Darwin wasps of the subfamily Pimplinae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) of Mexico: Ephialtes 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
0000-0003-4305-6568
Facultad de Ingeniería y Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas, Cd. Victoria, Tamaulipas, Mexico. & https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 4305 - 6568
text
Zootaxa
2022
2022-07-29
5169
3
201
251
journal article
112030
10.11646/zootaxa.5169.3.1
2cbc0f84-2011-4e7c-868f-6c305d5f3308
1175-5326
6952172
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Calliephialtes coxata
(
Smith, 1879
)
Pimpla coxata
Smith 1879: 229
[
holotype
♀
(BMNH),
Costa Rica
,
San José Prov.
,
Volcán Irazú
,
2000–2300 m
, coll.
Rogers
].
References.
Cameron 1886: 267
[
Pimpla
;
Costa Rica
; “perhaps only a variety of
P
.
albipes
”].
Morley 1914: 29
[
Exeristes
; remarks;
Mexico
(
Veracruz
)].
Townes & Townes 1960: 77
[
Scambus
(
Erythroscambus
)
; description].
Townes & Townes 1966: 10
[catalogue;
Scambus
(
Erythroscambus
)
].
Gauld 1991: 184
[
Calliephialtes
(comb.); description; remarks on taxonomy;
Costa Rica
].
Ruíz-Cancino
et al
. 2002: 645
[checklist;
Mexico
].
Remarks.
Some authors (
Morley 1914
;
Townes & Townes 1966
) considered Mexican species
Epiurus flavipes
Cameron
as a junior synonym of this species.
Gauld (1991)
examined types of both species and found that
E. flavipes
is a distinct species of
Scambus
, whereas
Pimpla coxata
Smith
belongs to
Calliephialtes
. Thus, earlier records of
C. coxata
from
Mexico
actually may belong to
S. flavipes
.
Morley (1914: 29)
mentioned
one specimen
of
coxata
(not
holotype
of
flavipes
) from Orizaba crater in
Mexico
, but this record requires verification.
Distribution.
?
Mexico
(
Veracruz
),
Costa Rica
.