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.
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3.
Acrotaphus tibialis
(
Cameron, 1886
)
(
Figs 1–4
)
Epimecis tibialis
Cameron 1886: 270
[
♀
♂
(BMNH);
Mexico
(Valladolid in Yucatán, coll.
Gaumer
),
Guatemala
(San Gerónimo, coll.
Champion
),
Panama
(David in
Chiriquí
, coll.
Champion
)].
References.
Morley 1914: 8
[
Epimecis wilti
(sic!), misdet. (see
Gauld 1991: 333
)].
Townes & Townes 1960: 256
[
Acrotaphus
(comb.)].
Townes & Townes 1966: 19
[catalogue;
lectotype
♀
(BMNH) designated;
Mexico
,
Yucatán
, Valladolid, coll. Gaumer].
Ruíz-Cancino & Tejada 1986: 39
[
Mexico
(
Tamaulipas
)].
Gauld 1991: 333
[description;
Costa Rica
; host].
Gauld
et al
. 1998: 120
[in key;
Costa Rica
; host].
Gauld
et al
. 2002: 45
[
El Salvador
].
Ruíz-Cancino
et al
. 2002: 645
[checklist;
Mexico
].
Brambila & Porter 2005: 153
[
USA
(
Texas
); notes on biology].
Hernández-Aguilar
et al
. 2005: 470
[
Mexico
(
Tamaulipas
)].
González-Moreno & Bordera 2012: 37
[
Mexico
(
Yucatán
)].
Eberhard 2013: 654
[
Costa Rica
; host, biology].
Rodríguez-Mota
et al
. 2015: 979
[
Mexico
(
Tamaulipas
)].
Pádua
et al
. 2020a: 52
[description;
Mexico
(
Yucatán
,
Oaxaca
,
Chiapas
,
Veracruz
),
Colombia
,
Costa Rica
,
Panama
,
Venezuela
,
USA
(
Texas
)].
Material examined.
MEXICO
.
Tamaulipas
:
2 ♀
(
UAT
)
44 km
S of Cd. Victoria
, matorral,
Malaise trap
,
26.viii– 9.ix.2000
, coll.
D.R. Kasparyan. Gómez Farías
,
Los Cedros
,
Malaise
trap, 1999, coll.
S. Hernández-Aguilar
(all in
UAT
): 13–20.ii (
1 ♀
,
1 ♂
), 20.iii–3.iv (
3 ♂
), 3–17.iv (
1 ♀
,
5 ♂
), 24.iv–1.v (
1 ♂
), 26.vi–3.vii (
1 ♀
)
.
2 ♂
(
UAT
) same locality,
300–340 m
,
Malaise trap
,
iv.2002
,
13.iii.2003
, coll.
D.R. Kasparyan.
2 ♀
(
UAT
)
Gómez Farías
,
Altas Cimas
,
Malaise trap
,
1–15.v.1999
, coll.
S. Hernández-Aguilar.
Cd. Victoria, Cañón del Novillo, 1985, coll. A. del
Valle
&
H. Serna
T. (all in
UAT
): 21.iv (
1 ♂
), 27.iv (
1 ♀
,
1 ♂
), 5.v (
2 ♂
); 11.v (
1 ♂
), 18.v (
1 ♀
), 25.v (
1 ♂
), 17.vi (
1 ♀
), 21.vi (
1 ♀
), 25.vi (
1 ♀
), 8.vii (
1 ♀
), 22–26.vii (
2 ♂
), 5.viii (
1 ♂
), 19.viii (
1 ♀
)
.
1 ♀
,
1 ♂
(
UAT
) same locality,
850 m
,
12.xii.1987
, coll.
R. Meza
V
.
1 ♂
(
UAT
) same locality,
6.x.1984
, coll.
Hiproes.
NW of
Cd. Victoria
,
Los Troncones
(park), coll.
A.I. Khalaim
:
1 ♂
(
UAT
)
23.ii.2008
,
1 ♂
(
ZISP
)
27.ii.2009
,
1 ♀
and
2 ♂
(
ZISP
)
25.iv.2009
,
2 ♀
and
1 ♂
(
ZISP
)
7–13.x.2012
.
1 ♀
(
UAT
)
Cd
. Victoria,
Cañón
La Libertad,
31.iii.1979
.
1 ♀
(
UAT
)
Cd
. Victoria,
7.xii.1990
, coll.
C. Mendez
B
.
1 ♂
(
UAT
) same locality,
2.vi.1981
, coll. E. Ruíz-Cancino.
Cd
. Victoria –
Soto la Marina
, km 68, 1985, coll.
E. Ruíz-Cancino
(all in
UAT
): 13.iii (
3 ♂
), 14.iv (
4 ♂
), 11.v (
1 ♂
).
1 ♀
,
1 ♂
(
UAT
)
17 km
N of Palmillas
,
Ejido Magdaleno Aguilar
,
23°26.995’N
,
99°33.440’W
,
1450 m
, pine forest + juniper,
Malaise trap
,
16–29.viii.2012
, coll.
E. Ruíz-Cancino
&
S. Mireles
C.
Nayarit
:
1 ♀
(
UNAM
)
Compostela
,
26.x.1989
, coll.
A. Cadena.
Jalisco
:
1 ♀
(
TAMU
)
Municipio La Huerta
,
Chamela Biological Station
,
light trap
,
28.vii.1996
, coll.
Godwin.
Veracruz
:
1 ♀
(
UAT
)
Tuxpan
,
Juana Moza
, citricos,
13.x.1995
, coll.
M. Molina.
1 ♀
,
1 ♂
(
UNAM
) NE of
San Andrés Tuxtla
,
Biological Station Los Tuxtlas
, 25.v,
24.vi.1989
, coll.
J.L. Colín
&
H. Rojas.
1 ♀
(
UNAM
)
Los Tuxtlas
,
Sierra Santa Marta
, pine forest [Ocotal Chíco],
19–20.vi.1982
, coll.
R. Sánchez.
Puebla
:
1 ♀
(
CIUM
) W of
Jolalpan
,
Rancho El Salado
,
18.33691°N
,
98.98177°W
,
1021 m
,
4.ix.2010
, coll.
V.H. Toledo.
Oaxaca
:
2 ♀
(
EMEC
)
Temascal
,
21.ix.1963
, coll.
D.H. Janzen.
Chiapas
:
1 ♂
(
UAQ
)
Municipio Cintalpas
,
2 km
W of Cinco Cerros
, km 33,
31.viii.1996
, coll.
R. Jones.
Distribution.
USA
(
Texas
),
Mexico
(
Tamaulipas
,
Nayarit
,
Jalisco
,
Veracruz
,
Puebla
,
Oaxaca
,
Chiapas
,
Yucatán
),
Guatemala
,
El Salvador
,
Costa Rica
,
Panama
,
Colombia
,
Venezuela
.
Biology.
Reared from a cocoon in the web of “
Meta zigia
” (
Araneidae
) in
Costa Rica
(
Gauld 1991
); this host record probably belongs to
Metazygia
sp.
(G.B. Edwards, personal comment in:
Brambila & Porter 2005
). Parasitoid of
Argiope argentata
(F.) (
Araneidae
) in
Costa Rica
(
Gauld
et al
. 1998
).
The biology and relation with its host
Argiope trifasciata
(Forskål)
in
Costa Rica
was studied by
Eberhard (2013)
. The larva of the parasitoid induces the spider to spin a modified “cocoon web” just before killing its host and pupating. The “cocoon webs” are probably better designed to support and protect the wasps’ pupal cocoons than are the normal orbs of their hosts (
Eberhard 2013
).