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 1. Hymenoepimecis robertsae Gauld, 1991 Hymenoepimecis robertsae Gauld 1991: 339 [ holotype ♀ (INBio), Costa Rica , Guanacaste Prov., Guanacaste National Park , Casa Maritza , 560 m , x.1988 , coll. I.D. Gauld & P. Mitchell ; ♀ ♂ , Panama ; host]. References. Gauld et al . 1998: 121 [in key; Costa Rica ]. Gauld 2000: 216 [in key; Costa Rica ]. Gonzaga et al . 2010 [host, biology; Brazil ( São Paulo )]. Pádua et al . 2020b: 60 , 62 [in key]. Material examined. MEXICO . Oaxaca : 1 ♀ ( TAMU ) 2 mi. N of Candelaria Loxicha , 17.vii.1985 , coll. Jones & Schaffner. Distribution. Mexico ( Oaxaca ), Costa Rica, Panama, Brazil. First record of genus and species from Mexico . Biology. Parasitoid of Nephila clavipes (L.) ( Araneidae ) in Costa Rica ( Gauld 1991 ) and Brazil (Gonzaga et al . 2010).