The taxonomy and biogeography of Cuban Ophioninae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae)
Author
FERNÁNDEZ-TRIANA, JOSÉ L.
text
Zootaxa
2005
2005-06-14
1007
1
1
60
http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1007.1.1
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.1007.1.1
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30.
E. liesneri
Gauld
(
Fig. 10o
)
Enicospilus liesneri
Gauld, 1988: 276
.
Holotype
♀
,
Costa Rica
(BMNH).
The shape of the head in dorsal view (extremely short centrally, and abruptly declivous behind the ocelli) is the most striking character to separate the species. No other Cuban species has this characteristic, although other Centro and South American species does (
Gauld, 1988
). According to Gauld, this species range from
Mexico
to South America (
Brazil
), and
Cuba
is the only Caribbean island record. The fact that within the country there are only records from western and central
Cuba
, but not from the eastermost part, suggests that probably the species arrived to
Cuba
from the mainland via Yucatan peninsula.
MATERIAL EXAMINED: WC.
PR
:
Soroa
,
Candelaria
,
III1963
,
AlayoGarcía
(
1 ♀
,
IES
). CC. CF:
El Nicho
, Cumanayagua,
IV1995
,
F. Medina
(
2 ♀
,
BIOECO
)
.