Mexican species of the genus Orthocentrus (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae: Orthocentrinae)
Author
Humala, Andrei E.
text
Zootaxa
2019
2019-12-12
4709
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4709.1.1
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Orthocentrus pentagonum
Broad, 2014
(
Fig. 21
)
Orthocentrus pentagonum
Broad in
Veijalainen
et al.
, 2014: 209–210
[
holotype
female (BMNH), ‘
Costa Rica
, Sn José Pv. [
San
José Province], Cerro de la Muerte, Quercus forest,
2700 m
,
VII.88
, Gauld & Mitchell’]. https://species-id.net/wiki/
Orthocentrus
_pentagonum
Material examined.
1♀
,
México
,
Oaxaca
,
Municipio Comaltepec
,
La Esperanza
,
1600 m
,
N 17.62601°
,
W 96.36950°
,
2–12.VIII.2008
, MT,
Bosque Lluvioso de Montaña
, leg.
A. López-Garcia
(
UNAM
)
;
1♀
,
México
,
Tamaulipas
,
6 km
NE
Miquihuana
,
N 23.601°
,
W 99.707°
,
2600–2700 m
,
24.IX.2016
, leg.
A. E. Humala
(
ZISP
)
.
Distribution
.
Costa Rica
;
Mexico
(
Tamaulipas
,
Oaxaca
).
The species is new to
Mexico
.
Comments
. This species differs in larger fore wing areolet, a smaller number (20–21) of antennal flagellomeres, smaller ocelli, darker dorsal surface of the scape, and more strongly sculptured propodeum and second tergite.
Both Mexican specimens of this species belonging to
O. shieldsi
species-group fit well to the original description and collected at mid and high-altitude sites.