<documentid="9569906DCEAC89E66AA846F94519085F"ID-DOI="10.11646/zootaxa.5169.3.1"ID-GBIF-Dataset="2cbc0f84-2011-4e7c-868f-6c305d5f3308"ID-ISSN="1175-5326"ID-Zenodo-Dep="6952172"ID-ZooBank="BB6FBD07-6B8B-4615-BD66-C4AEB612145F"IM.materialsCitations_approvedBy="juliana"IM.metadata_approvedBy="juliana"IM.taxonomicNames_approvedBy="juliana"IM.treatments_approvedBy="juliana"checkinTime="1659438097391"checkinUser="plazi"docAuthor="Khalaim, Andrey I. & Ruíz-Cancino, Enrique"docDate="2022"docId="720187E4FFADFFDB41A7F33DFA0BF912"docLanguage="en"docName="zootaxa.5169.3.1.pdf"docOrigin="Zootaxa 5169 (3)"docStyle="DocumentStyle:647186512141C8FC8976D5BCC54AEB7D.9:Zootaxa.2013-.journal_article"docStyleId="647186512141C8FC8976D5BCC54AEB7D"docStyleName="Zootaxa.2013-.journal_article"docStyleVersion="9"docTitle="Calliephialtes Ashmead 1900"docType="treatment"docVersion="7"lastPageNumber="209"masterDocId="8E38FF9CFFABFFD34130F435FF96FF9C"masterDocTitle="Darwin wasps of the subfamily Pimplinae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) of Mexico: Ephialtes genus-group"masterLastPageNumber="251"masterPageNumber="201"pageNumber="207"updateTime="1732034498606"updateUser="juliana"zenodo-license-document="CLOSED">
<mods:titleid="285F29EDEA92CD7AAACD03D33FF893C5">Darwin wasps of the subfamily Pimplinae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) of Mexico: Ephialtes genus-group</mods:title>
<mods:affiliationid="9B558195F503233D3C8DBA9D33FA8135">Facultad de Ingeniería y Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas, Cd. Victoria, Tamaulipas, Mexico. & Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia.</mods:affiliation>
<mods:affiliationid="B3E19DA2A08C30E6055D64691452C9F6">Facultad de Ingeniería y Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas, Cd. Victoria, Tamaulipas, Mexico.</mods:affiliation>
<bibRefCitationid="9E394B03FFADFFD5401DF379FD96F8F8"author="Ashmead, W. H."box="[301,512,1868,1893]"pageId="6"pageNumber="207"pagination="1 - 220"refId="ref40024"refString="Ashmead, W. H. (1900 a) Classification of the Ichneumon flies, or the superfamily Ichneumonoidea. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 23 (1206), 1 - 220. https: // doi. org / 10.5479 / si. 00963801.23 - 1206.1"type="journal article"year="1900">Ashmead 1900a: 54</bibRefCitation>
<bibRefCitationid="9E394B03FFADFFD542B1F379FBB5F8F9"author="Ashmead, W. H."box="[897,1059,1868,1893]"pageId="6"pageNumber="207"pagination="387 - 451"refId="ref39968"refString="Ashmead, W. H. (1890) Description of new Ichneumonidae in the collection of the U. S. National Museum. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 12 (1889), 387 - 451. https: // doi. org / 10.5479 / si. 00963801.12 - 779.387"type="journal article"year="1890">Ashmead, 1890</bibRefCitation>
<bibRefCitationid="9E394B03FFADFFD545E7F378FAF8F8F9"author="Cresson, E. T."box="[1239,1390,1869,1893]"pageId="6"pageNumber="207"pagination="50 - 51"refId="ref40820"refString="Cresson, E. T. (1890) Pimpla grapholithae n. sp. In: Hamilton, J. The inhabitants of a hickory nut hull. Entomological News, 1 (4), 50 - 51."type="journal article"year="1890">Cresson, 1890</bibRefCitation>
<bibRefCitationid="9E394B03FFADFFD5402AF39DFE7CF85C"author="Ashmead, W. H."box="[282,490,1960,1985]"pageId="6"pageNumber="207"pagination="387 - 451"refId="ref39968"refString="Ashmead, W. H. (1890) Description of new Ichneumonidae in the collection of the U. S. National Museum. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 12 (1889), 387 - 451. https: // doi. org / 10.5479 / si. 00963801.12 - 779.387"type="journal article"year="1890">Ashmead 1890: 446</bibRefCitation>
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(
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<bibRefCitationid="9E394B03FFADFFD54517F39DFB43F85D"author="Morley, C."box="[1063,1237,1960,1985]"pageId="6"pageNumber="207"pagination="i - xiii"refId="ref42483"refString="Morley, C. (1914) A revision of the Ichneumonidae based on the collection in the British Museum (Natural History). Part III. Tribes Pimplides and Bassides. London, British Museum (Natural History), i - xiii, 148 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.1002 / mmnd. 191419140417"type="book chapter"year="1914">Morley 1914: 12</bibRefCitation>
[remarks; key to 2 species].
