on a female from Brazil: Mato Grosso, Pimentel Barbosa., Published as part of Lucena, Daercio A. A., Kimsey, Lynn S. & Almeida, Eduardo A. B., 2016, The Neotropical cuckoo wasp genus Ipsiura Linsenmaier, 1959 (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae): revision of the species occurring in Brazil, pp. 1-71 in Zootaxa 4165 (1) on pages 22-24, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4165.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/267533, {"references":["Ducke, A. (1902) Neue sudamerikanische Chrysididen. Zeitschrift fur systematische Hymenopterologie und Dipterologie, 2, 97 - 104.","Kimsey, L. S. & Bohart, R. M. (1991 [\" 1990 \"]) The Chrysidid Wasps of the World. Oxford Science Publications, New York, NY, 652 pp.","Bohart, R. M. (1966 [\" 1963 \"]) The genus Neochrysis in America north of Mexico (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae). Bulletin of the Entomological Society of Washington, 58 (5), 44 - 139.","Bohart, R. M. (1985) New Ipsiura and a key to known species of the genus (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, 58 (4), 708 - 720.","Ducke, A. (1911 [\" 1909 \"]) Alla revisione dei chrysididi dello stato Brasiliano del Para (third supplement). Bollettino della Societa Entomologica Italiana, 41, 89 - 115.","Linnaeus, C. (1761) Fauna Suecia sistens Animalia Sueciae Regni: Mammalia, Aves, Amphibia, Pisces, Insecta, Vermes. Distributa per Classes et Ordines, enera et Species, cum Differentiis, Specierum, Synonymis, Auctorum, Nominibus Incolarum, Locis natalium, Descriptionibus Insectorum. Editio Altera, Auctior. Laurentius Salvius, Stockholm, 578 pp. + 2 pls. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 46380","Linsenmaier, W. (1985) Revision des genus Neochrysis Linsenmaier (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae). Entomofauna, 6 (26), 425 - 487.","Linsenmaier, W. (1997) Altes und Neues von den Chrysididen (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae). Entomofauna, 18 (19), 245 - 300."]}

Genus Ipsiura Linsenmaier, 1959 Ipsiura Linsenmaier, 1959: 74 (as subgenus of Pleurocera Gu��rin-M��neville, 1842). Type species: Chrysis marginalis Brull��, 1846, by original designation. Ipsiura: Bohart 1966: 142 (as subgenus of Neochrysis Linsenmaier, 1959). Ipsiura: Bohart 1985: 708; Kimsey 1985: 275; Kimsey & Bohart 1991: 506. Revised diagnosis of Ipsiura. Brow with a strong TFC (absent or sometimes residual in Neochrysis and Pleurochrysis); pronotum with a strong protruding nearly straight lateral carina (rounded or only sharp margins in Exochrysis, Neochrysis and Pleurochrysis); lateral metanotal tooth adjcent to propodeal tooth (in Exochrysis the metanotal lateral tooth is digitate and pointing away from propodeal angle); lateral propodeal tooth with a large, shallow, elongate fovea latero-posteriorly (regularly punctate in Exochrysis and Pleurochrysis mostly); propodeum without medial tooth (clearly protruding in Exochrysis); fore and hind femora with a basal fovea (absent in most Pleurochrysis and present only on hind femora in Exochrysis and Neochrysis); R1 vein of fore wing shorter than the stigma length or absent (clearly longer than stigma in Exochrysis and many Neochrysis and Pleurochrysis); basolateral margin of T2 without translucent edges, except in I. brevispina and I. longiventris (present in mostly species of Exochrysis, Neochrysis and Pleurochrysis); male S4 completely exposed (absent in some Pleurochrysis); male S4 about two-thirds as long as S3 (short in Exochrysis and Neochrysis); male S4 at least faintly metallic and forming a well sclerotized sclerite (in Exochrysis, Neochrysis and mostly species of Pleurochrysis only a narrow border composed by condensed setae is exposed); male S8 elongated and subtriangular (usually blunt apically in Neochrysis); genital capsule elongate, composed by long, slender, delicate elements (usually more sclerotized and robust in Exochrysis, and some Neochrysis, varying forms in Pleurochrysis)., Published as part of Lucena, Daercio A. A., Kimsey, Lynn S. & Almeida, Eduardo A. B., 2016, The Neotropical cuckoo wasp genus Ipsiura Linsenmaier, 1959 (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae): revision of the species occurring in Brazil, pp. 1-71 in Zootaxa 4165 (1) on page 6, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4165.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/267533, {"references":["Linsenmaier, W. (1959) Revision der Familie Chrysididae. Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft, 32 (1), 1 - 232.","Guerin-Meneville, F. E. (1842) Description de quelques Chrysidides nouvelle. Revue Zoologique, 5 (5), 144 - 150.","Brulle, A. (1846) Chrysides. In: Lepeletier, A. de Saint-Fargeau (Ed.), Histoire naturelle des Insectes. Hymenopteres, Vol. 4. Librairie Roret, Paris, pp. 1 - 55.","Bohart, R. M. (1966 [\" 1963 \"]) The genus Neochrysis in America north of Mexico (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae). Bulletin of the Entomological Society of Washington, 58 (5), 44 - 139.","Bohart, R. M. (1985) New Ipsiura and a key to known species of the genus (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, 58 (4), 708 - 720.","Kimsey, L. S. (1985) Distinction of the \" Neochrysis \" genera and description of new species (Chrysididae, Hymenoptera). Psyche, 92, 269 - 286. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1155 / 1985 / 64939","Kimsey, L. S. & Bohart, R. M. (1991 [\" 1990 \"]) The Chrysidid Wasps of the World. Oxford Science Publications, New York, NY, 652 pp."]}

Ipsiura prolixa Bohart, 1985 (Figs 168���172) Ipsiura prolixa Bohart, 1985: 718. Holotype �� [examined]: BRAZIL: Par��, ��bidos (BME). Diagnosis. Ipsiura prolixa most closely resembles I. klugi (Dahlbom). These species can be distinguished each other by the shape of the S2 spots (Figs 87, 171). Additionally, I. prolixa can be distinguished from other Ipsiura species by the following combination of characters: T3 with lateral whitish spot, distal margin long, with six acute distal teeth arranged in a strong arc, without distinct prepit swelling, and pit row with large, deep foveae; metanotum irregularly cristate; fore femur with definite but sparse punctation, and the TFC widely interrupted medially. Female description. Body (Fig. 168). Length: 8.4 mm. Coloration: head predominantly green, with faint bluish purple highlights on vertex; F1 brownish green; mesosoma metallic green, with bluish purple bands on dorsum, particularly on pronotum and mesoscutum; metasoma metallic green, with transverse dark purple stripes on dorsum of T1 and T2, bluish highlights on T3; T3 with lateral whitish spot; wing membrane brown, with brown veins; femora and tibiae greenish; tarsi brown, basitarsi green. Head: TFC forming a long arc, widely interrupted medially (Fig. 169); scapal basin covered with silvery pubescence; F1 longer than broad, 1.2�� as long as F2. Mesosoma: fore femur without ventral tooth, slightly flattened on outer surface of distal margin, diameter of distal area subequal to diameter of proximal area; forewing with short M distal to discoidal cell, R1 shorter than stigma (as in Fig. 190); dorsal surface of pronotum wider than head; lower lateral area irregularly punctate anteriorly, with indistinct posterior area delimited by faint transverse ridge; metanotum irregularly cristate medially; mesopleural lower posterior margin carinate, with three well-separated tooth-like projections. Metasoma: T3 with six acute distal teeth (Fig. 170), pit row exposed, with large, deep foveae, without distinct prepit swelling; S2 spots mediumsized, round, near reaching each other medially (Fig. 171). Punctation: outer surface of fore femur coarsely punctate; largest punctures on T1, mesopleuron and metanotum. Male. Same as female, except for the characteristic shape of S2 spots as shown in Fig. 171. Variation. Body length 8.1���8.5 mm. Hosts. Specimens have been reared from nests of Eumenes species (Vespidae: Eumeninae) (label records). Distribution. Brazil (ES, MG, PA, PR, SP); Guyana (Cuyuni-Mazaruni); Peru (Leoncio Prado); Surinam (Paramaribo) (Fig. 172). Material examined. BRAZIL: Par��, ��bidos 3.i.1907 A. Ducke / Holotype �� (BME). S��o Paulo, S��o Paulo 1961 coll. K.W. Cooper / Paratype 1♀ [BME]. Additional material. BRAZIL: Esp��rito Santo, Concei����o da Barra iii.1961, 1 ♀, coll. C. Elias [BME]. Minas Gerais, Alpinopolis iii.1961, 1 ♀, coll. C. Elias [BME]. Par��, ��bidos 24. xii.1910, 1 ��, coll. A. Ducke [BME]. Paran��, Tel��maco Borba 15. xii.1986, 1 ♀, coll. Lev. Ent. PROFAUPAR [DZUP]. GUYANA: Bartica 23. xii.1912, 1 ♀ [BME]. PERU: Tingo Mar��a, Rio Huallaga ii.1947, 1 ♀, coll. Weyranch [BME]. Tingo Mar��a vii.1952, 1 ��, coll. Weyrauen [BME]. SURINAM: Paramaribo, Ma Retraite 21. iii.1964, 1 ♀, coll. D.C. Geijskes [BME]., Published as part of Lucena, Daercio A. A., Kimsey, Lynn S. & Almeida, Eduardo A. B., 2016, The Neotropical cuckoo wasp genus Ipsiura Linsenmaier, 1959 (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae): revision of the species occurring in Brazil, pp. 1-71 in Zootaxa 4165 (1) on pages 60-61, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4165.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/267533, {"references":["Bohart, R. M. (1985) New Ipsiura and a key to known species of the genus (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, 58 (4), 708 - 720."]}

Ipsiura frieseana (Ducke, 1902) (Figs 57���62) Chrysis frieseana Ducke, 1902: 99. Lectotype �� [examined by photos]: BRAZIL: Par�� (MNHN). Designed by Bohart, in Kimsey & Bohart (1991: 509). Neochrysis (Ipsiura) frieseana: Bohart 1966: 142. Ipsiura frieseana: Bohart 1985: 710. Diagnosis. Ipsiura frieseana most closely resembles I. genbergi (Dahlbom), I. lilloi Bohart and I. obidana Bohart. It can be readily distinguished from these and other Ipsiura species by the following combination of characters: T3 with low, sloping gently prepit swelling (absent or not recognizable in I. genbergi, I. lilloi and I. obidana), T3 with shallow, reduced, and well-separated punctures (definite punctures in I. genbergi, I. lilloi and I. obidana); S2 spots separated medially by one-half spot diameter (touching in I. obidana), and large basolateral whitish spot on T3 (narrow spot in I. obidana). Female description. Body (Fig. 57). Length: 7.8 mm. Coloration: head predominantly green; F1 brownish green; mesosoma metallic green, with faint bluish highlights on dorsum, mostly on mesoscutum and pronotum; metasoma metallic green, with conspicuous transverse purplish stripes on dorsum of T1 and T2; T3 with large lateral whitish spot; wing membrane light brown, with brown veins; femora and tibiae greenish; tarsi light brown, meso- and hind basitarsi green. Head: TFC enclosing the median ocellus, widely opened medially, with distinct lateral secondary facial carina (Fig. 58); F1 longer than broad, 1.3�� as long as F2; scapal basin with dense silvery pubescence. Mesosoma: fore femur without flattened area or ventral tooth-like projection on outer surface of distal margin, diameter of distal area subequal to diameter of proximal area; fore wing with short M distal to discoidal cell (as in Fig. 190), R1 short, obsolescent (as in Fig. 145); dorsal surface of pronotum wider than head; lower lateral pronotal surface irregularly punctate anteriorly, with indistinct posterior area delimited by faint transverse ridge; metanotum slightly elevated distally but not projecting above the propodeal surface; mesopleural lower posterior margin carinate, with equally separated tooth-like projections. Metasoma: T3 with six acute distal teeth (Fig. 59), pit row obsolescent, indicated primarily by small lateral pits, prepit swelling very low, sloping gently; S2 spots medium-sized, medially separated by one spot diameter (Fig. 60). Punctation: fore femur impunctate, tiny, sparse punctures only distally on outer surface; T3 with shallow, tiny and well-separated punctures. Male. Same as female, except for the characteristic shape of S2 spots as shown in Fig. 60 and the broad dark band occupying much of the dorsum of meso- and metasoma. Genital capsule (Fig. 61): cuspis as long as gonostylus, broader than gonostylus basally; digitus very narrow, clavate apically; gonostylus and cuspis with short setae apically; aedeagus lobes acute apically, strongly convergent apically. Variation. The most conspicuous variation noticed in this species involves the distal margin of T3. Some specimens have a short distal margin, with small teeth, and a flattened appearance in dorsal view (Brazil: Par��, ��bidos���MZUSP). Body length 6.6���7.9 mm. Hosts. Unknown. Distribution. Brazil (AC, AM, BA, MA, MG, PA, SC, SP); Ecuador (Morona Santiago); French Guiana (Kourou); Surinam (Paramaribo) (Fig. 62). Material examined. BRAZIL: Par�� 19.8.99 Ducke, A. / Musem Paris Br��sil / Lectotype �� Chrysis frieseana Ducke (MNHM). Macap��, 21.v.1900, Ducke, A. / Paralectotype 1♀ Chrysis frieseana Ducke [MNHN]. Additional material. BRAZIL: Acre, Senador Guiomard, Res. Catuaba 19. xi.2002, 1 ��, coll. E.F. Morato [BME]. Amazonas, Embrapa Km 31/AM 6. ii.1992, 1 ♀, coll. L.P. Albuquerqu & J.E. Binda [INPA]. Same data except 7. viii.1991, 1 ♀ [INPA], 9. i.1991, 2 ♀ [INPA], 12. xii.1991, 2 ♀ [INPA], 13. iii.1991, 1 ♀ [INPA], 14. xii.1991, 1 ♀ [INPA], 16. x.1991, 1 ♀ [INPA], 18. vi.1991, 1 ♀ [INPA], 19. ii.1992, 1 ♀ [INPA], 23. xi.1991, 1 ♀ [INPA], 25. ix.1991, 2 ♀ [INPA], 26. xii.1991, 3 ♀ [INPA], 28. vi.1991, 1 ♀ [INPA], 28. viii.1991, 1 ♀ [INPA], 28. xi.1991, 2 ♀ [INPA]. Manaus���Reserva Ducke/AM 1. xii.1988, 1 ♀, coll. J.A. Rafael [INPA]. Same data except 6. x.1988, 2 ♀ [INPA], 7. xii.1988, 1 ♀ 1�� [INPA], 12. i.1989, 1 ♀ [INPA], 15. viii.1978, 1 ♀ [INPA], 19. i.1989, 1 ♀, coll. L.P. Albuquerque & J.E. Binda [INPA]. Manaus���Reserva Ducke/AM 26. viii.1988, 3 ♀, coll. Y.C. Mara & F. Xavi [INPA]. Same data except 30. iv.1982, 1 ♀, coll. J.A. Rafael [INPA], x.2003, 1 ♀, coll. A. Henriques [INPA]. Bahia, Jequi�� campus da UESB II 25. iii.2007, 1 ♀, coll. J.C. Silva-JR & Col. [LEBIC]. Maranh��o, Igarap�� Grande���Aldeia Ara��u v.1963, 1 ♀, coll. Malkin [BME]. Minas Gerais, Marli��ria, Parque Estadual do Rio Doce (PELD), ��rea Tereza 3, 26. x.2004, 1 ♀, coll. J.C.R. Fontenelle [UFES]. Same data except 24. x.2002, 1 ♀ [UFES], 03���10. xi.2004, 1 ♀ [UFES], 18���25. x.2001, 1 ♀ [UFES], 24���31. x.2002, 1 ♀ [UFES], 24. x.2002, 1 ♀ [UFES], 08���15. xi.2001, 1 ♀ [UFES], 28. x.2007, 1 ♀ [UFES], 18���25. x.2001, 1 ♀ [UFES], 10���17. xi.2004, 1 ♀ [UFES], 07���14. viii.2002, 1 ♀ [UFES], 14. xi.2002, 1 ♀ [UFES], 24. x.2002, 1 ♀ [UFES], 24���31. x.2002, 2 ♀ [UFES], 18���25. x.2001, 1 ♀ [UFES], 09���1. xi.2003, 1 ♀ [UFES], 03���10. xi.2004, 2 ♀ [UFES], 09���13. xii.2003, 1 ♀ [UFES], 08���10. xii.2003, 1 �� [UFES], 20���27. x.2004, 1 �� [UFES]. Par��, Bujaru 7. x.1977, 1 ♀, coll. P. Waldir [MPEG]. ��bidos, 1♀, coll. A. Ducke [MZUSP]. Same data except 24. xii.1904, 1 ♀, [MPEG], 4. ix.1907, 1 ♀ [MPEG], 1. i.1907, 1 ♀ [BME], 21. xii.1903, 1 ♀ [MPEG], 3. i.1905, 1 �� [MPEG]. Teff�� 22. vi.1906, 1 ��, coll. A. Ducke [MPEG]. Itaituba, R. Tapaj��s 4. ix.1902, 1 ��, A. Ducke [MPEG]. Itaituba, R. Tapaj��s 4. ix.1902, 1 ��, coll. A. Ducke [MPEG]. Santar��m ix, 1��, coll. A. Ducke [BME]. Santa Catarina, Nova Teutonia ii.1966, 1 ��, coll. Fritz Plaumann [BME]. S��o Paulo, Luis Ant��nio, Est. Ecol. Jata�� 21. xi.2007, 1 ♀, coll. N.W. Perioto [LRRP]. Same data except 7. xi.2007, 1 ♀ [LRRP]. Ribeir��o Preto, campus USP, 13���16. x.2013, 1 ♀, coll. Martins, Ign��cio, Fachin & Porto [RPSP]. Teodoro Sampaio, Parque Estadual Morro do Diabo, S��tio S��o Francisco, 21. i.2012, 1 ♀, coll. P.R. Lopes [RPSP]. ECUADOR: Morona Santiago, Cord. De Cutucu 2. vi.1981, 1 ��, coll. M. Cooper [BME]. Same data except 3. vi.1981, 1 �� [BME], 9. v.1981, 1 �� [BME]. FRENCH GUIANA: Kourou, D��grad Saramaca vi.2005, 1 ♀, coll. D. Faure [BME]. SURINAM: Paramaribo, Ma Retraite 20. i.1964, 1 ♀, coll. D.C. Geijskes [BME]. Comments. The redescription above is based on a female from Brazil: Amazonas, Manaus., Published as part of Lucena, Daercio A. A., Kimsey, Lynn S. & Almeida, Eduardo A. B., 2016, The Neotropical cuckoo wasp genus Ipsiura Linsenmaier, 1959 (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae): revision of the species occurring in Brazil, pp. 1-71 in Zootaxa 4165 (1) on pages 24-26, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4165.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/267533, {"references":["Ducke, A. (1902) Neue sudamerikanische Chrysididen. Zeitschrift fur systematische Hymenopterologie und Dipterologie, 2, 97 - 104.","Kimsey, L. S. & Bohart, R. M. (1991 [\" 1990 \"]) The Chrysidid Wasps of the World. Oxford Science Publications, New York, NY, 652 pp.","Bohart, R. M. (1966 [\" 1963 \"]) The genus Neochrysis in America north of Mexico (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae). Bulletin of the Entomological Society of Washington, 58 (5), 44 - 139.","Bohart, R. M. (1985) New Ipsiura and a key to known species of the genus (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, 58 (4), 708 - 720."]}

