Darwin wasps of the subfamily Pimplinae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) of Mexico: Ephialtes genus-group Author Khalaim, Andrey I. 0000-0003-1802-2649 Facultad de Ingeniería y Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas, Cd. Victoria, Tamaulipas, Mexico. & Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia. akhalaim@gmail.com Author Ruíz-Cancino, Enrique 0000-0003-4305-6568 Facultad de Ingeniería y Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas, Cd. Victoria, Tamaulipas, Mexico. text Zootaxa 2022 2022-07-29 5169 3 201 251 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.5169.3.1 2cbc0f84-2011-4e7c-868f-6c305d5f3308 1175-5326 6952172 BB6FBD07-6B8B-4615-BD66-C4AEB612145F Genus Endromopoda Hellén, 1939 Scambus (Endromopoda) Hellén 1839: 56 . Type species: Scambus ( Endromopoda ) melanopyga ( Gravenhorst, 1829 ) , by original designation. References. Townes & Townes 1960: 18 [ Scambus ( Endromopoda ) ; revision of 3 species (2 described as new) from America north of Mexico ]. Carlson 1979: 322 [ Scambus ( Endromopoda ) ; catalogue; 4 species in America north of Mexico ]. Endromopoda is a small predominantly Holarctic genus with 11 species. Four species occur in the Nearctic region. One undescribed species is recorded here in Mexico . Species of Endromopoda are known as parasitods of insects living within the stems of reeds and grasses ( Townes & Townes 1960 ). Most host records are from various Lepidoptera ; also recorded from Cephidae (Hymenoptera) , Chloropidae (Diptera) and Curculionidae (Coleoptera) .