<bibRefCitationid="9E394B03FFADFFD54016F3FDFDC2F843"author="Townes, H. K. & Townes, M."box="[294,596,1991,2015]"pageId="6"pageNumber="207"pagination="184 - 409"refId="ref43820"refString="Townes, H. K. & Townes, M. (1951) Family Ichneumonidae. In: Muesebeck, C. F. W., Krombein, K. V. & Townes, H. K. (Eds.), Hymenoptera of America north of Mexico, Synoptic catalog (United States Department of Agriculture, Monograph 2), pp. 184 - 409."type="journal article"year="1951">Townes & Townes 1951: 187</bibRefCitation>
<bibRefCitationid="9E394B03FFADFFD5454BF3FDFA0AF843"author="Townes, H. K. & Townes, M."box="[1147,1436,1991,2015]"pageId="6"pageNumber="207"pagination="1 - 676"refId="ref43892"refString="Townes, H. K. & Townes, M. (1960) Ichneumon-flies of America North of Mexico: 2. Subfamilies Ephialtinae, Xoridinae, Acaenitinae. United States National Museum Bulletin, 216 (Part 2), 1 - 676. https: // doi. org / 10.5479 / si. 03629236.216.1 - 2"type="journal article"year="1960">Townes & Townes 1960: 80</bibRefCitation>
<bibRefCitationid="9E394B03FFACFFD44229F4A2FBA6FF33"author="Townes, H. K. & Townes, M."box="[793,1072,150,175]"pageId="7"pageNumber="208"pagination="1 - 367"refId="ref43952"refString="Townes, H. K. & Townes, M. (1966) A catalogue and reclassification of the Neotropic Ichneumonidae. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, 8, 1 - 367."type="journal article"year="1966">Townes & Townes 1966: 10</bibRefCitation>
[catalogue; 9 species in Neotropical region; 1 species in
<bibRefCitationid="9E394B03FFACFFD44334F483FD2FFF51"author="Townes, H. K."box="[516,697,181,205]"pageId="7"pageNumber="208"pagination="1 - 300"refId="ref43741"refString="Townes, H. K. (1969) The genera of Ichneumonidae, Part 1. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, 11, 1 - 300. https: // doi. org / 10.1007 / BF 02027741"type="journal article"year="1969">Townes 1969: 74</bibRefCitation>
[description; distribution].
<bibRefCitationid="9E394B03FFACFFD442EAF480FB0AFF51"author="Carlson, R. W."box="[986,1180,181,205]"pageId="7"pageNumber="208"pagination="315 - 740"refId="ref40518"refString="Carlson, R. W. (1979) Family Ichneumonidae. In: Krombein, K. V., Hurd Jr., P. D., Smith, D. R. & Burks, B. D. (Eds.), " Catalog of Hymenoptera in America north of Mexico. " Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, pp. 315 - 740."type="book chapter"year="1979">Carlson 1979: 325</bibRefCitation>
<bibRefCitationid="9E394B03FFACFFD440EEF4E1FD1FFF70"author="Gauld, I. D."box="[478,649,212,236]"pageId="7"pageNumber="208"pagination="1 - 589"refId="ref41293"refString="Gauld, I. D. (1991) The Ichneumonidae of Costa Rica, 1. Introduction, keys to subfamilies, and keys to the species of the lower Pimpliform subfamilies Rhyssinae, Poemeniinae, Acaenitinae and Cylloceriinae. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, 47, 1 - 589."type="journal article"year="1991">Gauld 1991: 178</bibRefCitation>
[description; review of 9 species (6 described as new) from
<bibRefCitationid="9E394B03FFACFFD441F7F4C6FE32FE97"author="Gauld, I. D. & Ugalde-Gomez, J. A. & Hanson, P."box="[199,420,243,267]"pageId="7"pageNumber="208"pagination="1 - 189"refId="ref41347"refString="Gauld, I. D., Ugalde-Gomez, J. A. & Hanson, P. (1998) Guia de los Pimplinae de Costa Rica (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae). Revista de Biologia Tropical, 46, Suppl. 1, 1 - 189."type="journal article"year="1998">
