Review of the New World genus Acrotaphus Townes, 1960 (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Pimplinae), with descriptions of fifteen new species Author Pádua, Diego G. Author Sääksjärvi, Ilari E. Author Monteiro, Ricardo F. Author Oliveira, Marcio L. text Zootaxa 2020 2020-01-09 4719 1 1 62 journal article 24404 10.11646/zootaxa.4719.1.1 16b58925-3626-4d0c-8fab-4dbd7477d3c6 1175-5326 3602788 ECDD7238-342B-416E-B2D1-70AA999716FE Acrotaphus latifasciatus (Cameron, 1911) ( Figs 137–145 ) Epimeces [ sic] latifasciatus Cameron, 1911: 176 . Holotype ♀ , Guyana (BNHM) [examined]. Epimecis lafifasciata Cameron, Morley, 1914: 7 . Acrotaphus latifasciatus (Cameron) , Townes & Townes, 1960: 256 Diagnosis. This species can be distinguished from all other species of Acrotaphus by the combination of the following characters: 1) margin of gena behind eyes strongly concave; 2) posterior ocelli separated from eyes by 0.1× its diameter in dorsal view; 3) epicnemial carina present only ventrally, not extending laterally until the level of the lower corner of the pronotum. Comments. Additional characters to the original description ( ♀ ) are as follows: body [19.5] 12.0–24.0 mm; lower face [0.8] 0.7–0.8× as broad as high (from supraclypeal suture to base of antenna); margin of gena behind eyes strongly concave in dorsal view; margin of gena [0.4] 0.4–0.5× length of eye in dorsal view; posterior ocelli separated from eyes by [0.1]× its diameter in dorsal view; distance from tegula to head greater than [0.5] 0.5–0.6× distance from tegula to hind margin of propodeum; epicnemial carina present only ventrally, not extending until reaching the level of the lower corner of the pronotum laterally; fore wing [17.0] 11.0–18.0 mm; cu-a opposite to the base of Rs&M ; 2 rs-m [0.8] 0.7–0.8× as long as abscissa of M between 2 rs-m and 2 m-cu ; hind wing with abscissa of Cu 1 between M and cu-a [1.0] 0.9–1.2× length of cu-a ; tarsal claw with basal lobe quadrangular, with claw apex slightly overtaking the posterior margin of lobe; tergite I [1.5] 1.6–1.8× as long as posteriorly broad; tergite II [1.3] 1.2–1.3× as long as posteriorly broad; tergite III [1.1] 1.1–1.3× as long as posteriorly broad; tergites IV–V [1.1] 1.1–1.3× as long as posteriorly broad; ovipositor robust, [1.5] 1.5–1.75× as long as hind tibia; lower valve with swelling in the mid region. Male. ( Figs 140–141 ). Similar to female except margin of gena 0.5× length of eye in dorsal view; posterior ocelli separated from eyes by 0.1–0.25× its diameter in dorsal view; sternite IX ( Fig 143 ) longer than high, with lateral and anterior margins strongly sclerotised, lateral margin flat and posterior margin concave, with few bristles widely spaced posteriorly. Genital capsule ( Figs 144–145 ): Paramere truncated apically, slightly narrower than the parameral lamina, with bristles except on posterior margin; volsellar lamina with bristles anteroapically spaced in anterior margin and with a set of about four to seven bristles on anterolateral region, just below the base of the digitus; cuspis robust with about five to ten teeth aligned in the mid part until apex and with three to five small bristles spaced in apical region; digitus with teeth on apex, rounded distally and angular ventrally, with the margins of the apical region narrower than base; aedeagus with a few teeth on apex and its apex slightly curved downward in lateral view. Distribution. Belize , Brazil *, Colombia **, Costa Rica , Ecuador **, Guyana , French Guiana **, Honduras , Mexico *, Panama , Peru , Venezuela ** ( Fig 146 ). Biological notes. Host