Darwin wasps of the subfamily Pimplinae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) of Mexico: Ephialtes genus-group
Author
Khalaim, Andrey I.
0000-0003-1802-2649
Facultad de Ingeniería y Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas, Cd. Victoria, Tamaulipas, Mexico. & Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia.
akhalaim@gmail.com
Author
Ruíz-Cancino, Enrique
0000-0003-4305-6568
Facultad de Ingeniería y Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas, Cd. Victoria, Tamaulipas, Mexico.
text
Zootaxa
2022
2022-07-29
5169
3
201
251
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.5169.3.1
2cbc0f84-2011-4e7c-868f-6c305d5f3308
1175-5326
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2.
Dolichomitus dolichosoma
(
Viereck, 1912
)
(
Figs 18–19
)
Ephialtes dolichosoma
Viereck 1912: 637
[
holotype
♀
(
USNM
),
USA
,
North Carolina
,
Tryon
, “No. 3075E, Hopk. U.S.,
Castanea dentata
,
W. F. Fiske
collector.”, No. 14740].
References.
Townes & Townes 1951: 189
[
Pimpla
(comb.); catalogue].
Townes & Townes 1960: 116
[
Dolichomitus
;
USA
].
Ruíz-Cancino
et al
. 2002: 645
[checklist;
Mexico
].
Material examined.
MEXICO
.
Nuevo León
:
3 ♀
(
FSCA
) ca.
Monterrey
,
Mesa de Chipinque
,
19–22.vi.1976
, coll.
C. Porter.
Tamaulipas
:
15 km
SSW of Cd. Victoria
,
El Madroño
, coll.
E. & J. Ruíz-Cancino
(all in UAT)
:
iv.1984
(
1 ♀
,
1 ♂
),
v.1984
(
2 ♀
),
xi.1984
(
1 ♀
),
xii.1984
(
2 ♀
),
iv.1985
(
1 ♀
).
1 ♀
(
ZISP
) same locality,
26.i.2013
, coll.
A.I. Khalaim.
1 ♀
(UAT) SSW
Cd
. Victoria,
Rancho Santa Elena
,
23º37.362’N
,
99º12.746’W
,
970 m
,
Malaise trap
,
16–29.iii.2011
, coll.
E. Ruíz-Cancino
&
J.M. Coronado-Blanco.
Remarks.
The species belongs to the
taeniatus
species-group comprising three Nearctic species, the Cuban
D. rufescens
(Cresson)
and the
Costa
Rican
D. grilloi
Gauld.
Variation.
One female from El Madroño collected by A.I. Khalaim, possesses hind coxa moderately fuscous.
Distribution.
USA
(east and centre),
Mexico
(
Nuevo León
,
Tamaulipas
).