<bibRefCitationid="9E394B03FFACFFD442EDF4C6FA80FE96"author="Ruiz-Cancino, E. & Kasparyan, D. R. & Coronado-Blanco, J. M."box="[989,1302,242,267]"pageId="7"pageNumber="208"pagination="631 - 646"refId="ref43392"refString="Ruiz-Cancino, E., Kasparyan, D. R. & Coronado-Blanco, J. M. (2002) 37. Ichneumonidae. In: Llorente-Bousquets, J. & Morrone, J. J. (Eds.), Biodiversidad, Taxonomia y Biogeografia de Artropodos de Mexico: Hacia una sintesis de su conocimiento. Conabio-Ecosur-Bayer, Mexico, pp. 631 - 646."type="book chapter"year="2002">
<bibRefCitationid="9E394B03FFACFFD440A3F524FDFFFEB5"author="Gauld, I. D. & Menjivar, R. & Monro, A. & Gonzalez, M. O."box="[403,617,273,297]"pageId="7"pageNumber="208"refId="ref41396"refString="Gauld, I. D., Menjivar, R., Monro, A. & Gonzalez, M. O. (2002) Guia para la identificacion de los Pimplinae de cafetales bajo sombra de El Salvador (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae). Natural History Museum, London (printed in El Salvador), 76 pp."type="book"year="2002">
is a moderately large genus with 22 species in the Nearctic and Neotropical regions. Seven species are restricted to South America, 13 species occur in Central America and four in North America. Six species, including one unidentified taxon, are found to occur in
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<bibRefCitationid="9E394B03FFA3FFDB4504F4A2FAF4FF2D"author="Ruiz-Cancino, E. & Kasparyan, D. R. & Coronado-Blanco, J. M."box="[1076,1378,151,177]"pageId="8"pageNumber="209"pagination="631 - 646"refId="ref43392"refString="Ruiz-Cancino, E., Kasparyan, D. R. & Coronado-Blanco, J. M. (2002) 37. Ichneumonidae. In: Llorente-Bousquets, J. & Morrone, J. J. (Eds.), Biodiversidad, Taxonomia y Biogeografia de Artropodos de Mexico: Hacia una sintesis de su conocimiento. Conabio-Ecosur-Bayer, Mexico, pp. 631 - 646."type="book chapter"year="2002">
<bibRefCitationid="9E394B03FFA3FFDB41A7F48EFEF1FF49"author="Morley, C."box="[151,359,187,213]"pageId="8"pageNumber="209"pagination="i - xiii"refId="ref42483"refString="Morley, C. (1914) A revision of the Ichneumonidae based on the collection in the British Museum (Natural History). Part III. Tribes Pimplides and Bassides. London, British Museum (Natural History), i - xiii, 148 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.1002 / mmnd. 191419140417"type="book chapter"year="1914">Morley (1914: 29)</bibRefCitation>
and the catalogue of the Neotropical
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Ichneumonidae (
<bibRefCitationid="9E394B03FFA3FFDB42FDF48EFB73FF49"author="Townes, H. K. & Townes, M."box="[973,1253,187,213]"pageId="8"pageNumber="209"pagination="1 - 367"refId="ref43952"refString="Townes, H. K. & Townes, M. (1966) A catalogue and reclassification of the Neotropic Ichneumonidae. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, 8, 1 - 367."type="journal article"year="1966">Townes & Townes 1966</bibRefCitation>
<bibRefCitationid="9E394B03FFA3FFDB4466F536FE9AFEDD"author="Gauld, I. D."pageId="8"pageNumber="209"pagination="1 - 589"refId="ref41293"refString="Gauld, I. D. (1991) The Ichneumonidae of Costa Rica, 1. Introduction, keys to subfamilies, and keys to the species of the lower Pimpliform subfamilies Rhyssinae, Poemeniinae, Acaenitinae and Cylloceriinae. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, 47, 1 - 589."type="journal article"year="1991">Gauld 1991: 185</bibRefCitation>
<bibRefCitationid="9E394B03FFA3FFDB45CFF512FEACFEF9"author="Ruiz-Cancino, E. & Kasparyan, D. R. & Coronado-Blanco, J. M. & Myartseva, S. N. & Trjapitzin, V. A. & Hernandez-Aguilar, S. G. & Garcia-Jimenez, J."pageId="8"pageNumber="209"pagination="53 - 71"refId="ref43462"refString="Ruiz-Cancino, E., Kasparyan, D. R., Coronado-Blanco, J. M., Myartseva, S. N., Trjapitzin, V. A., Hernandez-Aguilar, S. G. & Garcia-Jimenez, J. (2010) Himenopteros de la Reserva " El Cielo ", Tamaulipas, Mexico. Dugesiana, 17 (1), 53 - 71."type="journal article"year="2010">