Ipsiura lata Bohart, 1985 (Figs 89���95) Chrysis lateralis Brull��, 1846: 26 (nom. praeocc., nec Dahlbom, 1845). Lectotype ♀ [not examined]: BRAZIL: Paran��, Guaratuba (MNHN). Designed by Bohart, in Kimsey & Bohart (1991: 510). Ipsiura lata Bohart, 1985: 716. Holotype �� [examined]: BRAZIL: Amazonas, Manaus (MZUSP). Pleurocera (Ipsiura) lateralis: Linsenmaier 1959: 74. Neochrysis (Ipsiura) lateralis: Bohart 1966: 142. Diagnosis. Ipsiura lata most closely resembles I. obidensis (Ducke) and I. fritzi Bohart. It can be distinguished from those and other species of Ipsiura by the following combination of characters: T3 with six acute distal teeth (the lateral teeth are obtuse in I. obidensis); metanotum distinctly cristate medially (Fig. 92) (irregularly serriform in I. obidensis and slightly cristate in I. fritzi); TFC longer than broad (broader than long in I. obidensis, nearly rounded in I. fritzi); fore femur coarsely punctate on outer surface (almost completely impunctate in I. fritzi) and the lower posterior mesopleural margin with three well-separated tooth-like projections (projections closer together in I. obidensis and I. fritzi). Holotype redescription. Body (Fig. 89). Length: 8.5 mm. Coloration: head predominantly green, with faint bluish purple highlights on vertex; F1 brownish green; mesosoma metallic green, with faint bluish purple highlights on dorsum, particularly on pronotum; metasoma metallic green, with transverse purple stripes on dorsum of T1 and T2; T3 with bluish highlights dorsally, with lateral whitish spot; wing membrane light brown, with brown veins; femora and tibiae greenish; tarsi brownish, hind basitarsus green. Head: TFC enclosing the median ocellus, completely closed medially (Fig. 90); F1 longer than broad, 1.3�� as long as F2; scapal basin covered with silvery pubescence. Mesosoma: fore femur with flattened area on outer surface of distal margin but not producing into a tooth projection ventrally, diameter of distal area subequal to diameter of proximal area; fore wing with short M distal to discoidal cell, R1 shorter than stigma (as in Fig. 190); dorsal surface of pronotum wider than head; lower lateral pronotal surface punctate anteriorly, without distinct posterior area delimited by transverse ridge; metanotum serriform to cristate medially (Fig. 92); mesopleural lower posterior margin carinate, with three well-separated tooth-like projections. Metasoma: T3 with six acute distal teeth (Fig. 91), pit row completely exposed, with well definite, shallow foveae, prepit swelling sloping gently; S2 spots large, touching medially (Fig. 93). Punctation: outer surface of fore femur coarsely punctate; largest punctures on T1, mesopleuron and metanotum. Genital capsule (Fig. 94): cuspis as long as gonostylus, sharp apically; digitus shorter than cuspis, broader apically than basally, clavate; gonostylus broader than cuspis basally; gonostylus and cuspis setose apically; aedeagus lobes robust, blunt apically. Female. Same as male except for the characteristic shape of S2 spots as shown in Fig. 93. Variation. One female (Brazil: Maranh��o, Peritor�� 9.vi.1978 coll. M.F Torres���BME) has the odd condition of T3 with five irregular distal teeth, as noticed in holotype of I. spiculella (see discussion below). Despite its wide distribution, I. lata exhibits little morphological variation. Some specimens have lateral teeth on T3 more obtuse than typical. Additionally, the body coloration varies from usual greenish pattern to primarily bluish in specimens collected in northeast Brazil (Para��ba: Sta. Terezinha, Soledade; Rio Grande do Norte: Mossor��; Bahia: Milagres, Jequi��). Body length 6.8���8.5 mm. Hosts. Unknown. Distribution. Argentina (Buenos Aires, Catamarca, Chaco, Cordoba, Entre Rios, Mendoza, Salta, Santa Fe, Tucum��n); Brazil (AL, AM, AP, BA, MG, MS, MT, PA, PB, PE, PR, RN, SE, SP); Paraguay (San Pedro) (Fig. 95). Material examined. BRAZIL: Amazonas, Manaus, ii.7.1976, coll. R. Bohart / Holotype �� Ipsiura lata Bohart (MZUSP). Same data of holotype / Paratypes 1♀ 4�� [BME]. Mato Grosso do Sul, Corumb�� iv / Paratype 1♀ [BME]. Amap��, Macap�� Pacoval 7.xi.1978 coll. W. Fran��a / Paratype 1�� [BME]. Par��, ��bidos 4.i.1907 A. Ducke / Paratype 1♀ [BME]. Santar��m / Paratype 1♀ [BME]. S��o Paulo, S��o Paulo iv.1957 / Paratype 1♀ [BME]. Para��ba, Soledade / Juazeirinho 25.xi.1955 coll. Jos�� Azevedo / Paratype 1�� [BME]. Same data except 09.iii.1956 coll. Aristoteles Silva / Paratype 1�� [BME]. PARAGUAY: San Pedro, Cororo Rio Ypane 28.xi.1983 coll. M. Wasbauer / Paratype 1�� [BME]. ARGENTINA: 26 km W Dique Los Molinos El Para��so, Cordoba i.1974 coll. Martinez / Paratype 1♀ [BME]. Salta, Cachi 20.i.1966 coll. C.C. Porter / Paratype 1�� [BME]. Cosquin Sierra de Cordoba 1.iii.1920 coll. Cornell University Expedition / Paratypes 1�� 1♀ [BME]. Santa Fe, Estancia La Noria, Rio San Javier 17.ii.1912 coll. G.E. Bryant / Paratype 1�� [BME]. Tucum��n, Famailla iv.1947 coll. B.L. Garcia / Paratype 1♀ [BME]. Entre Rios, Palmar Colon i.1974 coll. Manfredo Fritz / Paratypes 2♀ [BME]. Salta, Pocitos vii.1971 coll. Manfredo Fritz / Paratype 1�� [BME]. Salta, Tartagal xi.1971 coll. Manfredo Fritz / Paratype 1♀ [BME]. Chaco, San Bernardo coll. Di Iorio / Paratype 1♀ [BME]. Additional material. BRAZIL: Alagoas, Olho D�����gua do Casado 27.viii.2002, 1��, coll. D��bora Moura [LEBIC]. Po��o da Ingazeira 28.x.2005, 1♀, coll. D��bora Moura [LEBIC]. Amazonas, Manaus, campus UFAM 26.viii.1978, 1♀, coll. Bert Klein [INPA]. Manaus, campus UFAM vi.1982, 3 ��, coll. J.A. Rafael [INPA]. Manaus INPA 14.v.1981, 1♀, coll. J.A. Rafael [INPA]. Manaus 11.vi.1982, 3♀, coll. J.A. Rafael [INPA]. Manaus 29.vi.1982, 1��, coll. J.A. Rafael [INPA]. Bahia, Jequi��, DIRFAV 29.vii.2006, 1♀, coll. J.C. Silva-JR [RPSP]. Jequi��, UESB II 9.xii.2006, 2♀, coll. J.R. Silva-Jr [RPSP]. Same data except 20.xi.2006, 1♀ [RPSP], 25.xi.2006, 3♀ 1�� [RPSP]. Milagres 17.iii.2012, 7�� 3♀, coll. F. Zanella & D. Lucena [RPSP]. Mato Grosso, Tr��s Lagoas, Faz. Dr. Jos�� Mendes 30.v.1964, 1♀ [MZUSP]. Minas Gerais, Passos 1963-1965, 4�� 1♀, coll. C. Elias [MZUSP]. Par��, Rio Trombetas 11.i.1968, 1�� [MZUSP]. Para��ba, Jo��o Pessoa 22.i.2001, 1♀, coll. P. Medeiros [LEBIC]. Sta. Terezinha, Faz. Tamandu�� 14.xii.2009, 1♀, coll. K.D.V.S. Messias [LEBIC]. Same data except 28.ii.2011, 1♀, coll. A.D.A. Lima [LEBIC]. Pernambuco, Ch�� Grande 17.iii.2002, 1♀, coll. P. Milet & S. Pinto [LEBIC]. Rio Grande do Norte, Serra Negra do Norte, ESEC-Serid�� 02.vii.1995, 1♀, coll. F.C.V. Zanella [LEBIC]. Same data except 18.vi.1995, 1�� [LEBIC]. S��o Paulo, Barueri 17.ii.1962, 1♀, coll. K. Lenko [MZUSP]. Ibir�� x.1953, 1 ��, coll. Dirings [MZUSP]. Ribeir��o Preto, campus USP 14.xii.1972, 1♀, coll. M. Mazucato [RPSP]. Same data except 20.vi.1972, 1♀ [RPSP]. Ribeir��o Preto 4.viii.1986, 1♀, coll. G.M. Faria [RPSP]. Ribeir��o Preto 15.i.1975, 1♀, coll. M. Mazucato [RPSP]. Same data except 22.i.1973, 1�� [RPSP]. S��o Paulo x.1962, 1 ��, coll. I. Carlos [MZUSP]. S��o Paulo 1953, 1��, coll. Dirings [MZUSP]. Sergipe, Canind�� do S��o Francisco 23.ix.2005, 1♀, coll. D��bora Moura [LEBIC]. Same data except 28.vi.2005, 1�� [LEBIC]., Published as part of Lucena, Daercio A. A., Kimsey, Lynn S. & Almeida, Eduardo A. B., 2016, The Neotropical cuckoo wasp genus Ipsiura Linsenmaier, 1959 (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae): revision of the species occurring in Brazil, pp. 1-71 in Zootaxa 4165 (1) on pages 35-37, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4165.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/267533, {"references":["Bohart, R. M. (1985) New Ipsiura and a key to known species of the genus (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, 58 (4), 708 - 720.","Brulle, A. (1846) Chrysides. In: Lepeletier, A. de Saint-Fargeau (Ed.), Histoire naturelle des Insectes. Hymenopteres, Vol. 4. Librairie Roret, Paris, pp. 1 - 55.","Dahlbom, A. G. (1845) Disposito methodica specierum Hymenopterorum, secundum Familias Insectorum naturales. Particula secunda. Dissert. Typis Berlingianis, Lund, 20 pp. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 66977","Kimsey, L. S. & Bohart, R. M. (1991 [\" 1990 \"]) The Chrysidid Wasps of the World. Oxford Science Publications, New York, NY, 652 pp.","Linsenmaier, W. (1959) Revision der Familie Chrysididae. Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft, 32 (1), 1 - 232.","Bohart, R. M. (1966 [\" 1963 \"]) The genus Neochrysis in America north of Mexico (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae). Bulletin of the Entomological Society of Washington, 58 (5), 44 - 139."]}

