Polysphincta thoracica ( Cresson, 1874 )

Khalaim, Andrey I., Ruíz-Cancino, Enrique & Coronado-Blanco, Juana María, 2024, Darwin wasps of the subfamily Pimplinae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) of Mexico: Polysphincta genus-group, Zootaxa 5458 (2), pp. 151-196 : 182

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5458.2.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:3434A429-E512-4C57-B0C0-8B95E74DC31C
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11369921
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F68792-FFB6-FF88-FF7F-22B6FCF9522B
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Polysphincta thoracica ( Cresson, 1874 )
status

Treatment

6. Polysphincta thoracica ( Cresson, 1874) View in CoL

Epimecis? thoracicus Cresson 1874: 395 View in CoL [♀ (ANSP), Mexico, Veracruz, Orizaba ].

References. Cameron 1886: 270 [ Epimecis (?) thoracica View in CoL ; Mexico (Veracruz)]. Morley 1914 a: 7 [ Epimecis View in CoL ; in key]. Cresson 1916: 59 [lectotype ♀ (ANSP) designated; Mexico, Veracruz, Orizaba]. Townes & Townes 1966: 18 [catalogue; Mexico]. Ruíz-Cancino et al. 2002: 645 [checklist; Mexico]. Gauld 1991: 309 [“Central Mexico ”]. Kumagai & Graf 2000: 162 [ Brazil (Paraná)]. Kumagai & Graf 2002: 450 [ Brazil (Paraná)].

Remarks. According to the original description ( Cresson 1874: 395), female has head and antenna black; mesosoma predominantly yellow with “extreme tips of metathorax” black; legs predominantly yellow with black markings; fore tarsus black apically; mid and hind tarsi black; hind trochanter black; hind femur at base and subapically black; hind tibia black except centrally on outer side; metasoma black; ovipositor half as long as metasoma.

Record of this species from Brazil requires verification.

Distribution. Mexico (Veracruz),? Brazil (Paraná).

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Hymenoptera
Family	Ichneumonidae
Genus	Polysphincta