Type condition and generic placement of Cuban species of Ichneumonidae described by Cresson and collected by Gundlach
Author
Gauld, Ian D.
Author
Fernández-Triana, José L.
text
Zootaxa
2010
2394
41
50
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.193911
210b9d14-b636-475f-8186-7d60c1ce9cd6
1175-5326
193911
Hyposoter bellus
(
Cresson, 1865
)
comb. nov.
Campoplex
?
bellus
Cresson, 1865
: 44
.
Xanthocampoplex bellus
Cresson, 1865
. Assigned by
Townes and Townes (1966)
.
Holotype
3 (IES # 346) lacking wings; it is not a female as stated by previous workers. It is a very distinctive species as it is primarily yellow in colour with an inverted U-shaped black mark on the propodeum, and yellow spots on the mesoscutum, scutellum and anterodorsal part of the mesopleuron.
Townes and Townes (1966)
tentatively assigned it to
Xanthocampoplex
, presumably on the basis of its colour pattern. This species lacks any trace of a median ventral row of hairs characteristic of
Xanthocampoplex
, and has a more quadrate head than the very lenticular head characteristic of Old World
Xanthocampolex
. Although we cannot examine the wings we have no hesitation in placing this species in
Hyposoter
, where it resembles several other bright yellow Central American species.