Five new species of Eiphosoma Cresson, 1865 (Ichneumonidae: Cremastinae) from Colombia, new records, and a key to Colombian species
Author
Cuéllar-Ramírez, Mauricio
Author
Ramos-Pastrana, Yardany
Author
Fernandes, Daniell R. R.
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Manaus, Brazil.
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Zootaxa
2023
2023-08-17
5330
4
451
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http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5330.4.1
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.5330.4.1
1175-5326
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Eiphosoma nigrum
(
Szépligeti, 1906
)
Figs 15–21
Xiphosoma nigra
Szépligeti, 1906: 119
.
Holotype
female,
Brazil
(TM).
Eiphosoma parana
Morley, 1913: 53
.
Holotype
female,
Brazil
(NHM).
Eiphosoma nigrum
(Szépligeti)
Townes & Townes, 1966: 164
.
Diagnosis.
Coloration predominantly black (
Figs 15–16
); mandible weakly and evenly tapered towards distal end, with upper tooth much stouter and slightly longer than the lower (
Fig. 17
); scutellum entirely punctate (
Fig. 18
); propodeum centrally with longitudinal groove smooth, laterally closely and shallowly punctate (
Fig. 19
); fore wing with 3
rs -m
enclosing an almost triangular aerolet that is petiolate above and below (
Fig. 20
) (
Gauld 2000
).
Examined material.
3♁.
Colombia
,
Caquetá
:
Florencia
,
Vereda San Francisco San Pacho
, finca
El Recreo
,
01°42’24”N
,
75°36’36” W
,
643 m
,
21.XII.2016
–
04.I.2017
, trampa
Malaise
en cultivo de caña (
Saccharum officinarum
),
Y. Ramos-Pastrana
(1♁,
LEUA
–53604);
idem
Vereda Tarqui,
01°51’04”N
,
75°40’01” W
,
1719 m
,
15.II.–01.III.2017
, trampa Malaise en bosque secundario-dosel,
Y. Ramos-Pastrana
(1♁,
LEUA
–53605),
idem
(1♁,
LEUA
–53606)
.
New World geographical distribution.
Colombia
(
Caquetá
);
Costa Rica
(
Alajuela
,
Guanacaste
,
Puntarenas
);
Brazil
(
Mato Grosso
,
Pará
) (Yu e
t al
. 2016;
Fernandes
et al
. 2023
). (
Fig. 21
).
Habitat.
The specimens were collected with Malaise and suspendable
type
flight intersection traps at ground level and canopy in secondary forest and sugarcane (
Saccharum officinarum
) cultivation. The vegetation of the collection site corresponds to forests of the Andean-Amazonian foothills.
Hosts.
Lepidoptera
:
Pyralidae (
Gauld 2000
)
.