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.
text
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 macrum
(
Enderlein, 1921
)
Figs 92–98
Xiphosoma macrum
Enderlein, 1921: 5
.
Lectotype
female,
Costa Rica
, designation by
Townes & Townes, 1966: 163
. (IZPAN).
Eiphosoma macrum
(Enderlein)
Townes & Townes, 1966: 163
.
Diagnosis.
Mandible moderately tapered towards distal end, with upper tooth distinctly broader and longer than the lower tooth (
Figs 92–94
); mesopleuron with diagonal black stripe (
Figs 92–93
); scutellum weakly convex, centrally smooth; mesopleuron with lower part bearing fine, sparse punctures (
Fig. 95
); propodeum smooth and polished with anterior and posterior transverse carina present, usually without defined posterolateral area (
Fig. 96
); fore wing with 3
rs -m
present, aerolet obliquely quadrate, shortly petiolate above (
Fig. 97
) (
Gauld 2000
).
Examined material.
1♀
.
Colombia
,
Caquetá
:
San Vicente del Caguán
,
Vereda Alto Quebradón
, finca
Veracruz
,
02°17’52”N
,
74°44’15”W
,
374 m
,
26.X.–09.XI.2016
, trampa
Malaise
en cultivo de caña (
Saccharum officinarum
),
Y. Ramos-Pastrana
(
1♀
,
LEUA
–53614)
.
New World geographical distribution.
Belize
(Chiquibul);
Brazil
(
Mato Grosso do Sul
);
Colombia
(
Caquetá
*);
Costa Rica
(
Alajuela
,
Guanacaste
,
Cartago
,
Limón
,
Heredia
,
Puntarenas
,
San José
) (
Yu
et al
. 2016
;
Fernandes
et al
. 2023
). (
Fig. 98
).
Habitat.
The specimen was collected with Malaise-type flight interception traps at ground level in sugarcane (
Saccharum officinarum
) cultivation. The vegetation of the collection site corresponds to Amazonian lowland forest.
Host.
Lepidoptera
:
Pyralidae (
Gauld 2000
)
.