Eiphosoma dolopon Gauld, 2000

Cuéllar-Ramírez, Mauricio, Ramos-Pastrana, Yardany & Fernandes, Daniell R. R., 2023, Five new species of Eiphosoma Cresson, 1865 (Ichneumonidae: Cremastinae) from Colombia, new records, and a key to Colombian species, Zootaxa 5330 (4), pp. 451-491 : 466

Eiphosoma dolopon Gauld, 2000

Figs 36–42

Eiphosoma dolopon Gauld, 2000: 93 . Holotype female, Costa Rica (NHM).

Diagnosis. Mandible strongly tapered towards distal end, with upper tooth longer and stouter than the lower tooth; clypeus moderately strongly ( Figs 36–38 ); mesopleuron with continuous diagonal stripe ( Figs 36–37 ); mesoscutum densely punctate with yellow marks only on in the anterior part of notaulus ( Fig. 39 ); propodeum smooth and polished with complete and strong anterior and posterior transverse carinae ( Fig. 40 ); hind coxa reddish without black markings; fore wing with vein 3 rs -m entirely absent or present ( Fig. 41 ) ( Gauld 2000).

Examined material. 1♀. Colombia, Caquetá: Florencia, Vereda Paraíso, finca Paraíso , 01°44’47”N, 75°37’40”W, 716 m, 18.I.–01.II.2017, trampa Malaise en cultivo de caña ( Saccharum officinarum ), Y. Ramos-Pastrana (1♀, LEUA –53612) .

New World geographical distribution. Belize (Chiquibul); Colombia (Caquetá *); Costa Rica (Guanacaste, San José) ( Yu et al. 2016) ( Fig. 42 ).

Habitat. The specimen was collected with a Malaise type flight interception trap at ground level in sugarcane cultivation. The vegetation of the collection site corresponds to forests of the Andean-Amazonian foothills.

Hosts. Unknown.

Figures

FIGURE 42. Geographic distribution of Eiphosoma dolopon Gauld, 2000. Yellow circles represent new records and red represent previous records.

FIGURES 36–41. Eiphosoma dolopon Gauld, 2000 (LEUA–53612). Female.36, Habitus, lateral view; 37, Head and mesosoma, lateral view; 38, Head, anterior view; 39, Head, mesoscutum and scutellum, dorsal view; 40, Scutellum and propodeum, dorsal view; 41, Wings.