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
6952172
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1.
Scambus albipes
(
Cresson, 1874
)
(
Figs 41–45
)
Pimpla albipes
Cresson 1874: 399
[
♀
(ANSP),
Mexico
,
Veracruz
,
Orizaba
].
References.
Cameron 1886: 267
[
Pimpla
;
Mexico
(
Veracruz
)].
Cresson 1916: 14
[
lectotype
♀
(ANSP) designated;
Mexico
,
Veracruz
, Orizaba].
Townes & Townes 1960: 77
[
Scambus
(
Erythroscambus
)
].
Townes & Townes 1966: 10
[catalogue;
Scambus
(
Erythroscambus
)
;
Mexico
].
Ruíz-Cancino
et al
. 2002: 645
[checklist;
Mexico
].
Gauld
et al
. 2002: 33
[
El Salvador
].
Remarks.
One Mexican specimen was compared with the
holotype
of
S. espinozai
Gauld
from
Costa Rica
, and these specimens were found to be very similar, except the propodeum which is more or less entirely black in
S. espinozai
and predominantly red in Mexican specimens.
Scambus espinozai
probably is a junior synonym of
S. albipes
but we do not synonymize this species here while the Nearctic material of
S. albipes
is not studied.
Material examined.
MEXICO
.
Nuevo León
:
1 ♀
(
FSCA
)
Mesa de Chipinque
,
17–18.viii.1984
, coll.
L. Stange
&
C. Porter.
Tamaulipas
:
1 ♀
(UAT) SSW
Cd
. Victoria,
Rancho Santa Elena
,
23º37.362’N
,
99º12.746’W
,
970 m
,
Malaise trap
,
1–18.i.2011
, coll.
E. Ruíz-Cancino
&
A.I. Khalaim.
1 ♀
(
ZISP
)
15 km
SSW of Cd. Victoria
,
El Madroño
,
16–18.xii.2008
, coll.
A.I. Khalaim
(compared with
S. espinosai
holotype
)
.
1 ♀
(
ZISP
) same data, but
12.i.2013
.
1 ♀
(UAT) same locality,
9.xii.1984
, coll.
J. Ruíz-Cancino
&
S. Arrambide.
2 ♂
(UAT) same locality,
29.i.1985
, coll.
J. Ruíz-Cancino.
1 ♀
(UAT) same locality,
28.iv.1985
, coll.
E. Ruíz-Cancino.
1 ♀
,
1 ♂
(UAT) same locality,
16.xi.1985
, coll.
E. Ruíz-Cancino
&
S. Arrambide.
1 ♀
,
1 ♂
(UAT) same locality,
23.xii.1987
, coll.
E. & H. Ruíz-Cancino.
Jalisco
:
1 ♀
(
ZISP
)
10 km
S of Tequila
,
Volcán de Tequila
,
20°47.4’N
,
103°51’W
,
2750–2850 m
,
7.ii.2009
, coll.
A.I. Khalaim.
Veracruz
:
1 ♀
(
AEIC
)
Orizaba
, 2500 ft. (=
765 m
),
13.ii.1954
,
coll.
R
.
R
.
Dreisbach
.
Oaxaca
:
2 ♀
,
1 ♂
(
UNAM
)
Santiago Comaltepec
,
La Esperanza
,
17.62661ºN
,
96.36950ºW
,
1600 m
,
Malaise trap
,
1–10.vii.2008
, coll.
A. López García.
Chiapas
:
1 ♀
(
ZISP
)
50 km
ESE of Comitán
,
National Park Lagos de Montebello
,
16.106551
,
-91.705158
,
1500 m
,
8.viii.2021
, coll.
A.I. Khalaim.
GUATEMALA
.
3 ♀
(
AEIC
)
Quetzaltenango Department
,
Zunil
,
2200 m
,
7.ix.1987
, coll.
M.J. Sharkey.
Distribution.
Mexico (Nuevo León, Tamaulipas, Jalisco, Veracruz, Oaxaca, Chiapas),
Guatemala
, El Salvador.
First record from
Guatemala
.