Ipsiura klugi (Dahlbom, 1854) (Figs 84���88) Chrysis klugi Dahlbom, 1854: 321. Holotype �� [not examined]: BRAZIL (ZMK). Chrysis cristata Mocs��ry, 1913. Holotype �� [not examined]: BRAZIL: Rio Grande (HNHM). Synonymized by Linsenmaier (1985: 472). Neochrysis (Ipsiura) klugi: Bohart 1966: 142. Ipsiura klugi: 1985: 710. Diagnosis. Superficially, Ipsiura klugi is very similar to I. prolixa Bohart. These species share many characters mainly of T3 which easily distinguish them from other Ipsiura species, including the long distal margin and strong teeth arranged in an arc, well-developed pit row, narrow basolateral whitish spot and the prepit swelling absent. Additionally, they have widely medially interrupted TFC and cristate metanotum which are diagnostic. They are readily distinguished each other by the shape of S2 spots (see Figs 87 and 171). Male description. Body (Fig. 84). Length: 8.9 mm. Coloration: head predominantly green, with dark purple highlights on vertex; F1 brownish green; mesosoma metallic green, with bluish purple highlights on dorsum, predominantly on pronotum and mesoscutum; metasoma metallic green, with transverse purplish stripes on dorsum of T1 and T2, T3 with bluish highlights dorsally, with narrow lateral whitish spot; wing membrane brown, with brown veins; femora and tibiae greenish; tarsi brownish. Head: TFC forming a long arc, widely interrupted medially (Fig. 85); scapal basin densely covered with silvery pubescence; F1 longer than broad, 1.3�� as long as F2. Mesosoma: fore femur without ventral tooth, somewhat flattened on outer surface of distal margin, diameter of distal area subequal to diameter of proximal area; wing membrane densely covered with setae; fore wing with short M distal to discoidal cell, R1 shorter than stigma (as in Fig. 190); dorsal surface of pronotum wider than head; lower lateral area irregularly punctate anteriorly, with indistinct posterior area delimited by faint ridge; metanotum cristate medially; mesopleural lower posterior margin sharply carinate, with three well-separated tooth-like projections. Metasoma: T3 with six acute distal teeth (Fig. 86), pit row exposed, with large, deep foveae, without prepit swelling; S2 spots medium-sized, oval, faintly separated medially (Fig. 87). Punctation: fore femur coarsely punctate on outer surface; largest punctures on T1, mesopleuron and metanotum. Female. Same as male except for the characteristic shape of S2 spots as shown in Fig. 87; metanotum strongly cristate, and unusual long distal margin of T3. Variation. Body length 9���10.4 mm. Hosts. Unknown. Distribution. Argentina (Jujuy, Salta, Tartagal); Brazil (MG, PA, PR, RJ, SP); Paraguay (Caaguaz��, Chaco, San Pedro); Venezuela (Zulia) (Fig. 88). Remarks. I. klugi is easily distinguished from other Ipsiura by the following combination of characters: T3 with long distal margin and sharp distal teeth, well-developed pit row, narrow whitish spot basolaterally and without prepit swelling; widely opened TFC; scapal basin densely covered with silvery setae and metanotum strongly cristate. Material examined. ARGENTINA: Jujuy 16. i.1966, 1 ♀, coll. H. & M. Townes [BME]. Salta, Oran Abra Grande 18. iv.1969, 1 ♀ [BME]. Tartagal xi.1971, 1 ♀, coll. Manfredo Fritz [BME]. BRAZIL: Minas Gerais, Passos x.1963, 1 ��, coll. C.T. Elias [MZUSP]. Po��os de Caldas 23. xii.1962, 1 ��, coll. Claudionor Elias [BME]. Par��, Almeirim 16. iv.1903, 1 ♀, coll. A. Ducke [MPEG]. Bel��m Utinga 24. vi.1977, 1 ♀, coll. L. Hock [MPEG]. Faro 10. vii.1909, 1 ♀, coll. A. Ducke [MPEG]. ��bidos 11. i.1905, 1 ♀, coll. A. Ducke [MPEG]. Same data except 18. xii.1907, 1 ♀ [MPEG], 20. xi.1904, 1 ♀ [MPEG], 22. xii.1904, 1 ♀ [MPEG]. R Arroyollos 21. iv.1903, 1 ��, A. Ducke [MPEG]. Paran��, Ponta Grossa x.1943, 1 ♀, coll. P.J. Moure [BME]. Rio de Janeiro, Nova Friburgo xii.1976, 1 ♀, coll. Gred & Guimar��es [MZUSP]. S��o Paulo, Ipiranga 1922, 1♀, coll. H. Luedizualdt [MZUSP]. PARAGUAY: Caaguaz�� xii.1977, 1 ♀, coll. Manfredo Fritz [BME]. Chaco, Venturi 4. xi.1897, 1 ��, coll. J. Br��thes [BME]. San Pedro, Cororo Rio Ypane 28. xi.1983, 1 ♀ 1��, coll. M. Wasbauer [BME]. Same data except 1. xii.1983, 1 �� [BME], 5. xii.1983, 4 �� 1♀ [BME]. VENEZUELA: Zulia, Tucuco 23. iv.1981, 1 ♀, coll. H.K. Townes [BME]. Comments. The redescription above is based on a male from Brazil: Minas Gerais, Passos., Published as part of Lucena, Daercio A. A., Kimsey, Lynn S. & Almeida, Eduardo A. B., 2016, The Neotropical cuckoo wasp genus Ipsiura Linsenmaier, 1959 (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae): revision of the species occurring in Brazil, pp. 1-71 in Zootaxa 4165 (1) on pages 34-35, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4165.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/267533, {"references":["Dahlbom, A. G. (1854) Hymenoptera Europaea praecipue borealia, formis typicis nonnullis specierum generumve Exoticorum aut Extraneorum propter nexum systematicum associatis, per familias, genera, species et varietates disposita atque descripta. 2. Chrysis in sensu Linnaeano. Friedrich Nicolai, Berlin, xxiv + 412 pp. + 12 pls. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 15890","Mocsary, A. (1913) Species Chrysididarum novae. Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici, 11, 1 - 45.","Linsenmaier, W. (1985) Revision des genus Neochrysis Linsenmaier (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae). Entomofauna, 6 (26), 425 - 487.","Bohart, R. M. (1966 [\" 1963 \"]) The genus Neochrysis in America north of Mexico (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae). Bulletin of the Entomological Society of Washington, 58 (5), 44 - 139."]}

Ipsiura brevispina (Ducke, 1911) (Figs 26���29) Chrysis brevispina Ducke, 1911: 102. Holotype �� [examined]: BRAZIL, Par��, A. Ducke (MZUSP). Neochrysis (Ipsiura) brevispina: Kimsey & Bohart 1981: 78. Ipsiura brevispina: Bohart 1985: 709. Diagnosis. Ipsiura brevispina most closely resembles I. marginalis (Brull��) and I. ellampoides (Ducke). It can be distinguished from these and other Ipsiura species by the following combination of characters: fore wing with long M distal to discoidal cell (short in most Ipsiura), R1 absent (slightly indicated in I. ellampoides); T3 with four acute distal teeth (indistinguishable teeth in I. ellampoides and I. marginalis) and T2 with narrow basolateral translucent margin (absent in I. ellampoides and I. marginalis). Holotype redescription. Body (Fig. 26). Length: 8.7 mm. Coloration: head predominantly green, with purplish highlights on vertex; F1 brownish green; mesosoma metallic green, with purple highlights on dorsum, particularly on pronotum and mesoscutum; metasoma metallic green, with distinct purplish stripes on dorsum of T1 and T2; T3 with shiny interspaces between punctures, broad whitish spot basolaterally; distal margin of T3 ambercolored; wing membrane light brown, with brown veins; femora and tibiae green; tarsi brownish, hind basitarsus brownish green. Head: TFC enclosing the median ocellus, round enclosure, uninterrupted medially (Fig. 27); F1 longer than broad, 1.3�� as long as F2 length; scapal basin with sparse silvery pubescence. Mesosoma: fore femur without ventral tooth-like projection or flattened area on outer surface of distal margin, diameter of distal area onehalf diameter of proximal area; hind tibia with some long setae; fore wing with long M distal to discoidal cell, ending near distal margin of wing, R1 absent (as in Fig. 145), medial cell asetose; dorsal surface of pronotum wider than head; lower lateral pronotal surface smooth, without distinct posterior area delimited by transverse ridge; metanotum elongate, projecting above propodeal surface; mesopleural lower posterior margin strongly carinate, with distinct equally separated tooth-like projections. Metasoma: T3 with four acute distal teeth (Fig. 28), prepit swelling very low, sloping gently, pit row obsolescent, indicated by tiny lateral pits; T2 with narrow translucent margin basolaterally; S2 spots small, round, separated medially at least by one spot diameter (Fig. 29). Punctation: tiny punctures on outer surface of fore femur; largest punctures on T1, mesopleuron and metanotum; T3 with tiny and well-separated punctures, shiny interspaces. Female. Unknown. Host. Unknown. Distribution. Brazil (PA) (Fig. 30). Material examined. Holotype only., Published as part of Lucena, Daercio A. A., Kimsey, Lynn S. & Almeida, Eduardo A. B., 2016, The Neotropical cuckoo wasp genus Ipsiura Linsenmaier, 1959 (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae): revision of the species occurring in Brazil, pp. 1-71 in Zootaxa 4165 (1) on pages 14-15, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4165.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/267533, {"references":["Ducke, A. (1911 [\" 1909 \"]) Alla revisione dei chrysididi dello stato Brasiliano del Para (third supplement). Bollettino della Societa Entomologica Italiana, 41, 89 - 115.","Kimsey, L. S. & Bohart, R. M. (1981 [\" 1980 \"]) A synopsis of the chrysidid genera of Neotropical America (Chrysidoidea, Hymenoptera). Psyche, 87, 75 - 92. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1155 / 1980 / 21857","Bohart, R. M. (1985) New Ipsiura and a key to known species of the genus (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, 58 (4), 708 - 720."]}

Ipsiura goeldii (Ducke, 1907) (Figs 73���77) Chrysis goeldii Ducke, 1907: 17. Lectotype �� [examined by photos]: BRAZIL: Par��, ��bidos (BMNH). Designed by Bohart, in Kimsey & Bohart (1991: 509). Chrysis albibasalis Mocs��ry, 1913. Holotype �� [not examined]: BRAZIL: S��o Paulo (HNHM). Synonymized by Kimsey & Bohart (1991: 509). Ipsiura goeldi: Bohart 1985: 711. Neochrysis (Ipsiura) goeldi: Linsenmaier 1985: 466. Diagnosis. Ipsiura goeldii most closely resembles I. longiventris (Ducke). It can be distinguished from that and other Ipsiura species by the bluish green body color and coarse punctation. In addition, the following combination of characters is diagnostic of I. goeldii: fore femur punctate on outer surface; T3 without distinct prepit swelling, six acute distal teeth; medium-sized S2 spots, and the subrectangular TFC enclosure. Male description. Body (Fig. 73). Length: 6.7 mm. Coloration: head predominantly green blue, with distinct purple highlights on vertex; F1 green; mesosoma metallic green, with distinct blue highlights on dorsum, especially of pronotum and mesoscutum; metasoma metallic green blue, with transverse purple stripes on dorsum of T1 and T2, bluish highlights broadly disseminated on dorsum; T3 with bluish highlights on dorsum, with lateral whitish spot; wing membrane light brown, with brown veins; femora and tibiae greenish; tarsi brownish, basitarsi green. Head: TFC enclosing the median ocellus, closed medially and forming a subrectangular enclosure (Fig. 74); F1 longer than broad, 1.1�� as long as F2; scapal basin with dense silvery pubescence; fore femur without flattened area or ventral tooth-like projection on outer surface of distal margin, diameter of distal area subequal to diameter of proximal area; fore wing with short M distal to discoidal cell, R1 shorter than stigma (as in Fig. 190); dorsal surface of pronotum wider than head; lower lateral pronotal surface coarsely punctate anteriorly, with distinct posterior area delimited by transverse ridge; metanotum rounded, without differentiated surface; mesopleural lower posterior margin carinate, with indistinct tooth-like projections. Metasoma: T3 with six acute distal teeth (Fig. 75), pit row completely exposed, with large, deep foveae, without prepit swelling; S2 spots medium-size to large, nearly reaching each other medially (Fig. 76). Punctation: coarse punctation on whole body; fore femur punctate externally; largest punctures on T1, mesopleuron and metanotum. Female. Same as male except for the characteristic shape of S2 spots touching medially as shown in Fig. 76. Variation. Body length 6.7��� 7 mm. Hosts. Unknown. Distribution. Argentina (Formosa, Santa Fe); Brazil (ES, MG, PA, PR, SC, SP); Paraguay (San Pedro) (Fig. 77). Material examined. BRAZIL: Par��, ��bidos / Lectotype �� Chrysis goeldii Ducke (BMNH). Additional material. ARGENTINA: Formosa, Arroyo 10. viii.1977, 1 ��, coll. Porter, Stange & Fidalgo [BME]. Same data except 11. viii.1977, 1 �� [BME]. Santa F��, 1♀, coll. Piquete [BME]. BRAZIL: Esp��rito Santo, Santa Tereza 5. vi.1966, 1 ��, coll. C.T. & C. Elias [DZUP]. Minas Gerais, Barbacena 9. xi.1905, 1 ♀, coll. A. Ducke [MPEG]. Passos 9. ix.1963, 1 ��, coll. Claudionor Elias [BME]. Par��, Faro 14. i.1901, 1 ��, coll. A. Ducke [MPEG]. Same data except 16. xii.1905, 1 �� [MPEG], 14. xii.1906, 1 ♀ [MPEG]. ��bidos 22. xii.1904, 1 ♀, coll. A. Ducke [BME]. Par��, 1♀, coll. A. Ducke [MPEG]. Par�� 20. xi.1907, 1 ♀ [MPEG]. ��bidos 2. i.1907, 1 ��, coll. A. Ducke [MPEG]. Paran��, Arauc��ria 18. ii.1965, 1 ♀, coll. Mitchell Moure [DZUP]. Santa Catarina, Nova Teutonia vi.1968, 1 ♀, coll. Fritz Plaumann [BME]. Same data except i.1970, 2 ♀ 3��, [BME]. S��o Paulo, Teodoro Sampaio, Parque Estadual Morro do Diabo, S��tio S��o Francisco 20. x.2011, 1 ♀, coll. P.R. Lopes [RPSP]. Same data except S��tio Manoel 18. x.2011, 1 ♀ [RPSP]. PARAGUAY: San Pedro, Cororo 5. xii.1983, 1 ��, coll. M. Wasbauer [BME]. Alto Paraguay 11. ix.1997, 1 ��, coll. B. Garcett [INBPY]. Comments. The redescription above is based on a male from Brazil: Par��, ��bidos., Published as part of Lucena, Daercio A. A., Kimsey, Lynn S. & Almeida, Eduardo A. B., 2016, The Neotropical cuckoo wasp genus Ipsiura Linsenmaier, 1959 (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae): revision of the species occurring in Brazil, pp. 1-71 in Zootaxa 4165 (1) on pages 30-32, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4165.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/267533, {"references":["Ducke, A. (1907 [\" 1906 \"]) Alla revision dei Chrysididi dello stato Brasiliano del Para (second supplement). Bollettino della Societa Entomologica Italiana, 38, 3 - 19.","Kimsey, L. S. & Bohart, R. M. (1991 [\" 1990 \"]) The Chrysidid Wasps of the World. Oxford Science Publications, New York, NY, 652 pp.","Mocsary, A. (1913) Species Chrysididarum novae. Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici, 11, 1 - 45.","Bohart, R. M. (1985) New Ipsiura and a key to known species of the genus (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, 58 (4), 708 - 720.","Linsenmaier, W. (1985) Revision des genus Neochrysis Linsenmaier (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae). Entomofauna, 6 (26), 425 - 487."]}