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<taxonomicNameid="3DA84D71FFA3FFDB45CAF55AFE8CFE31"ID-CoL="PQ2P"authority="Gauld et al."authorityName="Gauld"class="Insecta"family="Ichneumonidae"genus="Calliephialtes"kingdom="Animalia"order="Hymenoptera"pageId="8"pageNumber="209"phylum="Arthropoda"rank="species"species="sittenfeldae">
whose larvae live in galls, nuts, small fruits, mines, cases and similar niches, or hyperparasitoids via the primary ichneumonoid parasitoid of such host (
<bibRefCitationid="9E394B03FFA3FFDB437AF5CAFD44FD85"author="Gauld, I. D."box="[586,722,511,537]"pageId="8"pageNumber="209"pagination="1 - 589"refId="ref41293"refString="Gauld, I. D. (1991) The Ichneumonidae of Costa Rica, 1. Introduction, keys to subfamilies, and keys to the species of the lower Pimpliform subfamilies Rhyssinae, Poemeniinae, Acaenitinae and Cylloceriinae. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, 47, 1 - 589."type="journal article"year="1991">Gauld 1991</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitationid="9E394B03FFA3FFDB43EEF5CAFBD6FD85"author="Lopez-Ortega, M. & Khalaim, A. I."box="[734,1088,511,537]"pageId="8"pageNumber="209"pagination="1 - 8"refId="ref42331"refString="Lopez-Ortega, M. & Khalaim, A. I. (2011) First record of Calliephialtes sittenfeldae associated with the tephritid fruit fly Anastrepha spatulata in Mexico. Journal of Insect Science, 12 (34), 1 - 8. https: // doi. org / 10.1673 / 031.012.3401"type="journal article"year="2011">López-Ortega & Khalaim 2011</bibRefCitation>
<keyLeadid="415995C7FFA3FFDB41A7F73DFA0AFC81"box="[151,1436,776,798]"pageId="8"pageNumber="209">- Head black, mesosoma and metasoma black marked to entirely black........................................... 3</keyLead>
). Hind leg with coxa and femur black, tibia fuscous (
<figureCitationid="62932A77FFA3FFDB447AF710FA07FCA7"box="[1354,1425,805,827]"captionStart="FIGURES 13–17"captionStartId="13.[151,264,1165,1189]"captionTargetBox="[151,1436,181,1141]"captionTargetId="figure-20@13.[151,1436,181,1141]"captionTargetPageId="13"captionText="FIGURES 13–17. Calliephialtes grapholithae, ♀ (Tamaulipas): 13—mesosoma and base of metasoma, lateral; 14—hind leg, lateral. Calliephialtes sittenfeldae, ♀ (Tamaulipas): 15—head, mesosoma and base of metasoma, lateral; 16—hind leg, lateral. Calliephialtes thurberiae, ♀ (Tamaulipas): 17—mesosoma and base of metasoma, lateral."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6952214"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/6952214/files/figure.png"pageId="8"pageNumber="209">Fig. 16</figureCitation>
). Mesoscutum, mesopleuron and propodeum orange (
<figureCitationid="62932A77FFA3FFDB43E5F777FC8AFCC4"box="[725,796,834,856]"captionStart="FIGURES 13–17"captionStartId="13.[151,264,1165,1189]"captionTargetBox="[151,1436,181,1141]"captionTargetId="figure-20@13.[151,1436,181,1141]"captionTargetPageId="13"captionText="FIGURES 13–17. Calliephialtes grapholithae, ♀ (Tamaulipas): 13—mesosoma and base of metasoma, lateral; 14—hind leg, lateral. Calliephialtes sittenfeldae, ♀ (Tamaulipas): 15—head, mesosoma and base of metasoma, lateral; 16—hind leg, lateral. Calliephialtes thurberiae, ♀ (Tamaulipas): 17—mesosoma and base of metasoma, lateral."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6952214"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/6952214/files/figure.png"pageId="8"pageNumber="209">Fig. 15</figureCitation>
