Darwin wasps of the subfamily Pimplinae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) of Mexico: Polysphincta genus-group Author Khalaim, Andrey I. Facultad de Ingeniería y Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas, Cd. Victoria, Tamaulipas, Mexico. & Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia. Author Ruíz-Cancino, Enrique Facultad de Ingeniería y Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas, Cd. Victoria, Tamaulipas, Mexico. Author Coronado-Blanco, Juana María Facultad de Ingeniería y Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas, Cd. Victoria, Tamaulipas, Mexico. text Zootaxa 2024 2024-05-28 5458 2 151 196 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5360.3.8 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.5458.2.1 1175-5326 11369805 3434A429-E512-4C57-B0C0-8B95E74DC31C 3. Eruga rufa Townes, 1960 ( Figs 27–30 ) Eruga rufa Townes in Townes & Townes 1960: 240 [ holotype ♀ (USNM), USA , Maryland , Bethesda , reared 27.vi.1945 from parasitized spider collected 13.vi.1945 , coll. J.M. Davis ; ♀ ♂ , USA ( South Carolina )]. References. Carlson 1979: 336 [catalogue]. Gauld & Dubois 2006: 548 [notes on biology]. Variation. The specimen from Jalisco corresponds well with the original description ( Townes & Townes 1960 ) but has propodeum black, contrasting with remainder brownish orange mesosoma ( Figs 28, 29 ), and hind tibia white with conspicuous subbasal and apical black bands ( Fig. 30 ). Material examined. MEXICO . Jalisco : 1 ♀ ( UAT ) S of Tequila , north slope of Mt. Tequila , 1500 m , 23.ix.2011 , coll. E. Ruíz-Cancino. Distribution. East USA (Maryland, South Carolina), Mexico ( Jalisco ). First record from Mexico . Biology. The holotype was reared from a cocoon found in the web of Frontinella communis (Hentz) ( Linyphiidae ) in USA ( Townes & Townes 1960 ; Gauld & Dubois 2006 ).