Ipsiura boliviana Bohart, 1985 (Figs 21���25) Ipsiura boliviana Bohart, 1985: 711. Holotype ♀ [examined by photos]: BOLIVIA: Santa Cruz, Puerto Grether (BMNH). Neochrysis (Ipsiura) boliviana: Linsenmaier 1997: 268. Diagnosis. Large species (longer than 11 mm). Ipsiura boliviana most closely resembles I. leucobasis (Mocs��ry). It can be distinguished from I. leucobasis and other Ipsiura species by the combination of the following characters: T3 with six, obtuse, irregular distal teeth (more regular teeth in other Ipsiura species with six distal teeth), pit row obsolescent or obscured by anterior crease (well-developed in other Ipsiura species with six distal teeth) and wide and shallow depression on the median area on dorsum of pronotum (absent in I. leucobasis). Female description. Body (Fig. 21). Length: 11.3 mm. Coloration: head predominantly metallic green, with faint bluish highlights on vertex; F1 brownish; mesosoma metallic green, with faint transverse bluish stripes on dorsum, particularly on pronotum and mesoscutum; metasoma metallic green, with transverse purplish blue stripes on T1 and T2, with narrow lateral whitish spot on T3; wing membrane light brown, with brown veins; femora and tibiae green; tarsi brown, hind basitarsus green. Head: TFC enclosing median ocellus, widely interrupted medially (Fig. 22); F1 longer than broad, 1.3�� as long as F2; scapal basin covered with sparse silvery pubescence laterally, with broad polished stripe medially. Mesosoma: fore femur without flattened area or tooth-like projection ventrally on outer surface of distal margin, diameter of distal area about one-half diameter of proximal area; hind tibia with some long setae among short ones; fore wing with short M distal to discoidal cell, R1 shorter than stigma (as in Fig. 190); dorsal surface of pronotum much wider than head; lower lateral pronotal surface deep, smooth, punctate anteriorly, without distinct posterior area delimited by transverse ridge; pronotum with shallow wide depression medially; metanotum rounded, without differentiated surface; mesopleural lower posterior margin strongly carinate, with distinct tooth-like projections. Metasoma: T3 with six irregular distal teeth (Fig. 23), pit row obsolete, indicated by small obscured lateral pits; prepit swelling strong but sloping gently, marked laterally; S2 spots medium-sized, round, nearly reaching each other medially (Fig. 24); metasomal borders with some long golden setae. Punctation: fore femur punctate on outer surface, sparse and tiny punctures; largest punctures on T1, mesopleuron and metanotum. Male. Unknown. Variation. There are just a few specimens of I. boliviana. The most conspicous differences are in body length. Specimens collected in Brazil (Rond��nia, Vilhena���DZUP) are shorter than 10.8 mm, on the other hand the holotype and paratype are larger, about 11.1 to 11.3 mm long, respectively. Host. Unknown. Distribution. Bolivia (Santa Cruz); Brazil (RO) (Fig. 25). Remarks. The most similar species in the genus is I. leucobasis. These species share many morphological traits, as the irregular distal teeth, obsolete pit row, shape and size of S2 spots, elongated hairs on S2 and S3 of female and the robust, heavily sclerotized, serrated ovipositor. The shallow depression on the median area of pronotum is diagnostic for I. boliviana. Additionally, the integument of the distal margin of T 3 in I. leucobasis is usually black and noticeably sclerotized. On the other hand in I. boliviana it is totally greenish. The differences in body length (about 10.8���11.3 mm in I. boliviana vs. 7.9���8.4 mm in I. leucobasis) are also diagnostic. Material examined. BOLIVIA: Santa Cruz, Puerto Grether 230m 25.ix.1984 / Holotype ♀ Ipsiura boliviana Bohart [BMNH #969433]. Puerto Grether 280m 19.ix.1984, coll. M. Cooper / Paratype 1♀ [BME]. Additional material. BRAZIL: Rond��nia, Ouro Preto D���Oeste 5.viii.1987, 1♀, coll. C. Elias [DZUP]. Vilhena 11.xii.1986, 2♀, coll. C. Elias [DZUP]. Comments. The redescription above is based on a female from Brazil: Rond��nia, Ouro Preto D���Oeste., Published as part of Lucena, Daercio A. A., Kimsey, Lynn S. & Almeida, Eduardo A. B., 2016, The Neotropical cuckoo wasp genus Ipsiura Linsenmaier, 1959 (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae): revision of the species occurring in Brazil, pp. 1-71 in Zootaxa 4165 (1) on pages 12-14, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4165.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/267533, {"references":["Bohart, R. M. (1985) New Ipsiura and a key to known species of the genus (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, 58 (4), 708 - 720.","Linsenmaier, W. (1997) Altes und Neues von den Chrysididen (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae). Entomofauna, 18 (19), 245 - 300."]}

Ipsiura spiculella Bohart, 1985 (Figs 173���178) Ipsiura spiculella Bohart, 1985: 719. Holotype �� [examined]: BRAZIL: Minas Gerais, Barbacena (BME). Neochrysis (Ipsiura) superleucocheila Linsenmaier, 1985. Holotype ♀ [not examined]: BOLIVIA, Santiago (NMLS). Synonymized by Kimsey & Bohart (1991: 511). Neochrysis (Ipsiura) spiculella: Linsenmaier 1997: 266. Diagnosis. Ipsiura spiculella most closely resembles I. tropicalis Bohart. It can be distinguished by T3 without a distinct prepit swelling (low and sloping gently in I. tropicalis), the large S2 spots and the TFC forming an incomplete arc widely interrupted medially. Additionally, the male genital capsule with digitus broadly clavate apically, and the long, round apically aedeagus lobes is diagnostic for I. spiculella. Male description. Body (Fig. 173). Length: 6.1 mm. Coloration: head predominantly green, with dark green spot on vertex; F1 greenish brown; mesosoma metallic green, with faint bluish purple highlights on dorsum of pronotum and mesoscutum; metasoma metallic green, with transverse bluish purple stripes on dorsum of T1 and T2, with bluish highlights on T3, with narrow whitish spot basolaterally; wing membrane brown, with brown veins; femora and tibiae greenish; tarsi brown, basitarsi brownish green. Head: TFC forming long arc, widely interrupted medially (Fig. 174); scapal basin covered with silvery pubescence; F1 longer than broad, 1.4�� as long as F2. Mesosoma: fore femur without ventral tooth or flattened area on outer surface of distal margin, diameter of distal area subequal to diameter of proximal area; fore wing with short M distal to discoidal cell, R1 shorter than stigma (as in Fig. 190); dorsal surface of pronotum wider than head; lower lateral area irregularly punctate anteriorly, with indistinct posterior area delimited by faint transverse ridge; metanotum rounded, without differentiated surface. Metasoma: T3 with four obtuse distal teeth (Fig. 175), pit row exposed, with large foveae, without distinct prepit swelling; S2 spots large, nearly reaching each other medially (Fig. 177). Punctation: outer surface of fore femur with sparse punctures; body densely punctate; largest punctures on T1, mesopleuron and metanotum. Genital capsule (Fig. 178): aedeagus lobes very long, round, blunt apically; digitus shorter than cuspis, unusually broad apically, clavate; gonostylus as broad as cuspis basally; gonostylus and cuspis setose apically. Female. Not examined. Hosts. Unknown. Distribution. Bolivia (Santiago); Brazil (MG) (Fig. 30). Remarks. The odd condition of T3 distal teeth noticed in holotype of I. spiculella (Fig. 176) has been also observed in other specimen but of I. lata Bohart (Brazil: Maranh��o, Peritor�� 9.vi.1978 coll. M.F Torres���BME). Based on more than 900 analyzed specimens is accurate to say that the condition of five or odd numbers of distal teeth on T3 is unusual in Ipsiura even considering the plasticity of this character (Lucena 2015). Material examined. BRAZIL: Minas Gerais, Barbacena 25.x.1905 A. Ducke / Holotype �� [BME]. Additional material. BRAZIL: Minas Gerais, Barbacena 24.x.1905, 1��, coll. A. Ducke [MPEG]. Comments. The redescription above is based on a male from Brazil: Minas Gerais, Barbacena., Published as part of Lucena, Daercio A. A., Kimsey, Lynn S. & Almeida, Eduardo A. B., 2016, The Neotropical cuckoo wasp genus Ipsiura Linsenmaier, 1959 (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae): revision of the species occurring in Brazil, pp. 1-71 in Zootaxa 4165 (1) on pages 61-62, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4165.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/267533, {"references":["Bohart, R. M. (1985) New Ipsiura and a key to known species of the genus (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, 58 (4), 708 - 720.","Linsenmaier, W. (1985) Revision des genus Neochrysis Linsenmaier (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae). Entomofauna, 6 (26), 425 - 487.","Kimsey, L. S. & Bohart, R. M. (1991 [\" 1990 \"]) The Chrysidid Wasps of the World. Oxford Science Publications, New York, NY, 652 pp.","Linsenmaier, W. (1997) Altes und Neues von den Chrysididen (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae). Entomofauna, 18 (19), 245 - 300.","Lucena, D. A. A. (2015) Taxonomia e sistematica do genero Ipsiura Linsenmaier, 1959 (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae): relacoes filogeneticas com outros taxons de Chrysidini e entre suas especies. Master's thesis. Programa de Mestrado em Entomologia, Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciencias e Letras de Ribeirao Preto, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Ribeirao Preto, SP, 215 pp."]}

Ipsiura covillei Bohart, 1985 (Figs 40���46) Ipsiura covillei Bohart, 1985: 714. Holotype �� [examined]: COSTA RICA: La Selva, Heredia, 4 km SE Puerto Viejo (BME). Diagnosis. This species most closely resembles Ipsiura genbergi (Dahlbom), I. oaxacae Bohart and I. frieseana (Ducke). Ipsiura covillei is readily distinguished from these and other Ipsiura species with six distal teeth on T3, by the distinctive characters of the males: orange flagellomeres (brownish in the most species), long plumose hairs beneath flagellomeres and legs (without long hairs in most species), irregular and weakly developed pronotal carina (regular and strongly protruding in most species), and the unusual long and elaborate aedeagus lobes. Females can be easily distinguished by the following combination of characters: T3 with lateral whitish spot (absent in I. oaxacae), pit row partially obscured by anterior crease (pit row absent in I. frieseana); metanotum rounded (slightly elevated posteriorly in I. genbergi); S2 spots widely separated medially (close together in most species); and scapal basin with medial polished stripe (weak or covered by silvery pubescence in other related species). Male description. Body (Fig. 40). Length: 5.8 mm. Coloration: head predominantly green, with purplish highlights on vertex; flagellomeres orange; mesosoma metallic green, with broad dark purple band on dorsum, especially on pronotum and mesoscutum (Fig. 41); metasoma metallic green blue, with transverse dark purple stripes on T1 and T2; large lateral whitish spot on T3; wing membrane light, with brown veins; femora and tibiae greenish; tarsi yellow whitish. Head: TFC enclosing the median ocellus, completely opened medially (Fig.42); F1 longer than broad, about 1.4�� as long as F2; long plumose hairs beneath of legs and flagellomeres; scapal basin with sparse silvery pubescence laterally, narrow polished stripe medially. Mesosoma: fore femur without flattened area or ventral tooth-like projection on outer surface of distal margin, with tiny ventral projection basally, diameter of distal area about one-half diameter of proximal area; fore wing with short M distal to discoidal cell, R1 shorter than stigma (as in Fig. 190); dorsal surface of pronotum as wide as or slightly wider than head; lower lateral pronotal surface irregularly punctate anteriorly, with distinct posterior area delimited by transverse ridge; lateral pronotal carina irregular, not protruding; metanotum rounded, without differentiated surface; mesopleural lower posterior margin crenate, without tooth-like projections. Metasoma: T3 with six acute distal teeth (Fig. 43), pit row obsolescent, obscured by anterior crease and, without distinct prepit swelling; S2 spots small, round, widely separated medially (Fig. 44). Punctation: fore femur impunctate on outer surface; largest punctures on T1, mesopleuron and metanotum. Genital capsule (Fig. 45): aedeagus lobes elaborate, sharp apically, unusually long, longer than gonostylus and cuspis; cuspis as long as gonostylus, asetose apically, slenderer than gonostylus basally; gonostylus much broader basally than apically, with long hairs distally; digitus acute apically, narrower basally than apically. Female. Same as male, except for the characteristic shape of S2 spots as shown in Fig. 44; without long plumose hairs beneath of legs and flagellomeres; flagellomeres brown; dorsal surfaces of body without broad dark band occupying much of the dorsum of meso-and metasoma. Host. Species of Trypoxylon (specimen labels; Bohart 1985). Distribution. Brazil (AM, SP); Costa Rica (Lim��n, Heredia); Mexico (Tamaulipas, Veracruz); Peru (Ja��n); Venezuela (Aragua) (Fig. 46). Material examined. COSTA RICA: Heredia, Prov. La Selva, 4 km SE Puerto Viejo 5.iv.1980 coll. R. Coville / Trap No C 307C5 / Holotype �� Ipsiura covillei Bohart (BME). Same data except / Paratypes 2�� 3♀ [BME], 22.iii.1980 / Paratype 1�� [BME]. MEXICO: Tamaulipas, 50 mi S Ciudad Victoria 7.vi.1961, coll. Univ. Kansas Mex. Expedition / Paratype 1♀ [BME]. Veracruz viii.1980, coll. RL Dressler / Paratype 1♀ [BME]. VENEZUELA: Aragua, 2 km N Ocumare de la Costa 21.vi.1976, coll. A.S. Menke & D. Vincent / Paratype 1♀ [BME]. Additional material. BRAZIL: Amazonas, Tef�� 8.ix.1904, 1♀, A. Ducke [BME]. S��o Paulo, Luis Ant��nio Est. Ecol. Jata��, 21��36'10,5''S 47��46'03,3''W, 17.ix.2008, 3♀, coll. N.W. Perioto [LRRP]. Same data except 3.ix.2008, 1♀, [LRRP]. COSTA RICA: Heredia, Prov. La Selva Biol. Sta. 3 km S. Pto. Viejo 27.iv.1991, 1♀, coll. H.A. Hespenheide [BME]. PERU: Ja��n 8.iii.1979, 1♀, coll. M.E. Irwin [BME]. Comments. The redescription above is based on a paratype male from Costa Rica: Heredia, Puerto Viejo., Published as part of Lucena, Daercio A. A., Kimsey, Lynn S. & Almeida, Eduardo A. B., 2016, The Neotropical cuckoo wasp genus Ipsiura Linsenmaier, 1959 (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae): revision of the species occurring in Brazil, pp. 1-71 in Zootaxa 4165 (1) on pages 19-21, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4165.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/267533, {"references":["Bohart, R. M. (1985) New Ipsiura and a key to known species of the genus (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, 58 (4), 708 - 720."]}

Ipsiura bohartiana Lucena sp. nov. (Figs 13���20) Diagnosis. This species most closely resembles I. leucocheiloides (Ducke) and I. nigriventer Bohart. Ipsiura bohartiana sp. nov. is readily distinguished by the following combination of characters: T3 with four acute distal teeth (sometimes obtuse in I. leucocheiloides), without lateral whitish spot (whitish spot present in I. leucocheiloides and I. nigriventer); TFC forming a subrectangular enclosure (TFC rounded in I. leucocheiloides, widely interrupted medially in I. nigriventer); metasomal rim with conspicuous golden brown setae (silvery to golden setae in I. leucocheiloides and I. nigriventer); wing membrane dark brown (light brown in the most species); R1 strongly reduced (present in I. leucocheiloides and I. nigriventer), short M distal to discoidal cell (long M in I. nigriventer) and by the distinct bisected lower genal space (not bisected in I. leucocheiloides and I. nigriventer). Additionally, the aedeagus lobes rounded and blunt apically, and the broad digitus are diagnostic for I. bohartiana sp. nov. (aedeagus lobes pointed apically in I. leucocheiloides). Description of holotype female. Body (Fig. 13). Length: 8.2 mm. Coloration: head primarily green blue, with faint bluish highlights on vertex; F1 brownish; mesosoma metallic green, with purplish blue highlights on dorsum, especially on pronotum and mesoscutum (Fig. 16); metasoma metallic green blue; T3 with blue highlights dorsally, without whitish spot basolaterally; wing membrane dark brown, with blackish veins; femora and tibiae greenish; tarsi brown, basitarsi brownish green. Head: with well-developed TFC forming a rectangular enclosure, slightly interrupted medially (Fig. 14); F1 slightly longer than broad, 1.2�� as long as F2; scapal basin with sparse silvery pubescence laterally, with shiny polished narrow stripe medially; malar and subantennal spaces very short, less than 0.5 MOD; lower genal space bisected by small irregular carina. Mesosoma: fore femur with distinct flattened area on outer surface of distal margin (Fig. 17), diameter of distal area subequal to diameter of proximal area; distinct erect setae on median tibia; hind tibia with some long setae among short ones; fore wing with short M distal to discoidal cell (as in Fig. 190); R1 strongly reduced, just slightly indicated (as in Fig. 145), medial cell with sparse setae distally; dorsal surface of pronotum wider than head (Fig. 16); lower lateral pronotal surface smooth anteriorly, separated from the posterior surface by a transverse ridge (Fig. 17); metanotum rounded, without differentiated surface; mesopleural lower posterior margin strongly carinate, with distinct well-separated tooth-like projections. Metasoma: T3 with four acute distal teeth (Fig. 15), pit row represented by deep foveae, prepit swelling low, sloping gently; S2 spots medium-sized, nearly reaching each other medially (Fig. 18); metasomal borders with distinct gold brownish setae. Punctation: fore femur with coarse punctures on outer surface (Fig. 17); largest punctures on T1, mesopleuron and metanotum; dorsum of T3 with shallow, well-separated punctures, shiny interspaces. Male. Same as female, except for the characteristic shape of S2 spots as shown in Fig. 18; ventral surface of head and femora with long silvery setae; broad dark band occupying much of the dorsum of meso- and metasoma; T3 with narrow lateral whitish spot. Genital capsule (Fig. 19): cuspis as long as gonostylus; gonostylus wider than cuspis basally; digitus broad and round apically, slightly shorter than cuspis; cuspis and gonostylus setose apically; aedeagus lobes smooth, rounded, blunt apically. Variation. Despite the disjointed geographical records, specimens are just divergent on whitish spot of lateral surfaces of T3. In all other diagnostic features the specimens are identical. Additionally, the specimens collected in Brazil: Minas Gerais, Marli��ria and S��o Paulo, Boraceia (RPSP and UFES), are slightly shorter than holotype (7.9 mm vs. 8.2 mm). Etymology. The species is named in honor of Richard Bohart, a talented entomologist and eminent taxonomist of Aculeata wasps. Host. Unknown. Distribution. Brazil (MG, SP); Costa Rica (Heredia) (Fig. 20). Remarks. Ipsiura bohartiana Lucena sp. nov. is easily distinguished from other Ipsiura species meanly by the subrectangular TFC, angulate laterally, fore femur with remarkable flattened area on distal margin and, bisected lower genal area. Furthermore, the aedeagus lobes rounded and blunt apically, and the broad, round digitus, are diagnostic for I. bohartiana sp. nov.. Material examined. COSTA RICA: Prov. Heredia, La Selva 3 km S Pto. Viejo 2.iv.1985, coll. H.A. Hespenheide / Holotype ♀ Ipsiura bohartiana Lucena [BME]. BRAZIL: Minas Gerais, Marli��ria, Parque Estadual do Rio Doce (PELD), ��rea Tereza 3, 19��37���S 42��34���O 09���16.xi.2003 Malaise trap, coll. J.C.R. Fontenelle, UFES 148122 / Paratype 1♀ [UFES]. Minas Gerais, Marli��ria Parque Estadual do Rio Doce (PELD), ��rea Tereza 1, 19��37���S 42��34���O 28.x���04.xi.2007, coll. J.C.R. Fontenelle, UFES 148087 / Paratype 1♀ [UFES]. S��o Paulo, Boraceia, Sales��polis 21���25.x.1963, coll. Oliveira & Wygodzinsky / Paratype 1�� [RPSP]., Published as part of Lucena, Daercio A. A., Kimsey, Lynn S. & Almeida, Eduardo A. B., 2016, The Neotropical cuckoo wasp genus Ipsiura Linsenmaier, 1959 (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae): revision of the species occurring in Brazil, pp. 1-71 in Zootaxa 4165 (1) on page 11, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4165.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/267533

