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 BB6FBD07-6B8B-4615-BD66-C4AEB612145F 4. Dolichomitus zonatus ( Cresson, 1874 ) ( Figs 20–21 ) Pimpla zonata Cresson 1874: 401 [ ♀ (ANSP), Mexico , Veracruz , Orizaba ]. Synonym: Pimpla ? chichimeca Cresson, 1974 ( Townes & Townes 1966: 13 ). References. Cresson 1874: 402 [ Pimpla ? chichimeca (description); Mexico ( Veracruz )]. Cameron 1886: 268 [ Pimpla zonata ; Mexico ( Veracruz )], 268 [ Pimpla (?) chichimeca ; Mexico ( Veracruz )]. Cresson 1916: 23 [ Pimpla ? chichimeca ; lectotype ♂ ( ANSP ) designated; Mexico , Veracruz , Orizaba], 64 [ Pimpla zonata ; lectotype ♀ ( ANSP ) designated; Mexico , Veracruz , Orizaba]. Townes & Townes 1966: 13 [catalogue; 3 subspecies; Mexico ( Veracruz ); Pimpla ? cichimeca (syn.), Ephialtes annulicornis (syn.)]. Gauld 1991: 220 [description; Mexico ( Veracruz , Oaxaca , Tabasco ), Costa Rica , Panama ]. Gauld et al . 1998: 25 [in key; Costa Rica ]. Ruíz-Cancino et al . 2002: 645 [checklist; Mexico ]. Gauld et al . 2002: 36 [ El Salvador ]. Sánchez-García et al . 2015: 827 [checklist; Mexico ( Oaxaca )]. Araujo et al . 2020: 93 [in key], 95 [figs]. FIGURES 18–21. Dolichomitus dolichosoma , ♀ (Tamaulipas): 18 —body, lateral; 19— mesosoma and base of metasoma, lateral. Dolichomitus zonatus , ♂ (Veracruz): 20— habitus, lateral; 21— mesosoma, dorso-lateral. Material examined. MEXICO . Veracruz : 1 ♂ ( UNAM ) NE of San Andrés Tuxtla , Biological Station Los Tuxtlas , 230 m , selva alta perennifolia, Malaise trap, 3–16.iii.2014 , coll. M. Madora . 2 ♂ ( UNAM , ZISP ) same data, but 31.iii–16.iv.2014 . Remarks. The species belongs to the zonatus species-group, defined by Gauld (1991) for three species occurring in Costa Rica , having a vespid mimicking males with specialized fore trochanters and coxae, and females with ovipositor sheath sparsely and shortly hirsute. One female, paralectotype of Ephialtes annulicornis Cameron , actually belong to this species ( Gauld 1991: 218 , 222). FIGURES 22–26. Dolichomitus irritator , ♀ from Hidalgo (22–24), ♂ from Tamaulipas (25, 26): 22, 25 —habitus, lateral; 23— head, front; 24 —apex of ovipositor, lateral; 26— mid coxa, posterior. Status of two South American subspecies, D. zonatus coracinus (Schmiedeknecht, 1906) from Peru and D. zonatus sannio (Enderlein, 1919) from Ecuador , requires investigation ( Gauld 1991 ). Distribution. Mexico ( Veracruz , Oaxaca , Tabasco ), Guatemala , El Salvador , Costa Rica , Panama ,? Ecuador ,? Peru .