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.
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http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5360.3.8
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2.
Flacopimpla nigriceps
(
Walsh, 1873
)
Polysphincta nigriceps
Walsh 1873: 144
[
♀
♂
(lost),
USA
,?
Illinois
].
Synonyms:
Polysphincta braucheri
Cushman, 1920
(
Townes 1944: 52
).
Polysphincta californiensis
Cushman, 1920
(
Townes 1944: 52
).
Polysphincta crosbyi
Cushman, 1920
(
Townes 1944: 52
).?
Polysphincta nigrita
Walsh, 1873
(
Townes 1944: 52
).
Clistopyga nigrocephala
Davis, 1898
(
Townes 1944: 52
).
References.
Cushman 1920: 32
[
Polysphincta
(
Zatypota
)
nigrocephala
; description;
USA
(
Illinois
,
Indiana
, D.C.)], 33 [
P.
(
Z.
)
braucheri
;
USA
(
Michigan
,
Indiana
)], 34 [
P.
(
Z.
)
californiensis
;
USA
(
California
)], 35 [
P.
(
Z.
)
crosbyi
;
USA
(
New York
)].
Townes 1944: 52
[catalogue;
Zatypota
; new synonymy].
Townes & Townes 1960: 273
[
Zatypota
; description;
Canada
,
USA
].
Gauld & Dubois 2006: 550
[
Flacopimpla
(comb.)].
Khalaim & Ruíz-Cancino 2011: 3
[in key].
Material examined.
MEXICO
.
Tamaulipas
:
1 ♀
(
UAT
) NW of
Cd. Victoria
,
Los Troncones
(park),
27.ii.2009
, coll.
A.I. Khalaim.
Querétaro
:
1 ♀
(
UAT
)
Santa María Magdalena
, cultivo de sorgo (
Sorghum
),
13.xi.1998
, coll.
L. Rivera
&
J.L. Cozar.
Distribution.
Canada, USA (almost everywhere),
Mexico
(
Tamaulipas
,
Querétaro
).
First record from
Mexico
.
Biology.
Reared from cocoons on
Alnus
(
Betulaceae
) and
Malus
(
Rosaceae
), and
one specimen
was taken at light (
Townes & Townes 1960
).