Neotheronia jugaldei Gauld, 1991

Khalaim, Andrey I. & Ruíz-Cancino, Enrique, 2021, Darwin wasps of the subfamily Pimplinae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) of Mexico: genera Neotheronia Krieger, Nomosphecia Gupta and Xanthopimpla Saussure, Zootaxa 4950 (3), pp. 401-440 : 413

10. Neotheronia jugaldei Gauld, 1991

( Figs 25, 26 )

Neotheronia jugaldei Gauld 1991: 427 [holotype ♀ (INBio), Costa Rica, Puntarenas Prov., Monteverde Reserve , 1300 m, iv–v.1984, coll. I.D. Gauld (examined); ♀ ♂].

References. Gauld et al. 1998: 131 [in key; Costa Rica]. Hernández-Aguilar et al. 1999: 36 [ Mexico (Tamaulipas)]. Ruíz-Cancino et al. 2002: 645 [checklist; Mexico]. Hernández-Aguilar et al. 2005: 470 [ Mexico (Tamaulipas)]. Ruíz-Cancino et al. 2010: 66 [checklist; Mexico (Tamaulipas)].

Material examined. MEXICO. Tamaulipas: 5 ♀ (UAT) Gómez Farías, Alta Cimas, 1.xi.1990 , coll. E. Ruíz C. 1 ♂ (UAT) Gómez Farías, Canindo, 1400 m, 28–30.vii.1993, coll. J.B. Woolley. 1 ♀ (UAT) Ocampo, Ejido El Bejuco, 900 m, Malaise trap, 5–21.i.2017, coll. E. Ruíz-Cancino et al. Veracruz: 4 ♀, 16 ♂ (1 ♀ and 10 ♂ in UAT, 1 ♀ and 2 ♂ in UNAM, 2 ♀ and 4 ♂ in ZISP) SW of Xalapa, park near Institute de Ecología , 19°30.768’N, 96°56.349’W, 1260 m, 12–14.iv.2014 , coll. A.I. Khalaim. San Andrés, Biological Station Los Tuxlas, 150–250 m, selva alta perennifolia, Malaise trap, coll. M. Madora : 2 ♂ ( UNAM) 10.iii–14.iv.2013 , 3 ♂ (2 ♂ in UNAM, 1 ♂ in ZISP) 14.iv–13.v.2013 , 1 ♂ ( UNAM) 13.v–16.vi.2013 , 2 ♀ and 5 ♂ ( UNAM) 16.vi–24.vii.2013 , 1 ♂ ( ZISP) 24.vii–16.viii.2013 , 7 ♂ ( UNAM) 16.viii–17.ix.2013 , 1 ♀ ( ZISP) 16.iv–1.v.2014 . Oaxaca: 2 ♂ ( AEIC) 85.5 km SW of Tuxtepec, Metate , 900 m, 16–19.x.1962 , coll. H. & M. Townes.

Remarks. In addition to morphological characters given by Gauld (1991), in Mexico both females and males of N. jugaldei differ well from N. montezuma by the black anterior margin of the propodeum and yellowish or brownish basally hind tarsus (in N. montezuma propodeum is entirely yellow and hind tarsus is black).

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

Figures

FIGURES 25–30. Neotheronia jugaldei, ♀: 25—pronotum, lateral; 26—mesopleuron, front. Neotheronia montezuma, ♀ (27– 29) and ♂ (30): 27—head, front; 28—pronotum, lateral; 29—mesopleuron, front; 30—metasoma, dorsal.