Ipsiura leucobasis (Mocs��ry, 1913) (Figs 96���101) Chrysis leucobasis Mocs��ry, 1913: 12. Holotype ♀ [examined by photos]: BRAZIL: Santa Cruz (HNHM). Neochrysis (Ipsiura) leucobasis: Bohart 1966: 142. Ipsiura leucobasis: Bohart 1985: 711. Diagnosis. Ipsiura leucobasis most closely resembles I. boliviana Bohart. Both species have six irregular distal teeth on T3, pit row obsolescent, except for small lateral pits, females with conspicuous golden hairs on S2 and S3, and T3 with narrow basolateral whitish spot. Ipsiura leucobasis is generally shorter than I. boliviana (9 mm vs. 11 mm), narrow upper genal space (shorter than 1.2�� MOD long) and lacking the shallow depression on the median area of pronotum, which is characteristic of I. boliviana. Female description. Body (Fig. 96). Length: 9 mm. Coloration: head predominantly green blue, with faint purple highlights on vertex; F1 brown; mesosoma metallic green, with purplish blue highlights on dorsum, particularly on pronotum and mesoscutum; metasoma metallic greenish blue, with transverse purplish stripes on dorsum of T2 and T1; T3 with narrow lateral whitish spot; wing membrane light brown, with brown veins; femora and tibiae green; tarsi brownish, hind basitarsus brownish green. Head: TFC enclosing the median ocellus, roundshaped but slightly interrupted medially (Fig. 97); upper genal space narrow, about 1.2�� MOD long; F1 longer than broad, 1.3�� as long as F2; scapal basin with dense silvery pubescence laterally, with narrow polished stripe medially. Mesosoma: fore femur without flattened area or ventral tooth-like projection on outer surface of distal margin, diameter of distal area about one-half diameter of proximal area; hind tibia with some long setae among short ones; fore wing with short M distal to discoidal cell, R1 shorter than stigma (as in Fig. 190); dorsal surface of pronotum wider than head; lower lateral pronotal surface smooth, irregularly punctate anteriorly, without distinct posterior area delimited by transverse ridge; metanotum rounded, without differentiated surface; mesopleural lower posterior margin carinate, with distinct tooth-like projections. Metasoma: T3 with six irregular distal teeth (Fig. 98), pit row obsolescent, indicated by small lateral pits, with distinct prepit swelling but sloping gently; S2 spots medium-sized, nearly reaching each other medially (Fig. 99). Punctation: fore femur impunctate on outer surface; largest punctures on T1, mesopleuron and metanotum; T3 with shallow and separated punctures. Male. Same as female except for the characteristic shape of S2 spots as shown in Fig. 99, and without long hairs on S2 and S3. Genital capsule (Fig. 100): aedeagus lobes broad, elaborate, strongly convergent apically; digitus narrow, slightly shorter than cuspis, broad apically, clavate; gonostylus and cuspis setose apically. Variation. Body length 7.8���9.2 mm. Host. Unknown. Distribution. Argentina (Corrientes); Brazil (AM, ES, MG, PR, SC, SP); Costa Rica (Puntarenas); Panama (Colon); Paraguay (Caaguaz��, Guair��, San Pedro) (Fig. 101). Material examined. BRAZIL: Santa Cruz / Holotype ♀ (HNHM). Additional material. ARGENTINA: Corrientes, Las Marias 10. xi.1969, 1 ♀, coll. C.C. Porter [BME]. C��rdova, Dep. Punika V Harmosa xii.1942, 1 ♀, coll. M.J. Viana [BME]. BRAZIL: Amazonas, Manaus 4. iii.1986, 1 ♀, coll. Bert Klein [INPA]. Esp��rito Santo, Conc. Da Barra 25. ix.1969, 1 ♀, coll. C.T. & C. Elias [BME]. Minas Gerais, Barbacena 2. xi.1906, 1 ♀, coll. A. Ducke [MPEG]. Marli��ria 09���16. xi.2003, 2 ♀, coll. J.C.R. Fontenelle [UFES]. Same data except 08���15. xi.2001, 1 ♀ [UFES], 11���18. xi.2007, 1 ♀ [UFES]. Serra da Canastra, S��o Jos�� do Barreiro 6. vii.1988, 1 ♀, coll. J. Camargo [RPSP]. Tapira 30. xi.1965, 1 ♀, coll. C. Elias [DZUP]. Paran��, Curitiba 7. xi.1967, 1 �� [DZUP]. Santa Catarina, Nova Teutonia xii.1964, 2 ♀, coll. Fritz Plaumann [BME]. S��o Paulo, Campinas iii.1921, 1 ��, coll. F.X. Williams [BME]. Ipiranga, 1�� [BME]. COSTA RICA: Puntarenas, RB Carara, Estac. Quebrada Bonita viii.1989, 1 ♀, coll. Hanson [BME]. Puntarenas, PN Corcovado, Est Sirena v.1989, 1 ♀ [BME]. PARAGUAY: Caaguaz�� xi.1979, 1 ��, coll. Manfredo Fritz [BME]. Paso Yobai, 1♀ [BME]. Tacuaras, 1�� [BME]. Comments. The redescription above is based on a female from Brazil: Amazonas, Manaus., Published as part of Lucena, Daercio A. A., Kimsey, Lynn S. & Almeida, Eduardo A. B., 2016, The Neotropical cuckoo wasp genus Ipsiura Linsenmaier, 1959 (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae): revision of the species occurring in Brazil, pp. 1-71 in Zootaxa 4165 (1) on page 38, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4165.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/267533, {"references":["Mocsary, A. (1913) Species Chrysididarum novae. Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici, 11, 1 - 45.","Bohart, R. M. (1966 [\" 1963 \"]) The genus Neochrysis in America north of Mexico (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae). Bulletin of the Entomological Society of Washington, 58 (5), 44 - 139.","Bohart, R. M. (1985) New Ipsiura and a key to known species of the genus (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, 58 (4), 708 - 720."]}

Ipsiura longiventris (Ducke, 1907) (Figs 119���122) Chrysis longiventris Ducke, 1907: 17. Lectotype ♀ [examined]: BRAZIL: Par��, ��bidos coll. A. Ducke (MZUSP). Designed by Bohart, in Kimsey & Bohart (1991: 510). Neochrysis (Ipsiura) longiventris: Bohart 1966: 142. Ipsiura longiventris: Bohart 1985: 711. Diagnosis. Ipsiura longiventris most closely resembles I. prolixa Bohart and I. klugi (Dahlbom). It can be distinguished from these and other Ipsiura species by the following combination of characters: T2 with narrow basolateral translucent rim (absent in I. prolixa and I. klugi); large S2 spots (medium-sized to small in I. prolixa and I. klugi); T3 with six acute distal teeth and low, indistinct, sloping gently prepit swelling (prepit swelling absent in I. klugi and I. prolixa); and the TFC almost completely closed medially (widely interrupted in I. klugi and I. prolixa). Lectotype redescription. Body (Fig. 119). Length: 7.2 mm. Coloration: head predominantly green, with faint bluish highlights on vertex; F1 brown; mesosoma metallic green, with faint bluish highlights on dorsum of pronotum and mesoscutum; metasoma metallic green, with faint transverse bluish purple stripes on dorsum of T1 and T2; T3 with faint bluish highlights dorsally, with lateral whitish spot; wing membrane light brown, with brown veins; femora and tibiae greenish; tarsi brownish, hind basitarsus brownish green. Head: TFC forming long arc, slightly interrupted medially (Fig. 120); scapal basin densely covered with silvery pubescence; F1 longer than broad, 1.2�� as long as F2. Mesosoma: fore femur without ventral tooth-like projection, slightly flattened on outer surface of distal margin, diameter of distal area subequal to diameter of proximal area; fore wing with short M distal to discoidal cell, R1 shorter than stigma (as in Fig. 190); dorsal surface of pronotum wider than head; lower lateral pronotal surface irregularly punctate anteriorly, with indistinct posterior area delimited by faint transverse ridge; metanotum rounded, without differentiated surface; mesopleural lower posterior margin carinate, with indistinct tooth-like projections. Metasoma: T3 with six acute distal teeth (Fig. 121), pit row well-developed, with large and deep foveae, prepit swelling low, sloping gently; T2 with narrow basolateral translucent border; S2 spots medium-sized, round, nearly reaching each other medially (Fig. 122). Punctation: fore femur impunctate on outer surface; largest punctures on T1, mesopleuron and metanotum. Male. Unknown. Hosts. Unknown. Distribution. Brazil: Par��, ��bidos (Fig. 30). Material examined. Lectotype only., Published as part of Lucena, Daercio A. A., Kimsey, Lynn S. & Almeida, Eduardo A. B., 2016, The Neotropical cuckoo wasp genus Ipsiura Linsenmaier, 1959 (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae): revision of the species occurring in Brazil, pp. 1-71 in Zootaxa 4165 (1) on page 45, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4165.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/267533, {"references":["Ducke, A. (1907 [\" 1906 \"]) Alla revision dei Chrysididi dello stato Brasiliano del Para (second supplement). Bollettino della Societa Entomologica Italiana, 38, 3 - 19.","Kimsey, L. S. & Bohart, R. M. (1991 [\" 1990 \"]) The Chrysidid Wasps of the World. Oxford Science Publications, New York, NY, 652 pp.","Bohart, R. M. (1966 [\" 1963 \"]) The genus Neochrysis in America north of Mexico (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae). Bulletin of the Entomological Society of Washington, 58 (5), 44 - 139.","Bohart, R. M. (1985) New Ipsiura and a key to known species of the genus (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, 58 (4), 708 - 720."]}

Ipsiura irwini Bohart, 1985 (Figs 78���83) Ipsiura irwini Bohart, 1985: 715. Holotype �� [examined]: EL SALVADOR, 4 mi N. Quezaltepeque (BME). Diagnosis. Ipsiura irwini most closely resembles I. lata Bohart, I. fritzi Bohart and I. obidensis (Ducke). It can be readily distinguished from those as well as from other Ipsiura species by the following combination of characters: T3 without lateral whitish spot (present in I. fritzi, I. lata and I. obidensis), with six acute distal teeth (the lateral teeth are sometimes obtuse in I. obidensis); metanotum cristate medially (irregularly punctate in I. fritzi and faintly serriform in I. obidensis); fore femur without definite punctures on outer surface (coarsely punctate in I. lata and I. obidensis); TFC interrupted medially (complete in I. lata and I. obidensis) and the lower posterior mesopleural margin with two small close together tooth-like projections (well-separated in I. lata). Additionally, the shape of aedeagus lobes is diagnostic for I. irwini (Fig. 82). Male description. Body (Fig. 78). Length: 7.6 mm. Coloration: head predominantly green, with faint dark bluish highlights on vertex; F1 brownish green; mesosoma metallic green, with faint dark bluish highlights on dorsum, especially of pronotum and mesoscutum; metasoma metallic green blue, with distinct transverse purple stripes on dorsum of T1 and T2; T3 with blue highlights, without lateral whitish spot; wing membrane light brown, with brown veins; femora and tibiae greenish; tarsi brownish. Head: TFC interrupted medially (Fig. 79); scapal basin densely covered with silvery pubescence; F1 longer than broad, 1.3�� as long as F2. Mesosoma: fore femur with faint ventral angle on distal margin, discrete flattened area on outer surface of distal margin, diameter of distal area subequal to diameter of proximal area; fore wing with short M distal to discoidal cell, R1 shorter than stigma (as in Fig. 190); dorsal surface of pronotum wider than head; lower lateral pronotal surface irregularly punctate anteriorly, without distinct posterior area delimited by transverse ridge; metanotum raised medially, slightly cristate; mesopleural lower posterior margin carinate, with two small close together tooth-like projections. Metasoma: T3 with six acute distal teeth (Fig. 80), pit row completely exposed, with well-definite foveae, prepit swelling protruding; S2 spots large, touching medially (Fig. 81). Punctation: outer surface of fore femur impunctate or with only tiny sparse punctures; largest punctures on T1, mesopleuron and metanotum; well-definite punctures on dorsal surface of head and mesosoma, shallow on T2 and T3. Genital capsule (Fig. 82): cuspis as long as gonostylus; digitus long, very narrow, subequal to cuspis in size, pointed, clavate apically; gonostylus as broad as cuspis basally; gonostylus and cuspis with short setae apically; aedeagus with sinuouse margins, lobes elaborate, acute apically. Female. Same as male except for the characteristic shape of S2 spots as shown in Fig. 81. Variation. Body length 7.6���7.9 mm. Hosts. Unknown. Distribution. Costa Rica (Guanacaste); El Salvador (La Libertad); Mexico (Colima, Jalisco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz); USA (Texas) (Fig. 83). Material examined. EL SALVADOR, 4 mi N. Quezaltepeque, vii.18.1961 coll. M.E. Irwin / Holotype �� Ipsiura irwini Bohart [BME]. Same data except vii.12.1961 / Paratypes 3�� [BME], viii.2.1961 / Paratype 1�� [BME], viii.23.1961 / Paratype 1�� [BME], vii.3.1963 / Paratype 1♀ [BME]. USA: Texas, Duval Co. 18 mi N San Diego 6.ix.1981 coll. J.R. Lara / Paratype 1♀ [BME]. Texas, Laredo Webbco 23.ix.1972 coll. P.W. Treptow / Paratype 1♀ [BME]. Texas, Pearsall Frio Co. 7.vi.1972 coll. E.E. Grissel / Paratype 1♀ [BME]. Texas, Duval Co. 18 mi N San Diego 12.x.1981, 1♀, coll. G.E. Gillaspy [BME]. Hidalgo Co. Mc Allen Valley Bot. Garden 23.ix.1977, 1♀, coll. C.C. Porter [BME]. Same data except 23.xi.1981, 1♀ [BME]. MEXICO: Est. de Biologia Chamela Jalisco coll. A. Pescador / Paratype 1♀ [BME]. Minatitl��n 8.ix.1961 coll. R. & K. Dreisbach / Paratype 1♀ [BME]. Colima, N. Manzanillo 26.viii.1970 coll. M.S. & J.S. Wasbauer / Paratype 1♀ [BME] Tamps CA. San Antonio, Ruta 101W CD. Victoria 23.vi.1981 coll. M.C. Porter & L. Stange / Paratype 1♀ [BME]. Additional material. COSTA RICA: Guanacaste, EJN 14km S Ca��as 14.x.1989, 1♀, coll. F.D. Parker [BME]. Comments. The redescription above is based on a paratype male from El Salvador: Quezaltepeque., Published as part of Lucena, Daercio A. A., Kimsey, Lynn S. & Almeida, Eduardo A. B., 2016, The Neotropical cuckoo wasp genus Ipsiura Linsenmaier, 1959 (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae): revision of the species occurring in Brazil, pp. 1-71 in Zootaxa 4165 (1) on pages 32-34, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4165.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/267533, {"references":["Bohart, R. M. (1985) New Ipsiura and a key to known species of the genus (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, 58 (4), 708 - 720."]}