<taxonomicNameid="3DA84D71FFA3FFDB45A8F76AFA0AFCE9"ID-CoL="PQ2P"authority="Gauld et al."authorityName="Gauld"box="[1176,1436,863,886]"class="Insecta"family="Ichneumonidae"genus="Calliephialtes"kingdom="Animalia"order="Hymenoptera"pageId="8"pageNumber="209"phylum="Arthropoda"rank="species"species="sittenfeldae">
<keyLeadid="415995C7FFA3FFDB41A7F748FA0AFC33"pageId="8"pageNumber="209">- Metasoma with tergite 1 black, the rest brown to black. Hind leg with femur and tibia uniformly orange-brown or white with black markings. Mesoscutum, mesopleuron and propodeum with a variable amount of orange-brown and black.......... 4</keyLead>
4. Hind coxa and femur whitish with brown or blackish marks (
<figureCitationid="62932A77FFA3FFDB4202F78DFCEDFC51"box="[818,891,952,974]"captionStart="FIGURES 13–17"captionStartId="13.[151,264,1165,1189]"captionTargetBox="[151,1436,181,1141]"captionTargetId="figure-20@13.[151,1436,181,1141]"captionTargetPageId="13"captionText="FIGURES 13–17. Calliephialtes grapholithae, ♀ (Tamaulipas): 13—mesosoma and base of metasoma, lateral; 14—hind leg, lateral. Calliephialtes sittenfeldae, ♀ (Tamaulipas): 15—head, mesosoma and base of metasoma, lateral; 16—hind leg, lateral. Calliephialtes thurberiae, ♀ (Tamaulipas): 17—mesosoma and base of metasoma, lateral."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6952214"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/6952214/files/figure.png"pageId="8"pageNumber="209">Fig. 14</figureCitation>
). Nervellus of hind wing intercepted distinctly below its middle (
<figureCitationid="62932A77FFA3FFDB4002F7E0FEEFFC76"box="[306,377,981,1003]"captionStart="FIGURES 13–17"captionStartId="13.[151,264,1165,1189]"captionTargetBox="[151,1436,181,1141]"captionTargetId="figure-20@13.[151,1436,181,1141]"captionTargetPageId="13"captionText="FIGURES 13–17. Calliephialtes grapholithae, ♀ (Tamaulipas): 13—mesosoma and base of metasoma, lateral; 14—hind leg, lateral. Calliephialtes sittenfeldae, ♀ (Tamaulipas): 15—head, mesosoma and base of metasoma, lateral; 16—hind leg, lateral. Calliephialtes thurberiae, ♀ (Tamaulipas): 17—mesosoma and base of metasoma, lateral."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6952214"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/6952214/files/figure.png"pageId="8"pageNumber="209">Fig. 13</figureCitation>
). Mesosoma with metapleuron and propodeum blackish, the rest orange-brown (
<figureCitationid="62932A77FFA3FFDB454FF7E0FB52FC76"box="[1151,1220,981,1003]"captionStart="FIGURES 13–17"captionStartId="13.[151,264,1165,1189]"captionTargetBox="[151,1436,181,1141]"captionTargetId="figure-20@13.[151,1436,181,1141]"captionTargetPageId="13"captionText="FIGURES 13–17. Calliephialtes grapholithae, ♀ (Tamaulipas): 13—mesosoma and base of metasoma, lateral; 14—hind leg, lateral. Calliephialtes sittenfeldae, ♀ (Tamaulipas): 15—head, mesosoma and base of metasoma, lateral; 16—hind leg, lateral. Calliephialtes thurberiae, ♀ (Tamaulipas): 17—mesosoma and base of metasoma, lateral."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6952214"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/6952214/files/figure.png"pageId="8"pageNumber="209">Fig. 13</figureCitation>
<keyLeadid="415995C7FFA3FFDB41A7F025FA0AFBB9"box="[151,1436,1039,1062]"pageId="8"pageNumber="209">- Hind coxa and femur uniformly orange-brown. Nervellus of hind wing intercepted near or above its middle............. 5</keyLead>
5. White stripe on upper edge of pronotum not reaching base of notaulus. Fore coxa usually orange-brown. Groove between propodeum and metapleuron containing a carina behind spiracle............................
