Orthocentrus pentagonum Broad, 2014

Humala, Andrei E., 2019, Mexican species of the genus Orthocentrus (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae: Orthocentrinae), Zootaxa 4709 (1), pp. 1-83 : 19

Orthocentrus pentagonum Broad, 2014

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Orthocentrus pentagonum Broad in Veijalainen et al., 2014: 209–210 [holotype female (BMNH), ‘ Costa Rica, Sn José Pv. [San José Province], Cerro de la Muerte, Quercus forest, 2700 m, VII.88, Gauld & Mitchell’]. https://species-id.net/wiki/ Orthocentrus _pentagonum

Material examined. 1♀, México, Oaxaca, Municipio Comaltepec, La Esperanza, 1600 m, N 17.62601°, W 96.36950°, 2–12.VIII.2008, MT, Bosque Lluvioso de Montaña , leg. A. López-Garcia ( UNAM) ; 1♀, México, Tamaulipas, 6 km NE Miquihuana , N 23.601°, W 99.707°, 2600–2700 m, 24.IX.2016, leg. A. E. Humala ( ZISP) .

Distribution. Costa Rica; Mexico (Tamaulipas, Oaxaca).

The species is new to Mexico.

Comments. This species differs in larger fore wing areolet, a smaller number (20–21) of antennal flagellomeres, smaller ocelli, darker dorsal surface of the scape, and more strongly sculptured propodeum and second tergite.

Both Mexican specimens of this species belonging to O. shieldsi species-group fit well to the original description and collected at mid and high-altitude sites.

Figures

FIGURE 21. Distribution map of Orthocentrus in Mexico. O. kasparyani, O. pentagonum, O. vulgaris, O. zaldivari