Ipsiura myops (du Buysson, 1904) (Figs 129���134) Chrysis myops du Buysson, 1904: 264. Holotype ♀ [examined by photos]: ARGENTINA, Tucum��n. (MNHN). Chrysis subtruncata Mocs��ry, 1912. Holotype ♀ [not examined]: BRAZIL: Minas Gerais. Synonymized by Kimsey & Bohart (1991: 510). Neochrysis (Ipsiura) dehyalinata Linsenmaier, 1985. Holotype ♀ [not examined]: BRAZIL: Santa Catarina, Nova Teutonia. Synonymized by Kimsey & Bohart (1991: 510). Neochrysis (Ipsiura) myops: Kimsey & Bohart 1981: 78. Ipsiura myops: Bohart 1985: 709. Diagnosis. Ipsiura myops most closely resembles I. spiculella Bohart and I. tropicalis Bohart. It can be readily distinguished from these and other Ipsiura species by the following combination of characters: T3 with four obtuse distal teeth, without basolateral whitish spot (whitish spot present in I. spiculella and I. tropicalis), neither prepit swelling (sloping gently in I. tropicalis); large S2 spots (medium-sized in I. tropicalis). Additionally, the shape of aedeagus lobes is diagnostic for I. myops. Female description. Body (Fig. 129). Length: 6.8 mm. Coloration: head green blue; F1 brownish green; mesosoma metallic green, with purple blue highlights on dorsum, particularly on pronotum and mesoscutum; metasoma metallic green, with purplish blue transverse stripes on dorsum of T1 and T2; T3 without lateral whitish spot; wing membrane light brown, with brown veins; femora and tibiae greenish; tarsi brown, hind basitarsus green. Head: TFC forming an incomplete arc, widely interrupted medially (Fig. 130); F1 longer than broad, 1.2�� as long as F2; scapal basin covered with silvery pubescence. Mesosoma: fore femur without flattened area or ventral tooth-like projection on outer surface of distal margin, diameter of distal area about one-half diameter of proximal area; fore wing with short M distal to discoidal cell, R1 shorter than stigma (as in Fig. 190); dorsal surface of pronotum wider than head; lower lateral pronotal surface irregularly punctate anteriorly, with indistinct posterior area delimited by faint transverse ridge; metanotum rounded, without differentiated surface; mesopleural lower posterior margin carinate, with small indistinc tooth-like projections. Metasoma: T3 with four obtuse distal teeth (Fig. 131), pit row with large and deep foveae, prepit swelling absent; S2 spots large, nearly reaching each other medially (Fig. 132). Punctation: definite punctation at all body; tiny punctures on outer surface of fore femur; dorsum of T3 with definite, deep punctures; largest punctures on dorsum of T1 and metanotum. Male. Same as female, except for the characteristic shape of S2 spots as shown in Fig. 132. Genital capsule (Fig. 133): aedeagus longer than gonostylus and cuspis; gonostylus longer than cuspis; digitus length subequal to cuspis, strongly clavate apically; gonostylus and cuspis setose apically. Variation. Body length 6.2���7.1 mm. Hosts. Specimens reared from nests of Ancistrocerus flavomarginatus (Br��thes), Trypoxylon agamemnon (Richards) and T. lactitarse (Saussure), (Tayane Buggenhagen, personal communication). Distribution. Argentina (Corrientes, Jujuy, Salta, Tucum��n); Brazil (MG, PR, SC, SP); Uruguay (Tacuaremb��) (Fig. 134). Material examined. ARGENTINA, Tucum��n, coll. R. du Buysson 1902 / Holotype ♀ (MNHN). Additional material. ARGENTINA: Corrientes, Ituzaing�� iii.1982, 1 ♀, coll. Manfredo Fritz [BME]. Las Marias 10. xi.1969, 1 ♀, coll. C. Porter [BME]. Salta, Pocitos i.1971, 1 ♀, coll. Manfredo Fritz [BME]. Jujuy, San Pedro de Jujuy 29. iv.1926, 1 ♀, coll. USNM [BME]. BRAZIL: Minas Gerais, Araxa 15. iv.1965, 1 ��, coll. C. Elias [BME]. Barbacena 27. x.1905, 1 ��, coll. A. Ducke [MPEG]. Paran��, General Carneiro 29.ix.2014 ��� 16.ii.2015, 37♀ 12��, coll. Tayane Buggenhagen [RPSP]. Palmeira 9. x.1969, 1 ♀, coll. P.D. Hurd [BME]. Santa Catarina, Nova Teutonia i.1965, 1 ♀, coll. Fritz Plaumann [BME]. Nova Teutonia 28. iii.1966, 1 ♀ [BME]. Porto Uni��o 3. xii.2011, 1 ��, coll. J. Iantas [DZUP]. S��o Paulo, Luis Ant��nio, Est. Ecol. Jata�� 11. x.2007, 1 ♀, coll. N.W. Perioto [LRRP]. Nova Europa, Faz. Itaquer�� 24. xi.1963, 1 ♀, coll. K. Lenko [BME]. URUGUAY: Tacuaremb�� 2. ii.1963, 1 ♀, coll. Bouseman [BME]. Comments. The redescription above is based on a female from Brazil: Paran��, General Carneiro., Published as part of Lucena, Daercio A. A., Kimsey, Lynn S. & Almeida, Eduardo A. B., 2016, The Neotropical cuckoo wasp genus Ipsiura Linsenmaier, 1959 (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae): revision of the species occurring in Brazil, pp. 1-71 in Zootaxa 4165 (1) on page 48, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4165.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/267533, {"references":["Buysson, R. du (1904) Contribution aux Chrysidides du globe. Revue d'Entomologie, 23, 253 - 275.","Mocsary, A. (1912) Species Chrysididarum novae. Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici, 9, 443 - 474.","Kimsey, L. S. & Bohart, R. M. (1991 [\" 1990 \"]) The Chrysidid Wasps of the World. Oxford Science Publications, New York, NY, 652 pp.","Linsenmaier, W. (1985) Revision des genus Neochrysis Linsenmaier (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae). Entomofauna, 6 (26), 425 - 487.","Kimsey, L. S. & Bohart, R. M. (1981 [\" 1980 \"]) A synopsis of the chrysidid genera of Neotropical America (Chrysidoidea, Hymenoptera). Psyche, 87, 75 - 92. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1155 / 1980 / 21857","Bohart, R. M. (1985) New Ipsiura and a key to known species of the genus (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, 58 (4), 708 - 720."]}

Ipsiura marginalis (Brull��, 1846) (Figs 123���128) Chrysis marginalis Brull��, 1846: 41. Holotype ♀ [examined by photos]: FRENCH GUIANA, Cayenne (MNHN). Pleurocera (Ipsiura) marginalis: Linsenmaier 1959: 74. Neochrysis (Ipsiura) marginalis: Bohart 1966: 142. Ipsiura marginalis: Bohart 1985: 709. Diagnosis. Ipsiura marginalis most closely resembles I. ellampoides (Ducke). It is readily distinguished from that and other Ipsiura species by the combination of following characters: fore wing with long M distal to discoidal cell; TFC completely closed medially, rectangular, with well-marked secondary lateral facial carina (TFC rounded and without secondary lateral facial carina in I. ellampoides); T3 with indistinguishable teeth (deflected teeth in I. ellampoides); lower posterior mesopleural margin with strong knob-like projections (absent in I. ellampoides) and metanotum elongated, strongly projected above the propodeal surface (not so well-developed in I. ellampoides). Female description. Body (Fig. 123). Length: 12.2 mm. Coloration: head predominantly green, with bluish highlights on vertex; F1 green; mesosoma metallic green, with bluish highlights on dorsum, particularly on pronotum and mesoscutum; metasoma metallic green, with bluish purple stripes on dorsum of T2 and faintly indicated on T1; T3 with lateral whitish spot; wing membrane light brown, with brown veins; femora and tibiae greenish; tarsi brownish, basitarsi brownish green. Head: TFC enclosing the median ocellus, completely closed medially, forming a rectangular enclosure (Fig. 124); secondary facial carina well-developed laterally; F1 much longer than broad, about 1.9�� as long as F2; scapal basin densely covered with silvery pubescence laterally, with distinct polished stripe medially. Mesosoma: fore femur with discrete flattened area on outer surface of distal margin, diameter of distal area subequal to diameter of proximal area; fore wing with long M distal to discoidal cell, ending near distal wing margin, R1 very short, slightly indicated (as in Fig. 145), medial cell asetose; dorsal surface of pronotum much wider than head; lower lateral pronotal surface smooth, punctate anteriorly, without distinct posterior area delimited by transverse ridge; metanotum elongated, strongly projected above propodeal surface; mesopleural lower posterior margin strongly carinate, along with distinct knob-like projections (Fig. 126). Metasoma: T3 with ���two��� deflected downward distal teeth (Fig. 125), pit row obsolescent, indicated by shallow and small pits, prepit swelling strongly convex; S2 spots medium-sized, separated medially about one-half spot diameter (Fig. 127). Punctation: fore femur punctate on outer surface; largest punctures on T1, mesopleuron and metanotum; shallow and spaced punctures on dorsum of T2 and T3, shiny interspace punctures. Male. Unknown. Variation. Body length 11.9���13.1 mm. Hosts. Unknown. Distribution. Brazil (AM, PA); French Guiana (Cayenne); Paraguay (Itap��a, Paraguar��) (Fig. 128). Remarks. I. marginalis is the largest and most easily recognizable species in the genus. Material examined. FRENCH GUIANA, Cayenne / Holotype ♀ (MNHN). Additional material. BRAZIL: Par��, Boca do Cumin�� Mirim 4.x.1969, 1♀, coll. Exp. Perm. Amaz. [MZUSP]. ��bidos 28.xii.1907, 1♀, coll. A Ducke [MPEG]. Santar��m, 1♀, coll. A. Ducke [BME]. PARAGUAY, 1♀, coll. Sternitzky [BME]. Itap��a, Alto Ver�� 11.ii.1999, 1♀, coll. B. Garcete-Barrett [INBPY]. Paraguar��, Sapucai 25.viii.1901, 1♀ [BME]. Comments. The redescription above is based on a female from Brazil: Par��, Boca do Cumin�� Mirim., Published as part of Lucena, Daercio A. A., Kimsey, Lynn S. & Almeida, Eduardo A. B., 2016, The Neotropical cuckoo wasp genus Ipsiura Linsenmaier, 1959 (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae): revision of the species occurring in Brazil, pp. 1-71 in Zootaxa 4165 (1) on pages 45-48, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4165.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/267533, {"references":["Brulle, A. (1846) Chrysides. In: Lepeletier, A. de Saint-Fargeau (Ed.), Histoire naturelle des Insectes. Hymenopteres, Vol. 4. Librairie Roret, Paris, pp. 1 - 55.","Linsenmaier, W. (1959) Revision der Familie Chrysididae. Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft, 32 (1), 1 - 232.","Bohart, R. M. (1966 [\" 1963 \"]) The genus Neochrysis in America north of Mexico (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae). Bulletin of the Entomological Society of Washington, 58 (5), 44 - 139.","Bohart, R. M. (1985) New Ipsiura and a key to known species of the genus (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, 58 (4), 708 - 720."]}

Ipsiura affinissima (Ducke, 1903) (Figs 1���6) Chrysis affinissima Ducke, 1903: 229. Holotype ♀ [examined]: BRAZIL: Par��, Bel��m (MPEG). Ipsiura affinissima: Bohart 1985: 710. Neochrysis (Ipsiura) affinissima: Linsenmaier 1985: 477. Diagnosis. Ipsiura affinissima most closely resembles I. obidensis (Ducke), I. catamarcae Bohart and I. neolateralis (Bohart); it can be distinguished from these and other Ipsiura species by the following combination of characters: T3 with six acute distal teeth (lateral teeth obstuse in I. obidensis), with a short and strongly convex prepit swelling (swelling low, sloping gently in I. obidensis), pit row indicated by very small lateral pits on T3 (pit row well-developed in I. catamarcae, I. neolateralis and I. obidensis); head with a well-delimited and complete TFC, forming a complete arc, as long as broad (much broader in I. obidensis, medially interrupted in I. catamarcae); fore femur without ventral tooth on distal margin (present in I. catamarcae and I. neolateralis); lower posterior margin of mesopleuron with two distinct close together tooth-like projections (projections well-separated in I. neolateralis); metanotum rounded (irregularly cristate to serriform in I. catamarcae and I. neolateralis); and S2 spots medium-sized (large S2 spots in related species). Male description. Body (Fig. 1). Length: 8.9 mm. Coloration: head predominantly green, with dark maculations on vertex; F1 brownish green; mesosoma metallic green, with faint bluish highlights dorsally, particularly on pronotum; metasoma metallic green, with whitish spot laterally on T3;wing membrane light brown, with brown veins; femora and tibiae greenish; tarsi brown; hind basitarsus greenish brown. Head: TFC forming complete arc (Fig. 2); F1 longer than broad, 1.3�� as long as F2; scapal basin with sparse silvery pubescence. Mesosoma: fore femur with discrete flattened area on outer surface of distal margin, diameter of distal area subequal to diameter of proximal area; fore wing with short M distal to discoidal cell, R1 shorter than stigma (e.g. Fig. 190); dorsal surface of pronotum wider than head; lower lateral pronotal surface smooth, without distinct posterior area delimited by transverse ridge; metanotum rounded, without differentiated surface; mesopleural lower posterior margin with distinct close together tooth-like projections. Metasoma: T3 with six acute distal teeth, pit row only indicated by small lateral pits (Fig. 3), with protruding and short prepit swelling; S2 spots medium-sized, touching medially (Fig. 4). Punctation: fore femur sparsely punctate, with tiny punctures marked externally; dorsal surface of head and mesosoma with definite punctures; metasoma with shallow punctures on T3. Genital capsule (Fig. 5): cuspis broad, sub-triangular, asetose distally, with strong longitudinal line medially; gonostylus longer, slenderer than cuspis; digitus acute apicaly, clavate; aedeagus robust, lobes blunt apically. Female. Same as male, except for the characteristic shape of S2 spots as shown in Fig. 4 and the broad dark band occupying much of the dorsum of meso- and metasoma. Variation. Specimens collected by malaise trap shown variation in the color pattern with predominantly bluish coloration and some green maculation on dorsum of head and mesosoma. Specimens from the Amazonian region (Brazil: Par��, ��bidos ��� BME) have the punctation deeper and coarser than the specimens collected in Minas Gerais. Body length 7.9���9.2 mm. Host. Unknown. Distribution. Brazil (MG, PA) (Fig. 6). Material examined. BRAZIL: Par��, Bel��m, 17.vi.1902, coll. Ducke, A. / Holotype ♀ Chrysis affinissima Ducke [MPEG]. Additional material. Par��, 31.xii.1906, 1��, coll. Ducke, A. [BME]. Minas Gerais, Marli��ria, Parque Estadual do Rio Doce 19��37���S 42��34���O, 24���31.x.2002, 8♀, coll. Fontenelle, J.C.R. [UFES]. Comments. The redescription above is based on a male from Brazil: Par��, Bel��m., Published as part of Lucena, Daercio A. A., Kimsey, Lynn S. & Almeida, Eduardo A. B., 2016, The Neotropical cuckoo wasp genus Ipsiura Linsenmaier, 1959 (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae): revision of the species occurring in Brazil, pp. 1-71 in Zootaxa 4165 (1) on pages 7-9, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4165.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/267533, {"references":["Ducke, A. (1903) Neue sudamerikanische Chrysididen. Zeitschrift fur systematische Hymenopterologie und Dipterologie, 3, 129 - 136.","Bohart, R. M. (1985) New Ipsiura and a key to known species of the genus (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, 58 (4), 708 - 720.","Linsenmaier, W. (1985) Revision des genus Neochrysis Linsenmaier (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae). Entomofauna, 6 (26), 425 - 487."]}

