Darwin wasps of the subfamily Pimplinae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) of Mexico: Polysphincta genus-group Author Khalaim, Andrey I. Facultad de Ingeniería y Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas, Cd. Victoria, Tamaulipas, Mexico. & Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia. Author Ruíz-Cancino, Enrique Facultad de Ingeniería y Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas, Cd. Victoria, Tamaulipas, Mexico. Author Coronado-Blanco, Juana María Facultad de Ingeniería y Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas, Cd. Victoria, Tamaulipas, Mexico. text Zootaxa 2024 2024-05-28 5458 2 151 196 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5360.3.8 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.5458.2.1 1175-5326 3434A429-E512-4C57-B0C0-8B95E74DC31C 2. Hymenoepimecis tedfordi Gauld, 1991 Hymenoepimecis tedfordi Gauld 1991: 340 [ holotype ♀ (INBio), Costa Rica , San José Prov. , San Antonio de Escazú , 1400 m , i.1984 , coll. W.G. Eberhard ; ♀ ♂ ; host]. References. Gauld et al . 1998: 121 [in key; Costa Rica ]. Gauld 2000: 216 [in key; Costa Rica ]. Gauld et al . 2002: 46 [ El Salvador ]. Eberhard 2013: 655 [ Costa Rica ; host; biology]. Pádua et al . 2020b: 60 , 62 [in key], 89 [diagnosis; Nicaragua ]. Diagnosis. Wings hyaline. Mesosoma predominantly reddish orange with propleuron, pronotum and propodeum blackish. Metasoma with all tergites black or dark reddish black. Sternite 1 with a low, rounded swelling posteriorly. Distance from tegula to head about 0.6× distance from tegula to hind margin of propodeum. Variation. A single female from Mexico generally corresponds with the original description of this species, but has apical metasomal tergites more or less dark reddish black. Material examined. MEXICO . Chiapas : 1 ♀ ( EMEC ) Mahosik’, Tenejapa, 4800 ft. (= 1465 m ), 9–12.vii.1966 , coll. D.E. Breedlove & L. Emmel. Distribution. Mexico ( Chiapas ), El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica. First record from Mexico . Biology. Reared from spider Leucauge mariana (Keyserling) ( Tetragnathidae ) in Costa Rica ( Gauld 1991 ); the host-parasitoid relations with this host were studied by Eberhard (2013) .