unknown. Material examined. Holotype : ♀ , GUYANA ( P. Cameron ), #428 [sic], #HYM 3.G.849 [sic], BNHM . Brazil : Amazonas , Coari , Rio Urucu , Angelim , 05°03’33’’S / 65°14’48’’W , 25–29.xi.1992 , Arm. [= Trap ] Pennsylvania , Black Light ( P.F. Bührnheim & N.O. Aguiar leg.), ♀ , UFAM ; idem, but 23.xi–02.xii.1992 , Mercury Lamp , ♀ , UFAM ; [Rondônia], JIME , Lum. [= Light ], 04.ix.2004 (without collector), ♀ , #3132, INPA ; MA [=Maranhão], Bom Jardim , REBIO , Res. [= Reserva ] Biol. [= Biológica ] Gurupi , Light Trap , 01–06.xi.2010 ( M.M. Abreu , J.A. Silva , G.A. Reis & E.A.S. Barbosa ), ♂ , CZMA ; idem, but base, 02–11.ix.2010 ( F. Limeira-de-Oliveira , J.C. Silva & M.M. Abreu leg.), 2♂ [one with genitalia extracted], CZMA ; idem, but 17–27.i.2010 ( A.A. T . Sousa, M.B. Aguiar Neto & J.O.A. Silva cols.), ♀ , CZMA ; SP [=São Paulo], Luiz Antônio , Est. [= Estação ] Ecológica de Jataí , Mata ciliar, Pont I , 21°36’47’’S / 47°49’04’’O , 21.xi.2007 , Arm. [=trap] Light ( R .I. R . Lara and team leg.), ♀ , APTA ; idem, but Pont II , 29.x.2008 , ♀ , APTA ; idem, but 27.xi.2008 , ♀ , APTA . Colombia : Nariño, Barbacoas , 40 m . , 29.x.1990 ( M. Cooper ), ♂ , BNHM ; Magdalena, PNN [= Parque Nacional Naturale ] Tayrona Camino Cañaverai y Arrecifes, 11°18’N / 73°56’W , 50 m . , Red [?], 21–23.vii.2002 ( M. Sharkey , D. Arias & E. Torres leg.), M.4172 [?], #E169822, IAVH ; idem, but Cañaveral, 11°20’N / 74°02’W , 30 m . , Malaise, 29.ix–17.x.2000 ( R . Henriquez leg.), M.791 [?], ♀ , #52986, IAVH ; Amazonas, PNN [= Parque Nacional Naturale ] Amacayacu, Matamata, 03°23’S / 70°06’W , 150 m . , Red 1, 12.xii.2000 ( D. Chota leg.), M.2565 [?], ♀ , #52987, IAVH ; idem, but 03.ix.2001 , M2337 [?], ♀ , #52985, IAVH . Costa Rica : Prov. [= Provincia ] Cartago, 3 km SE [of] Turrialba, CATIE, 600 m . , 14.v.1985 , Blacklight ( J. Powell , P. Opler , J.A. Chemsak coll.), ♂ , #1133929, EMEC ; idem, but 09–10.1988 ( Brown , Powell ), ♀ , #1133934, EMEC ; Prov. [= Provincia ] S.J. [= São José ], Estac. [= Estacion ] Carrilio, 600 m . , Parque Nac. [= Nacional ] Brau- lio Carrilio, 10.viii.1990 , bl.[=blacklight] ( Powell ), ♀ , #1133935, EMEC . Ecuador : Dept. [= Departament ] Orellana, Onkonegare, 00°39’25,7’’S / 76°27’10,8’’W , a.s.l.: 216 m . , 07.x.1994 , Fogging, Lot #907 ( T . L. Erwin leg.), ♂ , ZMUT ; idem, but 09.x.1994 , ♀ , ZMUT ; idem, but 26.i.1994 , Lot #650, ♀ , ZMUT ; idem, but 21.i.2006 , Lot #3125, ♀ , ZMUT ; idem, but 22.x.2005 , Lot #3062, ♂ , ZMUT ; idem, but 01.vii.1995 , Lot #1145, ♂ , ZMUT . French Guiana : Kourou, piste Soumourou, xii.2002 ( D. Faure leg.), ♀ , ZMUT ; 33 km SE Roura on Kaw Rd. , 04°34.135’N / 52°11.150’W , 227 m . , 18.iv.2007 , MV Light ( J.E. Eger leg.), ♀ , FSCA ; idem, but 14.iv.2007 ( D.G. Hall & J.E. Eger coll.), ♀ , FSCA . Mexico : Ver. [=Veracruz], Estac. [= Estacion ] [de] Biol.[= Biologia ] Los Tuxtlas, 01–09.vii.1988 , et lites [sic] ( J.A. Chemsak ), ♀ , #203,390, EMEC ; idem, but 17–21.iv.1989 , ♀ , #1133930, EMEC ; idem, but Simojovel, Chiapas, 01–16.viii.1958 , ♀ , #203,389, EMEC . Panama : Barro Colorado I. [= Island ], Canal Zone, 27.ii.1956 ( C.W. & M.E. Rettenmeyer ), ♀ , CNC . Peru : CU [=Cusco], Cosñipata valley , San Pedro, 13°03’23’’S / 71°32’55’’W , 1520 m ., 24.x.2007 , Malaise 11 ( C. Castillo leg.), 2♀ , ZMUT ; MD [=Madre de Dios], Tambopata NNRR , Explorer’s Inn, 12°50’S / 69°17’W , 189 m . , 18–19.xii.2008 , Malaise 4 ( M. Alvarado & L. Sulca leg.), ♀ , ZMUT . Venezuela : Lara , Tarabana , 500 m . , vii.1993 (without collector), ♀ , UCLA ; idem, but Guárico , 1000 m ., 28.viii.1983 ( R . Juárez ), ♀ , UCLA .