Ipsiura obidensis (Ducke, 1903) (Figs 157���162) Chrysis obidensis Ducke, 1903: 231. Lectotype �� [examined by photos]: BRAZIL: Par��, ��bidos (MNHN). Designed by Bohart, in Kimsey & Bohart (1991: 511). Chrysis anisitsii Br��thes, 1908. Lectotype ♀ [not examined]: PARAGUAY: Asunci��n (MACN). Designed by Bohart, in Kimsey & Bohart (1991: 511). Synonymized by Kimsey & Bohart (1991: 511). Hexachrysis anisitsi Bischoff, 1910. Lectotype ♀ [not examined]: PARAGUAY: Asunci��n (ZMHU). Designed by Bohart, in Kimsey & Bohart (1991: 511). Synonymized by Kimsey & Bohart (1991: 511). Neochrysis (Ipsiura) obidensis: Kimsey & Bohart 1981: 78. Ipsiura obidensis: Bohart 1985: 710. Diagnosis. Ipsiura obidensis most closely resembles I. lata Bohart. It can be distinguished from I. lata by the metanotum irregularly cristate medially (strongly cristate in I. lata), and the TFC closed medially, much broader than long (slightly interrupted and longer than broad in I. lata). Ipsiura obidensis can be distinguished from other Ipsiura species by the following combination of characters: T3 with six distal teeth, the lateral teeth usually are strongly obtuse, prepit swelling sloping gently, and large lateral whitish spots; large S2 spots, that touching medially; scapal basin densely covered with silvery pubescence and the TFC forming broad enclosure, and closed medially. Male description. Body (Fig. 157). Length: 6.2 mm. Coloration: head predominantly bluish green, with dark purple highlights on vertex; F1 bluish green, F2 brownish green; mesosoma metallic blue, with dark purple bands on dorsum, particularly on pronotum and mesoscutum; metasoma metallic blue, with transverse dark purple stripes on dorsum of T1 and T2; T3 with purplish highlights, and large lateral whitish spot; wing membrane light brown, with brown veins; femora and tibiae bluish; tarsi brown, hind basitarsus brownish blue. Head: TFC enclosing the median ocellus, closed medially, much broader than long (Fig. 158); F1 longer than broad, 1.2�� as long as F2; scapal basin densely covered with silvery pubescence. Mesosoma: fore femur with discrete flattened area on outer surface of distal margin, without ventral tooth-like projection; fore wing with short M distal to discoidal cell, R1 shorter than stigma (e.g. Fig. 190); dorsal surface of pronotum wider than head; lower lateral pronotal surface smooth, punctate anteriorly, without distinct posterior area delimited by transverse ridge; metanotum irregularly serrate to cristate medially; mesopleural lower posterior margin carinate, with distinct close together tooth-like projections. Metasoma: T3 with six distal teeth, the lateral teeth are broadly obtuse (Fig. 159), pit row exposed, represented by distinct, small foveae, prepit swelling sloping gently; S2 spots large, touching medially (Fig. 160). Punctation: outer surface of fore femur punctate, with definite sparse punctures; largest punctures on T1, mesopleuron and metanotum. Genital capsule (Fig. 161): aedeagus longer than gonostylus and cuspis; cuspis shorter than gonostylus, broader basally than apically; digitus very narrow, shorter than cuspis, strongly clavate; gonostylus and cuspis with short setae apically. Female. Same as male, except for the characteristic shape of S2 spots as shown in Fig. 160, and usually shaperst T3 lateral teeth. Variation. The body coloration varies from the usual blue to green, especially in specimens from northeast Brazil: Rio Grande do Norte, Para��ba and Bahia. Body length 6.1���6.5 mm. Hosts. Unknown. Distribution. Argentina (Salta, Santa Fe); Brazil (AM, BA, CE, MA, MG, PA, RN, SP); Paraguay (San Pedro, Villarica) (Fig. 162). Material examined. BRAZIL: Par��, ��bidos, 29.vii.1902 A. Ducke / Lectotype �� (MNHN). Additional material. ARGENTINA: Salta, Tartagal 11.viii.1973, 1♀, coll. C. Porter [BME]. Santa F��, Tostado, 1��, coll. Andres Giai [BME]. BRAZIL: Amazonas, Manaus 22.xi.1910, 1♀, coll. A. Ducke [MPEG]. Bahia, Jequi��, DIRFAV 13.x.2006, 1♀, coll. J.C. Silva-JR [LEBIC]. Same data except 10.ii.2006, 1♀ [LEBIC]. Jequi��, UESB II, 28.ii.2007, 1♀, coll. J.C. Silva-JR [LEBIC]. Same data except 19.ix.2006, 1♀ [LEBIC], 20.xi.2006, 1♀ [LEBIC], 25.xi.2006, 1�� [LEBIC]. Cear��, Baturit�� 25.vii.1908, 1♀, coll. A. Ducke [MPEG]. Maranh��o, Caxias 29.iv.1907, 1♀, coll. A. Ducke [MPEG]. Cod�� 24.vi.1907, 1♀, coll. A. Ducke [MPEG]. Minas Gerais, Barbacena 22.x.1905, 1��, coll. A. Ducke [MPEG]. Chapada?, 1♀ [BME]. Par��, ��bidos 22.vii.1903, 1♀, A. Ducke [MNHN]. Same data except 8.vii.1903, 1�� [MPEG], 13.xii.1903, 1♀ [MPEG], 10.i.1904, 1�� [MPEG], 21.i.1904, 1�� [MPEG], 22.xii.1904, 1�� [MPEG], 2.i.1905, 1�� [MPEG], 2.i.1907, 2�� [BME], 22.xii.1904, 1♀ [BME], 1.i.1907, 1♀ [BME], 5.i.1905, 1♀ [MPEG], 7.i.1905, 1♀ [MPEG], 11.i.1905, 1�� [MPEG], 31.xii.1906, 1♀ [MPEG], 1.i.1907, 1♀ [MPEG], 2.i.1907, 1�� [MPEG], 4.i.1907, 2�� 1♀ [MPEG], 5.i.1907, 2�� [MPEG], 8.i.1907, 1♀ [MPEG], 5.iv.1907, 1�� [MPEG], 1.xii.1907, 1�� [MPEG]. Alenquer 29.xii.1903, 1♀, coll. A. Ducke [MPEG]. Same data except 1.i.1904, 1♀ [MPEG]. Almeirim 8.iv.1903, 1♀, A. Ducke [MPEG]. Same data except 12.iv.1903, 1�� [MPEG]. Faro 15.xii.1904, 1♀, coll. A. Ducke [MPEG]. Madeira Mamor��, 1♀, [MPEG]. Par�� 26.ix.1901, 1♀, coll. A. Ducke [MPEG]. Same data except 28.ix.1901, 1�� [MPEG], 24.iii.1903, 1♀ [MPEG]. Prainha 12.v.1903, 1�� 1♀, coll. A. Ducke [MPEG]. Rio Grande do Norte, Mossor��, Faz. Sta. J��lia 6.iii.2007, 2�� 4♀, coll. D.R.R. Fernandes [RPSP]. S��o Paulo, Luis Ant��nio, Est. Ecol. Jata�� 24.x.2007, 1♀, coll. N.W. Perioto [LRRP]. Same data except 5.xii.2007, 1♀ [LRRP], 26.xi.2008, 1♀ [LRRP]. Paulo de Farias, Est. Ecol. P. Farias 9.xii.1998, 1��, coll. Gar��falo, Gazola & Serrano [CAVS]. Teodoro Sampaio, Parque Estadual Morro do Diabo, S��tio Manoel 18.x.2011, 1♀, coll. P.R. Lopes [RPSP]. PARAGUAY: Villarica xi, 1♀, coll. Sternitzky [BME]. Comments. The redescription above is based on a male from Brazil: Par��, Almeirim., Published as part of Lucena, Daercio A. A., Kimsey, Lynn S. & Almeida, Eduardo A. B., 2016, The Neotropical cuckoo wasp genus Ipsiura Linsenmaier, 1959 (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae): revision of the species occurring in Brazil, pp. 1-71 in Zootaxa 4165 (1) on pages 56-57, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4165.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/267533, {"references":["Ducke, A. (1903) Neue sudamerikanische Chrysididen. Zeitschrift fur systematische Hymenopterologie und Dipterologie, 3, 129 - 136.","Kimsey, L. S. & Bohart, R. M. (1991 [\" 1990 \"]) The Chrysidid Wasps of the World. Oxford Science Publications, New York, NY, 652 pp.","Brethes, J. (1908 [\" 1906 \"]) Himenopteros sudamericanos. Anales del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural de Buenos Aires, Serie 3, 9, 1 - 47.","Bischoff, H. (1910) Die Chrysididen des Koniglichen Zoologischen Museums zu Berlin. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin, 4, 427 - 493.","Kimsey, L. S. & Bohart, R. M. (1981 [\" 1980 \"]) A synopsis of the chrysidid genera of Neotropical America (Chrysidoidea, Hymenoptera). Psyche, 87, 75 - 92. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1155 / 1980 / 21857","Bohart, R. M. (1985) New Ipsiura and a key to known species of the genus (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, 58 (4), 708 - 720."]}

Ipsiura obidana Bohart, 1985 (Figs 152���156) Ipsiura obidana Bohart, 1985: 718. Holotype ♀ [examined]: BRAZIL: Par��, ��bidos (BME). Diagnosis. Ipsiura obidana most closely resembles I. genbergi (Dahlbom). It can be readily distinguished by the shape of S2 spots. This species can be distinguished from other Ipsiura species by the following combination of characters: genal space very narrow and impunctate; fore femur slightly flattened distally and impunctate on outer surface; T3 with narrow lateral whitish spot, without distinct prepit swelling, pit row obsolescent, with small pits marked laterally, and TFC slightly interrupted medially. Female description. Body (Fig. 152). Length: 5.9 mm. Coloration: head predominantly green, with faint purple highlights on vertex; F1 brown; mesosoma metallic green, with broad bluish purple band on dorsum, particularly on pronotum and mesoscutum; metasoma metallic green, with transverse dark purple stripes on dorsum of T1 and T2; T3 with narrow lateral whitish spot; wing membrane light brown, with brown veins; femora and tibiae green; tarsi brown, hind basitarsus brownish green. Head: genal space narrow, less than 1�� MOD long; TFC enclosing the median ocellus, slightly interrupted medially (Fig. 153); F1 slightly longer than broad, about 1.1�� as long as F2; scapal basin covered with silvery pubescence. Mesosoma: fore femur slightly flattened distally, not projecting ventrally, diameter of distal area about one-half diameter of proximal area; fore wing with short M distal to discoidal cell, R1 shorter than stigma (as in Fig. 190); dorsal surface of pronotum wider than head; lower lateral pronotal surface irregularly punctate anteriorly, with indistinct posterior area delimited by faint transverse ridge; metanotum rounded, without differentiated surface; mesopleural lower posterior margin carinate, with indistinct tooth-like projections. Metasoma: T3 with six acute distal teeth (Fig. 154), pit row obsolescent, indicated by small lateral pits, partially covered by anterior crease, without prepit swelling; S2 spots small, ovoid, nearly reaching each other medially (Fig. 155). Punctation: genal space impunctate; outer surface of fore femur impunctate; largest punctures on T1, mesopleuron and metanotum; T3 with definite punctation. Male. Unknown. Variation. Body length 5.8��� 6 mm. Hosts. Unknown. Distribution. Bolivia (Santa Cruz); Brazil (AM, PA, RO, RR) (Fig. 156). Material examined. BRAZIL: Par��, ��bidos, 17.xii.1907 A. Ducke / Holotype ♀ (BME). Par��, ��bidos 28.xii.1907 A. Ducke / Paratype 1♀ [BME]. BOLIVIA: Santa Cruz, Jardim Bot��nico 26.vii.1977 C. Porter / Paratype 1♀ [BME]. Additional material. BRAZIL: Amazonas, Manaus 29.vi.1982, 1♀, coll. J.A. Rafael [INPA]. Par��, Cana�� dos Caraj��s 16.iv.1983, 1♀, coll. M.F. Torres [MPEG]. Rond��nia, Ouro Preto D���Oeste 11���13. xi.1984, 1 ♀ [MPEG]. Roraima, Rio Uraricoera, Ilha de Maraca 13.v.1987, 1♀, coll. J.A. Rafael [INPA]. Comments. The redescription above is based on a female from Brazil: Amazonas, Manaus., Published as part of Lucena, Daercio A. A., Kimsey, Lynn S. & Almeida, Eduardo A. B., 2016, The Neotropical cuckoo wasp genus Ipsiura Linsenmaier, 1959 (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae): revision of the species occurring in Brazil, pp. 1-71 in Zootaxa 4165 (1) on pages 55-56, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4165.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/267533, {"references":["Bohart, R. M. (1985) New Ipsiura and a key to known species of the genus (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, 58 (4), 708 - 720."]}

Ipsiura fritzi Bohart, 1985 (Figs 63���66) Ipsiura fritzi Bohart, 1985: 715. Holotype ♀ [not examined]: PARAGUAY, Caaguaz�� (Coll. Manfredo Fritz). Diagnosis. Ipsiura fritzi most closely resembles I. lata Bohart and I. obidensis (Ducke). It is readily distinguished from these and other Ipsiura species by the following combination of characters: fore femur with sparse and reduced punctation on outer surface (coarsely punctate in I. lata and I. obidensis), and broad, round TFC arc (longer than broad in I. lata, broader than long in I. obidensis). Additionally, I. fritzi has T3 with six distal teeth; lower posterior margin of mesopleuron carinate, with distinct close together tooth-like projections, and large S2 spots touching medially. Female description. Body (Fig. 63). Length: 7.4 mm. Coloration: head primarily green, with purplish blue highlights on vertex; F1 brownish green; mesosoma metallic green, with purplish blue highlights on dorsum, particularly on pronotum; metasoma metallic green, with distinct purple transverse stripes on T1 and T2, narrow basolateral whitish spot on T3; wing membrane light brown, with brown veins; femora and tibiae green; tarsi brown, hind basitarsus green. Head: TFC broad, enclosing the median ocellus, almost completely closed medially (Fig. 64); F1 longer than broad, 1.3�� as long as F2; scapal basin covered with dense silvery pubescence. Mesosoma: fore femur without ventral tooth projection on distal margin, slightly flattened distally, diameter of distal area about one-half diameter of proximal area; hind tibia with some long setae among short ones; fore wing with short M distal to discoidal cell, R1 shorter than stigma (as in Fig. 190); dorsal surface of pronotum wider than head; lower lateral pronotal surface smooth, punctate anteriorly, without distinct posterior area delimited by transverse ridge; metanotum irregularly punctate, slightly elevated medially, but not projecting above propodeum; mesopleural lower posterior margin strongly carinate, with distinct close together tooth-like projections. Metasoma: T3 with six acute distal teeth (Fig. 65), pit row with large foveae along distal margin, prepit swelling sloping gently; S2 spots large, touching medially (Fig. 66). Punctation: fore femur with sparse and reduced punctation on outer surface; largest punctures on T1, mesopleuron and metanotum. Male. Unknown. Host. Unknown. Distribution. Paraguay (Caaguaz��) (Fig. 30). Material examined. PARAGUAY: Caaguaz��, xii.1977, coll. M. Fritz / Paratype 1♀ Ipsiura fritzi Bohart (BME). Comments. The redescription above is based on the paratype female from Paraguay: Caaguaz��., Published as part of Lucena, Daercio A. A., Kimsey, Lynn S. & Almeida, Eduardo A. B., 2016, The Neotropical cuckoo wasp genus Ipsiura Linsenmaier, 1959 (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae): revision of the species occurring in Brazil, pp. 1-71 in Zootaxa 4165 (1) on pages 26-28, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4165.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/267533, {"references":["Bohart, R. M. (1985) New Ipsiura and a key to known species of the genus (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, 58 (4), 708 - 720."]}