- White stripe on upper edge of pronotum reaching forwards beyond base of notaulus (
<figureCitationid="62932A77FFA3FFDB4506F05DFBE9FBE1"box="[1078,1151,1128,1150]"captionStart="FIGURES 13–17"captionStartId="13.[151,264,1165,1189]"captionTargetBox="[151,1436,181,1141]"captionTargetId="figure-20@13.[151,1436,181,1141]"captionTargetPageId="13"captionText="FIGURES 13–17. Calliephialtes grapholithae, ♀ (Tamaulipas): 13—mesosoma and base of metasoma, lateral; 14—hind leg, lateral. Calliephialtes sittenfeldae, ♀ (Tamaulipas): 15—head, mesosoma and base of metasoma, lateral; 16—hind leg, lateral. Calliephialtes thurberiae, ♀ (Tamaulipas): 17—mesosoma and base of metasoma, lateral."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6952214"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/6952214/files/figure.png"pageId="8"pageNumber="209">Fig. 17</figureCitation>
). Fore coxa whitish. Groove between propodeum and metapleuron not containing a carina.................................................. 6
6. Propodeum as long as broad in dorsal view (length measured from anterior dorsal margin to base of first tergite, width measured between spiracles in dorsal view), weakly convex in lateral view...............................
- Propodeum shorter, 0.85–0.9× as long as wide in dorsal view, distinctly convex in lateral view (
<figureCitationid="62932A77FFA3FFDB4549F0E8FB28FB6E"box="[1145,1214,1245,1267]"captionStart="FIGURES 13–17"captionStartId="13.[151,264,1165,1189]"captionTargetBox="[151,1436,181,1141]"captionTargetId="figure-20@13.[151,1436,181,1141]"captionTargetPageId="13"captionText="FIGURES 13–17. Calliephialtes grapholithae, ♀ (Tamaulipas): 13—mesosoma and base of metasoma, lateral; 14—hind leg, lateral. Calliephialtes sittenfeldae, ♀ (Tamaulipas): 15—head, mesosoma and base of metasoma, lateral; 16—hind leg, lateral. Calliephialtes thurberiae, ♀ (Tamaulipas): 17—mesosoma and base of metasoma, lateral."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6952214"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/6952214/files/figure.png"pageId="8"pageNumber="209">Fig. 17</figureCitation>
<keyLeadid="415995C7FFA3FFDB41A7F12DFA0AFAB1"box="[151,1436,1304,1326]"pageId="8"pageNumber="209">7. Hind femur uniformly yellowish or reddish brown. Hind wing with nervellus intercepted near or above middle.......... 8</keyLead>
<keyLeadid="415995C7FFA3FFDB41A7F100FA0AFAFB"pageId="8"pageNumber="209">- Hind femur whitish with blackish marks basally and apically. Hind wing with nervellus intercepted near, above or below middle............................................................................................. 9</keyLead>
8. Metapleural carina present. White mark on upper margin of pronotum not reaching forward to notaulus.................................................................................................
- Metapleural carina absent, propodeum and metapleuron separated by groove only. White stripe on upper margin of pronotum extending forwards beyond base of notaulus...........................................
9. Nervellus intercepted above middle. Propodeum orange, sometimes infuscate. Hind coxa, femur and tibia whitish with blackish marks.......................................................................
<taxonomicNameid="3DA84D71FFA3FFDB45A8F237FA0AF984"ID-CoL="PQ2P"authority="Gauld et al."authorityName="Gauld"box="[1176,1436,1538,1560]"class="Insecta"family="Ichneumonidae"genus="Calliephialtes"kingdom="Animalia"order="Hymenoptera"pageId="8"pageNumber="209"phylum="Arthropoda"rank="species"species="sittenfeldae">
<keyLeadid="415995C7FFA3FFDB41A7F215FA0AF9CE"pageId="8"pageNumber="209">- Nervellus intercepted near or below middle. Propodeum black. Hind leg sometimes without blackish marks, whitish or reddish brown............................................................................................. 10</keyLead>