Ipsiura venezuelae Bohart, 1985 (Figs 185���189) Ipsiura venezuelae Bohart, 1985: 720. Holotype �� [not examined]: VENEZUELA: Zulia, La Concepci��n (NMNH). Neochrysis (Ipsiura) schlaeflei Linsenmaier, 1985. Holotype ♀ [not examined]: VENEZUELA: San Joaqu��n (NMLS). Synonymized by Kimsey & Bohart (1991: 512). Neochrysis (Ipsiura) venezuelae: Linsenmaier 1997: 267. Diagnosis. Ipsiura venezuelae most closely resembles I. neolateralis (Bohart) and I. catamarcae Bohart. It can be distinguished from those and other Ipsiura species by the following combination of characters: fore wing with long M distal to discoidal cell (short in I. catamarcae and I. neolateralis); shallow and well-separated punctures on T3 (well-definite and regularly spaced in I. catamarcae and I. neolateralis); body with remarkable purple highlights (faint bluish highlights in I. catamarcae and I. neolateralis); metanotum rounded (irregularly punctate, cristate to serriform in I. catamarcae and I. neolateralis) and medium-sized S2 spots (large spots in I. catamarcae and I. neolateralis). Female description. Body (Fig. 185). Length: 6.7 mm. Coloration: head primarily green, with faint purple highlights on vertex; F1 brownish; mesosoma metallic green, with transverse purplish stripe on dorsum of pronotum, broad purplish band on mesoscutum; metasoma metallic green, with dark purple transverse stripes on dorsum of T1 and T2; T3 with large lateral whitish spot; wing membrane light brown, with brown veins; femora and tibiae green; tarsi brown, meso- and hind basitarsi greenish brown. Head: TFC enclosing the median ocellus, slightly interrupted medially (Fig. 186); F1 longer than broad, 1.3�� as long as F2; scapal basin covered with silvery pubescence. Mesosoma: fore femur strongly flattened on outer surface of distal margin, diameter of distal area subequal to diameter of proximal area; fore wing with long M distal to discoidal cell, ending near distal wing margin (as in Fig. 145), R1 shorter than stigma (as in Fig. 190), medial cell setose; dorsal surface of pronotum wider than head; lower lateral pronotal surface smooth, impunctate, without distinct posterior area delimited by transverse ridge; metanotum rounded, without differentiated surface; mesopleural lower posterior margin carinate, with distinct close together tooth-like projections. Metasoma: T3 with six acute distal teeth (Fig. 187), prepit swelling strongly convex, pit row with large, deep foveae; S2 spots medium-sized, medially separated at least by one-quarter spot diameter (Fig. 188). Punctation: fore femur with irregular, sparse punctures; largest punctures on T1, mesopleuron and metanotum; vertex roughly punctate; T3 with shallow well-separated punctures. Male. Same as female, except for the characteristic shape of S2 spots as shown in Fig. 188. Variation. Specimes from north Brazil are predominantly green, without purplish highlights on body. Body length 6.7���7.1 mm. Host. Unknown. Distribution. Brazil (AM, PA, RR); Costa Rica (Lim��n); Ecuador (Guayas); Venezuela (Aragua, Zulia) (Fig. 189). Material examined. COSTA RICA: Lim��n, Hacienda Tapezco 20.iii.1978 coll. D. Panny, D. Moeller & C. Lewis / Paratype 1♀ [BME]. VENEZUELA: Aragua, 2 KmN. Ocumare De La Costa 21.vi.1976 coll. A.S Menke & D. Vincent / Paratype 1♀ [BME]. Balao Chico? 23.iv.1963 L. Pena / Paratype 1�� [BME]. Venezuela: Zulia, Maracaibo 16.ix.1973 coll. R. Bohart / Paratype 1♀ [BME]. Additional material. BRAZIL: Amazonas, Manaus, Reserva Ducke 6.xi.1978, 1♀, coll. N. Penny [INPA]. Par��, Bel��m COAGB 17.ix.2010, 1♀, coll. I. Santos, L. Lima, J. Santos & J. Rocha [MPEG]. Roraima, Rio Uraricoera, Ilha de Maraca 30.xi.1987, 1♀, coll. J.A. Rafael [INPA]. Comments. The redescription above is based on a paratype female from Venezuela: Aragua, Ocumare de la Costa., Published as part of Lucena, Daercio A. A., Kimsey, Lynn S. & Almeida, Eduardo A. B., 2016, The Neotropical cuckoo wasp genus Ipsiura Linsenmaier, 1959 (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae): revision of the species occurring in Brazil, pp. 1-71 in Zootaxa 4165 (1) on pages 65-66, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4165.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/267533, {"references":["Bohart, R. M. (1985) New Ipsiura and a key to known species of the genus (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, 58 (4), 708 - 720.","Linsenmaier, W. (1985) Revision des genus Neochrysis Linsenmaier (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae). Entomofauna, 6 (26), 425 - 487.","Kimsey, L. S. & Bohart, R. M. (1991 [\" 1990 \"]) The Chrysidid Wasps of the World. Oxford Science Publications, New York, NY, 652 pp.","Linsenmaier, W. (1997) Altes und Neues von den Chrysididen (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae). Entomofauna, 18 (19), 245 - 300."]}

Ipsiura tropicalis Bohart, 1985 (Figs 179���184) Ipsiura tropicalis Bohart, 1985: 719. Holotype �� [examined]: MEXICO: Morelos, Cuernavaca (BME). Neochrysis (Ipsiura) amaurotica Linsenmaier, 1985. Holotype �� [not examined]: BRAZIL (NMLS). Synonymized by Kimsey & Bohart (1991: 511). Neochrysis (Ipsiura) tropicalis: Linsenmaier 1997: 266. Neochrysis (Ipsiura) tropicalis amaurotica: Linsenmaier 1997: 266. Diagnosis. Ipsiura tropicalis most closely resembles I. spiculella Bohart. It can be distinguished by the following combination of characters: T3 with distinct lateral whitish spot (narrow, obsolescent in I. spiculella), prepit swelling sloping gently (absent in I. spiculella), pit row represented by large, deep foveae; TFC almost complete medially (medially interrupted in I. spiculella); aedeagus lobes acute apically (blunt in I. spiculella), and S2 spots medium-sized, touching medially (large spots, slightly separated medially in I. spiculella). Female description. Body (Fig. 179). Length: 6.8 mm. Coloration: head predominantly green blue, with bluish highlights on vertex; F1 brownish green; mesosoma metallic green, with purplish blue stripe on pronotum, broad purplish blue band on dorsum of mesoscutum; metasoma metallic green, with bluish purple transverse stripes on dorsum of T1 and T2; T3 with bluish highlights dorsally, with lateral whitish spot; wing membrane light brown, with brown veins; femora and tibiae greenish; tarsi brown, basitarsi brownish green. Head: TFC slightly interrupted medially (Fig. 180); F1 longer than broad, 1.3�� as long as F2; scapal basin densely covered with silvery pubescence. Mesosoma: fore femur without ventral tooth-like projection or flattened area on outer surface of distal margin, diameter of distal area about one-half diameter of proximal area; fore wing with short M distal to discoidal cell, R1 shorter than stigma (as in Fig. 190); dorsal surface of pronotum wider than head; lower lateral pronotal surface irregularly punctate anteriorly, with distinct posterior area delimited by transverse ridge; metanotum rounded, without differentiated surface; mesopleural lower posterior margin carinate, with indistinct tooth-like projections. Metasoma: T3 with four obtuse distal teeth (Fig. 181), pit row with large, deep foveae, prepit swelling low, sloping gently; S2 spots medium-sized, touching medially (Fig. 182). Punctation: fore femur with tiny, sparse punctures on outer surface; dorsal surface of T3 with definite, deep punctures; dorsal surface of T1 and metanotum with largest punctures. Male. Same as female, except for the characteristic shape of S2 spots as shown in Fig. 182. Genital capsule (Fig. 183): gonostylus slightly longer than cuspis; digitus narrow; cuspis shield-like, broad basally; gonostylus setose apically; aedeagus lobes sharp, pointed apically. Variation. The holotype and specimens from the Central America and north South America are primarily greenish blue. Additionally, specimens from those localities have a broad cuspis basally (as in the Fig. 183). On the other hand, the South American specimens are predominantly green (as in the Figs 179���181), and also have the slenderer cuspis instead, but we had considered that these features do not form a pattern. Body length 6.4���6.9 mm. Hosts. Unknown. Distribution. Argentina (Salta, Tucum��n); Bolivia (Santa Cruz); Brazil (AM, BA, ES, MG, MT, PA, PR, RR, SC, SE, SP); Colombia (Meta); Costa Rica (Guanacaste, San Jose); Ecuador (Napo, Santa Cecilia); Mexico (Morelos, Oaxaca, Veracruz); Panama (Panam�� Oeste); Surinam (Paramaribo); Venezuela (Aragua) (Fig. 184). Remarks. Ipsiura tropicalis is the most common species in South America. Material examined. MEXICO: Morelos, 5 mi East Cuernavaca 26.iii.1962 F.D.Parker / Holotype �� (BME). Same data except 26���29.iii.1962 / Paratypes 3�� 10♀ [BME]. Vera Cruz, Cordoba 6.vii.1966 J.S. Buckett, M.R & R.C. Gardner / Paratypes 2♀ [BME]. Vera Cruz, Minatitl��n 8.ix.1961, coll. R. & K. Dreisbach / Paratype 1�� [BME]. Oaxaca, Palomarea 5.xi.1961 coll. R. & K. Dreisbach / Paratype 1�� [BME]. COSTA RICA: San Jose coll. R. Bohart / Paratype 1♀ [BME]. Guanacaste, Hacienda Pac��fica / Paratype 1�� [BME]. PANAMA: Rio Trinidad, Pan 16.iii.12 / Paratype 1♀ [BME]. Additional material. ARGENTINA: Tucum��n, El Solidad 16. ix.1969, 1 ♀, coll. L.A. Stange [BME]. La Soledad 11. viii.1966, 1 ♀, coll. E. Bucher [BME]. Rio Nio 26. iv.1966, 1 ♀, coll. L.A. Stange [BME]. Salta, Or��n Abra Grande 9. ii.1967, 1 ♀, coll. R. Coolback [BME]. Or��n Abra Grande 18. iv.1969, 1 ♀, coll. C. Porter [BME]. Tartagal xi.1971, 1 ��, coll. Manfredo Fritz [BME]. Tartagal 11. viii.1973, 2 ♀, coll. C. Porter [BME]. Pocitos, 2♀, coll. Manfredo Fritz [BME]. BOLIVIA: Sunchal, 1♀, coll. M. Fritz [BME]. BRAZIL: Amazonas, Rio Taruma Mirim 29. xi.1991, 1 ♀, coll. M.V. Garcia [INPA]. Bahia, Jequi��, campus UESB II 19. ix.2005, 1 ♀, coll. J.C. Silva-Jr [RPSP]. Esp��rito Santo, Santa Teresa 12. x.1964, 1 ��, coll. C. Elias [DZUP]. Mato Grosso, C��ceres 16. i.1985, 1 ��, coll. C. Elias [DZUP]. Minas Gerais, Barbacena 24. x.1905, 1 ��, coll. A. Ducke [MPEG]. Patroc��nio 5. x.1965, 1 ♀, coll. C. Elias [DZUP]. Par�� 8. xi.1901, 1 ♀, coll. A. Ducke [MPEG]. Itaituba, Rio Tapaj��s 3. ix.1902, 1 ♀, coll. A. Ducke [MPEG]. R. Arroyollos 21. iv.1903, 1 ♀, coll. A. Ducke [MPEG]. Faro 16. vii.1903, 1 ��, coll. A. Ducke [MPEG]. ��bidos 21. xi.1904, 1 �� 1♀, coll. A. Ducke [MPEG]. Tef�� 10. vi.1906, 1 ♀, coll. A. Ducke [MPEG]. Lago Grande de Villa Franca 6. i.1907, 2 ��, coll. A. Ducke [MPEG]. ��bidos 20. xi.1907, 1 ��, coll. A. Ducke [MPEG]. Same data except 6. x.1909, 1 ♀ [MPEG], 27. vii.1912, 1 ♀ [MPEG], 1906, 1�� [MPEG], 20. xii.1904, 1 ♀ [BME], 1. i.1907, 1 ♀ [BME]. Paran��, Ponta Grossa 28. iv.1988, 1 ♀, coll. Lev. Ent. PROFAUPAR [DZUP]. Roraima, Rio Uraricoera, Ilha de Maraca 2. v.1986, 1 ♀, coll. J.A. Rafael, J.E.B. Brasil & L.S. Aquino [INPA]. Santa Catarina, Nova Teutonia 30. x.1963, 1 ♀, coll. Fritz Plaumann [BME]. Same data except 18. x.1965, 1 ♀ [BME], x.1965, 1 ♀ [BME], xi.1965, 1 ♀ 1�� [BME], xi.1966, 1 ♀ [BME], ii.1974, 1 ♀ [BME]. S��o Paulo, Ara��atuba x.1961, 1 ♀, coll. J. Lane & Rabello [MZUSP]. Juqui�� 1935, 1♀, coll. J. Lane [BME]. Luis Ant��nio, Est. Ecol. Jata�� 7. xi.2007, 1 ♀, coll. N.W. Perioto [RPSP]. Same data except 11. x.2007, 1 ♀ [LRRP], 15. x.2008, 1 ♀ [LRRP], 29. x.2008, 1 ♀ [LRRP], 30. ix.2009, 1 ♀ [LRRP], 5. xii.2007, 1 ♀ [LRRP], 24. x.2007, 1 ♀ [LRRP], 26. xi.2008, 1 ♀ [LRRP]. Ribeir��o Preto, campus USP, 1♀, coll. L.C. Rocha-Filho [RPSP]. Teodoro Sampaio, Parque Estadual Morro do Diabo, S��tio S��o Francisco 23.vi.2011 ���14. iv.2012, 7 ♀, coll. P.R. Lopes [RPSP]. Sergipe, Canind�� do S��o Francisco 25. xi.2002, 1 ��, coll. D��bora Moura [LEBIC]. COLOMBIA: Meta El Porvenir 27. ii.1979, 1 ��, coll. R. Wilkerson [BME]. ECUADOR: Napo, Limoncocha 25. ix.1974, 1 ��, coll. B.A. Drummond [BME]. Santa Cec��lia, Napo Pastaza 14. vi.1967, 1 ♀, coll. J.D. Lynch [BME]. SURINAM: Samatraweg, Lelydorp 1964, 1��, coll. D.C. Geijskes [BME]. Paramaribo 21. iii.1964, 1 ��, coll. D.C. Geijskes [BME]. Same data except 10. iv.1964, 1 ♀ [BME]. Republier 28. ii.1963, 1 ♀, coll. D.C. Geijskes [BME]. VENEZUELA: Aragua, Cagua iv.1965, 2 ♀, coll. E. Doreste [BME]. El Limon 19. ii.1960, 1 ♀, coll. M. Gelbes [BME]. Comments. The redescription above is based on a female from Brazil: S��o Paulo, Luis Ant��nio., Published as part of Lucena, Daercio A. A., Kimsey, Lynn S. & Almeida, Eduardo A. B., 2016, The Neotropical cuckoo wasp genus Ipsiura Linsenmaier, 1959 (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae): revision of the species occurring in Brazil, pp. 1-71 in Zootaxa 4165 (1) on pages 63-65, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4165.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/267533, {"references":["Bohart, R. M. (1985) New Ipsiura and a key to known species of the genus (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, 58 (4), 708 - 720.","Linsenmaier, W. (1985) Revision des genus Neochrysis Linsenmaier (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae). Entomofauna, 6 (26), 425 - 487.","Kimsey, L. S. & Bohart, R. M. (1991 [\" 1990 \"]) The Chrysidid Wasps of the World. Oxford Science Publications, New York, NY, 652 pp.","Linsenmaier, W. (1997) Altes und Neues von den Chrysididen (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae). Entomofauna, 18 (19), 245 - 300."]}